Harmony ,'Conviction (1)'
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
Well, Natter is for discussion of everything that is not covered elsewhere.
it reads as though we can't discuss current shows in non-NAFDA threads
And we can't, really, without whitefont anyway. But since the All Up In Everybody's Business folks are revising, they can clarify. NAFDA came about when we were still specifically worried about Angel & Buffy and crossovers and such.
Natter is for discussion of everything that is not covered elsewhere.
Maybe that needs to be bolded, then.
Where does it say that? The slug that I see says:
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or the sad fate of Pluto? This is the place.
We started as a TV centered board, so would discussion of TV be off-topic?
Well, we started off as a Buffy-centric Board so everything that isn't BVTS/Angel is pretty much off-topic. (Natter started at TT and moved with us to WX and to here.)
Maybe we should consider changing "Off topic" to "General"?
And yes, as Liese mentions, I'll get up in the business of the the up-in-everybody's-business people, and suggest clarification to the NAFDA and white font related entries in the FAQ, such that it's clear to a newbie that we do discuss current TV shows that don't fit anywhere else, in Natter, in white font.
We started as a Buffy centred board, so discussion not of Buffy was why Natter was created. As various topics gained heft and support, they got threads. If you can't find a place to put it, Natter is its home. That needs to be made clear. The thread description implies TV lives there, but there is no statement made.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
That's why I'm thinking it might be better to replace "Off topic" with "General". Do you think the TV bit should change, and that something about TV should be added to the slug?
A new Technology thread is going to be needed soon too.
But what does technology mean?
It's a genre thing, brenda. You wouldn't understand.
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