Here is your cup of coffee.  Brewed from the finest Colombian lighter fluid.

Xander ,'Chosen'


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!


amych - Oct 27, 2004 9:05:09 am PDT #4781 of 10289
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

George Steinbrenner

oops. Lemme try copying again, with the right command this time....

err on the side of caution

I kinda figured as much, actually -- but I brought the matter up over there because I didn't want it to get entrenched before we discussed it. I'm still not sure that something that was supposed to be TBD warrants lightbulbs, but since Lite got attached to the ballot and I'm pro-that, we're all good.


§ ita § - Oct 27, 2004 9:10:59 am PDT #4782 of 10289
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Sorry, I didn't meant to ask for the rationale about linking to writers -- I meant to actual spoilers.

Is the current thought that Spoilers Light is for people who don't want to be spoiled too much about a show, or for people who don't want to be spoiled about too many shows?


le nubian - Oct 27, 2004 9:14:13 am PDT #4783 of 10289
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

The former.


DavidS - Oct 27, 2004 9:14:49 am PDT #4784 of 10289
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Is the current thought that Spoilers Light is for people who don't want to be spoiled too much about a show, or for people who don't want to be spoiled about too many shows?

I think the former: not too spoiled about a show.


Sean K - Oct 27, 2004 9:16:37 am PDT #4785 of 10289
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Okay, I think there's two different camps with two different thoughts and needs from a general spoilers lite thread here, because I thought the idea was that the new spoilers lite would be for ita's latter description -- for people who don't want to be spoiled about too many shows.

We should clearly delineate what we're talking about, so that the two different camps are not arguing and getting confused over conflicting needs.


le nubian - Oct 27, 2004 9:18:52 am PDT #4786 of 10289
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

So like have spoiler threads grouped by show(s)?

I'm not opposed to that, but how would that work?


Lyra Jane - Oct 27, 2004 9:21:00 am PDT #4787 of 10289
Up with the sun

And because I'm just a little deeply resentful over the fact that the new spoilers thread I voted on was whitefont policy tbd and all of a sudden it was all whitefont all the time with no discussion that I can find anywhere.

Yeah, that kind of bugged me, too. My vision when I put it into the proposal was that the first posts in there would be "okay, what's our whitefont policy?," and we'd hash it out in-thread, as we are now. It seemed like the header set the policy, though I doubt DX meant for it to.


Wolfram - Oct 27, 2004 9:21:58 am PDT #4788 of 10289
Visilurking

because I thought the idea was that the new spoilers lite would be for ita's latter description

I'm glad you clarified that. My usage of a spoilers-lite thread would be only one that keeps all spoilers lite. If folks want to create a spoilers-all-white-fonted thread so you could pick and choose which shows to get spoiled for, I might support that, but I wouldn't use it.


brenda m - Oct 27, 2004 9:22:25 am PDT #4789 of 10289
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Can't it be both? Casting, writers, etc., fair game, TV Guide stuff whitefonted, but more hard core stuff linked. Won't that work for people with ita's needs? You won't be able to read it in thread, but know where to go to get it. Not perfect for discussion, but it's a start.


DXMachina - Oct 27, 2004 9:25:23 am PDT #4790 of 10289
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

I thought about saying "discuss the spoiler policy" in my first post, but I just figured you'd do it anyway, because that's what had been discussed. Also, Jen had beaten me to the first post in Lost, and I was in a hurry. Sorry.