This may be separate, but maybe Lovesick will be the perfect example of a thread needed for a short while that we later closed once the need for it disappeared.
Jayne (Husband): Oh, I think you might wanna reconsider that last part. See, I married me a powerful ugly creature. Mal (Wife): How can you say that? How can you shame me in front of new people? Jayne (Husband): If I could make you purtier, I would. Mal (Wife): You are not the man I met a year ago.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Voting Discussion: We're Screwing In Light Bulbs AIFG!
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!
Stephanie - Oct 15, 2004 9:25:16 am PDT #4633 of 10289
Trust my rage
Fred Pete - Oct 15, 2004 9:33:20 am PDT #4634 of 10289
Ann, that's a ferret.
Is there anyone here who objects to that though? So far, I think that all the spoiler whores who've posted about it have said that they don't care.
I probably wouldn't go into a spoiler thread myself, but just want to note that nobody seems to object to the trend in Natter of posting the name of the show at the top of the whitefont. The same practice could work for people who want to be spoiled for some shows, but not for others.
Jon B. - Oct 15, 2004 9:33:45 am PDT #4635 of 10289
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Why couldn't Wonderfalls be discussed in Minearverse? How long is a DVD series a spoiler?
What did we do when the Firefly DVDs came out? Didn't we have a "grace period" where the unaired EPs could only be discussed in Firefly Spoilers? If so (or even if not), I'd suggest we do that for Wonderfalls. Maybe close Lovesick a month after the DVDs come out? In any case, unless LJ feels strongly about including it, I think it's a separate proposal.
amych - Oct 15, 2004 9:39:15 am PDT #4636 of 10289
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I'd prefer one big spoiler thread, no whitefont. But I'm pretty much a take-all-comers spoiler doxy and not some fancy-pants companion with an exclusive high-end clientele.
Liese S. - Oct 15, 2004 9:58:06 am PDT #4637 of 10289
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yeah, that is part of the appeal of spoiler threads, eh, no bothering with the whitefont?
Frankenbuddha - Oct 15, 2004 9:59:46 am PDT #4638 of 10289
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I'm with amych on one, big spoiler thread, no white font, as long as the warning is well-marked so that people know "here there be hardcore spoilers".
If nothing else, I think we should start it that way - if it's not working, then we can decide to white-font later. I just think it's easier to add white-fonting if we want it, then it is to take it away.
On the Wonderfalls question - weren't the Canadians going to get it (or was it some other un-American group) or have they already? That was one of the reasons that the Firefly Spoilers was kept going, I know.
JohnSweden - Oct 15, 2004 10:42:48 am PDT #4639 of 10289
I can't even.
On the Wonderfalls question - weren't the Canadians going to get it
The Canadians are getting it, eh? Weekly sweet sweet Wonderfalls loving. I don't think anyone's talking about it in Ass though. I think we're more likely to talk about it in Atlantic or in Minearverse.
Lyra Jane - Oct 15, 2004 11:20:36 am PDT #4640 of 10289
Up with the sun
If no one's using Lovesick, and no one has a problem with discussng the DVDs or canadian run elsewhere, I would agree that we should close the thread. That said, I still feel like it's another proposal, unless anyone feels strongly that it really needs to be rolled into this vote.
As for the spoilers thread ... I'm honestly not sure what is best. As a spoiled person, I agree that an all-shows, no-whitefont approach would work for me. I don't know if it would be remotely palatable to the lite spoilers people.
Wolfram - Oct 15, 2004 11:25:02 am PDT #4641 of 10289
Visilurking
If no one's using Lovesick, and no one has a problem with discussng the DVDs or canadian run elsewhere, I would agree that we should close the thread. That said, I still feel like it's another proposal, unless anyone feels strongly that it really needs to be rolled into this vote.
I would object to WF discussion of unaired episodes in Minearverse until some time after the DVD comes out.
Allyson - Oct 15, 2004 11:30:01 am PDT #4642 of 10289
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Certainly no harm in revisting the suggestion of closing it in the Spring, I think.
Tim's new show would likely air in January, about the same time Wonderfalls is released on DVD, and I was thinking they could be switched out or something. But it looks like I'm jumping the gun, the gunner, and the entire platoon.