River ,'Objects In Space'
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!
Maybe this is too complicated but...
What if we gave people the right to vote for more than one option? Then we could have a runoff between all the options, if any, that received more than 50% of the vote.
Hopefully, this would encourage people to vote for whichever options they found acceptable, rather than just their favorite option.
Jon, okay. that would be fine with me.
Cindy, but I'm assuming we will have a runoff. The reason I included that line is that there wasn't really an option for me except "no opinion" which really doesn't reflect what I want.
Okay. I think I was probably hoping that if enough people want the thread, enough will also want the same kind, which is probably completely silly of me, in the first place.
After the results are in, if it won't kill anyone, I wouldn't mind having day or two discussion of how to word the runoff ballot.
le nubian, I think we'll only have a run-off if one of your options on the first ballot does not win by a simple majority. Wouldn't it just be between the top two options from the first ballot?
Here is the ballot I'm thinking of putting up. Comments?
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le nubian has proposed a new TV Thread. Because there was disagreement about the spoiler rule in the thread, and several Buffistas opined that they would only want a thread if it adhered to a particular spoiler rule, we are structuring the vote as follows:
If more than one option receives a majority of yes votes, then there will be a runoff to decide which thread and spoiler policy is created.
1. We should have a new thread that covers Fall TV (covering new series that debut in September or October) and it should have the following spoiler policy:
a. No whitefont at all. ever.
(yes/no/no opinion)
b. Whitefont (with show title in black font) for 7 days. Then fade to black.
(yes/no/no opinion)
c. Whitefont (with show title in black font) current season discussion.
(yes/no/no opinion)
d. Whitefont (with show title in black font) all the time.
(yes/no/no opinion)
2. We should have a new Natter TV thread (covering all tv series - new and continuing that aren't covered in separate threads) and it should have the following spoiler policy:
a. No whitefont at all. ever.
(yes/no/no opinion)
b. Whitefont (with show title in black font) for 7 days. Then fade to black.
(yes/no/no opinion)
c. Whitefont (with show title in black font) current season discussion.
(yes/no/no opinion)
d. Whitefont (with show title in black font) all the time.
(yes/no/no opinion)
okay, I think that works.
I think he's got it!
OK, the Press announcement is up: Jon B. "Sunnydale Press" Aug 30, 2005 7:12:44 pm PDT
Given the fact that there's been only a handful of postings per month in the LoTR thread, and there's no prospect of a Hobbit movie in the near future, and no word on any additional DVD releases, there's no real need to keep the thread around. Discussion can easily take place in Movies or Natter.