Sir? I'd like you to take the helm, please. I need this man to tear all my clothes off.

Zoe ,'Serenity'


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


§ ita § - Jul 27, 2003 8:41:19 pm PDT #3604 of 10005
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

He did post it here, I think, but not until after it had been quotes as being from them.


Elena - Jul 27, 2003 10:24:52 pm PDT #3605 of 10005
Thanks for all the fish.

I have a genuine question. People have written that the FAQ isn't - or shouldn't - be covered by the grandfather clause, and that since the spoiler code t more of a guideline, really - Barbosa is in the FAQ means it isn't granderfatherable.

Is the spoiler stuff policy because it is in the FAQ? Or is it in the FAQ because it's policy?


Jon B. - Jul 28, 2003 1:43:25 am PDT #3606 of 10005
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Wonderfalls 1, Body count 0, updated as necessary.

How soon after an episode airs do we update? Cause.... y'know.... spoilery.

t /ducks


Sophia Brooks - Jul 28, 2003 2:18:51 am PDT #3607 of 10005
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Also, wasn't the point of the thread that it was a Tim thread and not a wonder falls thread (which is why I voted as I did)


Sue - Jul 28, 2003 3:06:57 am PDT #3608 of 10005
hip deep in pie

Is the spoiler stuff policy because it is in the FAQ? Or is it in the FAQ because it's policy?

To quote Captain Jack, I think what is in the FAQ has been more of a guideline, really, and the practical spoiler policy has been more fluid than that.


Frankenbuddha - Jul 28, 2003 4:10:16 am PDT #3609 of 10005
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

I vote for a hybrid title - Tim Minear is a Fluffy Bunny: Wonder Falls 1 Body Count 0.

And although I think Jon was mostly joking, updating would be spoilery, much as I love the idea.

Can we white font a thread title? grins

Actually, thinking about that, I mean that semi-seriously - you have to look at the white font to see what the body count is up to.


Cindy - Jul 28, 2003 4:12:10 am PDT #3610 of 10005
Nobody

I have a genuine question. People have written that the FAQ isn't - or shouldn't - be covered by the grandfather clause, and that since the spoiler code <more of a guideline, really - Barbosa> is in the FAQ means it isn't granderfatherable.

I'm not sure that's what has been written. Some people have written that grandfatherable issues (whether they're in the FAQ, slugs, whatever) are ones issues that were came up pre-vote, just like issues covered by the moratorium are issues that were voted on.

Please, someone. Show me where we defined the cast of regulars on any series we watch as spoilers. We have always talked freely about the shows regular characters in between the seasons. We haven't allowed news like 'Tom Lenk will be returning as Andrew in episode X,' - and aren't trying to get it allowed now, but we've never defined the regular cast of actors as a spoiler - so how could it be covered by the spoiler policy?

Is the spoiler stuff policy because it is in the FAQ? Or is it in the FAQ because it's policy?

I think the second - you have a FAQ to answer frequently asked questions about policy, but I still don't personally see how that as what is at issue here, either way. Last summer, I could talk about the regular characters on the show.


Hil R. - Jul 28, 2003 4:19:20 am PDT #3611 of 10005
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

We haven't allowed news like 'Tom Lenk will be returning as Andrew in episode X,' - and aren't trying to get it allowed now, but we've never defined the regular cast of actors as a spoiler - so how could it be covered by the spoiler policy?

OK, now I'm thinking that the spoiler I thought we were talking about isn't the one we're actually talking about, and I'm confused. (I'd only heard one spoiler for this season, so I assumed that's the one everybody else heard, too, but this makes me think that it's something else.) So I guess I'm not sure what my opinion is, since I'm not even sure what we're discussing anymore.


§ ita § - Jul 28, 2003 4:22:36 am PDT #3612 of 10005
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Hil, although it's nigh impossible, I don't think we should be thinking (so much) of a specific spoiler -- just of the principle of cast of the upcoming season.


Nutty - Jul 28, 2003 4:40:59 am PDT #3613 of 10005
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

Trying to synthesize all the Tim thread ideas.

Fluffy Bunny Minearverse: Wonder Falls 1, Body Count 0

I'm all about the fluffy bunnies.