This must be what going mad feels like.

Simon ,'Jaynestown'


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


DXMachina - Jun 27, 2007 1:34:39 pm PDT #9781 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

I thought I told you kids to read the thread before we left...

It's up. Name and header to be determined.

"Cable Drama: Still Waiting for the Cable Guy to Show Up with the Thread Name..." Jun 27, 2007 3:32:59 pm PDT


brenda m - Jun 27, 2007 2:49:45 pm PDT #9782 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

SA's description worked for me.


sj - Jun 27, 2007 3:39:54 pm PDT #9783 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I'm fine with SA's description too.


§ ita § - Jun 27, 2007 3:42:06 pm PDT #9784 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I say we hold off for something accurate.


brenda m - Jun 27, 2007 3:48:35 pm PDT #9785 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

So if we take SA's description here:

Slug: Thread for the discussion of original cable drama--but not scifi/fantasy (that's Boxed Set!) or pay-to-play (that's Premium Cable!). Psychics, detectives, surgeons, and firemen welcome. NAFDA.

Header: Thread for original cable dramas, including but not limited to TNT, USA, TBS, and F/X. Talk about shows that aren't discussed in Boxed Set (The Dead Zone, Stargates, The 4400) or Premium Cable (HBO, Showtime, Cinemax) are discussed here (Psych, Nip/Tuck, Rescue Me, The Riches, The Shield, Monk, etc). This thread is NAFDA.

and get rid of (The Dead Zone, Stargates, The 4400) and (HBO, Showtime, Cinemax), is that better?


§ ita § - Jun 27, 2007 3:52:27 pm PDT #9786 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Either that or:

Header: Thread for original cable dramas, including but not limited to TNT, USA, TBS, and F/X. Talk about shows that aren't discussed in Boxed Set (sf/fantasy like The Dead Zone, Stargates, The 4400) or Premium Cable (on HBO, Showtime, Cinemax, and the like) are discussed here (Psych, Nip/Tuck, Rescue Me, The Riches, The Shield, Monk, etc). This thread is NAFDA.

Just as long as open lists are clearly open.


brenda m - Jun 27, 2007 3:58:13 pm PDT #9787 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

Works for me either way.

On another question upthread, about BBCA, it depends. Manchild would be this thread, So Graham Norton not.


sumi - Jun 27, 2007 6:50:56 pm PDT #9788 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

Would Manchild?

Wouldn't that go in the Comedy thread?


-t - Jun 27, 2007 8:33:10 pm PDT #9789 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

It makes sense to me to just leave off the parenthetical explanations - if someone is not sure what goes in Boxed Set and/or Premium, looking at their respective slugs and headers would clarify better than a truncated description in Cable Drama.


Strega - Jun 28, 2007 6:40:30 am PDT #9790 of 10001

Can I nitpick? If you take out the parentheticals you get:

Talk about shows that aren't discussed in Boxed Set or Premium Cable are discussed here.

Snip either "Talk about" or "are discussed here."