I think the question of the variety of topics in Natter is a non-issue. My issue is that I don't think there was all that much focused discussion in the experimental drama thread, where there weren't other topics coming into play.

Edit: If my math is right, the experimental drama thread averaged fewer than 18 posts a day.

What was the spoiler policy in the experimental drama thread? Perhaps a difference in whitefont rules would cause a change in the discussion?

I don't have a good sense of the number of people who would be driven away by whitefont vs the number of people driven away by lack of whitefont, but there is definitely a group of each.

What was the spoiler policy in the experimental drama thread? Perhaps a difference in whitefont rules would cause a change in the discussion?

I think that it was NAFDA

for comparison, this thread, which I consider slow moving, for this proposal discussion, has generated more than 18 posts a day.

- some will say it being a bucket kept enough people out to diminish the convo. - some will say they hate WF at all, so that kept them away.

no way to know to be quite honest. probably some of both with a little of

- just because some WANT in depth discussions on shows doesn't meant that enough people here will participate to sustain it.

When do I need to have a final proposal put together?

I need final wording by tomorrow morning.

I also need a volunteer vote counter.

I would strongly recommend including "no preference" as an option, especially on the spoiler policy pieces of the ballot. Otherwise, we risk having enough votes to set up a thread, but not enough to determine the spoiler policy.

I'd also recommend having whether or not we have a spoiler policy be one item, and giving the possible spoiler policy choices in a separate item.

I'm happy to count votes.

Thank you, d.