User:Cgmv123/promomaterialpolicy

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This is not an official policy on Lostpedia. The real policy may be found here: Lostpedia:Spoiler Policy

Promotional Material is defined as any information about Lost that has been released by ABC (through ABC Medianet), Bad Robot Productions, Grass Skirt Productions or Lost's creators, producers, actors or writers, but has not yet been revealed in an episode of Lost. This information is treated specially by Lostpedia.

Contents 1 Motivation 2 Policy 2.1 Names of Future Episodes 2.2 Press Releases 2.3 Pages for upcoming episodes 2.4 Promotional Stills 2.5 Casting Statements 2.6 Podcasts 2.7 Trailers 2.8 Cast, Producer and Writer statements 2.9 ComicCon 3 Aired 4 Spoilers

Motivation

Many fans, despite the fact that such information has been released for them to enjoy, believe that promotional material takes away from their viewing experience, and do not want to see promotional material until the relevant episode has aired. Lostpedia will do its best to reasonably respect that wish.

Policy

• Any and all promotional material relevant to future episodes can be placed and discussed in these pages and these pages only:
  • Season 6/Promotional
    • Talk:Season 6/Promotional

• Once the relevant episode has aired, promotional material for that episode may be placed anywhere on the wiki.

• Unless otherwise stated below, promotional material may not be placed on the wiki except in the locations specified above.

• Promotional Material may be discussed on user blogs, user pages and user subpages so long as:

A. The promotional material is clearly identified as being promotional material.
B. Previews are not linked or embedded in the post.
C. If promotional material is discussed in a user blog, the title of the post must not contain promotional material.

• Episodes split into different parts are treated as one episode for the purposes of this policy, regardless of how they air. Separate pages will remain, when deemed appropriate.

• Episodes airing on the same night that are separate episodes will both be treated as the immediately upcoming episode, yet still have separate articles.

Names of Future Episodes

Unless otherwise stated below, the names of all future episode titles should be hidden under "Episode XX" (For example: "The Constant" would have been hidden under Episode 05 .)

The name of the immediately upcoming episode may be placed in these locations:

• Next Time on Lost (Not hidden, immediately upcoming episode only)

The names of all upcoming episodes announced by ABC Medianet may be placed in these locations only:

• The appropriate Template:Ep and Template:Crossref pages. (The title of the immediately upcoming episode will not be hidden, subsequent episodes will be.)
• The appropriate Season Nav Box. The navbox shall be made collapsible. (All titles will be shown. Future titles will be in a collapsible navbox within the whole navbox.) (See here.)
• The episode articles (All titles will be shown)
• Portal:Episodes (The title of the immediately upcoming episode will not be hidden, subsequent episodes will be.)
• Season 6 (The title of the immediately upcoming episode will not be hidden, subsequent episodes will be.)
• Airdates (The title of the immediately upcoming episode will not be hidden, subsequent episodes will be.)

Examples of this may be found here.

Press Releases

Press Releases may be transcribed and put in the appropriate ABC Medianet/... Articles, when they are released. They also may be linked in the apporpriate episode articles.

Pages for upcoming episodes

Pages for all upcoming episodes shall be created, named as Season X, Episode Y and be locked. Once a press release for the episode is released the page shall be retitled with the name of the episode. The former Season X, Episode Y pages will redirect. The pages shall remain locked until the episode has aired.

The page for an upcoming episode may contain this content until the press release for the episode comes out:

• The Season Navbox
• The Episode Infobox containing the following information:
  • The Cast picture from that season.
  • The Season Number and Episode Numbers
  • Airdate
• "Episode XX will be the Xth episode of the Xth season of Lost. It will air on [Airdate]."
• A banner signifying that the page is locked.
• A banner saying that this page is about an upcoming episode.

Once the press release for the episode comes out the following information may be added:

• "[Title of Episode] will be the Xth episode of the Xth season of Lost. It will air on [Airdate]."
• The 1-2 sentence synopsis from ABC Medianet
• A link to the press release for the episode.

The following information may be added to the infobox when a press release for the episode comes out:

• Title
• The Writers and Directors for the episode

The airdate may be added once it is known.
Examples of these pages may be found here.

Promotional Stills

Promotional stills may be uploaded for use on the Season 6/Promotional page only. Once the episode has aired they may be used anywhere.

Casting Statements

If an actor has been announced as being cast in a role, that information may not be added to the wiki until their character has been seen in an episode. Information about current actors returning/not returning that has been officially announced may be added to the actors' articles, but not to the articles for the characters they portray.

Podcasts

Official Lost Podcasts may be transcribed and put in the appropriate articles. Information about upcoming episodes given in the podcasts may not be put in other places on the wiki. Revelations about things already seen, such as the fact that The Tempest is on the Blast Door Map is not about upcoming episodes and may be placed on the page as normal. Things discussed in "rehashes" may be added to the apporpriate episode articles. Unofficial Podcasts may only be linked to and not transcribed.

Trailers

Linking to or embedding of teasers, trailers and "Next time on LOST" promos is a violation of copyright and is not permitted. Discussion of content is permitted only on the promotional material pages.

Cast, Producer and Writer statements

Cast, Producer and Writer statements from interviews and on DVD Commentary may be added to the appropriate in-universe and out of universe articles.

ComicCon

Any revelations at ComicCon are not spoilers or promotional material and may be added to the appropriate in-universe and out of universe articles.

Aired

"Aired" means that an episode has aired on ABC in the Eastern time zone in the United States.

Spoilers

For the policy dealing with non-released information (spoilers), see the Spoiler Policy