Can I make a plea to keep the "shall we have a TV folder" discussion/vote separate from "shall we have a VM thread"? ita, I'm right in saying there's no technical issue with moving a VM thread into any future TV folder, neh?
I know, world in peril and we have to work together. This is my last office romance, I'll tell you that.
Buffy ,'End of Days'
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!
Jim - Aug 18, 2005 10:45:36 pm PDT #5814 of 10289
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
DXMachina - Aug 19, 2005 2:29:50 am PDT #5815 of 10289
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
You are correct, Jim.
Theodosia - Aug 19, 2005 2:50:50 am PDT #5816 of 10289
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Just showing up to wave a big Veronica Mars Yay! flag. I seem to remember that it came in a close second to a Lost thread back when we voted, and interest in it has only grown. I'd certainly be an enthusiastic participant....
§ ita § - Aug 19, 2005 3:59:04 am PDT #5817 of 10289
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
They are separate issues. I wasn't trying to conflate them, just roundaboutly bring up the idea that I think this thread is the one after the breaking of the camel's back, and it's bigger than just "I want a thread to discuss my thing in" -- it's back to the who are we and how do we handle who we are discussion.
For me.
I dislike the adding adding adding without the reorganisation. Organic's only going to get you so far.
Jim - Aug 19, 2005 4:15:40 am PDT #5818 of 10289
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
FWIW, I'd be fine with a TV folder - I know what you mean about the number of threads on the homepage - and if you propose that I'll second it, certainly. After I get my VM thread...
Fred Pete - Aug 19, 2005 4:22:36 am PDT #5819 of 10289
Ann, that's a ferret.
Question about the folder -- would a poster be able to subscribe to individual threads within a folder, or would it be an all-or-nothing deal (like WX was)?
I'd have no problem with a folder as a housekeeping matter, but I'd feel differently if it affected the ability to subscribe.
§ ita § - Aug 19, 2005 4:25:51 am PDT #5820 of 10289
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
t OT All that would change would be that the threads would be grouped and listed off the front page t /OT
Wolfram - Aug 19, 2005 4:29:42 am PDT #5821 of 10289
Visilurking
So if you had new messages in a thread in the tv folder, would you be able to see it from the message center? Or would you have to open the tv folder first to see that there are new messages there?
§ ita § - Aug 19, 2005 4:30:50 am PDT #5822 of 10289
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Let's not derail this discussion with folder functionality -- this discussion belongs in the BBaBB++ folder -- want to reask there?
Jim - Aug 19, 2005 4:32:23 am PDT #5823 of 10289
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
OK, more about my pitch for Veronica Mars. There have been a couple of comments about it being a break with genre, which I kind of understand, but profoundly disagree with. What VM has in common with Buffy and (early, funnier) Angel is the way it uses genre tropes to reflect and illuminate a straight drama or even soap world. That, to me, is the defining generic thing about Buffy, the root of why I loved BTVS, and why VM is much closer to it than, say, Lost.
the other comment I wanted to address is that we could wait until later in the season and see if interest fades. We could, obviously, but I'd rather have the thread, not least to encourage Buffistas who haven't watched VM to give it a go.