Hear Ye Hear Ye
Voting is now open for the following proposal:
Proposed: Should we add a Veronica Mars thread?
Jim writes: I propose that we have a VM thread. Purely selfishly, I can't keep up with Natter these days, and I want to discuss VM in the kind of depth you only get round here.
Discussion for this proposal starts here.
Voting closes Thursday, August 25, at 6 AM (PST).
VOTE NOW
(questions should be posted in Bureaucracy)
And I am now closing this thread.
(Note: edited by DX to include correct date.)
From le nubian:
Here's my proposal that I think needs discussion:
I would like to become a bit more involved in some of the TV discussions here, but I can't get to Natter in time for anything I have to say to mean anything. I know there are/have been discussions about thread proliferation and when individual shows need threads. I am interested in further discussion that may help address various peoples' needs/wants.
Embedded in this are two options as I see them: 1) A Fall TV thread which would cover new series that debut September, October, or November; or 2) a New Series Thread that could encapsulate all the new series airing from September 1, 2005-August 31, 2006.
The second option could capture discussion of "Prison Break", "Reunion", mid-season replacement series, and summer series.
I know a thread for Option 1 may be short-lived, however, knowing y'all buffistas, we might be on thread #4 by the time Christmas comes.
So essentially the two options proposed differ in terms of what folks may most desire: long-running threads (option 2) or more concentrated discussion (option 1). Neither thread, in my view, would cover continuing series.
So, basically what's being proposed is another Boxed Set.
I find that trying to keep up in Boxed Set with the shows I like while ignoring the shows I don't to be too much of a hassle. I guess my vote would be no at this point.
Other people don't seem to mind Boxed Set that much, though.
I'm weeks behind in Boxed Set because I've only seen up to ep 3 of BSG so far.
That whitefont question is key, I think.
The whitefont in Boxed Set makes things worse, since it's not always clear which show is being discussed.
The whitefont in Boxed Set makes things worse, since it's not always clear which show is being discussed.
Is there whitefonting in there now? If it was a thread rule (and enforced), it should become more second nature -- it works in Spoilers Lite, although that has much less volume.
However, enough people both hate doing and reading the whitefont, so that's where it falls apart most times.
There's whitefont until the show is done airing in the East Coast. Then it's up for grabs.
There's whitefont until the show is done airing in the East Coast
Does the thread header need to be changed to reflect that? I remember there was consensus .... wait -- so watch and post is whitefonted, but at 9:01 it's fair game? Is that useful?
I don't see why it couldn't be whitefonted the way Natter is. It's essentially a TV Natter thread. This may not be such a bad idea. I know, Natter will just keep chugging on the way it always does, and a TV Natter thread will be zipping along in no time, but I think there may be a need to split the miscelaneous whitefonted show natter out on it's own. The various shows on their own aren't enough to warrant their own threads (unless some new one does, but that will be a whole other thing...), but put together, they do seem to be separate entities in need of their own spaces.
I believe the rule is that there's no whitefonting once it's aired on the East Coast. Why people started whitefonting I have no idea. *shrug* Lemme see...
Blackfont is allowed after the show has aired on the east coast.
I interpret that as "during the airing" not "as soon as the episode is done," but whatever, I'm on the west coast anyway so it doesn't really affect me.
