I think calling it spoilers has the potential to scare off posters who'll think it a different type of spoilage - on something new - like the movie. They'll read the thread name, and not go in there. Why not "Firefly NAFDA" and "Firefly UK" then, and explain the difference in the slugs. I just figure while we're keeping house, we might as well clean it all up.
What you did to me was unbelievable, Connor. But then I got stuck in a hell dimension by my girlfriend one time for a hundred years, so three months under the ocean actually gave me perspective. Kind of a M.C. Escher perspective, but I did get time to think.
Angel ,'Conviction (1)'
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
Cindy - Aug 19, 2003 5:01:50 am PDT #4173 of 10005
Nobody
Lyra Jane - Aug 19, 2003 5:06:22 am PDT #4174 of 10005
Up with the sun
I'm wondering (not proposing) if PPO could be folded into Bitchy Fic.
I don't want LoTR in movies. Let the pervy hobbit/elf/wizard fanciers have their own neighborhood. (Plus, don't they talk about the books, too?)
Mixed feelings about Buffy hierarchy. We should definitely close Buffy Spoilage Lite right away, and I see no problem in combining Buffy, Angel, and Firefly quotables after the deathmatches. But I admit -- I have a sentimental attachment to Buffy having its own thread, not just sharing the Previously thread with Angel.
§ ita § - Aug 19, 2003 5:14:59 am PDT #4175 of 10005
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But Cindy, they are NAFDA spoilers. As indicated in the Firefly thread slug.
Allyson - Aug 19, 2003 5:27:35 am PDT #4176 of 10005
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Can one propose to nix a proposal? I'm not taking pleasure in halting a discussion, but it would seem that we have some doomsday stuff to discuss that will need a plan in place before October, for general board health.
If this is all types of assholey of me to bring forward, I way apologize. I'm coming from a place of concern for keeping the board going and not from a place of waiting to kill discussion on a proposal, though that's the end result.
I would really like for us to be able to have an open dialogue with the host that we're busting ass to be able to decrease load on the server, and have a backup plan to be able to get a dedicated server if need be.
It seems a lot of money, but I think we could raise 6 months' worth of dedicated server space if need be and I can talk about some of the ways that we can do that with ease on our wallets.
I'd just like to put board health at the forefront of any discussion.
I blow at technical issues, but I can surely help raise a doomsday fund.
Steph L. - Aug 19, 2003 5:28:41 am PDT #4177 of 10005
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Raquel can withdraw the proposal, since she proposed it. (Although I don't know if she wants to or doesn't want to, b/c I haven't made note of her posts.)
Sue - Aug 19, 2003 5:29:24 am PDT #4178 of 10005
hip deep in pie
Firefly will be being broadcast in Canada this fall, including the three unaired-in-the-US episodes. So spoilers may be needed for that discussion. Though it may just happen in Atlantic Canadians. (I think John Sweden is the only other really active Canadian on the board.)
Also, there's the Firefly movie...(I hope, I hope, I hope)
Lyra Jane - Aug 19, 2003 5:32:33 am PDT #4179 of 10005
Up with the sun
Allyson, I agree that if money will solve this problem, we should figure that out FIRST. When we were on HostRocket, we were told the money was not the issue; is that still the case, or are the funds we raised when the board was launched gone?
Allyson - Aug 19, 2003 5:34:47 am PDT #4180 of 10005
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I think, (and please tell me if I'm wrong) that funds would be needed if we were to move to a dedicated server, which is the Worst Case Scenario, aside from going back to Buffista Island.
Lyra Jane - Aug 19, 2003 5:44:12 am PDT #4181 of 10005
Up with the sun
Thanks, Allyson.
I would gladly give to help us get a dedicated server, if that's the only solution. Cutting or not adding new threads might just be delaying the inevitable.
DXMachina - Aug 19, 2003 5:46:35 am PDT #4182 of 10005
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Speaking just for myself, I wouldn't mind having LotR folded into Movies.
I'd prefer it to be kept separate, for a lot of the same reasons as Lyra Jane. I am also selfish in this regard, because I don't hang out in movies, and would prefer not to have to root around in there for the one film that I am interested in. Also, just as a practical matter, I think the posting volume from the LotR would swamp the movies thread, especially when the DVDs and RotK are released. There are almost as many posts in the LotR thread as there are in the movies thread.
I think, (and please tell me if I'm wrong) that funds would be needed if we were to move to a dedicated server, which is the Worst Case Scenario, aside from going back to Buffista Island.
We would definitely need funds to go to a dedicated server, but there hasn't been any indication one way or the other that a dedicated server is necessary. AFAIK, there hasn't been any traffic related downtime since ita did the quick and dirty repair on the code.