Niska ,'War Stories'
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
So, between the current Buffy thread and the upcoming one we have just under 12000 posts. Do we think that the last 4 eps will fit in there?
And, really, why am I so tied up with this? Because we should just wait to see what happens with the next episode. If it generates 3000 posts, then we might reasonably expect to have 2 threads between now and the last episode.
Or, we could name the next one, "Grrr Argh" and then, if there's one after that, name it "And We're Done".
or after grr argh, have "can we rest"
Call me nuts, but isn't there just a chance that the amount of discussion between episodes is at least partially dependent on the length of time between new episodes?
Not to mention a bunch of other random factors (were there any grammar wars in there?)
Filbert!
Brazil!
Cashew!
But you're also right, Burrell.
Julie. You mathed. You tabled. You okay?
Call me nuts, but isn't there just a chance that the amount of discussion between episodes is at least partially dependent on the length of time between new episodes?
Peanut! Shoot, that's a legume. I always make that mistake. Blame Elena. She bogarted all the good nuts. But yes, Julie mentioned the same thing in her table post and in the following as well:
. I think that the time between episodes is a bigger factor than the quality of the episode.
There was a month between Storyteller and Lies My Parents Told Me. That was the only period that generated 3000.
So, between the current Buffy thread and the upcoming one we have just under 12000 posts. Do we think that the last 4 eps will fit in there?
Yes I do. But... Well, I kind of like Taking a Moment and We're Done, and using Grr Arrrgh as a coda, like Julie suggested. Of course she only suggested And We're Done and she called Grr Arrrgh an exclamation point, but I already typed what I typed and didn't go back to check until after, and well, you know what I mean.
IIRC, we picked 10,000 as a convenient point for threadbreaking, since we can't go on with one thread forever and anyway we're addicted to naming. But it's not like the way it works at WX, where the thread cuts off automatically whether we want it to or not.
Why not do "Taking a moment..." until the last ep airs across the US, even if it goes over 10,000 posts, and then start "Grr Arrrgh" as soon as it's over?
amych is brilliant!
Why not do "Taking a moment..." until the last ep airs across the US, even if it goes over 10,000 posts, and then start "Grr Arrrgh" as soon as it's over?
But, but, but that means not all the treads will be the same size when they are archived! Can this be allowed? :-)
Actually, that sounds like a good idea. Also, I think the thread should be "Taking a moment", with the "Grr, Arrgh" saved for after the end of the series.
ION, I now support "Big Damn Evil, Sir" for the Angel thread.