I really do wish that more of the unspoiled would speak up in the Light Bulbs thread. It would make it easier to gauge everyone's positions.
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
See my post in Press: Jon B. "Sunnydale Press" Jul 27, 2003 10:20:12 am PDT
I hope this accurately reflects what was agreed upon.
It sounds like this was pretty much decided, but just in case ... I agree that the grandfather clause should not be taken as applying to the entire FAQ, especially parts that (like the spoiler policy) were discussed, written, and implemented by persons unknown at a point in time alone.
I truly am very interested in whether Grandfather covers the FAQ. It's disturbing to me if it does. It's a lis of Frequently Asked Questions that cover everything from quick edit, to beagles, to where to send money to support the Phoenix, to how DavidS got his nickname.
If we can't make a change to one part of it because of Grandpappy, then we can't make changes to any of it. If Jesse no longer wants to deal with the donations, and Beth says she'd be happy to take over, well, Jesse is shit out of luck until such a date as when we are allowed to vote.
Say grandfathering doesn't apply to the FAQ. Does it apply to the rule in the NAFDA thread headers?
I'm still surprised by the idea that persons unknown covertly made this decision and imposed it on the board as a whole. My reflex thought is that if there was no discussion, it was because no one voiced an objection. But it must have come up somewhere ... Buffistas never do anything without yammering, do we?
Don't think it is a case of covertly, so much as accidentally. That is people get asked to delete or move or whitefont a post because it is spoilery, and they do assuming the person asking knows what they are talking about. And the person asking believes they know what they are talking about, because that is how they interpert the spoiler rule.
How does one accidentally change all the NAFDA thread headers, Gar? That's what I don't get.
How does one accidentally change all the NAFDA thread headers, Gar? That's what I don't get.
I know we changed them, or at least I remember it coming up. What I *can't* find are the posts relating to it.
Are thread headers and slugs grandfathered in? Decisions about thread creation, policy, blah, yes, but headers and slugs?
Because, umm, the F2F one should be changed to "we did it twice", as we're post F2F now.
My reflex thought is that if there was no discussion, it was because no one voiced an objection. But it must have come up somewhere ... Buffistas never do anything without yammering, do we?
Depends when we made the call.
Also, having written the short etiquette, I can say that sometimes when you're writing a policy document, you go with common practice and what sounds good to you and figure people will change it if it isn't what was needed. It's possible the original FAQ was written by monks who scoured the Sacred Texts of the Buffistae for Divine Knowledge of what our spoiler policy should be, but more likely, they wrote it mid-season, and just didn't think about summer casting changes.
Because, umm, the F2F one should be changed to "we did it twice", as we're post F2F now.
And, I totally think that next year the slogan should be the "3 times and you still have your soul? We'll go again."