Yes please.

I've closed this thread.

Let the Poll... Begin!

From Lyra Jane:

I should probably put a proposal on the table. The draft would be:

Based on the results of the poll, these are the two shows there seems to be sufficient interest to start a thread in. Any threads started under this vote will be closed if the show is cancelled, unless there is a unique and compelling reason to keep it open.

1. Should we start a thread for "Lost"?
_yes
_no
_abstain

2. Should we start a thread for "The O.C."
_yes
_no
_abstain

3. Should we close and archive the threads for Angel Spoilers, Angel Previously, and (once the deathmatches are done ) Angel Quotables to help make room for these threads?
_yes
_no
_abstain

That sounds like a good idea to me.

I'd rather see each thread closing be a separate question.

I'd rather see each thread closing be a separate question.

The closing the new threads if the show is cancelled, or the closing of each of the Angel threads?

Moved from bureau:

(what I mean is - is there a way to defend the answer within the poll itself, or would a person have to come here to post their reason?)

It's a yes-or-no ballot, beathen. Lightbulbs is the place to lobby for your side.

The "unique and compelling reason" applies to the new threads, not the old ones -- e.g., if Lost is cancelled but we know it's going to be a movie and Furey is writing it, we may want to keep the thread going. The old threads I'm proposing archiving are a yes-no vote; if you don't want them archived, vote no.

But the way the ballot is written now, you can't say "I want a Lost thread, and I want to keep it forever no matter what." It seems to me that one of our problems WRT number of threads is that we haven't really been able to cull threads as they become irrelevant, both because of subcommunity status and because we never thought about how/when we would close the thread when we opened it. I want to prevent that with the threads I'm proposing.

Each Angel thread. Sorry I wasn't clear. As painful as past thread closings have been, I don't want to see people wanting one but not others and feeling stuck because they have to vote yea or nay on them as a package deal.

As painful as past thread closings have been, I don't want to see people wanting one but not others and feeling stuck because they have to vote yea or nay on them as a package deal.

I see your point, and I'll separate them on the final ballot.

What about repurposing Angel Spoilers as a Lost/OC spoilers thread. Or replacing Angel Spoilers with a new "general" spoilers thread. I don't read spoilers, but I know that someone will bring it up sooner or later.

Could I have written "spoilers" any more times? Spoilers spoilers spoilers.