If Scola and Lee don't want to do it, I can. I have no horse in the race, though, so I am not sure if that is a good or bad thing.
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!
One thing to consider for the streaming thread (should it occur) is to give a day an episode for watching before it's considering spoiling, but taken as a whole. For example if House of Cards season is 12 episodes, have whitefont in effect for 12 days; 13th day is no longer considered spoiled. Generally the whole seasons being released would mean a quick count of episodes.
I have no problem with including X-Men, Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, etc., because it's not like those movies are frequent enough to really disrupt discussion about MCU stuff.
Works for me.
I don't have any preference on streaming spoiler policy, because given my personal experience, I know lots of people will see it before I do, and if I cared enough that spoilers would bother me, I'd have already watched the show.
I tend to read spoilers for shows I care about. Yes, it ruins some things for me--I would love to have been unspoiled for "I'd like to test that theory", but I did that to myself--but it relieves me of the dread I have that they're going to do something horrible to a character I like.
As for non-proliferation, why? Because it was ita's stance, or is there another reason? I believe that if we have a blanket "no new threads" stance, we'll stagnate. The things we're interested in evolve, and we should be willing to adapt the way we talk about them. The reason we have the propose and debate process is to give us time to consider whether a thread is really necessary, proposed threads have been withdrawn in the past by the proposer. Is this a living, growing board or a bell jar?
I believe that if we have a blanket "no new threads" stance, we'll stagnate. The things we're interested in evolve, and we should be willing to adapt the way we talk about them.
I agree for similar reasons: as Connie said, the things we're interested in evolve, and our old structure doesn't support those evolving interests as neatly as it could. An MCU thread (and a streaming thread) would make things neater.
I suppose I'm pro-compartmentalization in the name of efficiency. You'd never believe that from my bookshelves or my house.
So, if we add both an mCU thread and a streaming thread, we could discuss Daredevil in both or either?
My opinions are so nebulous I'm just gonna keep asking questions as they occur to me.
So, if we add both an mCU thread and a streaming thread, we could discuss Daredevil in both or either?
In my pro-compartmentalization stance, I think if we have an MCU thread and a streaming thread, all the Marvel streaming stuff should stay in MCU.
That would be a nice bright line.
I thinik Daredevil should be in MCU because it's a part of the MCU more than streaming.
Right now the discussions are all over the place and I know the spoiler policy will be difficult but I think overall the thread will be beneficial.
The same thing with Streaming, it's hard to figure out where to put things sometimes and Streaming feels like Preimum thread.
Um. I don't know what to say but it does feel odd to add more threads but tv watching is changing and it makes sense to change.
I really like Nanita's idea for spoiler font policy for shows that dump all at once.