The slug is:

For discussion of past seasons of Buffy.

Change it to "for discussion of past seasons of Angel" (or Buffy and Angel) and we're golden.

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People feel it's redundant to have a Buffy thread, and then call the Previously thread "Previously on Buffy and Angel". I (and I think others) don't want us to lose a singular Buffy thread.

I understand the redundancy, and the want to keep the Buffy thread. I suppose I don't it does any harm to just leave it be--because I think that once Angel starts in syndication, discussion will pick up on both television shows. And since, like Jon mentioned, it doesn't mention either show, [edit: well, scratch that] and we have a continued purpose for it, it doesn't need to be touched in the housecleaning efforts.

I'm sorry if I'm being too zealous here--I just like the Previously thread the way it is.

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Right now, the title of the previously thread doesn't mention either show.

No, but the slug (or whatever it's called, that appears under the thread name on the main page) reads, "For discussion of past seasons of Buffy."

What it actually is supposed to be (right?) is a thread to discuss what people have just seen in syndication. I think SA is making the point that the discussion is differently focused, more on a single episode, rather than on a theme. Although, I have to say, we don't know what our Buffy discussions will morph into over in the regular Buffy thread.

Why don't we think about:

• Closing our current Previously
  
• Opening a new, "Previously on Buffy and Angel"
  

(and explain it's to discuss the episodes seen in syndication)

• When Buffy 4 runs out, close it
• Open Buffy 5 without the NAFDA designation
• See what happens

If people continue using the Previously thread for a different purpose than the main show threads, we'll keep it that way. If the discussion in Previously peters out, after everyone has caught up on Angel episodes they missed (which was the point of having a Previously - when BtVS started airing on FX) - we can discuss getting rid of Previously, entirely.

This way, we won't be adding a thread; we'll just be broadening the purpose of one, and we can give ourselves time to see if it's redundant. I expect (particularly in the case of BtVS) it will be. And it shouldn't be needed for Angel, forever.

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Right now, the title of the previously thread doesn't mention either show.

Well, huh. So it doesn't.

In that case, why do we even need to close it and reopen a new one? Why not just add "and Angel" to the slug and have done with it? It's effectively a syndication/DVD thread for both shows anyway -- I know we talked about the S1 DVDs in there when they were first released.

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massive x-post

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What Jess said. I don't think we need to close a thread, considering there's not even 4k posts in there. Just change the slug.

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What Cindy said. I'm a big fan of Seeing What Happens.

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This way, we won't be adding a thread; we'll just be broadening the purpose of one

Except....we won't, really. It's already effectively a thread for both shows, we just haven't officially called it that. I think closing/reopening is an extraneous step.

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Except....we won't, really. It's already effectively a thread for both shows, we just haven't officially called it that. I think closing/reopening is an extraneous step.

Except it's not. The slug on the main page, under the title, says it is for Buffy.

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Except it's not. The slug on the main page, under the title, says it is for Buffy

Isn't the slug a pretty quick-fix change, though?

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