Usually someone asks in Bureau or Natter.

I thought the point of lightbulbs was to hammer out a formal proposal based on discussion

Sure. I would have been more inclined to discuss the issue in Bureau long enough to see if there was something a little more specific to bring to Lightbulbs, but whatever. Different strokes and all. It got the seconds.

Well, and isn't part of bringing something to Lightbulbs to discover if there really is a valid proposal or a viable solution? One of the options is to totally drop the subject, which it looks like we're heading for.

I do like the thought of updating the thread headers to reflect the shows being talked about. I didn't even realize Leverage was being talked about in Cable Drama since there wasn't anything else I was going in there for at the time. I'll be back for Mad Men, but a lot of Leverage talk passed me right by. Fortunately, folks were also talking about it in Natter, which finally piqued my interest enough to check it out. Once I realized there was more Leverage talk in Cable, I headed right on over.

Could we come up with a system where every 4 months (May, September, January) we modify slugs to reflect what's being discussed?

I do think it would be helpful to have the tv slugs modified more frequently to show what's being discussed.

Personally, I am often far behind but don't mind being spoiled so I visit the bucket threads and skip over or read as desired. If I have a question about where something is being discussed I ask in Natter. But just one user, and feel it is not wasted time or posts to discuss how other people's board experience might be improved.

Yeah, I don't think there's any need to formalize a process to update the slugs. To date we've just updated them on stompy whim, right? I would rather see us just update as reflecting current usage rather than dictating it, and we can do that whenever it seems necessary (that is to say, more often than quarterly if needed). I realize Boxed Set's slug for one is woefully out of date, but I think in general we've been marking things as we go along.

I mean, it's marked where Dollhouse goes, and where Firefly is, but people still asked, recently. I don't think that a process to update them is really needed. We can just be more proactive.

To date we've just updated them on stompy whim, right?

I think not only stompy whim, but you should do it unannounced and see how long it takes for us to notice. Or, ya know, wait until somebody requests a change.

you should do it unannounced and see how long it takes for us to notice.

A Stompy rickrolled the music thread's slug (or header; I disremember which), and I'm not sure how long it took people to notice.

And I'm not sure which evil Stompy did it. t casts suspicious glances towards Stompies

Ha! Funny.

A Stompy rickrolled the music thread's slug

And they didn't have the common courtesy to use the Muppet Rickroll, did they? Truly EVIL!

I think it's appropriate to review thread slugs from time to time. It's also not a bad idea to have a system for that kind of review. (The only substantive idea I have is that TV threads should be reviewed in connection with the beginning of the fall season. Maybe in early December, after a couple of months to see how new series affect discussion.)

I'm not sure it needs to be that formal. Discussion in-thread, or maybe in Bureaucracy, should be enough. With bullshit consensus controlling.

In fact, I doubt we need a vote to establish such a system. Just an informal understanding.