I like Laura's taxonomy.
Also? I like Laura. Hi Laura!
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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!
DavidS - Oct 28, 2004 12:36:45 pm PDT #4955 of 10289
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Lee - Oct 28, 2004 12:37:07 pm PDT #4956 of 10289
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
How would people feel about the type of thing in Laura's Lite Land appearing, white fonted, in the main Lost thread or in Natter for other shows?
§ ita § - Oct 28, 2004 12:37:50 pm PDT #4957 of 10289
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Speaking only for Natter, I don't think it should be there.
Jessica - Oct 28, 2004 12:39:41 pm PDT #4958 of 10289
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Personally, I'd feel fine about it, but I think that allowing "lite" spoilers in the NAFDA threads would be a pretty drastic change in culture. Traditionally, b.org has been a very spoiler-safe place. Now that we're post-Jossverse, I don't know how important that is anymore, but it's something to consider.
Wolfram - Oct 28, 2004 12:41:12 pm PDT #4959 of 10289
Visilurking
As an eLITEist I'd have no problem, but as a member of the general group, I don't think it should be there.
Lee - Oct 28, 2004 12:42:01 pm PDT #4960 of 10289
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Actually, I was just coming to scratch the Natter part, since I think ita is right, after thinking it through.
For the people who want the Lite Land material, if it was clear from the thread rules that heavier spoilers would be whitefonted, and everyone in thread tried to enforce the rules via themselves and the occasional stompyage, would that work?
Laura - Oct 28, 2004 12:50:01 pm PDT #4961 of 10289
Our wings are not tired.
Speaking only for Natter, I don't think it should be there.
Being sensitive to the spoiler safe culture here it seems we already do discuss Lite spoils in Natter. Statements like, OMG did you see that John Kerry and George Bush have guest shots on WW this week. Rumor has it that they will mud wrestle. OK, maybe not that specific, but certainly we discuss casting of many shows in Natter.
Wolfram - Oct 28, 2004 1:10:00 pm PDT #4962 of 10289
Visilurking
For the people who want the Lite Land material, if it was clear from the thread rules that heavier spoilers would be whitefonted, and everyone in thread tried to enforce the rules via themselves and the occasional stompyage, would that work?
I'm not trying to be a pain in the ass, but a Lite thread like that would essentially lose its whitefont, and the ability to "choose your poison" without risking total spoilage. It may seem like melodramatic hair-splitting, but one fatal spoil and, for some of us, countless episodes can be ruined.
And you're trying to cater to two separate audiences (albeit with some overlap) with one thread. It's just like asking the Lost denizens if they would mind if the Alias fans used their thread for discussion, but completely whitefonted.
At the end of the day, if that's what people want, cool. But I'm honestly never going to venture into a thread with whitefonted hard core spoilers. (I hope I'm not coming off as stubborn and selfish, I'm just trying to be honest.)
§ ita § - Oct 28, 2004 1:11:36 pm PDT #4963 of 10289
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Lite thread like that would essentially lose its whitefont
Why?
Wolfram - Oct 28, 2004 1:16:18 pm PDT #4964 of 10289
Visilurking
Because you couldn't whitefont spoiler Lite and expect your Lite-only pals to read it and discuss, and conversely, you couldn't indiscriminately highlight whitefont without risking major spoilage. Yes, you could labor to clearly mark each whitefont as "Lite spoiler with some tv guide info," or "heavy, irreversibly damaging spoiler bomb" but I don't think that's very practical. And in the end, one person fails to do it right, and regardless of post-facto stompy correction, you've been spoiled.