Personally, I'd rather not include Gus in the FAQ, because I just don't want to give whoever-he-was any more attention and bandwidth than he's already gotten from us.
Here here!
I am not having sex with Spike! But I'm starting to think that you might be.
Buffy ,'Dirty Girls'
Bureaucracy 4: Like Job. No, really, just like Job
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Glamcookie - Mar 22, 2010 10:25:37 am PDT #4461 of 6786
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Jessica - Mar 22, 2010 10:44:43 am PDT #4462 of 6786
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Personally, I'd rather not include Gus in the FAQ, because I just don't want to give whoever-he-was any more attention and bandwidth than he's already gotten from us.
I think writing it down once and being able to say "RTFF" takes up less bandwidth than rehashing it every time someone pops up to say "I wasn't around then, what happened?"
Putting it in the FAQ takes it out of Natter.
bon bon - Mar 22, 2010 10:48:16 am PDT #4463 of 6786
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Maybe the faq can be like, "What or who is Gus?" with a link to the bureau discussion following the death announcement.
OTOH, the reason the faq hasn't been updated in so long is because we don't have a lot of newbies with frequently asked questions. So I doubt we'll be getting that one a lot.
aurelia - Mar 22, 2010 11:06:49 am PDT #4464 of 6786
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I'd rather just answer the question when it comes up.
Jesse - Mar 22, 2010 11:10:35 am PDT #4465 of 6786
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah -- as opposed to hashing out language about it.
§ ita § - Mar 22, 2010 11:13:47 am PDT #4466 of 6786
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think it could be done pretty simply, considering that Cindy did a lot of the link aggregating back in the day. At the very least, it would be simple to be able to point and go "There." and also explain the Fast Eddie recent references together.
DavidS - Mar 22, 2010 1:15:20 pm PDT #4467 of 6786
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Personally, I'd rather not include Gus in the FAQ, because I just don't want to give whoever-he-was any more attention and bandwidth than he's already gotten from us.
For what it is worth, I have agreed with everything Steph has said on this issue, but especially this comment.
I disagree. I'd rather treat it like an institution/community than as an individual
It personalizes it too much to focus on Gus' bad behavior and how we might feel about it. It should be "a poster acted in this way. This is what happened. This is how we dealt with it."
People have had a lot of questions about it, and that's why we have a FAQ.
I really don't get the impulse to "not draw attention to it." I prefer transparency and being forthright about it.
aurelia - Mar 22, 2010 1:34:58 pm PDT #4468 of 6786
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Do we really think Fast Eddie's run of publicity will last long enough for a FAQ entry to be relevant for any length of time? I suspect the questions have already hit their peak.
megan walker - Mar 22, 2010 1:36:02 pm PDT #4469 of 6786
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Do we really think Fast Eddie's run of publicity will last long enough for a FAQ entry to be relevant for any length of time?
Given the things that are currently still in the fact, this makes me laugh just a little bit.
aurelia - Mar 22, 2010 1:38:23 pm PDT #4470 of 6786
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
That's kind of my point though. We can see that some things aren't relevant anymore.