Bureaucracy 2: Like Sartre, Only Longer
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
I think this is important and should be included.
No problems. Want to find a way to add it into the draft?
Hmmm. How about (boldface is my addition) "That major casting spoilers (to the main cast only, not recurring or guest), which are being advertised by Fox, the WB or ME in press advertising or their official website, are no longer spoilers, and should be discussed in the show threads. This includes cast additions or departures. The Main Cast are those characters who appear in the opening credits."
ita:
"That major casting spoilers (to the main cast only, not recurring or guest), which are being advertised by Fox, the WB or ME in press advertising or their official website, are no longer spoilers, and should be discussed in the show threads. The Main Cast are those characters who appear in the opening credits."
Jon
How else does one define "regular"?
My understanding is that "regular" is the industry term meaning "in opening credits". So the only difference is clarity - how many people are unclear on the term?
Steph, I'm happy with that change.
Jim, you don't like my suggested addition?
t edit
I posted too quickly.
My understanding is that "regular" is the industry term meaning "in opening credits".
Mine too. Though a more accurate definition might be "contracted for a full season of episodes." That contract generally extends to a place in the opening credits.
[edit: changed from "22" because I realize that's not a universal -- a regular on
24
will be contracted for 24 episodes, and a regular on
The Sopranos,
13 eps. MEverse shows have 22 hour seasons.]
I'm still a little lost, but I think it's lack of sleep. Gonna go get coffee, and then if someone could explain it to me in small patronizing babytalk words, I'd actually not be offended and appreciate it!
I do, Steph, I do - I posted mine b4 I read yours. So let's make your change in Lightbulb.
Yes, I like Steph's addition a lot. It was what I was trying to convey, but couldn't.
(probably for the same reason I spelled that as "convery")
Allyson, I think essentially, we want to change the spoiler poilcy so that if a main cast member is added between seasons (like Gillian Anderson coming to AtS and being in the opening credits), we can discuss it in the main threads AFTER Mutant Enemy has announced it. (Versus what we do now, which is wait for the WB to run a promo with Gillian Anderson, and THEN we can discuss it.)
The same is true for a main character leaving between seasons -- if Alexis Denisof is going to be on "Everybody Loves Raymond," we can discuss it in the main threads now.
Yes?
explain it to me in small patronizing babytalk words,
If anybody can do this to the entire FAQ, I will laugh really really hard, and possibly snarf milk out my nose.
