I agree wholeheartedly with Jon's original suggestion -- the filk is cute, but there's no reason to make it in any way difficult, confusing, or off-putting for people to learn the rules, which should be the basic groundline of community participation. Jesse's point that the link to the plain version is "right there" works if you reverse the links as well -- that way, people who enjoy filk can read the filk version, and people who just want to know the rules can just read the rules.
I'm sorry. You were going to ask me to choose, right? Did you want to finish?
Zoe ,'War Stories'
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
Michele T. - Mar 02, 2003 12:45:45 pm PST #6106 of 10001
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
David J. Schwartz - Mar 02, 2003 1:41:06 pm PST #6107 of 10001
New, fully poseable Author!Knut.
I like the filk.
But I'm not actually here.
Jessica - Mar 02, 2003 1:54:52 pm PST #6108 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
(Natter in Press needs Stomping.)
P.M. Marc - Mar 02, 2003 1:55:45 pm PST #6109 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've stomped the press natter. And will stomp my natter warning in five.
John H - Mar 02, 2003 1:57:28 pm PST #6110 of 10001
I like the filk too, (and I think it's terribly sad that Steph's never heard "Officer Krupke", or presumably, seen "West Side Story") but I would support reversing the two pages. Straight one with a link to filk rather than filk with a link to straight.
Jessica - Mar 02, 2003 1:57:45 pm PST #6111 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Danke.
I would also like to voice my continuing frustration with announcements being posted in Press AND cross-posted in other threads. Press was created to prevent cross-posting of this very type. It is very annoying to have to read the same message three times.
Anathema - Mar 02, 2003 2:33:16 pm PST #6112 of 10001
Jonathan Will Always Be My Hero
I wasn't trying to natter. Someone posted a link in there. When I went to the link, I needed a password. So I asked what it was all about in order to find out if it was worth the bother to get a password.
If that was not allowed, I apologize
edit:
Just read Ita's post in there. I didn't realize asking about it would be a problem. Sorry again.
§ ita § - Mar 02, 2003 2:33:59 pm PST #6113 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Any discussion is disallowed. Just announcements.
P.M. Marc - Mar 02, 2003 2:35:43 pm PST #6114 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
ita, should we add that to the short blurb?
Gandalfe - Mar 02, 2003 2:38:39 pm PST #6115 of 10001
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
Perhaps the original post needs to be modified with more information about what it is, if it needs a password, etc. Also, it wasn't an announcement - an announcement tells you what it's about. It just said (words to the effect of) Go Here!