'War Stories'
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!
I don't understand your point.
That those things that got us started are gone. While I think we need to keep threads going for them, because there will always be discussion, it's a type of obsolescence to be unwilling to move on from that. Either that, or freakishness a la old school Trekkies.
Oh yeah! I'm obsolete and a freak. Thanks, Gandalfe!!
Also, agreeing with Dana.
And, can I ask how tabling a discussion works? You table the discussion and then? What? When you're ready to restart it, you do for another four days etc?
I think that when you make a motion to table a discussion, the motion should include the period of time for which it will be tabled.
Meep! Honestly, I don't want this to turn into the navel-gazing tell me about procedures discussion, but I was confused.
Based on the feedback I've gotten, I am tabling the proposal for one week. When/if I bring it back, it will be about starting specific threads for specific shows.
It looks like one week was specified to allow time for polls.
It looks like one week was specified to allow time for polls.
Thanks, Aurelia. And yeah, I'd like to design a poll by the end of the day tomorrow-ish (basically, I just need to know how to write it up and send it to a Stompy to get coded, since it looks like we know what will be on it), leave it up through Tuesday, see the results, and then come up with a proposal we can bring to a vote next Friday or so.
To continue with the theme of harshness, I still haven't really seen any convincing arguments.
And to go with my own harshness, I haven't seen any convincing arguments against starting new threads to reflect new TV interests. And while whitefont and not being able to find discussions may seem like low barriers to you, they're high enough barriers to keep many people out of conversations they would like to have.
I've seen a few people say that they don't feel we should start new threads until discussion about the topics overwhelms Natter; the problem with that is, almost by definition, nothing is going to overwhelm Natter. It's just not in the nature of the beast. It's theoretically possible, I suppose, but vanishingly unlikely. On the other hand, if you're coming at this from the POV that doesn't read Natter constantly, trying to find and pursue a specific conversation *is* overwhelming.
they're high enugh barriers to keep many people out of discussions they would like to have.
We're not going to get the perfect world. I mean, if some people consider using bookmarks for one of their designed uses inappropriate/too much work, but other consider the threads pointless, why does one POV win for you?
I haven't seen any convincing arguments against starting new threads to reflect new TV interests
The burden of conviction is on the new thread, isn't it?
Keep in mind also that for any new serious show thread, we'd probably also need a corresponding spoiler thread.
Just throwing that out there.
Keep in mind also that for any new serious show thread, we'd probably also need a corresponding spoiler thread.
It's likely eventually, but I feel that's another proposal for another day.
What do I do to get the poll language up?
Someone advocates for the creation of a thread, we open Bulbs, discuss it, vote, and the thread is created by majority rule.
I don't get what the vote is to accomplish. "Hey, someone advocate for this new thread that 14 people seem to want."