The Press announcement is up:

Voting Has Begun!

And with that, I close this thread.

Cindy has made the following proposal.

I propose we study our TV habits to see what else we like to post about, besides the stuff we already post about. To that end, I propose we open one or more temporary threads for discovery. White font policy and number/category of temporary threads will be determined after discussion in Lightbulbs. These temporary threads would shut down on June 1, 2007, and we'll come back to Bureacracy at that time, to suss out what works and what doesn't.

I am now opening Lightbulbs to discuss that proposal. NoiseDesign had made a prior proposal, but did not get the required number of seconds at this time, so that proposal is not currently under discussion here.

So does this mean that we need to now propose in here what these threads should be?

Yes. When discussion wraps-up, Cindy will revise the proposal to make it more concrete and, hopefully, reflect some sort of consensus that has been developed in thread.

Also, after voting, if you feel that your original proposal did not get addressed, you are still able to repropose and lobby for your seconds for your separate thread.

eta: Ha! Which, okay, you clearly know since you addressed it over in b'c, but for clarity.

So my thinking is that we should try both a single show thread or two and a bucket thread or two during this test period. Seems to be the best way to get a feel for the viability of both types.

So my thinking is that we should try both a single show thread or two and a bucket thread or two during this test period. Seems to be the best way to get a feel for the viability of both types.

That could be viable. Except I think the two leading candidates for single thread status are SPN and BSG and I don't think there are a lot of episodes coming up. (Correct me if I'm wrong.)

I think what Cindy is proposing is to open a broad bucket thread, let people talk and then have a notion of what could be spun off as either a bucket or a single thread.

I don't know if that's the best way to do it. I think the best option is to put up a "just right" sized bucket thread, black font and see if it works.

I'm afraid a more general thread used as battle royale to determine posting rates is going to provide more noise than information plus actually deter conversation.

And I am going to pimp hard for black font all the way.

Nothing new for BSG until sometime in the Fall and only five new episodes of SPN left this season.

I don't think there's any new BSG until 2008 actually. Don't we get the spinoff in the fall?

What about SG1 or SGA? Those could get a thread.

I think the best option is to put up a "just right" sized bucket thread, black font and see if it works.

I agree. Maybe a few. Maybe there could be an informal poll of some sort to see which 2 or 3 hold the most interest.