'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 like looking at upcoming episode titles on occasion, but it's pretty much a thrill of being almost-kinda-slightly-spoiled, so I would definitely want those whitefonted.
To take another example from Angel season 4, the "Soulless" title only loses most of its spoilage impact after one has seen "Long Day's Journey"--and I knew of "Soulless" before LDJ had aired. (I also knew of what it was spoiling before I knew of it, but I wasn't happy about knowing that.)
Cindy, I like the poll idea, but I think it would be a lot easier to post responses if instead of bullets, each sub item was a,b,c or 1,2,3.
I agree. I was just tossing something out, so I didn't spend time on format. I think if we were to do this, we should use our ballot mechanism, anyhow.
But where did the guest star question come from?
Grover's Corners.
I'd have very strong objections to that being in the main thread.
I'm not agitating for it. I was trying to include stuff I thought was mentioned in the discussion.
Lite stuff in whitefont and with a spoiler space if text browsers are an issue works for me.
Cindy, under episode title why should this:
Keep it out of NAFDA entirely, until the preview airs
be an option? If the preview mentions the episode title it's fair game under our current rules, and if it doesn't why should the fact that the priview aired make it any more or any less spoilery?
Generally, ep titles that would be considered spoilery give away the same information as the promos. (I.e., "Graduation Day," "Buffy vs. Dracula")
Knowing the ep title after the promo airs wouldn't give you any extra information beyond what current spoiler rules already allow.
I think the idea is that the previews give away far more than an episode title ever does. Once the preview has aired, knowing the title adds no additional spoilery value.
t x-post with the PMoonster
Right -- I love the ep titles for their speculation value, but don't think that they're really that spoilery.
Not like discussing a plot point that you've been spoiled for or the advent of a recurring character.
The only thing I can see wrong with knowing ep titles way in advance is that they might give away casting spoilers. An example is the first season Angel ep - Five by Five (gee... could Faith possibly be in that episode?)
This might also be a problem for the upcoming season of Angel if Buffy cast members guest star (pure speculation). If a title was "Xanderiffic", that would be spoiling a guest star.
Personally, I voted to close Spoilers Lite because we were in the middle of the crisis. That was the only reason I voted for it. Now I wish I hadn't.
Anyway, I'd like to see titles allowed, but white fonted in the NAFDA thread.
This might also be a problem for the upcoming season of Angel if Buffy cast members guest star (pure speculation). If a title was "Xanderiffic", that would be spoiling a guest star.
OTOH, the WB's never been keen on keeping guest stars like that under wraps. (Harmony was in the Disharmony promos, Willow was in the Orpheus promos, IWRY was "A Crossover Event," etc.)
I think the fairest idea so far has been to allow ep titles after the promo has aired.
That makes sense. I was only thinking about knowing titles weeks or months in advance. Then they have the potential of being more spoilery.