Buffy ,'End of Days'
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
Megan, with the difference of there not being a 6-month moritorum on the issue. So if it doesn't meet quorum it isn't resolved. It's still open for discussion.
Yeah, I guess that's a pretty big difference. So, are the people who think there are too many "yes" results because of NP, hoping to force more people into voting an opinion, or hoping for more "no" results from abstaining (and presumably more discussion of the issue)?
I like Job (for the thread name).
I'm not entirely sure I get it. Is it just because we're all so oppressed?
Looking at Jon's list, all of those threads are about how TV is handled. Since 2006 that's ALL we have voted on? So, yes, I think I personally am tired of voting about TV threads and since that it all we have voted on in over a year, it seems tiresome and like overkill.
Moreover, to say it's the secondary issues that get NP and that is what is designed for doesn't work for me either. Whitefont is a perfect example. People who are about it seem to care about it passionately and it means that they may or may not want a thread based on its whitefontness or lack thereof.
Given that I've just PROVEN that NP votes have not affected the outcome of our votes, can we get back to naming the new thread?
In fairness, two of the six hit 42, and one has to accept your contention that the subissues were less important-- because several of them have yes/no votes below 42. For example, closing VM was not controversial, but I remember being annoyed that NP carried the day on leaving it open for awhile.
I like Mister Rogers!
Given that I've just PROVEN that NP votes have not affected the outcome of our votes, can we get back to naming the new thread?
Actually, not proven. Proven that the first or perceived main item on a ballot would not be affected by NP (in which case, then why have it?). But for some people like me, to whom the secondary issue matters, it DOES make a difference.
But for some people like me, to whom the secondary issue matters it, DOES make a difference.
This brings up the question of what would happen if the main item passed and the secondary item didn't. Would we discuss and vote again? To be specific, if we voted to close the Veronica Mars thread, but the vote on WHEN didn't carry, what would the action be?
But for some people like me, to whom the secondary issue matters it, DOES make a difference.
Fair enough. I apologize for that generalization. But in a case like this:
closing VM was not controversial, but I remember being annoyed that NP carried the day on leaving it open for awhile.
what's the solution? People want it closed. If we hadn't included the NP votes, when would it have closed?
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Oh, I like Job. In the biblical sense.