I do see what looks like a way to upload pages. I can take a stab at it and hope that I don't break anything.
Please...Wesley...why can't I stay?
Fred ,'A Hole in the World'
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.
Current Stompy Feet: Jon B, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych, msbelle, shrift, Dana, Laura
Stompy Emerita: ita, DXMachina
Dana - Dec 22, 2020 8:31:05 am PST #6628 of 6786
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Topic!Cindy - Dec 22, 2020 9:24:11 am PST #6629 of 6786
What is even happening?
Beta.buffistas.me doesn't seem to be active. Is there a test/development site (or region on this site) where people can try out a thing?
I think Gud might have mentioned something about mods being able to upload files themselves?
There's probably something more recent, but I stumbled across something related in the Wayback archive from a couple of years ago. Gud said [link] :
If any admins want to edit/create static pages (FAQs, Etiquette, How-To, etc...) on the beta site, feel free to do so. I can save them off before the next database reset. It's in the 'Pages' section of the Admin Portal.
To anyone's recollection, did that ever happen?
Another housekeeping issue:
amych mentioned adding a link to GitLab in the BBaBB thread description, so it was readily available to people (to review which issues had already been reported, so we didn't duplicate; check the status known issues). Would a Stompy please add that link?
EDIT: GitLab known issues link is here and is accessible without a GitLab login: [link]
See also: move closed threads to the closed thread folders.
Per the Law-Speak document, we used to have something of a Stompy division of labor. [link]
HTML and FAQ maintenance (mainly Jon B.)
Buffista photogallery (Jon B.)
Coding, testing and webspace (ita)
Filk archive, thread archive (mainly DX)
Creating threads and editing thread titles (all)
stomp spammers without discussion (all) (See also discussion in Discipline)
Is division of labor something we can look at? Do we need to give some users some additional access to lighten the work load?
Maybe we could ask Gud for a list of tasks that [people who can't do what Gud can do] could do for him? I suspect we could knock off some of the less technical stuff.
juliana - Dec 25, 2020 5:57:06 pm PST #6630 of 6786
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Maybe we could ask Gud for a list of tasks that [people who can't do what Gud can do] could do for him? I suspect we could knock off some of the less technical stuff.
I would happily help with that. When Peanut is in school, I have about 3 hours of time where I still need to be present for her, but where I have the focus to knock out short tasks.
Jessica - Feb 11, 2021 7:10:34 am PST #6631 of 6786
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Anyone up for changing the name of the Jossverse thread?
Dana - Feb 11, 2021 7:13:37 am PST #6632 of 6786
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Yeah, I was thinking about that too.
Dana - Feb 11, 2021 7:15:03 am PST #6633 of 6786
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Though I'm not sure what we'd change it to. Maybe it just needs to be retired, and the various topics go to already existing threads? We've got Movies, we've got Streaming.
Jessica - Feb 11, 2021 7:24:42 am PST #6634 of 6786
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Maybe it just needs to be retired, and the various topics go to already existing threads? We've got Movies, we've got Streaming.
I was thinking this too. Between Movies, Streaming, Marvel, and B+A, I think we've got all possible discussion topics covered elsewhere.
Laura - Feb 11, 2021 8:06:25 am PST #6635 of 6786
Our wings are not tired.
I think retirement would be a good option. Close it. Archive it. Bye bye.
eta: should we vote - I mean we love to vote - but bs consensus is doable too
Jesse - Feb 11, 2021 8:08:14 am PST #6636 of 6786
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Totally agree. It's fair to say that we're not following his work because it's his work at this point.
Dana - Feb 11, 2021 8:11:38 am PST #6637 of 6786
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
I think we could do this by BS consensus, unless anyone has an objection. Should we post in Press about it and let people weigh in?