'A Hole in the World'
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
what about offensive names? Do we let folks register as "Fuckface" or something similar?
I think those things could be discussed here, case-by-case. I'd veto "fuckface" because of work and filters and whatever. People always object to thread names having those words in them.
And then the wording for the official record (and the registration page) should say that Stompy Feet reserve the rights to pooh pooh any name, but we'll explain why.
Good idea.
We may also want to register PTB names so that they can't be grabbed. If a PTB wants it, they can be given the password.
We may also want to register PTB names so that they can't be grabbed. If a PTB wants it, they can be given the password.
I like that. We still have to kill names like Minaer or Fruy (unless they fax us a copy of their birth certificate. :) )
We can register as many of those as we can think of, too.
We can register as many of those as we can think of, too.
We don't have to. We only have to deactivate the ones that people actually try to register.
We don't have to. We only have to deactivate the ones that people actually try to register.
But... but... it would be FUN!!!
But yeah, good point.
Okay, a first attempt at a reasonable PTB list:
Producers
note: Joss posts as "joss" and has proved himself capable of finding his way back; anyone trying to register "Joss Whedon" needs to be looked at as carefully as the misspellings.
Writers
Actors (maybe just regulars/recurrings, not one-offs?
Known SO's of the above?
Obvious misspellings of any of the above.
... anyone else?
Ok, following on from the recent Firefly situation, and just to harp on a tricky issue, the short etiquette guide states that offensive posts will be a problem. Should we say "posts that are offensive to this community", or something like that?
Huh. "Tim Minaer" gave us a fake e-mail address. Either that or he spelled it incorrectly.
Well, that's simple and easy. He'd never have gotten in anyway.
billytea, I don't know. Who else could we be using as the gold standard for offensiveness?