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.
Bureaucracy 4: Like Job. No, really, just like Job
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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.
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.
we will probably conclude that we need to vote on it
Really?
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."
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.
I want this:
"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.
I think it would be nice for new people or curious people to have a link that pointed them to the beginning of it all, or a brief explanation somewhere, mostly because it keeps coming up.
I like the "is/how is b.org affiliated with tvtropes" suggestions. More down that route.
I like the "is/how is b.org affiliated with tvtropes" suggestions. More down that route.
Me too. And I like the specific wording of "Fast Eddie... was never a registered user name".
I like the "is/how is b.org affiliated with tvtropes" suggestions. More down that route.
Me too. And I like the specific wording of "Fast Eddie... was never a registered user name".
Yep, this please.