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
Hi, Eddie. We were just discussing this at the beginning of the month: msbelle "Bureaucracy 3: Oh, so now you want to be part of the SOLUTION?" Apr 5, 2005 6:40:58 am PDT
It sort of ended here: JohnSweden "Bureaucracy 3: Oh, so now you want to be part of the SOLUTION?" Apr 7, 2005 12:15:14 pm PDT
To sum it up:
Change is needed.
Change is good.
Change is evil.
Change should be avoided at all cost.
We could change it to
this.
Changing it to this totally ignores
that.
Oh. No, I hate
that.
Yeah, but I hate
this,
even worse.
Canadians spell funny.
I love Cindy.
That is all.
Change is Evil!! Evil I tell you!!
Thank you, Laura. I love you, too. That is all.
Except to add...
You're completely right about change being evil.
Hey Eddie, thanks for your input. Yours is a perspective we don't usually get during this conversation, so that's definitely useful. We've discussed changing the dedication several times, and I think Cindy encapsulated the typical discussion pretty well; I don't see the dedication changing anytime soon, because it's really difficult for us to come to an agreement about it. But I'm glad you brought it up, because it does bear thinking about periodically.
Eddie--very perceptive, dude! Your description really does capture the Buffista way.
glances at Eddie, impressed
I had a funny feeling this might have been discussed before, but I wanted to give my input on the issue. Plus, you know, can't be bothered to search and stuff.
You could try a "Random Dedication Generator" with things like "We talk about Buffy!" and "Tim Minear is a hottie, discuss.".
Or simply, "We talk a lot."
Or, fiat!
Not an easy subject to reach a consensus on, I'm sure, but as I've pointed out, as the weeks and months go by, the current dedication loses its relevance and accuracy. FWIW, I think we (can I use we? seems presumptious of me) should do "something". I'll leave it to the big kids in the group to decide what that is.
We could just tweak it, instead of changing it. Like:
A community dedicated to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and Firefly, and discussion with humor, intelligence and obsessiveness.
Even though Change is, indeed, Evil.
A community dedicated to endless debates and discussions on every possible topic with humour, obsessiveness, intelligence, and did we mention obsessiveness?
Deena's suggestion would be so much better with the serial comma.
OMG we've never had the serial comma in there?! *plotzes*
You could try a "Random Dedication Generator" with things like "We talk about Buffy!" and "Tim Minear is a hottie, discuss.".
Man, I *love* the idea of a Random Dedication Generator!
