I am loathe to vote for a thread closing where people using it still want it open. And I like to idea of it staying open (my minearverse suggestion having been a snarky rejoinder to Allyson's "Kill it!"), though I'm not sure I'd have anything to say in there again.
Voting Discussion: We're Screwing In Light Bulbs AIFG!
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!
Wolfram, I think you put it great. I will second it.
It's odd, but I think that closing the Firefly thread is something I want to do as a huge fan of the show. Keeping it open just feels weird.
I am Wolfram in this. I also came here through Firefly, and Nilly's discussions are highlights of my time here. I'll admit that my motivation is probably sentimental.
It's odd, but I think that closing the Firefly thread is something I want to do as a huge fan of the show. Keeping it open just feels weird.
This is how I feel. Both odd and weird.
So, the Firefly thread is (for some) like the old sweater that your SO used to wear all the time until you stole borrowed it, and you still have it even though you broke up, like, 4 years ago, and you almost never think of it, but when you do think of it, you like to pull it out of the closet/trunk/storage and smell it just to see if it still smells like your SO, and even if it doesn't, you still love the sweater despite the fact that it's old and has holes and a strange pattern?
Fair enough. Carry on.
t edit And others (like me) think that sending the sweater to Goowill is an act of kindness. But doing that would be mean and traumatic, so the sentimental sweater-lovers probably should get to keep their sweater.
That's a perfect summary, Teppy. It's also why I can see ita and -t's point of view. Maybe I'd feel better if I cleaned out that trunk.
so the sentimental sweater-lovers probably should get to keep their sweater.
Yeah, I'm down with that. If there are people who will use the thread and want to keep it open (and several of them have already spoken up), then I don't see any pressing reason to take it away from them.
I feel like ita, but Steph's logic is compelling. Fine by me.
If there are people who will use the thread and want to keep it open (and several of them have already spoken up), then I don't see any pressing reason to take it away from them.
Me too.