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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.

Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych


Sean K - Apr 08, 2007 10:29:54 am PDT #8840 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

pretty sure Battlestar Galactica is supposed to be discussed in Boxed Set

Pretty sure? What, from the slug, makes you less than actually sure?

Um, I already said I fled the thread long ago, so I haven't looked at the header or description in forever. Others upthread here have already complained about the lack of accurate discriptiveness in the thread header and description for Boxed Set. I was merely taking them at their word. I guess I should have done more research, but I'm not sure that invalidates my points.

Also, I guess I'm not sure what your position is either, ita, aside from a need for bright lines.


bon bon - Apr 08, 2007 10:31:58 am PDT #8841 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

I'm still mildly in favor of my own idea, but it doesn't look like it appeals to too many people. I am not sure there's a happy medium between a very exclusive thread and too much whitefont.


Sean K - Apr 08, 2007 10:36:38 am PDT #8842 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Actually, I think your idea has merit too, bon.

But it's also pretty clear that the topics are too broad for some, which just leads us back to nobody ever being completely satisfied.

That's why I don't think it's an invalid choice to decide we're not TWOP, and maybe the best choice is to give up TV discussion altogether, except where it comes up in Natter.

That would probably be unsatisfactory to just about everybody, but at least everybody would be more or less equally unhappy about it.


§ ita § - Apr 08, 2007 10:38:50 am PDT #8843 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I guess I'm not sure what your position is either, ita, aside from a need for bright lines.

My position is always a need for bright lines. How I'd vote on a proposal with bright lines varies. How I'd agitate during discussion of one without does not.

I'm not sure that invalidates my points.

Then I'm not sure what your point was either. Either Boxed Set has bright lines, or it doesn't. If the descriptions don't, I want them altered to reflect what I see as a fairly standard category.

However, I consider bright lines clearly existing, and want that reality made clear itself.

If these bright lines don't exist, as per your post, I want to work out what's fuzzy and clear that up posthaste.


Kevin - Apr 08, 2007 10:41:18 am PDT #8844 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.

The way I see it, from my often-lurking-occasionally-posting-fairly-newbie point of view, is that Boxed Set == sci-fi (BSG etc), Lost VM and Heroes work great as they (mostly) have the traffic. (Plus I'm able to ignore Heroes as I'm behind). I do skip some of Boxed Set as it's shows I don't watch (and don't want to be spoiled), but people are good with white font. From an international point of view I'd be confused about what's on FX, because I don't actually know. But I am presuming the focus is for US users, since that's likely 95% of people here.


Kevin - Apr 08, 2007 10:50:01 am PDT #8845 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.

I'm not sure if this one needs raising or not, but with Drive starting on Sunday on FOX but seemingly airing two days before on CTV, I'm wondering what the policy will be on that one, as I'd imagine there's people who will see it on air and aheming who want to discuss. Whitefont in Minearverse?


§ ita § - Apr 08, 2007 10:51:54 am PDT #8846 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Whitefont in Minearverse?

Hmm. Inside got non-whitefont in Minearverse, right? Wonderfalls its own thread.

It is definitely where the discussion belongs, unless a dedicated thread is created. But how has never been discussed, I think.


Dana - Apr 08, 2007 10:53:04 am PDT #8847 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

There's the Un-American thread. That's still around, right?

But if people who ahem/see it early want a thread to discuss it in, I'd be fine with whitefont in Minearverse.


DebetEsse - Apr 08, 2007 10:55:54 am PDT #8848 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.

I think Inside and Wonderfalls were a different situation because they weren't going to be aired in the US, whereas this is, to me, more like the Canadian airings of Stargate or, in days of yore, Buffy, so, if it's in here, I'm saying whitefont, but UnAm would also work.


Kevin - Apr 08, 2007 10:58:01 am PDT #8849 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.

Woops - somehow my eyes had never seen UnAm. Rubbish eyes.