Honestly, as someone who posts in the Farscape thread, we could get rid of it and just absorb any Farscape posts into Natter. Because at this point in time, there are very few posts.

Actually, I'm okay with this, too. (We Farscape folk seem to be very accomodating), as there is so little discussion going on.

I would very much like a Sci-Fi TV thread, or something of the sort, so I can go talk about Farscape and any other Sci-Fi TV that I find worth discussing, but it's neither vital to my enjoyment of the board, nor an issue that I feel needs to be addressed right this moment (aside from our need to clean up the place).

I have to say that while I love Due South, I don't see how it's "genre"...unless the genre is shows about Mounties. So it looks to me like we've argued back to a General TV thread.

What are the non-ME shows that get the most board discussion? To me, they seem to be Stargate, Farscape, Smallville, Due South, TAR, and The OC.

Which non-ME shows are likely to get the most discussion come October (since after all, we are planning ahead here)? I'm thinking all of the above (tho Farscape will probably stay about the same in volume of posts, as will Due South), Alias, Battlestar Gallactica, and whatever ME shows don't get pushed back to mid-season replacement.

Then there's random stuff like Monster House and Discovery Channel shows, but those can stay in Natter or in the IKEA thread or whatever.

What are the non-ME shows that get the most board discussion? To me, they seem to be Stargate, Farscape, Smallville, Due South, TAR, and The OC.

But right now, three of those of have dedicated threads that are very low volume. TAR and The OC receive a couple of handfuls of posts each night of broadcast or immediately after.

Two people have said that closing the thread they are in, while sad making, and having that conversation move to natter in the interim, while we wait to see how tech issues shake out, might be fine. What about Due South and Smallville (sob!)?

Could we close and archive those threads, take conversation elsewhere in the mean time while we wait to see what happens?

Or, we can somehow combine those three threads.

Or we can leave things as they are.

Those seem to be the options. What do you all think?

Two people have said that closing the thread they are in, while sad making, and having that conversation move to natter in the interim, while we wait to see how tech issues shake out, might be fine. What about Due South and Smallville (sob!)?

Losing the Due South thread would make me sad.

Yep. Losing the Smallville thread is sad making for me. I love the 10 posts after Smallville, all filled with LEEEEEEEX! Except, I could be fine with it knowing that (1) contributes to the health of the board (2) I could still discuss TV through Natter (3) there might be a time when a more general TV thread or threads come to fruition.

the original reason for the smallville thread was that it was taking over natter, correct?

So I think (and I do read Smallville) that since that is no longer happening, it could be closed.

Due South seems to be active, and a community.

Farscape is nice, seems more active than smallville, but probably could be closed. (I also read that thread). I would feel better about that then closing Atlantic canadians, because that feels like a sub-community.

LEEEEEEEX!

Pronounced like "leeks"?? (kidding)

Looks like low volume all around for the non-ME shows, then, Kat? So it's more a question of organization, tidying up to have all TV talk in one place. If that's going to kill our server, well, as much as I crave organization, I can live with the posts in Natter.

Due South is a low volume thread but the it covers a broad spectrum and I'm going to be selfish and say that I don't want it to go away becuase I can't keep up with Natter, I shouldn't even be posting this right now (I can get away with it because of technical difficulities at school) and if the Due South topic got mixed in with Natter or something larger I wouldn't be able to particpate.

I watch Due south and Stargate and I want to be able to talk about them.

I think the fact of the matter is that basically every thread is beloved by those who post in them, no matter how infrequently.

Burrell, dude, you must be thinking of the other ita, the one whose gingham isn't pink, or whose first ballgown skirt wasn't pink, or whose first two-piece wasn't pink. Certainly not the ita who wore a cropped top for much of the 80s with pink handprints on her boobies. With a long pink skirt.

Some other ita.

The horsemen of my apocalypse? Wear lots of yellow.

In more topicky news, the only reason I'd like to keep ds/Sm/Fs around is because they already exist. I don't want existing users who are not me to wake up disenfranchised.

Me? I'm good with it. It would be different, but if rolling them all together creates a sudden magnet, or strange spoiler rules, nope. I'm not for that.