I see this point, but if it's not a Spoiler thread, we have at least two definitions of spoiler running around the board.
That's a valid point, considering the brouhaha that's cropped up over our definitions of spoilers in the recent past.
Oh. I didn't want to change the definition of spoiler, and figured since FF NAFDA would keep its NAFDA designation, that wasn't really at issue. The UK-aired episodes are NAFDA spoilers, but since this would be a UK thread, not a NAFDA thread I didn't see the issue. I mean non-NAFDA threads do consider some things spoilers as well. That's why people white font in UnAmerican and Natter, etc.
I just figured we could call it "Firefly UK" and note in the slug that it's for the full run, including the episodes that haven't aired in NAFDA land. I think calling it "FF spoilers" has the potential for confusion now, and problems down the line.
But where would we put Firefly movie spoilers?
I (as a Farscape devotee) would not object to Farscape being combined with something else to create a sort of categorized TV thread (sci-fi, maybe) so that some of our threads become more general
Sean speaks for me here. I do think it would be feasible to consolidate the Smallville thread, Farscape, and Due South without much trauma. The Farscape thread is very low volume anyway, especially since the reruns have cut back to one per week and they're in the fourth season. Nobody seems to know what will happen when they hit the end, and if the show does come back it won't be at least for a year, I'm thinking.
And, much as I hate to mention it, do we need the Sang Sacre thread anymore? Nobody's posted there in more than a month.
Or, at least, we could possibly host Sang Sacre somewhere else.
The problem is, of course, that consolidating or eliminating low use threads doesn't do much for our technical problem. Though it may help a little, in that it may eliminate the occasional single SQL connection here or there.
I want LotR to keep its own thread because I don't want to get spoiled for movies I intend to get around to watching eventually (which is why I've never been in the movies thread) just to find the LotR discussion.
But where would we put Firefly movie spoilers?
This is what I don't like about calling the FF spoilers thread a spoiler thread. If/when movie spoilers start appearing, and if they appear before the DVDs are released, we actually have no place to put them, unless we want to displace the Brits who don't want movie spoilage, or forbid them from talking about their full canon, until it's NAFDA safe.
One last time (exasperated at myself for continuing - not Sue or anyone here)
Change FF Spoilers to reflect the activity that goes on in it - namely, call it Firefly UK or Firefly Full Monty or something, and indicate in the slug that it's for all 16* episodes aired in the UK.
Keep NAFDA Firefly as is and continue indicating it's for all 13* episodes that have aired in US.
When the DVDs are released and have been out a reasonable amount of time, and assuming that happens pre-film, we can get rid of the UK and NAFDA designation, and have one, united FF thread.
Then - if ever a need arises for a FF movie spoiler thread, we create it if we need it. Joss has to not only write the movie, but cast it and sell it. We're hanging onto a spoilers thread that may have no movie spoilers for a year or more.
I need a dose of something. I'm clearly nuts and have issues.
eta - the * is to indicate, I actually have no idea of the correct number of episodes. The correct numbers may be 13 and 10, or 700 and 43.
As one of the remaining occasional Farscape posters, I wholly agree that the thread can be rolled in with other Fantasy/Sci-Fi shows that are also getting lower volume posting (or lower volume posting for the show they are ostensibly for).
I do think it would be feasible to consolidate the Smallville thread, Farscape, and Due South without much trauma.
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I mean, ok, yes, that makes sense. Even though I don't watch Smallville or Due South. What do you mean this isn't all about me?
OTOH, I wonder if combining those three subcommunities wouldn't generate more posts overall, since such a combined thread looks, to me, an awful lot like a General TV thread.
