Wash ,'Serenity'
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!
The point of having a set debate period is not just for the people who've already shown up, but to give the less regular amongst us a chance to realise there's a discussion happening--one of the bullshit consensus problems was how it was the rule of whoever was there at the time.
Now it can be the rule of whoever was there in that four day period.
I move Tom be voted benevolent dictator. He can declare national holidays, and we can make him wear a cape and sit in a convertible for endless parades.
No problem with closing the LOTR thread, however.
The point of having a set debate period is not just for the people who've already shown up, but to give the less regular amongst us a chance to realise there's a discussion happening--
In case I wasn't clear above, I wasn't advocating ending the debate, I was advocating keeping the thread open for the full period even though there isn't much debate going on.
No objections to closing the thread from my direction.
Here, I'll stick in my two cents worth. Close the thread. It will be one less that I have to ignore whenever I go to the main page to reset my subscribed threads.
Sorry Burrell. I got confused because yours was the first mention I recalled mentioning ending (or not) the discussion.
I move Tom be voted benevolent dictator.
Seconded
I have always thought the word 'dictator' sounded dirty.
Long before I was a Porny Pants.
There was a before?
What color shirt would Tom make us wear as dictator? That will be the deciding factor for me.