Bureaucracy's only supposed to happen after in-thread failed. In thread can't fail if B's not around, really.
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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!
§ ita § - Apr 15, 2003 10:11:55 pm PDT #825 of 10289
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
msbelle - Apr 15, 2003 10:12:50 pm PDT #826 of 10289
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
look ita smart - ita talk clear.
§ ita § - Apr 15, 2003 10:15:44 pm PDT #827 of 10289
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Just so's we're clear -- I don't want a pony.
msbelle - Apr 15, 2003 10:22:28 pm PDT #828 of 10289
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
well duh. a bunny with a pony would just be silly.
Jessica - Apr 15, 2003 10:22:39 pm PDT #829 of 10289
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Burrell - Apr 15, 2003 11:01:13 pm PDT #830 of 10289
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Bureaucracy's only supposed to happen after in-thread failed. In thread can't fail if B's not around, really.
Let's look at the latest example. X number of people at various points asked Z to clarify, or apologize, or otherwise modify her behavior. Finally Kat, who had NEVER asked for such, said, "I'm taking this to Bureaucracy." What if *that* happens again, when hypothetical Problem Poster B just happens to no longer be in the thread? I'm surprised no one else thinks this is even remotely likely to happen.
§ ita § - Apr 15, 2003 11:03:27 pm PDT #831 of 10289
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm surprised no one else thinks this is even remotely likely to happen.
I never said all that.
But Z had been asked to clarify, was around, hadn't clarified, and someone took it to Sartre.
So saying "well, what if that happened, but different" doesn't quite work. I'm assuming that the poster that takes it to Sartre is going to get a "Well, let's see what the clarification is or isn't, first."
Burrell - Apr 15, 2003 11:14:25 pm PDT #832 of 10289
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Well, I'll just hope that everyone else is right and I am wrong and nobody will ever be going about their life only to come back later and find out that they've been zapped in absentia. 'Cause that would suck.
§ ita § - Apr 15, 2003 11:18:52 pm PDT #833 of 10289
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think that's why the "attempt clarification first" is there.
Kathy A - Apr 15, 2003 11:18:52 pm PDT #834 of 10289
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
The thing with Z was that she was posting in every other thread than Bureaucracy, and mostly in a very provoking manner (for some reason, she was somewhat coherent in most of her Movie posts). The fact that she was posting in threads she had never shown up in before definitely triggered the "troll" sign in my eyes.