Mal ,'Shindig'
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
I'm weighing in against Ikea, in that i have never shopped there and it is an abstract to those of us who have not done so. It would be like naming the thread Pottery Barn.
Last week, in post:
I posted:
6) Consolidate Due South, Smallville and Farscape:
If this goes through, may I suggest:
Southscape-1:
t insert name here
Description: Genreville. We go here to discuss programs like Due South, Smallville, Stargate SG-1, Farscape and other treasures. May contain mature content.
Hey, what happened to the bo-bita question!?!
ita knows where Kat lives?
This. This is what happened.
Coming up with puns is difficult.
Boxed Set! : FS, SV, dS, and other TV fandom
Get it? combined topics, boxed set...? And isn't Due South out on DVD now, so it's sort of cute and topical?
Okay, I'm trying.
isn't Due South out on DVD now
Is it?
t /natter of someone who just watched her first episode over the weekend
I like the slug as well.
Teppy---the first two seasons are available on dvd through amazon.ca and other Canadian websites. Season 3 will be out later this year.
I guess I'm alarmed at the apparent speed at which the changes appear to be occuring. the simple ones, no problem. But there are sub-communities that are being affected.
Although I know that the stompies are thoughtful and generous people, I fear that the alarm bells are sounding in at least the Due South thread and a rapid repourposing would only increase anxiety.
I propose a general discussion on renaming be given at least a few days breathing room before action is taken.
Boxed Set! : FS, SV, dS, and other TV fandom
This I like.
I propose a general discussion on renaming be given at least a few days breathing room before action is taken.
Not really a renaming, but a new name for a single combined thread. As far as I know, we're going to close the Farscape, Due South, and Smallville threads, and open a completely new thread, unless there is an overriding reason to keep one of the original threads, as there is with Bitchy Fic. And, yes, it most likely won't happen today.
Boxed Set! : FS, SV, dS, and other TV fandom
Okay, I like that a lot. Well, plus capitalization, because I'm capitalization's bitch.
So we'd end up with:
Boxed Set! : FS, SV, dS, and Other TV Fandom
A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Due South, and Smallville. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much anything else that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
How do people feel about that? (Edited to make the show order in the title and the slug the same.)
Maybe we can wait a day or two to actually go ahead and change things, so that we don't end up with people coming back and discovering topics gone without expecting it?
Yeah, I like that too.