Can't any one of your damn little Scooby club at least try to remember that I hate you all?

Spike ,'Get It Done'


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


Liese S. - Jan 26, 2006 2:33:16 pm PST #6269 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Well, Bitches was originally at least theoretically a show thread. Wherein we could discuss how much hotter Spike was in this week's episode than last week's. Not that it ever really was that, but that was at least putatively the intent.

Not that it's applicable here. And yeah, Boxed Set could be NAFDA. But I thought any whitefont issues were more to do with the multi-show thread problems than anything else, right?


§ ita § - Jan 26, 2006 2:45:56 pm PST #6270 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

that was at least putatively the intent.

The first thread's blurb says

a smaller, separate forum to simply express our appreciation for our favorite platinum-topped vampire... vent, adore, express

I don't think Karie cared about it as a show thread at all.


brenda m - Jan 26, 2006 4:35:27 pm PST #6271 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

Second, I think Boxed set probably ought to be NAFDA. I checked back, and both the Farscape and the Smallville threads were NAFDA back when they were separate.

The big problem, definition-wise, is that it's not UnAms who are at risk of being spoiled anymore, generally. The current issue seems to be things that are broadcast in the UK and or Canada weeks before (usually SciFi) puts them on in the US. So NAFDA gets a little confusing.


§ ita § - Jan 26, 2006 4:49:52 pm PST #6272 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Canada's the problem, really.


NoiseDesign - Jan 26, 2006 4:53:44 pm PST #6273 of 10001
Our wings are not tired

Blame Canada.


Sue - Jan 26, 2006 4:55:23 pm PST #6274 of 10001
hip deep in pie

I'm amazed we get anything before you guys.

t /bitter about Veronica Mars.


Nutty - Jan 26, 2006 6:27:38 pm PST #6275 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

We will have an updated FAQ for review by the community next week.

Indeed. I was asking the question as part of updating FAQ-y materials.

We have "we seen it in the US but noplace else, please discuss with whitefont," situations, and their converse, "we seen it everywhere else but the US, please discuss with whitefont."

The latter occurrs regularly in Natter, which is not NAFDA. It occurred (without anybody objecting) in Boxed Set in the autumn. Previous to that, it occurred sporadically and with much confusion and wrangling in the various Firefly threads, as 3 episodes were broadcast in Britain that the US had to wait for. It was the Firefly situation that first alerted me to the idea that geographic whitefonting could happen inside-out, because I am a big ole US-centric slob that way.

In sum, Boxed Set seems to function OK with geographic whitefonting for shows on a schedule different from the US. I don't think anybody has raised a stink about it recently, so I don't know of a reason to change Boxed Set over to a NAFDA designation. I was just feeling clueless, and had to ask.


bon bon - Jan 27, 2006 4:04:35 am PST #6276 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

We will have an updated FAQ for review by the community next week.

Do you FAQ ladies have an idea on how the community will go about reviewing it? Is it too early to discuss how to keep the new FAQ from getting mired in a community-wide editorial process?


Nutty - Jan 27, 2006 4:28:50 am PST #6277 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

We will smite all objections with our amazingly accurate and mellifluous prose?

Actually we were thinking of pulling off a military coup, but msbelle insisted that the assault weapons be painted pink.


Lee - Jan 27, 2006 4:43:29 am PST #6278 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

ita, whenever you have time/feel like it, would you be willing to run the posting stats, at least for Natter and Bitches? I'm curious about a couple things, including how the new job has changed (or not changed) my posting.