I think I agree Jon, so now I'm not even sure why I brought it up - except it's really hard to stare at a nekkid emperor for too long, without saying something.
Early: Where'd she go? Simon: I can't keep track of her when she's not incorporeally possessing a space ship. Don't look at me.
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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
Cindy - Jan 17, 2003 3:48:01 pm PST #3004 of 10001
Nobody
Sophia Brooks - Jan 17, 2003 3:48:31 pm PST #3005 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
me three on the agree.
Betsy HP - Jan 17, 2003 3:52:43 pm PST #3006 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
I think we need to get exhaustive about the spoiler rules, because they're obviously confusing people. I *think* they boil down to:
1. In show threads, mention only topics that have already aired on the show. Nothing you saw in TV Guide (insert existing blurb.) should be mentioned, not even in whitefont. However, if you're mentioning current-season Buffy events on Angel or Angel events on Buffy, use whitefont. Some people are on tape delay for one or both shows.
2. In non-show threads, whitefont spoilers for current-season shows, exciting plot twists in current movies, mentions of R*ley...
3. And, as always, use whitefont for humorous effect. Not that we could stop you.
PaulJ - Jan 17, 2003 4:00:43 pm PST #3007 of 10001
Betsy: if you posted this because of my question in Buffy, just let it be known that the only reason why I'm confused is because I'm a lazy bastard and haven't read the FAQ as throughly (?) as I should have (well, I did read it, but only for the funny parts). Since I didn't remember whether it was okay to talk about shooting scripts for the current season, and since I've heard other people saying that scripts are not canon for them, I thought that I'd rather be on the safe side and ask.
Not to say that the FAQ couldn't be improved (or perhaps it can't, and it's already perfect in its current encarnation), but just wanted to clarify that, at least in this case, the "fault" lies definitely in this user's side and not in the (lack of) clarity of the guidelines.
Betsy HP - Jan 17, 2003 4:01:52 pm PST #3008 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Paul, you aren't the only one. We've been getting a lot of questions lately, which makes me think the FAQ isn't as clear as it was before we had three shows and three networks to keep track of. It used to be that anybody who saw Buffy also saw Angel at the same time.
§ ita § - Jan 17, 2003 4:02:00 pm PST #3009 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'd like to say I'm completely against discussions of unnamed posters. It encourages too much paranoia.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 17, 2003 4:02:08 pm PST #3010 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Not to speak for Betsy, but I feel like at this point I'm confused. Also about the spoiler policy in Bitches. So I don't think it is just you, Paul.
Cindy - Jan 17, 2003 4:42:39 pm PST #3011 of 10001
Nobody
ita - would you prefer me to delete those posts?
Kristen - Jan 17, 2003 4:43:11 pm PST #3012 of 10001
Cindy, if you're thinking that the gentlemen posting in Angel is our recently banned poster, I believe you would be incorrect. He posted in my ScoopMe forum long before we ever heard a whisper from the departed one.
[EDIT: I'm not trying to be cryptic. I just don't know how to spell either of their names and am too lazy to go look them up.]
§ ita § - Jan 17, 2003 4:54:24 pm PST #3013 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
No, the discussion's been had, so it should stand.