Yeah, for the record, I don't like thread titles that are incomprehensible to the casual reader. An in-joke in the subtitle is a little better, but it ought to be clear to all what the thread is about.
askye speaks for me on this.
Jayne: What're you gonna tell the others? Mal: About what? Jayne: About why I'm dead. Mal: Hadn't thought about it. Jayne: Make something up. Don't tell 'em what I did.
'Ariel'
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
Anne W. - Aug 27, 2003 6:32:38 am PDT #4691 of 10005
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
esse - Aug 27, 2003 6:33:00 am PDT #4692 of 10005
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Thanks, Nilly.
Does anyone really think a thread title like PPO was easily comprehensible to the average reader? Come on, ya'll. We've always had our in-jokes.
askye - Aug 27, 2003 6:33:15 am PDT #4693 of 10005
Thrive to spite them
Except someone else said that.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 27, 2003 6:33:55 am PDT #4694 of 10005
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Yeah, for the record, I don't like thread titles that are incomprehensible to the casual reader. An in-joke in the subtitle is a little better, but it ought to be clear to all what the thread is about.
On the other hand, we're trying to keep the combo thread low profile and specific so it doesn't mutate into a general TV thread.
kat perez - Aug 27, 2003 6:34:16 am PDT #4695 of 10005
"We have trust issues." Mylar
Way condensed version of the Ikea thing: The Ikea thing is because someone in Light Bulb suggested something like a fannish TV thread to combine FS/SV/DS and Kat (the other Kat) said that the name made her think of Finnish TV and the Finnish made her think of Ikea. Other folks found it funny and thus was the Ikea idea born.
I think Ikea is hilarious, fwiw. But I never post or read in DS/FS/SV, and I can understand how others might find it a little too obscure.
P.M. Marc - Aug 27, 2003 6:34:26 am PDT #4696 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
Bev, PPO got maybe a post a month.
You're not really in any danger of increased slash in Fic as a result.
I'm unhappy about Farscape (which I don't watch, and therefore don't care or want to read about) merging with two threads I read daily.
Beverly - Aug 27, 2003 6:34:45 am PDT #4697 of 10005
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Since the people who like "Ikea" seem to Really like Ikea, I propose we name the inaugural thread, at least, Ikea. The Ikeaists will likely be the heaviest users. Who's with me? Do I get secondses?
Dana - Aug 27, 2003 6:35:16 am PDT #4698 of 10005
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Please don't name it Ikea.
Anne W. - Aug 27, 2003 6:35:16 am PDT #4699 of 10005
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Sorry, askye. When I looked up the reference, I got your name instead of Jesse's. Not enough coffee yet.
esse - Aug 27, 2003 6:36:07 am PDT #4700 of 10005
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
The Ikeaists will likely be the heaviest users. Who's with me? Do I get secondses?
Yup.