Played with Kaylee. Sun came out, and I walked on my feet and heard with my ears. I ate the bits, the bits stayed down, and I work. I function like I'm a girl. I hate it because I know it'll go away. The sun goes dark and chaos has come again. Bits. Fluids. What am I?!

River ,'War Stories'


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


DavidS - Feb 12, 2021 1:50:59 pm PST #6689 of 6776
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I can see closed threads, but not archived ones.

I think DXM had done a lot of the archiving. Certainly he did for pre B.org threads at TT and WX.

Not sure where they are now after the switch to the new board.


erin_obscure - Feb 12, 2021 2:40:08 pm PST #6690 of 6776

Yay consensus!


shrift - Feb 12, 2021 2:41:38 pm PST #6691 of 6776
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I found the archived threads folder: [link]


Laura - Feb 12, 2021 4:13:04 pm PST #6692 of 6776
Our wings are not tired.

Sleuth shrift! Thanks, I couldn't find it for nothing.


aurelia - Feb 12, 2021 4:54:40 pm PST #6693 of 6776
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Do new registrations have to be approved by a stompy or do they just go through?

Also, just a heads-up that we've been mentioned on Twitter which may or may not attract some attention.


brenda m - Feb 12, 2021 5:20:37 pm PST #6694 of 6776
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

On Arthur Chu? I was wondering if anyone was going to take that (inadvertent) bait.


-t - Feb 12, 2021 5:43:57 pm PST #6695 of 6776
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

...I kinda want to pull down the shades and pretend we aren’t home but I don’t think that’s actually an option


Consuela - Feb 12, 2021 5:47:55 pm PST #6696 of 6776
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Yeah, Fay got pissed off and mentioned the were-monkey's manipulation and fake death and all...


-t - Feb 12, 2021 6:06:22 pm PST #6697 of 6776
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I honestly can't imagine we would be all that interesting to anyone who dropped by because of that, just having a visceral MEEP about it


Topic!Cindy - Feb 12, 2021 6:35:36 pm PST #6698 of 6776
What is even happening?

I don't think Fay mentioned B.org by name, FWIW. I also think Gus sold TV Tropes to someone years ago. Nobody there probably even cares/knows/thinks about us.

Do we also want to consider removing Jossverse reference in certain thread summaries and descriptions? For example, those references in threads like Fan Fiction, Literary, and Other Media don't seem particularly relevant at this point.

I would like that.

Do we want to put something on our "About" page? Our current one is pretty bare bones. [link] Was it just put up as a place holder?

Here's an archive of the "About This Site" page from the old site. [link]

If we want to flesh it out the new page at all, we could also add a disclaimer. My mind keeps going to the beginning of SMG's statement [link] :

While I m proud to have my name associated with Buffy Summers, I don't want to be forever associated with the name Joss Whedon....

I keep thinking of riffing straight off that, with something like:

While we are proud to have derived our name from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, like the lead actress herself, we don't want to be forever associated with the show's creator. Through the years, his former spouse and several cast members have recounted behavior that is antithetical to our values. We're not throwing out the babies, but we are through with the brackish bathwater.