Man the Barricades: NO SPOILERS!

Dear all,

Like many Americans, I some times forget the world doesn't revolve around us. Our older siblings in the United Kingdom were treated to the movie premiere last week and we happy USA residents will be unwrapping the movie like our favorite Christmas present in just a short while. But while I know everyone, myself included, who gets to see the movie Christmas day or soon thereafter will be weeping with joy and anger and passionately ranting about the movie to everyone else who's seen it, let us remember, that not everyone gets that privilege.

There are Les Mis fans in this group from places in the world that will not get to see the movie until as late as March! In solidarity with and respect for them, we will be following the lead of Starlene, our co-founder, and Musical-fans and forbidding spoiler-containing art until March 2013.  In other words:

LES MISÉRABLES MOVIE SPOILERS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THIS GROUP UNTIL MARCH 2013.
(The following is edited from Starlene)

By spoilers, we mean:
Art depicting scenes that are different in the movie than they are onstage (i.e. if scenes were done like they're in the book, not like the stage musical, that would a be spoiler).
Comments that have to do with things like cut songs, changes in song order, added scenes...
Your detailed opinions about the movie.
If you feel like asking "is this a spoiler?", it is.

You can post Les Mis spoiler art only if:
There is a CLEAR SPOILER WARNING in the title.
You use a PREVIEW IMAGE that has a spoiler warning (save your image as gif, and dART lets you upload a preview image for it).

We're doing this for two reasons:
There are lots non-Americans this group. Pretty much the whole world gets the movie later than the US. Les Misérables is maybe the most anticipated musical movie ever. This is OUR movie: it belongs to ALL OF US. And all of us deserve the chance to see it, unspoiled. Spoilers are like looking out at the untouched snow in your front yard just as one of your neighbor's dogs runs across it and pees right in the middle of it all.
One of the reasons why we are standing strong on this issue is because one of our own admins, Starlene, is unable to see the movie until February. So while she and I both approve art for the group, she has issued this fair warning for when she is attending to the group inbox:

"If someone sends in spoiler-y art, it certainly won't be published. Depending on how angry I am about being spoiled myself by the art when I see it in my inbox, the artist may be kicked out of the group. I am dead serious. I'm very passionate about this, so yes, this will get personal. I hope it doesn't have to and EVERYONE MARKS THEIR SPOILERS CLEARLY."

These rules will be followed until MARCH 2013.

European Members

Be FOREWARNED that just because we are forbidding blatant spoiler submissions, that does not mean that spoilers will not be posted to the group. It may be safer for you to turn off the group submissions to your inbox until March and stay away from the Movie folder in the group.  (You can turn off group submissions by going to "your friends" in the dA drop menu and unchecking "deviations" next to the LesMisGroup name. You can change this at any time and it WILL NOT remove you from the group. You just won't get deviations in your inbox).

Some spoiler information may/will be linked to in future group journals. But we will aim to make the group as spoiler free as possible.

Being a member of this group means that you have some kind of love, and more likely passion, for Les Miserables. Think about how much you love it and remember that your fellow group members love it too. Let us each do our part to protect one another from spoilers that would ruin the movie experience. Even if you yourself are not bothered by spoilers, that does not mean that others aren't. In this case, err on the side of caution.

Much love to everyone, and remember you have 8 days to submit your picture for the group project!!!!