If the apocalypse comes, beep me.

Buffy ,'Selfless'


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


P.M. Marc - Sep 25, 2002 2:44:07 pm PDT #241 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Main casting and things that are easily stumbled across in the media are fine. Promos and interviews mostly fine. Special guest should be white fonted. Themes OK, exact plot points and widgets not.

Hmm. So, exact plot points for me would be "Xander leaves Anya at the alter" or "Buffy swan-dives". "Riley returns at some point" would be white fontable, "Riley and his wife Sam annoy the crap outta us and make Buffy re-examine her life for the millionth time" would be a no-no.

ETA: Although I'm cool with a Warning Before the Whitefont policy.


Jessica - Sep 25, 2002 2:45:06 pm PDT #242 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

ITA, Plei. (Hee, that rhymes.)


Typo Boy - Sep 25, 2002 2:45:22 pm PDT #243 of 10001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

Ok so it is pretty clear that everyone but me is anti-thread drift (or at least an overwhelming majority).

But I still think the tape fairly thread is a good idea. It keeps it out of beep me or press (where it does not belong) and it does not get buried in natter.


candyb - Sep 25, 2002 2:46:32 pm PDT #244 of 10001

I'm a bit baffled by the change to Spoiler Lite. TV Guide descriptions very very often include eaxct plot points, so do many articles.


lori - Sep 25, 2002 2:46:38 pm PDT #245 of 10001

I'm for a tape fairy thread. Stash it on the right in the administrative section.


Jessica - Sep 25, 2002 2:47:41 pm PDT #246 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

Oh, and episode titles are generally okay too, but overly descriptive ones should be whitefonted.

(I.e. "Lessons" is fine to post in public, but "Tara's Ghost Teaches Dawn How To Drive" should be whited out.)


P.M. Marc - Sep 25, 2002 2:48:46 pm PDT #247 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

I'm a bit baffled by the change to Spoiler Lite. TV Guide descriptions very very often include eaxct plot points, so do many articles.

Argh. Well, we'll hash it out somehow.


candyb - Sep 25, 2002 2:49:42 pm PDT #248 of 10001

So the only real difference bewteen the Spoiler Lites and the other one is the white fonting and separate topics for each show.


Jessica - Sep 25, 2002 2:50:11 pm PDT #249 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

I think "Lite" is a misnomer. It's really "spoilers that are so easy to find it's frustrating not to talk about them on the main thread."


P.M. Marc - Sep 25, 2002 2:50:51 pm PDT #250 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

So the only real difference bewteen the Spoiler Lites and the other one is the white fonting and separate topics for each show.

No, not really. No wildfeed information, no Wanda, no couldn't be stumbled across accidentally.

Nothing you'd have to hunt for.