'Safe'
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!
Not if the new thread gets more traffic than the current three combined, which is my worry.
Yep. My worry too.
Yeah, it still might be a problem. But it would be less of a problem than keeping all three threads and making a fourth general TV thread. But it could still be a problem.
What if we start it with the contingency that we can re-evaluate in three months, when it will be more clear whether we'll have database problems or not? If we start the Fannish TV and the database falls down and goes boom from the overload, we can make another plan.
That sounds good to me, Lyra. And of course, if there are any problems sooner than that we can address them in BBaB.
Well, I think the concern there is if we do something to make the board go boom, we may make our hosts unhappy with us.
The problem with "Genre TV" is, what is genre? Or for that matter, which genre?
If we're talking SF/fantasy, the thread is (at least in theory) open to Twilight Zone (all incarnations), Star Trek (ditto), and a number of other shows (Dark Shadows reruns air on SciFi, and right now 2 characters are 25 years in the future....)
If the idea is more "cult shows" in the sense of a devoted fan base without a lot of mainstream acceptance, the above would qualify along with such shows as Twin Peaks.
I think I've just convinced myself that a Genre or Fannish thread could easily end up a de facto General TV thread.
I think I've just convinced myself that a Genre or Fannish thread could easily end up a de facto General TV thread.
There is no question in my mind that that is what would happen.
There is no question in my mind that that is what would happen.
Why do you think it'd be more so than the Due South thread is currently? Because it'd be better-publicized?
Why do you think it'd be more so than the Due South thread is currently? Because it'd be better-publicized?
Yep. Because I had no idea the Due South thread was anything but Due South until yesterday.
Okay, that makes sense.
In Due South, the talk keeps coming back to the subtext. If you just made it "Genre TV" or something like that then it would change what would be discussed. If it's Genre then why not put Farscape in there even though it's been said that Farscape discussion different.