Discussion started here: DXMachina "Voting Discussion: We're Screwing In Light Bulbs AIFG!" Oct 25, 2007 8:23:56 am PDT
That means voting starts Monday, right?
Whoa! I... I think I'm having a thought. Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's a thought. Now I'm having a plan. Now I'm having a wiggins.
Xander ,'First Date'
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!
aurelia - Oct 27, 2007 3:49:52 pm PDT #7948 of 10289
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Jessica - Oct 27, 2007 6:00:07 pm PDT #7949 of 10289
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The Firefly thread is not backchannel. What's currently being posted over there is part of this conversation.
Laga - Oct 27, 2007 6:07:35 pm PDT #7950 of 10289
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I'm sorry. I hadn't intended it to be.
Burrell - Oct 27, 2007 8:18:38 pm PDT #7951 of 10289
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I understand that some folks are attached to the thread and don't want it shelved, but I'm questioning is the use of language like "dying" and "killing" to describe the closing of a thread. I assume it's either hyperbole or people are honestly trying to describe what they truly feel, but either way I find it redirects the debate in not very helpful ways.
I dunno. Maybe there isn't a debate here. Some people think a thread can be closed when there's no new media to discuss in it, hence they think we should close the thread. Others feel the threads are here primarily for the members who want to be there, regardless of whether or not there's new content to discuss. Neither side, I suspect, will be swayed by the other's arguments, in fact I'm guessing both sides are somewhat angered/annoyed by the other's response. So that's it, just frustration no debate.
Laga - Oct 27, 2007 8:50:32 pm PDT #7952 of 10289
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Yes I think at this point there's not really anything else to be said on either side. I'm just waiting for the polls to open.
NoiseDesign - Oct 27, 2007 9:34:11 pm PDT #7953 of 10289
Our wings are not tired
This is actually an issue I have no opinion on, so I'll probably be skipping he vote on this one.
omnis_audis - Oct 28, 2007 12:01:19 am PDT #7954 of 10289
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
maybe the vote should include a "doesn't matter either way" type of choice. I am curious how many don't care either way. Of course, if that gets the most votes, then what do we do?
Kevin - Oct 28, 2007 12:14:16 am PDT #7955 of 10289
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
I understand that some folks are attached to the thread and don't want it shelved, but I'm questioning is the use of language like "dying" and "killing" to describe the closing of a thread.
I think if I proposed closing the Buffy and Angel topics -- those shows are dead, Buffy comics go in Jossverse -- and got a few seconds and thirds to put it to voting, the board would go nuts. People arrived at this site for different reasons, and for some of those people it will have been Firefly. Mostly, it will have been Buffy and Angel.
Basically, it's an emotional reaction with Firefly. Which I'm absolutely sure you'd get with Buffy and Angel, too.
§ ita § - Oct 28, 2007 12:30:44 am PDT #7956 of 10289
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
People arrived at this site for different reasons, and for some of those people it will have been Firefly.
People may have arrived for different reasons, but the board was created for only one: The Buffyverse. There's nothing to vote on there, no variant opinions to be considered. Future is one thing. Past is immutable.
DXMachina - Oct 28, 2007 3:07:59 am PDT #7957 of 10289
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
If the thread is still being used and enjoyed by people, even if it isn't that many, why close it? I don't see a compelling reason to do it. If Firefly fit with Buffy and Angel, I could see folding it into that thread, but it doesn't.
When we've closed threads in the past, it was either with the approval of the folks who used the thread, or because we as a group thought reducing the number of threads would solve the system problems we were having at the time. Neither one of those seems to apply in this case.