I hate to adopt a tone of "you had to be there" but it strikes me that Sean's concerns about "faux democracy" and Cindy's concerns about consensus arise (at last in part) because they weren't active when we hammered out our procedures.

Hahaha! Dude, Cindy was certainly here, and I'm pretty sure Sean had delurked by then.

Good times, good times.

Honestly (and trust me, you'll never hear these words from my lips again (okay, at least not until it's appropriate)), if we were going to add individual show threads, Drive and Eureka seem like the naturals because we have the MyNear and CFerg. And because they have sort of different feels from their surrounding threads.

Yeah. I'd agree with this.

I heard my name and I appear. I have no dog in this hunt; I'm just waiting for the dust to settle and the signposts to go up to tell me where I go to talk about what.

From reading along, it seems if we want everybody to be happy, every show that anybody watches, ever, should have its own thread for those who don't have time to keep up in the express threads, and don't want to be spoiled for the shows they plan to watch, sometime, but haven't yet. And then we need buckets for people who like talking about more than one show of a similar stripe, and Boxed Set for mediafannish discussion of shows that fit that frame.

Or we go with Sean's suggestion to bar tv discussion altogether, thus disappointing everyone equally.

My dream is a thread where there's no disturbing whitefont, ever, and another where people can discuss dvd'ed shows of any description without impeding discussion of currently-running shows. So see, I'm no angel about all this. Nor Angel, either.

Nor Angel, either.

Course not. You aren't broody enough.

My dream is a thread where there's no disturbing whitefont, ever, and another where people can discuss dvd'ed shows of any description without impeding discussion of currently-running shows. So see, I'm no angel about all this. Nor Angel, either.

So one would be an "EST: Let the Poster Beware", any-show-for-itself blackfont thread and the other would be "Backlog: If it's the Current Season, Take it Elsewhere" thread. Of course both those fall into the dreaded general TV category, but I kinda like the idea(s).

I'm actually kinda fond of "I Love My Dead Gay Shows", for a dvd-W&P thread title, myself.

So, does anyone else have any preferences for white font/black for the experimental threads?

I think it should all be in blackfont. But I think asking for whitefont for any longer than a day is demanding an awareness that would be difficult to enforce if you're talking about large-scale experimental threads.

Oh, I don't know. I think Dana pointed out that several threads have variations on amount of time to whitefont, and it's not that hard to keep to. I'd hope to see some compromise on this issue. Maybe adapting the movies rule-- something like whitefonting HSQ only. (I'd also request no watch n' post.)

bon bon, while you're here -- what was your third category. I mentioned unscripted, but I'm thinking now that you said 'non-fiction'. I remember thinking it was a good idea at the time. What kind of shows did you have in mind for it?

Tell me if I'm pulling this out of my ass, but isn't one of the things with HBO/Showtime series and FX post-prime time dramas, that there always seems to be one running? Like once one is wrapping up, another one starts? That kind of ensures there will always be discussion. I mean, provided they aren't all crap.