Lite stuff in whitefont and with a spoiler space if text browsers are an issue works for me.
You got all kinds of learnin' and you made me look the fool without tryin', and yet here I am with a gun to your head. That's 'cause I got people with me. People who trust each other, who do for each other, and ain't always lookin' for the advantage.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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.
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Laura - Aug 29, 2003 2:31:33 am PDT #4971 of 10005
Our wings are not tired.
Wolfram - Aug 29, 2003 8:19:08 am PDT #4972 of 10005
Visilurking
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?
Jessica - Aug 29, 2003 8:21:40 am PDT #4973 of 10005
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
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.
Jon B. - Aug 29, 2003 8:22:37 am PDT #4974 of 10005
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
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.
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sumi - Aug 29, 2003 9:05:05 am PDT #4975 of 10005
Art Crawl!!!
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.
Rayne - Aug 29, 2003 11:10:43 am PDT #4976 of 10005
"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire
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.
Jessica - Aug 29, 2003 11:37:24 am PDT #4977 of 10005
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
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.
Rayne - Aug 29, 2003 11:39:02 am PDT #4978 of 10005
"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire
That makes sense. I was only thinking about knowing titles weeks or months in advance. Then they have the potential of being more spoilery.
DavidS - Aug 29, 2003 12:15:30 pm PDT #4979 of 10005
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
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.
This is a good point. I'm thinking we should've waited to see what the effect of closing the quote generator before we culled the threads. Because while a lot of them were cut painlessly, this one cannot be absorbed into any other thread on the boards. Also, the net effect on board resources of losing that thread will be nugatory.
Oh well - lesson learned to Not Panic while balancing the need to take Quick Action.
Cindy - Aug 29, 2003 12:23:51 pm PDT #4980 of 10005
Nobody
Even after we had the lovely reduction from shutting of the RQG, Kristen encouraged us to close what we could. Our biggest real problem is probably the number of users who use the board. We can't do anything about that, but fewer open threads is still better.