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.
Current Stompy Feet: Jon B, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych, msbelle, shrift, Dana, Laura
Stompy Emerita: ita, DXMachina
I tweaked the blurb for Spoilers Lite, but the FAQ language on spoilers needs to be changed. I have no brain, so I'm not going to word it.
This:
A. Anything that hasn't been broadcast. So anything from the show and the preview trailers is okay, anything from TV Guide or anywhere else is a spoiler, including casting news, episode titles and plot twists.
and this:
Q. Are all casting news items considered spoilers?
A. Most. When in doubt, treat them as spoilers (see previous Q&A). Certain main cast information is allowed during the Northern Hemisphere's summer off-season, under our Summer Casting Rules.
Major casting changes, to the Main Cast Only, announced by the network or studio, may be discussed, within their respective show threads only (e.g. post Angel news in the Angel thread, not in Bitches, not the other NAFDA threads), 4 weeks after the announcements, or 4 weeks after the previous season finale, whichever comes later. This allows those posters who wish to remain free from all casting news, to safely use the show threads for post-season discussion.
This casting news definition includes cast additions or departures that occur over summer hiatus only (not midseason). Plot points related to the character's arrival or departure are to be treated as spoilers. The Main Cast are those characters appearing in the opening credits. Summertime discussion of news regarding recurring and guest roles is not allowed in the main show threads, and must be contained to a spoiler or spoilers-lite thread.
Also this isn't exactly accurate:
Q. Do I have to use the white font for spoilers?
A. In the Spoilage Lite threads, yes. In the main hardcore spoiler thread, no, but it's good form if there is something really really shocking and impending. Like, for example, quotes from an early-bird review. Also, be aware that people using text-only browsers like Lynx don't get any juice out of the white font, so it's nice to give them a text-only warning that there are spoilers ahead.
Some things are allowed in black font in Spoilers Lite. Ep titles, and maybe guest stars who are not new characters. Or maybe not. That's kind of fuzzy. Clarification desired.
Do we have any writers still on board? I remember some stuff was under revision--where does that stand? Are we shy volunteers?
I can rewrite/update the FAQ language on spoilers above. I'd be happy to revise anything else in the FAQ, too, but I don't know where that stands now -- I think possibly Sophia was working on some of it?
My original suggested deletions after I went through it are here: megan walker "Bureaucracy 4: Like Job. No, really, just like Job" Oct 22, 2010 11:37:35 am PDT.
I think I posted at some point in Press about additions but no one responded with any, except Sophia, who has the legal document I believe.
So where do we stand in terms of next steps? I think that if no one spoke up, let's not wait on anything else. But we should make sure that we have as many changes as possible consolidated.
Jon, are you still on point for editing the FAQ documentation?
Also, there's CSS cleanup I need to do on the top left of the page. I keep forgetting. I need to put that down on my task list.
What I had (and could still have) is what I gave Nutty to do the cheesebutt document, which was a very simple "How do we Vote" set of directions. I think it is now embedded in the cheesebutt. I don't think we need the cheesebutt, just the simple directions, but then that led to people wanting to re-write the FAQ, and then it never gets done.
I think we do need cheesebutt because I think all the details should be documented somewhere so it doesn't have to be Nillied, but it's lower priority than a basic voting guide.
Jon, are you still on point for editing the FAQ documentation?
Sure, if someone gives me text, I can update & reupload the file.
The basic voting guidelines were (seriously) finished about 5 years ago. In fact, I am pretty sure it was longer ago than that, because I was at my last job! But as I said, they are embedded in the cheesebutt and I don't know where that is (as it never went live). I can re-do it, but I would rather someone pulled the existing guideline (or showed me where I can do it) rather than re-create it from memory.
Hey, look what I found: [link] I totally forgot that existed. Also: Cheesebutt.
