mycroft, on 2012-January-06, 10:55, said:
Where Jilly plays (and where I TD), there may in fact be a million different ways to play 2♦, but if it is not "natural and preemptive", *it requires an Alert*. If there's no Alert, they've already told you it's weak. If you ask anyway... Better yet, if you ask and pass...
I do realize that Australia's different.
Yeah, I misread the description off the issue completely and only figured it out later, whoops.