Also, aren't we just a few short days away from the Minear thread? We need a name, and also need to know if we can use "Casting Spoilers" to talk about Wonder Falls.
A-yup.
I propose "Tim Minear is a Fluffy Bunny: Wonder Falls 1"
River: They weren't cows inside. They were waiting to be, but they forgot. Now they see the sky and they remember what they are. Mal: Is it bad that what she said made perfect sense to me?
'Safe'
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
P.M. Marc - Jul 27, 2003 5:10:57 pm PDT #3572 of 10005
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
P.M. Marc - Jul 27, 2003 5:11:22 pm PDT #3573 of 10005
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
OOOO!
Or: Wonder Falls 1, Body Count 0.
Trudy Booth - Jul 27, 2003 5:12:41 pm PDT #3574 of 10005
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I addressed that issue. The FAQ entries were not subject to the same kind of scrutiny and debate as consensus decisions, and should not be considered grandfathered. They reflect board culture, they don't codify it.
OTOH, this particular piece of the FAQ is old as methusalah. Apart from it's FAQ statu: Is a policy that has existed from the beginning grandfathterable?
brenda m - Jul 27, 2003 5:14:46 pm PDT #3575 of 10005
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Jon, I'm not contesting your statement above in any way.
But I think it's kind of funny that it was you who summarized the policy as well when we preparing to move over here. (I linked to the post in Lightbulb, but it's at WX and can't be reached. Or couldn't last time I tried.) Just as it was Hec who twice brought up the idea that we needed to address summer spoilers. Continuity yay!
(And in the WX post at least, you were indeed summarizing common practice and related discussion, not making up the policy on your own.)
Cindy - Jul 27, 2003 5:23:36 pm PDT #3576 of 10005
Nobody
OTOH, this particular piece of the FAQ is old as methusalah. Apart from it's FAQ statu: Is a policy that has existed from the beginning grandfathterable?
You're missing the message, that this point of spoiler policy, namely, summertime casting news about regular cast members, wasn't addressed in the policy. It's a no-go.
Sue - Jul 27, 2003 5:29:42 pm PDT #3577 of 10005
hip deep in pie
I think that the spoiler line has been moving, living thing.
Trudy Booth - Jul 27, 2003 5:32:29 pm PDT #3578 of 10005
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
You're missing the message, that this point of spoiler policy, namely, summertime casting news about regular cast members, wasn't addressed in the policy. It's a no-go.
You're missing the point that the policy was the standard that was deviated from. Sometimes those deviations were objected to, sometimes they weren't.
Burrell - Jul 27, 2003 5:33:13 pm PDT #3579 of 10005
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Or: Wonder Falls 1, Body Count 0.
Yes! Although frankly, I wouldn't be surprised if the count changed.
P.M. Marc - Jul 27, 2003 5:34:02 pm PDT #3580 of 10005
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Yes! Although frankly, I wouldn't be surprised if the count changed.
We could update it as it happened, and it would be really, really funny.
Cindy - Jul 27, 2003 5:42:04 pm PDT #3581 of 10005
Nobody
You're missing the point that the policy was the standard that was deviated from. Sometimes those deviations were objected to, sometimes they weren't.
That's not clear at all. It isn't clear that summertime cast announcements were considered spoilers when the slug for the thread and the FAQ for this board were written. It isn't clear, because Jon wrote them and he's stated they weren't in his mind.
Tell me, are you going to also address that the FF spoiler thread is being used against it's policy, and that it's slug was changed despite the grandfather clause prohibition on changing things always in effect? Because if there's one thing that's always been in effect, it's that people were not prohibited from talking about episodes that had already aired in the US, in a spoiler thread - and yet, the community made this adaptation most recently.