I was thinking that the ones derived from canon (i.e. spoken on the show) would move.

That would work as a rule of thumb for me, too.

I'd keep any piece of vocabulary that's in active Buffista use. Because when people want to know "What does 'foamy' mean", they don't necessarily know it's a show reference.

And, yes, people ask about vampire erections all the time.

I think the vampire questions are funny as they stand, so I'd like to keep them separate. Of course, this could be construed as backpatting. Which it is.

Is the original Sang Sancre thread archived anywhere? I looked at DX's thread archive, but didn't see it.

I see "foamy" as different from "5X5" and the ones I mentioned. The definition of the former was expanded by the Buffistas (esp. Deb Grabien) far beyond how it was used on the show. The latter words? NSM. We use them exactly the same way the characters do.

But like I said, I'm not wedded to a decision. I can see an argument for keeping all the vocab words together on the original FAQ, if only because a newbee won't necessarily know which FAQ to check.

This is the weird way my head works. These:

• James Marsters isn't English?
• Alexis Denisof isn't English?
• Oh, no, what about Anthony Stewart Head?
• Is that at least really Giles singing?

aren't mythology questions. They're show questions. In my head, some questions can be answered within the text, and some only outside the text. And some are nasty twisty things, because the real answer to "What Happened To Whistler?" is "The actor was unavailable." But questions about the actors don't seem to me to belong in the mythology section.

In my head, some questions can be answered within the text, and some only outside the text.

Actually, Betsy, I like that distinction a whole bunch -- if a question can be answered only going by what's on screen, it's mythology. If not, it's Something Else.

Of course, that would seem to me to argue for keeping all three vampire questions together, but in the original FAQ, since it's never really come up in the text.

Yeah, I see Betsy's point. I was thinking "Buffista stuff" vs. "Show stuff", but then we'd be moving a lot of other stuff in the current FAQ like DVD availability, episode scheduling, and godknowswhatelse. Betsy's idea may be better.

We should clearly define what is covered in each FAQ in a blurb

like:

Mythology FAQ: covers storylines, characters, language and truths in the Buffyverse.

Buffista FAQ: covers How we talk, who we are, blah blah blah

Not sure if you'd want to put the actor questions in the "original" FAQ or have a third one.

I think the "whatever happened to" questions have separate answers in mythology (m) and actuality (a). Where is Joyce? She died (m), or the actress wanted to spend more time with her husband (a). Where is Giles? He went back to England since Buffy needed time to mature on her own (m), or the actor went back to England to spend more time with his family (a). You could either give just the (m) answer, give both answers, or have a different FAQ for the (a) answers.

I don't think we want to split up the answers.