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
Okay.
First of all, I don't blame anyone for snapping and using language that, in other circunstances, might be considered inflammatory. We all have bad days, etc., etc.
This said... May I suggest that *everybody*, on either side of the fence (and even Stompies) refrain from posting in this thread for at least a couple of hours? Don't post, for any reason. Just go to natter, or bitch in Bitches, or write fanfic, but don't post here. Give some time to chill, take a deep breath, cool off.
In a few hours, or perhaps tomorrow, we'll be able to think about this with cooler heads and deal with it, if there's any need, in a more rational manner. The way things are now, there's an obvious need to "de-escalate" the situation.
Just a suggestion. Not that I have any, you know, authority here or something.
(Paul, I wholeheartedly subscribe to that idea.)
(And I wish I hadn't been in class for the past few hours.)
super extra wrod. We. Must. Chill.
So, about thread proliferation. Do we have a procedure for old, dead threads? Or do we not have any?
I don't know if there's a reason they can't go on the Archives page.
And actually, I think that would be a BaBB question, maybe.
I like the way Holli deals with old threads in TT TV on W/X, which is the only model I have for dead threads. People go to Bureacracy and suggest threads be archived or killed and then she posts in the threads that after so many days the threads will be archived or deleted and if anyone has objections they need to speak up.
Of course of there anyone can start a thread and there's lots of seasonal threads (Emmys, Golden Globes) and then the sitcoms that fail.
Personal I don't see the need for 1 thread per TV show, although I would like to see a general TV thread. I think there's enough Buffistas who watch the same tv shows or networks (Cartoon Network, Stargate, Alias, etc) to make it worth it. I know I see TV talk in variosu places.
I wouldn't object to a general TV thread. It doesn't have the same kind of spoiler issues that a movies thread would.
I do prefer that thread/no thread discussion continue here rather than using a poll. Thread expansion isn't just about the numbers - there are some things people feel very strongly pro or con, and I'd rather those viewpoints get heard and discussed than just totting up the number of folks who click a button.
It doesn't have the same kind of spoiler issues that a movies thread would.
You mean a NAFDA TV thread, then, right? Because current season info for non-ME shows is currently whited out in Natter.
