We didn't have sex, if that's what you mean. That's all I do now, not have sex.

Anya ,'Dirty Girls'


Bureaucracy 3: Oh, so now you want to be part of the SOLUTION?  

A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.

Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych


DXMachina - Nov 07, 2004 9:28:31 am PST #2841 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Also, I just arbitrarily picked a name for Spoilage Lite to get it going. If people want something different, just say so.


DCJensen - Nov 07, 2004 9:48:13 am PST #2842 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.

No, because there were already hardcore spoilers in there. Someone new might not know not to look at the white font for the first couple hundred posts.

Aha. Good point.


Liese S. - Nov 07, 2004 11:41:42 am PST #2843 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Okay. I am confused by the vote results. Didn't one of the options vote out the new thread entirely? I must have misunderstood the ballot. So the vote was three potential versions of the new spoiler thread, and in order for it not to have been created, it would have had to have gotten "no" votes across all three options? Not that it matters to my vote personally, since I voted no pref. But the yes vote was for the new thread, lite, and the no votes were for the new thread, whitefont, and the new thread, tbd?


Polter-Cow - Nov 07, 2004 11:45:02 am PST #2844 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I think what that last one was, Liese, was a vote not to open a thread with specs to be determined, as those voters chose one of the two already defined alternate spoiler threads. I think it was an option for people who didn't like the two defined choices.


Gus - Nov 07, 2004 11:52:43 am PST #2845 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.

... was a vote not to open a thread with specs to be determined, as those voters chose one of the two already defined alternate spoiler threads...

Polter-Cow has been spending too much time parsing bio-chem texts. He thinks this utterance explains things.


Jon B. - Nov 07, 2004 12:25:41 pm PST #2846 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Hey, Jon. I don't want to step on any toes, so if you'd prefer I not, that's totally cool, but I was thinking about updating the photo gallery. Mostly that I'd like to spearhead a doing of it.

You mean redesign it, or just add photos to it?


DXMachina - Nov 07, 2004 12:46:21 pm PST #2847 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Liese, I read it as individual votes on three separate new threads. If all three had passed, we'd have three new spoiler threads, on top of the one we have.


aurelia - Nov 07, 2004 1:09:24 pm PST #2848 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

I wondered about the possibility of ending up with three different spoiler light threads when I read the ballot.


Jon B. - Nov 07, 2004 1:36:48 pm PST #2849 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

If all three had passed, we'd have three new spoiler threads, on top of the one we have.

le nubian implied that if that happened, she'd examine the data and propose another vote to settle it.


Topic!Cindy - Nov 07, 2004 1:38:43 pm PST #2850 of 10001
What is even happening?

I asked about that, because this ballot was very different than ones we've done in the past. le nubian said:

I'm an academic, so I'd prefer to collect the most data and then deal with the results later. I can't think of another way to do it that would address the Hard Core Spoiler people and the Hard Core Lite people.
This gives people as much choice as they desire and if this nets too many recommended threads, then we can deal with that in another week.
In some ways, I feel that the administrative issue and what people want are two different things that need to be dealt with in separate instances. If people see this as REALLY problematic, I can change the poll again.
le nubian "Voting Discussion: We're Screwing In Light Bulbs AIFG!" Nov 3, 2004 4:46:24 am PST

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