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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
Right now, Buffy 4 is at 4,902 messages. I think we should let it play out, and decide after it gets to 10,000 whether we want an independent Buffy 5, or if Buffy discussion can go into Previously.
IMO - not if we're going to assign Angel re-run discussion to Previously. If Farscape, Due South, and Firefly have their own threads, I don't understand why we'd consider shoving Buffy discussion into the Previouslies thread at the Buffistas board.
What Cindy Said. It's a freaking Buffy board. We should have a Buffy thread.
I don't see the problem, as, well, quotables has ALWAYS been NAFDA.
True, but since any Buffy and Firefly quotes wouldn't be NAFDA anymore, would it now make a difference? I'm just asking.
True, but since any Buffy and Firefly quotes wouldn't be NAFDA anymore, would it now make a difference? I'm just asking.
It shouldn't. Normally, they don't get much traffic at all except during first run of the episodes.
As far as the Buffy thread discussion goes, I think we're getting tangled in the semantics of whether the continuing Buffy thread should be "Buffy" or "Previously" (presumably because they'll all be previously).
However, both of those positions are essentially arguing the same thing, but with different preferences for naming.
Personally, (and I think if we sit down and think about it, we'd all generally agree) I think that we should always have a Buffy thread, and it should always be named just "Buffy," in deference to our humble origins.
Yes, it is by default a "perviously" (I'ma leave that typo...) thread, but we are Buffistas, and always keeping a Buffy thread, entitled Buffy, is probably our best option for essentially erecting a virtual giant bronze statue of Buffy in the rotunda, which I think we should do, as it is right and proper that such a thing be done.
(EtA: Jeez, I think I came up with a different spelling of "previously" for every single time it occured in this post. Yeesh.)
I think the point was that having a buffy thread and a previously on buffy thread was redundant, because all buffy episodes are now "previouslies", so they'd just become one.
*relurk*
But the previously thread will be broadened to include Angel - so it's not just a Buffy thread. It's the syndication thread for ME shows.
(This is in response to Megan, not Cindy)
Right, but what I'm saying is that it's only right and proper that we just always call the thread "Buffy" rather than "Previously."
Yes, they're all previously, but we should honor the fiesty stake-weilding girlie what inspired us to become Buffistae.
But the previously thread will be broadened to include Angel - so it's not just a Buffy thread. It's the syndication thread for ME shows.
Right. So we have an active, conversation-based need for the Previously thread. We don't have that same need for a Buffy thread (it could be folded into Previously) but there's clearly a popular desire to keep a straight-up Buffy thread, so we probably shouldn't fold those two together.
I think there's two camps on the Buffy issue, and this may be stating the cases strongly: One that think that the main Buffy thread will remain so, and that the discussion about Buffy reurns can migrate there, and Previously can be used for Angel re-runs. The other camp thinks that now that Buffy is over, Previously will be the main place to discuss Buffy as it airs in reruns, and that the main Buffy thread is not necessary anymore. (Though not all Previously-istas may believe that.)