Mal ,'Heart Of Gold'
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
Really? I thought that was a relatively recent development -- a cautiousness that became ingrained.
Late to the discussion, but I fully agree with ita here.
That seemed to be a common point people mentioned in the discussion about the casting spoiler amendment -- that we've drifted way over to the side of overly cautious.
I'm only half joking when I say I think there are people who still consider it a spoiler that we talked about Buffy not coming back for an 8th season.
I like absolutes. I like not having any confusion.
We created a short-cut for spoiler font, and it's pretty much the easiest thing in the world to white-font something.
I don't particularly care about ep titles or directors, but I also don't understand the violent objections some people have toward white-font. (Or why the hell people voted to get rid of the Spoilage Lite thread, but *shrug*).
or (I'm hoping) (3) numerous spots on the WB promoting not just that episode but all of Angel
Well, maybe that is too much to ask for.
(Also, that rumour is months old, and the likelihood of that being the title of 5.2 is slim to none.)
We created a short-cut for spoiler font, and it's pretty much the easiest thing in the world to white-font something.
We're not allowed to white font in NAFDA. I'm not saying it doesn't happen, but it is against the policy.
I understand why some have an aversion to knowing episode titles, but writers?
Here's a hypothetical: Tim posts in the Angel thread that he's writing episode 7. Do we whitefont (or delete!) his post?
t edited because I can spell. really.
I always like to know the writer line-up. I don't see how this is spoilery, and I think that the argument that you'd know what the episode would be about, or even the tone by the writer, is weak.
Except CwDP. And Hush, in a promo that I remember. Which, therefore, are really the only episode titles we should *ever* be allowed to speak of.
Also, just for reference, OMWF.
And isn't Invisible Girl really called Out of Sight, Out of Mind (or vice-versa on Sight/Mind)?
There's no prohibition against mentioning the writers in the FAQ, only episode titles. It's not a spoiler, and mentioning the writers is not a broadening of current spoiler policy.
I understand why some have an aversion to knowing episode titles, but writers?
Yeah, I don't get the writer being spoilery connection either. Soon the fact that a writer is coming on board or leaving will be spoilery, and what's next...news about Bob the head make-up artist's contract dispute becomes relegated to whitefont?