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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.

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Maria - Jul 15, 2005 9:03:56 pm PDT #5147 of 10001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift

Gus, trying to get four people to second your proposal on a Friday night (or the weekend in general) is about as probable as removing cats, baseball and porn from the list of discussion topics.

Relax, and let this play out organically. Your enthusiasm may actually have the opposite effect you intended.

I do not watch either show so I cannot in good conscience second your proposal.


Kristen - Jul 15, 2005 9:08:11 pm PDT #5148 of 10001

Certain shows get feature prominence on Buffistas because they are out of the Whedonverse in some way.

What shows? The only show thread we've added in recent times, that I can think of, is Lost. I didn't think the addition of that thread had anything to do with a Whedonverse connection.


Gus - Jul 15, 2005 9:09:06 pm PDT #5149 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.

Thanks, MFNlaw. I will chill. For some reason, this issue has gotten under my skin.


Gus - Jul 15, 2005 9:11:55 pm PDT #5150 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.

Kristen, there were some citations of the Mustard Guy connection around that time, but I am chilling and will not bring them up.

Behold me, being chill.


Laura - Jul 16, 2005 3:36:55 am PDT #5151 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.

The Sci-Fi Friday shows being discussed in Boxed Set works for detailed discussion all times except for W&P. This problem would be solved if all Buffistas would just move to the Right coast. This would also help for coordination of F2F activities.

Hey, it's a plan.


Nutty - Jul 16, 2005 5:11:34 am PDT #5152 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

My perception of Boxed Set is that it gallops along as functionally as can be expected. (Certainly, talk about one show does not overwhelmingly dominate, as Lost came to do at times in Natter.) Since it ain't any more broke than anything else, and I'm anti new thread generally, I'm not a fan of the proposal.

Hey! Paperwork people! How goes that?

We are the Committee of All Up In Everybody's Business. Sadly, we are still working out exactly how we shall intrude into everybody's lives.


brenda m - Jul 16, 2005 5:18:03 am PDT #5153 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

I second Laura's proposal, though.


bon bon - Jul 16, 2005 9:20:46 am PDT #5154 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

It's not summary dismissal of the proposal, it is a recognition that this is a frequent topic of argument-- expanding shows into their own threads and changing the definition of Boxed Set have both undergone incredible amounts of hand-wringing at different times.

As Laura said, the only problem is watch&post-- this does not warrant a new thread unless you really want to re-open the expansionist debate.


NoiseDesign - Jul 16, 2005 9:51:35 am PDT #5155 of 10001
Our wings are not tired

I'll second Gus's proposal. I'd love to see those threads.


Dana - Jul 16, 2005 10:30:31 am PDT #5156 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I'm not trying to summarily dismiss the proposal either, and I'm not real thrilled to have my counter-argument labeled as such.

I like the Boxed Set thread. I consider it a subculture at this point. I don't want to see it split up.