Buffybot ,'Dirty Girls'
We open it up, we talks the talk, we votes, we shuts it down. This thread is to free up Bureaucracy for daily details as we hammer out the Big Issues towards a vote. Open only when a proposal has been made and seconded according to Buffista policy (Which we voted on!). If this thread is closed, hie thee to Bureaucracy instead!
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.
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?
Isn't the slug a pretty quick-fix change, though?
As would be the title.
I mean, the effort's not the issue -- it's the acceptance.
The slug on the main page, under the title, says it is for Buffy.
But the content of the thread includes both shows.
Wasn't there a big discussion here last night (or maybe it was in bureau or bbabb) about closing and opening new, rather than repurposing, for archiving purposes. Mind you, I don't care. I just thought we were trying to be consistent.
But the content of the thread includes both shows.
Okay, but the purpose was for discussion of episodes airing in syndication. Angel hasn't quite yet started its syndication run. I can find talk about O.C. in Buffy. It doesn't mean it's the O.C. thread.
Wasn't there a big discussion here last night (or maybe it was in bureau or bbabb) about closing and opening new, rather than repurposing, for archiving purposes.
See, this is what I'm wondering--what the purpose of closing and reopening threads is. 'Cause the Spoiler thread hasn't hit 10k yet, and we could easily change the title and then archive it once it's hit the posting limit. Pretty easy.
Wasn't there a big discussion here last night (or maybe it was in bureau or bbabb) about closing and opening new, rather than repurposing, for archiving purposes. Mind you, I don't care. I just thought we were trying to be consistent.
My point is that we're not really repurposing the thread. The thread content is going to stay exactly the same. We've changed inaccurate slugs before without closing and reopening threads -- I don't see how this is any different.
From how I understood the discussion last night, it was so when people are looking for stuff in the future, and know they posted or read it in "thread X" - thread X is still the same.
I agree, in this instance, it's not a big deal. I also think, if we're trying to be consistent, then we just should be. What's the point in setting up a process only to have as many exceptions as not?
I think it's for archiving purposes. If I have a thread that has been combined to include Smallville and Due South, and one gets closed/archived and the other becomes something new, how would I know where to look? If we close both threads and archive then open a new thread that combines them, if I'm looking for a past discussion of Smallville, I know where it is.
May not be an issue for Previously.
But it would be for spoilers.