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Gunn ,'Power Play'


Bureaucracy 4: Like Job. No, really, just like Job

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.

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Polter-Cow - Aug 17, 2007 6:54:29 pm PDT #1260 of 6786
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Fall TV Thread voting results: Lee "Sunnydale Press" Sep 2, 2005 8:00:42 pm PDT

Yeah, I think I remember that one. It got voted down hardcore back then. Seems sentiments have shifted in the last two years.


msbelle - Aug 17, 2007 7:42:30 pm PDT #1261 of 6786
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

We've also voted no on an OC thread and a General Reality TV thread: Lee "Sunnydale Press" Oct 22, 2004 8:51:27 pm PDT


NoiseDesign - Aug 17, 2007 10:28:34 pm PDT #1262 of 6786
Our wings are not tired

I'd be happy to see a proposal for a set of much smaller bucket threads to cover the network drama shows. I voted against it not because I don't want those shows covered, but because I didn't want them in single bucket that large.


le nubian - Aug 18, 2007 6:02:34 am PDT #1263 of 6786
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Yeah, I was really disappointed about the Fall TV thread. That one hurt my feelings.


Laura - Aug 18, 2007 6:29:56 am PDT #1264 of 6786
Our wings are not tired.

Although I would rarely participate, I'm disappointed too. The comedy people are waiting to propose. Maybe we can come up with a format for show threads that works before the fall shows start up.

My guess is that the network drama failed for fear it was too big a bucket. Maybe a multi part vote for several genres broken up in smaller buckets.

Comedy
Medical drama
Cop drama
Something else

Fall's a comin'


brenda m - Aug 18, 2007 7:04:40 am PDT #1265 of 6786
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

My problem with those is that I don't know what I'll be watching come fall. The advantage (to me) of the buckets is that they can ebb and flow with our habits. I worry that smaller grouped buckets could stagnate if a particular genre is underperforming in the fall.

My other issue is that I think while single show or smaller, genre buckets may work better for specific show posting, the more varied threads get a better conversational dynamic going. But I'm willing to be proved wrong.


Vortex - Aug 18, 2007 7:10:51 am PDT #1266 of 6786
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

My guess is that the network drama failed for fear it was too big a bucket. Maybe a multi part vote for several genres broken up in smaller buckets

I think that we've proposed this before. It never went to a vote, I think that is was "voted down" in discussion.


brenda m - Aug 18, 2007 7:38:29 am PDT #1267 of 6786
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

Maybe it would be worthwhile, in advance of any proposals hitting the table, for people who are interested to throw out some of their conceptions for what specific smaller or genre buckets they would like to see.


Sean K - Aug 18, 2007 8:26:30 am PDT #1268 of 6786
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Maybe a multi part vote for several genres broken up in smaller buckets

I think that we've proposed this before. It never went to a vote, I think that is was "voted down" in discussion.

No, I think it went to a vote and got actually voted down two years ago: Lee "Sunnydale Press" Sep 2, 2005 8:00:42 pm PDT

Or perhaps you're thinking of a different attempt.


brenda m - Aug 18, 2007 8:54:10 am PDT #1269 of 6786
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

Those aren't differentiated by genre, though. I don't remember seeing that ever get to a ballot before.