Oh, Pacey! You blind idiot. Can't you see she doesn't love you?

Spike ,'Help'


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


Connie Neil - Jan 27, 2003 4:11:46 pm PST #3707 of 10001
brillig

So, about thread proliferation. Do we have a procedure for old, dead threads? Or do we not have any?


Jesse - Jan 27, 2003 4:17:01 pm PST #3708 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I don't know if there's a reason they can't go on the Archives page.


Jesse - Jan 27, 2003 4:17:27 pm PST #3709 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

And actually, I think that would be a BaBB question, maybe.


askye - Jan 27, 2003 4:20:52 pm PST #3710 of 10001
Thrive to spite them

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.


brenda m - Jan 27, 2003 4:24:40 pm PST #3711 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

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.


§ ita § - Jan 27, 2003 4:26:18 pm PST #3712 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

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.


Wolfram - Jan 27, 2003 4:27:35 pm PST #3713 of 10001
Visilurking

Well I vote for an Alias thread especially after last night's episode, notwithstanding a general tv thread. If we're tallying up votes on this board does anyone else want a separate Alias thread?


brenda m - Jan 27, 2003 4:31:03 pm PST #3714 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

I guess so ita. How many other shows (most?) are on a similar time delay for Unamericans?


Angus G - Jan 27, 2003 4:38:44 pm PST #3715 of 10001
Roguish Laird

How many other shows (most?) are on a similar time delay for Unamericans?

All! (Well, all US shows, at least.)

By the way, about Natter...I didn't mean earlier to sound like I thought Natter was not serious enough, too flippant, etc. I like Natter the way it is, but I also think that because of the posting volume and the fact that people skip and skim, there's a certain kind of conversation that we used to be able to have across time zones that we can't have any more. Certainly ita is right, we can't have a new thread for every single topic that I or anyone else happen to be interested in, but I do think that that's at least an argument in favour of a new thread when there's a critical mass for a given topic. (Ie the "just talk about it in Natter" response doesn't really work for me anymore.)


Anathema - Jan 27, 2003 4:44:57 pm PST #3716 of 10001
Jonathan Will Always Be My Hero

Am I allowed to ask a question in her not related to my tantrum?

t For which I apologize yet again.

I have been following this thread discussion a bit, but I'm not sure I get the gist of why adding threads is a problem. Is it a problem?

My wife, for one, would probably be keen on an Alias thread.