mock-up
item 1:
How many new threads?
0
1
2
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Item Two
Which is your first preference for a show thread (pick one)
a) The OC
b) Alias
c) Lost
d) Joan of Arcadia
e) That WB Show Victoria NightWing Whatever Mahoobie
f) That other one
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Which is your second preference
(same options as list above)
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That way, even the people who don't want a thread, still get to vote "zero", but get to enter a preference, in case "1" or "2" wins out.
t high fives Cindy
ETA: Whose idea is even more refined what with the number of threads you'd prefer option. Very fancy.
I always TiVo That Other One, myself.
I dunno, Cindy. I don't think it makes sense to put it all on one ballot. Or maybe I just think that it wouldn't hurt to do a non-binding poll to see how much interest there is in creating several new show threads before we, in essence, commit to creating new show threads. I mean, how many days of discussion is there supposed to be prior to any given vote? Four days, right? Why not do a two- or three-day poll during that time?
The question about creating new threads doesn't have to be binding, does it?
I'm not sure what you mean, JenP. Votes are binding, polls are not.
Burrell, I know, because what you're suggesting is what I thought we were doing.
Lyra, it reads like you just want to get it over with (v. understandable). What do you think of Burrell's suggestion? It doesn't sound like it would lengthen it, any.
I always TiVo That Other One, myself.
Who doesn't, Robin? It's must see TV.
How would spoilers be handled in these proposed TV threads?
I thought we were discussing wording the poll and including a general question about whether or not to create new threads at all. Where Allyson mentioned "inlcude a no new threads option" I took to mean in the poll. Then in response to amych's question, my response was in regard to creating a poll with the no new threads option, but also being able to voice show choices for the possibility that "yes" was the more popular answer to the thread question.
If "no new threads" is the polled preference, well, the show results are sort of moot.
ETA: If I said voting, I meant voting in the poll, so non-binding.
How would spoilers be handled in these proposed TV threads?
If they're to be a thread per show, I'd say we use the standard NAFDA/if-it's-aired definition we had for Buffy, Angel, etc. No whitefonting, but no spoilers either. Maybe consider turning the old B/A spoilers thread into a more general spoiler zone -- I miss that subcommunity in the absence of new dirt, and my sense of the spoiler-ho gestalt has always been that most companions are good with being spoiled on multiple shows, including ones they don't watch.
I could be wrong on that, of course.
