I think I've been convinced to vote yes on the music thread. But Apu stays.
Seems like everyone's got a tale to tell.
Mal ,'Safe'
Bureaucracy 1: Like Kafka, Only Funnier
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
billytea - Jan 02, 2003 12:49:27 pm PST #2186 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Jen - Jan 02, 2003 12:50:06 pm PST #2187 of 10001
love's a dream you enter though I shake and shake and shake you
I think due South and Smallville should stay their own threads because it's very fic-oriented, with lots of slash recs going on, and I know that's not everyone's cup of tea.
Although IMHO Smallville is such crap lately that I'm not sure anyone's using the thread to talk about the show.
Michele T. - Jan 02, 2003 12:53:25 pm PST #2188 of 10001
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
Although IMHO Smallville is such crap lately that I'm not sure anyone's using the thread to talk about the show.
You misspelled "the thread has become inhospitable to actual discussion of the show because of the vocal nature of the 'this season sucks' crowd."
Jon B. - Jan 02, 2003 12:53:33 pm PST #2189 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
But I wonder why it needs to be a vote. In the past people have asked for new threads to address a particular interest (like TTT or Farscape). If enough people were interested to sustain such a thread it was made. It wasn't a majority vote.
There does seem to be more dissent this time around.
I'm abstaining. I'm sure I'd enjoy a music thread and would probably be a useful contributor, but I'm worried that this time-sink will turn into time-black-hole for me. I know that's my issue, which is why I abstain.
DXMachina - Jan 02, 2003 12:53:43 pm PST #2190 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Although IMHO Smallville is such crap lately that I'm not sure anyone's using the thread to talk about the show.
If that's the case, is it time to close that thread? I don't hang out there, but if it's just slash recs and natter at this point, should folks move the recs to Due South, or FanFic?
DavidS - Jan 02, 2003 12:54:12 pm PST #2191 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
It's moot now in this specific instance, since mieskie/Michael violated his suspension (twice).
But in the future I'm wondering if we want to allow people who are being disciplined to defend themselves in Bureaucracy or have their say. It seems fair (on the one hand) - and yet it is also a kind of invitation to shit storms. I really don't know.
I want the process to be fair so that somebody has a very clear idea of why they're in trouble and what people are objecting to. I'm thinking that maybe even a sampling of this current discussion could be useful to send to somebody who's been given a warning.
So...warning should be in thread and by email. And might include a link to the beginning of the discussion so the offender understands who we as a community have decided our standards.
Fay - Jan 02, 2003 12:55:33 pm PST #2192 of 10001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Dude, I've only just got a gift parcel of Smallville CDs sent over from the US. I have no idea whether I'll think this season sucks yet.
Um. OTOH, I'm trying to cut down my online time. Ignore me.
Anne W. - Jan 02, 2003 12:55:56 pm PST #2193 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I'd almost be inclined to blend the dS and SV threads into a general HoYayTV thread. That way, those who wish to discuss Sports Night, Highlander, etc. etc. have a place to do so.
Fay - Jan 02, 2003 12:56:52 pm PST #2194 of 10001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
I'd almost be inclined to blend the dS and SV threads into a general HoYayTV thread.
We could do that.
DavidS - Jan 02, 2003 12:56:56 pm PST #2195 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
If that's the case, is it time to close that thread?
The issue with Smallville is that it's sort of its own subcommunity at this point with its own history. Aside from the show.
Jon's argument that a music thread would be too tempting and draw him into further discussion does not sound compelling to me.