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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
I think each time we expand the list, then more attach. I have no confidence in it not becoming a general (or sci-fi) TV thread.
If it is to become that, it's worthy of more discussion, if not an actual vote.
Why? Is it creating a problem the way it is?
We just decided ad-hoc that the Jossverse thread was fine for all comics and whatnot, right? This feels similar.
I have no confidence in it not becoming a general (or sci-fi) TV thread.
Well, it already is sort of a Sci-Fi TV thread; and I don't think we're in danger of turning into General TV thread. By and large, other non-SF show discussions (Veronica Mars, Gilmore Girls, 24, etc.) have been confined to Natter. And I think its evolution into an all-purpose Sci-Fi TV thread has been organic, and has not happened because we were all drunk with power at having a thread and went psychotic with off-topic TV blabber.
Is it creating a problem the way it is?
It's becoming more unwieldy for me to keep from spoiling myself. If it keeps increasing in scope, it will be unusable for me.
But what other shows do people talk about that could possibly fall under a general SF TV header?
It's becoming more unwieldy for me to keep from spoiling myself.
Yeah, this has been something of a problem. I've been DL'ing the shows from UK broadcast this season, and when you have WF for the aired episodes and the ones for unaired episodes of the same show going on simultaneously, I can see how it can be daunting for those who are unspoiled.
One thing we can do is to make it NAFDA for the shows we are discussing right now--blackfont for anything that's been aired after the west coasters get it, and ask everyone to refrain from commenting on unaired episodes. But that leaves problems with TiVo delay and may be unfair to overseas posters like Jars...
Andromeda, Mutant X, NCIS, Trek, 3 Musketeers, MI-5, just to skim back not even to the beginning of the year.
I know I'm part of the problem -- I'm not claiming any moral high ground here.
But if we change it to a general sci-fi TV thread, we need (in my rules-bound head) to agree on spoiler fonting rules. I'm much more anti-going-forward-with-vague-convention than I am anti-going-forward.
If it is to become that, it's worthy of more discussion, if not an actual vote.
I think it already is that. Whether we decided it or not, it happened. Stargate and Battlestar Galactica are majors topics of discussion there. Moreso than the shows listed in the header. And for the simple and obvious being that they are still in production.
Sounds to me like the problems we are having in the thread really don't have to do with the title or the slug. I'd like to see it reflect what we're actually talking about rather than the secret handshake deal that's going on now of "Well, it's not called this, and we don't list it, but this is where it belongs."
I too damn near got spoiled on some of the BSG whitefont, but that seems to me like it's more of a spoiler font issue than a thread slug issue. I'm not sure of the best way to deal with it.
Andromeda, Mutant X, NCIS, Trek, 3 Musketeers, MI-5,
Yeah, but are any of those generating a high volume of discussion? Or are they just momentary conversational detours?