I'm proposing we keep them open.
If the proposal stated they'd be closed, there's a moratorium, isn't there, on when you can modify it?
Wesley: Feng Shui. Gunn: Right. What's that mean again? Wesley: That people will believe anything. Actually, in this place, Feng Shui will probably have enormous significance. I'll align my furniture the wrong way and suddenly catch fire or turn into a pudding.
'Conviction (1)'
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
§ ita § - May 18, 2007 9:07:02 am PDT #9279 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Topic!Cindy - May 18, 2007 9:14:03 am PDT #9280 of 10001
What is even happening?
If the threads are going to be closed down after the end of the experiment, then I'm proposing we keep them open. If someone has a counter-proposal for a specific show thread or a variant, I think it's time to propose.
Please don't do that. The whole point of the proposal was that it was temporary. If you like them as is, when the experiment is done (June 1) you can propose we open regular (non-experimental threads).
As much as I'm having a good time with the experiment, I think that flies in the face of the purpose. I'm not even sure it's something we should allow, because of our moratorium rules. But mostly, it just feels wrong.
Connie Neil - May 18, 2007 9:23:24 am PDT #9281 of 10001
brillig
If you like them as is, when the experiment is done (June 1) you can propose we open regular (non-experimental threads).
OK, I formally propose regular, non-experimental threads, possibly with the same divisions, possibly with changed white font rules, with the possibility of proposing break-out threads for shows that are overwhelming the discussions. Said threads to appear when the experimental threads expire.
Topic!Cindy - May 18, 2007 9:25:00 am PDT #9282 of 10001
What is even happening?
No, please. After. Propose whatever after June 1.
Sean K - May 18, 2007 9:25:38 am PDT #9283 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I'm fine with not keeping them open, so long as we're not moratorium-precluded from proposing non-experimental versions of some of these threads, particularly a reality show thread of some kind. I've grown rather fond of that thread.
Connie Neil - May 18, 2007 9:26:40 am PDT #9284 of 10001
brillig
Why wait? We know the experiment will end, we know the threads will close. Why not have everything done--the discussion, the voting--so that the next phase is in place?
Topic!Cindy - May 18, 2007 9:27:31 am PDT #9285 of 10001
What is even happening?
I think we're moratorium-precluded from futching with the experimental threads. I think they have to close.
After June 1, I think people are free to propose what they want. I would hope to see something more refined than four buckets. I think we're starting to get an idea of what's working for us, but that's up to the proposers.
Connie Neil - May 18, 2007 9:28:20 am PDT #9286 of 10001
brillig
If it's a question of gathering more data and waiting for the formal end of the experiment, are there actually expected to be any new developments that will change the opinions that have evolved thus far?
Tom Scola - May 18, 2007 9:31:33 am PDT #9287 of 10001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
I agree that Non-Fiction seems to be working the best out of the Experimental threads. It's taken a lot of white font out of Natter, plus I'm in favor of anything that gets kat perez to post more.
Topic!Cindy - May 18, 2007 9:35:24 am PDT #9288 of 10001
What is even happening?
It's a question of honoring the original proposal which is what people voted in, and which said we'd discuss all this after the threads closed on June 1. If people thought this was going to happen, some who voted in favor of the experiment might have voted it down, for all I know.
What's the rush, anyhow? The season is over for just about every (regularly scheduled) show. Traffic slows down here over the summer, and during re-run season.