Here's my proposal...let 'er rip!
(Edited to remove comment that had been made moot by folks posting faster than I type).
PROPOSAL:
I propose the creation of a new thread. This thread will be for the discussion of TV shows, past, present, and future, with the exception of BtVS, Angel, and Firefly. These three Jossian shows can be mentioned, used as reference, etc., in the new TV thread, but the main discussion of them will be held elsewhere. White-font rules used in the home thread for Jossian series will apply to those series in the TV thread. Shows currently airing and in syndication can be discussed in this thread.
The thread will be NAFDA. No white-fonting required, except as above regarding Angel, BtVS, and Firefly.
END PROPOSAL
Please note I cheated and changed my proposal from white-font for a week. As I said, white-fonting a TV show makes no sense to me. I was looking out for the TAR folks, but I guess they can argue it for themselves as they choose.
I'm also assuming that only Angel would have white-font rules, as there ain't no more Buffy or Firefly, and this proposed thread is NAFDA. Please correct me if I'm wrong (or give me lots and lots of pets if I'm right ^_^).
It's not cheating -- as the proposer, you get to word things. Sorry if I stepped on your toes by opening the discussion before you had your wording set.
Don't forget casting spoiler rules -- I've already been spoiled here more than once for other shows -- one should be careful about that -- allowed? Whitefonted? What?
This sounds like a thread I might have enjoyed when I was an east coaster and didn't watch with TiVo. Well, okay, there's the proliferation thing too.
That was very smooth and polished, Raquel. You'll go far in politics...
Don't forget casting spoiler rules -- I've already been spoiled here more than once for other shows -- one should be careful about that -- allowed? Whitefonted? What?
Interesting point, ita. Obviously, anything unaired is spoilery, and should be verbotten, but should summer casting rules apply?
(Generally, I'm a little curious about this, as it seems to me that genre shows like Buffy and Angel are the only ones for whom this is a big thing... I know there are occasionally exceptions, but it seems that spoilerness of cast changes is lessened to a certain extent in non-genre shows)
That was very smooth and polished, Raquel. You'll go far in politics...
Thankee Sean...but as I currently have pink hair, I'm guessing I won't.
ita, my proposal as stands is no whitefont, not casting, not plot, not which ads ran during the ep. Sounds like casting spoilers are a topic for discussion....
Well, if we're going no whitefont, it seems clear to me (though I am well aware that this might not apply to anyone else)...
If it's aired, free to talk about it. If it hasn't aired, it's spoilery, not acceptable to discuss.
ita's comment about the east coast and TiVo is well-taken, though...if it's aired on the East Coast feed but not on the West? Aired or not-yet-aired?
if it's aired on the East Coast feed but not on the West? Aired or not-yet-aired?
In all our Jossverse threads (as well as Smallville, come to think of it), it's been considered "aired," and West Coasters just have to hie themselves out or else get spoiled.
Hmm... This is something I've struggled with myself. I've frequently avoided show threads on show nights due to East Coast watch and post.
What seems more inconvenient for people? East Coasters not being able to discuss a show for three hours afterward, or West Coasters having to avoid a thread for three hours before.
Personally, I think the only way to make the thread work is to keep restrictions to the barest minimum, and peeps wandering into the thread do so at their own risk. Otherwise, I think we're just setting ourselves up for bizarre convolutions that will just drive us all crazy.
