Well, the thing is, I hardly post in any of the non-admin threads but natter, so how I see things could be wrong. BUT: I think one thread for ex-ME shows is plenty(*). Maybe Tim's show gets its own thread, but I'd want to hold off til we see how things are going. Possibly one HoYay TV thread, which would replace Smallville and Due South (um, right?).

(*) I imagine this thread would pretty quickly turn into a general TV thread, which I guess would be OK, but let the record show I'm not overall in favor of the TV thread idea.

I don't think we have to vote on closing spoilage lite or on merging Previously and Buffy NAFDA. We may have to vote on what to CALL to previously/buffy NAFDA thread and whether or not to allow rumors about possible spin-offs as they haven't aired.

I actually, as a reader of only the smallville thread, think it could easily get rolled in with Due South unless there are objections from the posters there (Dana, Theo, Emily et als?)

Here's what I don't understand...

Why create a "Graduates" thread, a totally separate thread for Tim's new show, and yet anti-any other show.

That makes no sense to me at all.

I don't know, this discussion is giving me funky-unpleasant vibes, and seems ripe to be even more divisive than our original voting discussion were.

Tim's show, initially at least, we can be pretty sure will be of high interest. The other ME stuff is more of an unknown. If Joss suddenly comes out with a new show we've never heard tell of or something along those lines happens it could be pretty big, but right now I don't see more than occasional discussions happening. I'd think that kind of stuff could be folded into Tim's thread pretty easily.

Maybe I'm forgetting something? Is the argument for two threads just that Tim deserves his own? Fair enough. Is there more to it?

Sean, I don't think buffistas.org is a generic pop culture board. I think it's ME-focused. I'm not completely happy with the thread proliferation we've already got, but I'm not going to run around trying to get people to shut down existing threads. I do think it's worthwhile to think about when and why we are (potentially) starting new threads, and I think Tim Minear gets grandfathered into our ME focus, since that's how we got to know him. (Yes, I know he did other stuff, but you know what I'm saying, right?)

I don't see how it's fair enough that Tim gets his own thread. How could we possibly have any idea if Wonder Falls will last any longer than any other new show?

I can see the reasoning for a Graduates thread, I can't see why we should have both that and a separate thread for Wonder Falls.

Sean, I don't think buffistas.org is a generic pop culture board.

I agree, Jesse. I just don't see how two seperate threads is warranted.

Yay Tim and all that, but two threads seems very excessive to me.

I also like the idea of a single Post-Graduate thread. Several people followed Greenwalt's show "Miracles", and for a while, Firefly and Angel were the de facto threads for that.

How could we possibly have any idea if Wonder Falls will last any longer than any other new show?

I'm not sure why this should factor into it. If it gets canned, the thread gets canned. Poof.

I don't see how it's fair enough that Tim gets his own thread. How could we possibly have any idea if Wonder Falls will last any longer than any other new show?

Courtesy to a long time member of the community, longer than most of us.

A community dedicated to discussions of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and Firefly with humor, intelligence and obsessiveness.

Currently this is our mission statement.

I guess the question is, do we want to include

1. Actual ME shows only (except those grandfathered in like Due South, Farscape, Smallville)

2. Actual ME shows only, plus Tim's because he's Our Near.

3. Actual ME shows, plus anyone else who has worked for ME in the past.

4. Anything else that takes our fancy.

I am actually happy with taking things on a case by case basis. If Natter becomes overwhelmed because Alias is the new black I think we should have a thread here instead of making people shut up because everyone else is annoyed. it is within our generic description.

I think by making the proposed Due south/Smallville/Stargate etc thread very fandom oriented, we wouldn't suddent;y start talking about the Gilmore Girls and dawson's Creek over there.