There's a lot of board history that isn't in the FAQ.
Right, because they're not frequently asked questions.
Simon: Captain's a good fighter, he must know how to handle a sword. Zoe: I think he knows which end to hold.
'Shindig'
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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DavidS - Mar 22, 2010 2:44:18 pm PDT #4482 of 6786
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Steph L. - Mar 22, 2010 2:45:09 pm PDT #4483 of 6786
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Right, because they're not frequently asked questions.
How much stuff in the FAQ is stuff that actually frequently gets asked? Seriously.
aurelia - Mar 22, 2010 2:46:13 pm PDT #4484 of 6786
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I wouldn't call Gus a troll, but that is beside the point.
Does it matter to anyone that the FAQ is open to search engines? If someone googled TV Tropes or Fast Eddie and ended up here would that make people more or less comfortable than the links from the articles about TV Tropes?
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§ ita § - Mar 22, 2010 2:48:06 pm PDT #4485 of 6786
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
If someone googled TV Tropes or Fast Eddie and ended up here
I doubt anyone googling TV Tropes would ever come up with us as a high-ranking hit. Fast Eddie and TV Tropes? Again, not likely.
Someone googles buffistas in conjunction with that, then they were looking for us, and I don't mind them finding out what went down here.
megan walker - Mar 22, 2010 2:50:13 pm PDT #4486 of 6786
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I have no doubt then when I submit either the suggestions for deletions, new entries, or the entire revised FAQ itself, we will probably conclude that we need to vote on it. So it's not like we need to decide this right now.
Jessica - Mar 22, 2010 2:50:28 pm PDT #4487 of 6786
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
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?"
This is really what I want to publicly clarify. That "Fast Eddie," whoever he is, has fuckall to do with this community or this site.
I want "Fast Eddie is not now and has never been a member of Buffistas.org and here's a link to the conversation where tvtropes was launched" to be easily available information just in case the next reporter he talks to thinks to do a little fact-checking.
Polter-Cow - Mar 22, 2010 2:54:39 pm PDT #4488 of 6786
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
That "Fast Eddie," whoever he is, has fuckall to do with this community or this site.
I thought we were all pretty clear on the fact that he's Gus, in which case he does/did.
here's a link to the conversation where tvtropes was launched" to be easily available information just in case the next reporter he talks to thinks to do a little fact-checking.
That would be good.
aurelia - Mar 22, 2010 2:56:13 pm PDT #4489 of 6786
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
we will probably conclude that we need to vote on it
Really?
Liese S. - Mar 22, 2010 4:05:59 pm PDT #4490 of 6786
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
It could go in an affiliation area. "Is b.org affiliated with tvtropes.com?" "No. Tvtropes was started by a poster named Gus, brief history, Fast Eddie whose name you may have seen in the press was never a registered user name at b.org" "Is b.org affiliated with timminear.net?" "No, timminear.net is run by a poster...blah blah...Tim Minear previously posted at the b.org but this is not in any way his site." "Is b.org affiliated with Mutant Enemy?" "No, this is in no way an official site, all material copyrighted by ME belongs to ME."
Cass - Mar 22, 2010 4:39:46 pm PDT #4491 of 6786
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
That "Fast Eddie," whoever he is, has fuckall to do with this community or this site.
Yes. We've never had a poster named Fast Eddie. Might be the same meatsuit as Gus, but Gus "died" and, frankly, there was overlap from b.org to tvtropes but neither created the other.
And, really, just links. Let people go read on their own. I am so, so tired of people asking "What happened?" I get that they want to know and I am really okay with them knowing. I just wish there was a place I could send them and not rehash it all every time. It stresses me out.
It was a shitty situation but it happened. Links for people to read that make sense to me.