Trickeli wrote...
shansleven wrote...
OPERATIVE Thread Title WORD: (SPOILERS!)
I know, but when I typed that in, I thought it would be only spoilers from what everyone has already seen and not something that's about to be scanlated. Well it was my mistake, so sorry. >.>
I don't think you were in the wrong. To me, the (SPOILERS!) refers to what's been released in English, with perhaps some consideration for those who haven't read the latest chapter. A spoiler for what happens in the latest chapter on the day it's released in English would be customary, at least to me, so that someone who doesn't follow every scanlation site, waiting for the newest chapter as soon as any English version is released, won't read a spoiler.
As for chapters not yet available in English, I know I'd hate to check out this thread and see that Naruto definitely joins the fight in the next chapter, three or four days before I'll see it in English. The trend has been to spoiler stuff not yet in English and say, "This is a spoiler for [chapter number]!" Not everyone likes to look at Japanese spoilers, after all, and one wouldn't expect to see discussion about a new chapter on Monday when chapters are released in English on Wednesday at the earliest. Someone could easily come in here expecting to talk about the latest English chapter on a Tuesday and have something spoiled if spoilers aren't properly used.
Besides, why not use spoilers whenever they might be the slightest chance of someone seeing something they don't want to? It's not like spoilers are hard to use or open, far from it.