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.
I'm going to see to Wesley, see if he's still whimpering.
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§ ita § - Mar 22, 2010 11:13:47 am PDT #4466 of 6786
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
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.
§ ita § - Mar 22, 2010 1:50:27 pm PDT #4471 of 6786
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
One reason I'd want it in the FAQ is that it's been asked more than twice. I mean, the question might be "What does TV Tropes have to do with the Buffistas? I thought Fast Eddie started tvtropes.org from b.org?"
Answer (which I'm not wordsmithing) would say something like: We had a Gus, he said he started tvtropes.org from his basement, then he "died" and then, years later, Fast Eddie said he was a Buffista that started it, but we don't know who that is. With links to B'cracy for "died" and to the zip file where Gus decides to start the site.
Or something like that.
megan walker - Mar 22, 2010 1:57:33 pm PDT #4472 of 6786
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
or, to combine entries:
Q: Who is Gus and why do you hate him more than Hellish hated Dawn?
§ ita § - Mar 22, 2010 2:00:23 pm PDT #4473 of 6786
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
That should be the text that goes up on the front page.
Steph L. - Mar 22, 2010 2:07:58 pm PDT #4474 of 6786
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I really don't get the impulse to "not draw attention to it." I prefer transparency and being forthright about it.
It's not the *situation* that I don't want to draw attention to (i.e., "a poster acted in this way. This is what happened. This is how we dealt with it.").
What I don't want to draw attention to is the *person* who caused the situation. He's gotten more than enough of our attention and bandwidth; I don't think he deserves to be enshrined in our FAQ. That's permanent attention.
DavidS - Mar 22, 2010 2:20:25 pm PDT #4475 of 6786
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I don't think he deserves to be enshrined in our FAQ. That's permanent attention.
See, that's the part that doesn't make sense to me.
The FAQ is not the Hall of Fame. As Clint noted in Unforgiven, "Deserve's got nothing to do with it."
The FAQ addresses board history. Gus was part of our history. Ergo, Gus goes in the FAQ.