Spanking seems more suitable. Procedures be damned.
Simon: You're out of your mind. Early: That's between me and my mind.
'Objects In Space'
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
amych - Sep 03, 2003 4:35:41 am PDT #5025 of 10005
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Trudy Booth - Sep 03, 2003 4:37:10 am PDT #5026 of 10005
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Didn't we tell him not five months ago that Lies is, in fact, a MALLOMAR of love?
Clearly that baked good is grandfathered. The question is whether one can simultaneously be a snickerdoodle and a Mallomar. I vote "no".
DXMachina - Sep 03, 2003 4:38:13 am PDT #5027 of 10005
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Getting back to Nutty's post about possibly rearranging the sidebar information (FAQ pages, Etiquette pages, How-To pages), I think there are some things we can do to make things easier. There is duplication of the How-To information. As Jon notes, that's not necessarily a bad thing, but it does complicate matters if we have to make a change, and we update the How-To page, but forget that it's also in the FAQ, or vice-versa. It might be better to have it only on the How-To page, and have that page referenced from the FAQ as well as having it's own link. (Or put the How-To stuff in the FAQ, and have the How-To link point to that spot in the FAQ.)
The FAQ could use a good rewrite, too. Case in point, the very first line states:
Warning: This FAQ may contain spoilers up to and including BtVS 6.22 and Angel 3.22.
There is a lot of obsolete information (TV schedules), broken links (Mr. Pointy), dialect that never caught on ("Cousin Clingon"), etc. Even some of the names are archaic: Elisabeth O., kirvin (sic), Nutty Vee, Connie H... And my name is misspelled (pout)!
I guess there are two things here. One is the organization of the information, which is what Nutty was talking about. I do think we can improve that a bit, but have no immediate ideas, other than what I mentioned about the How-To page. The other is updating the contents of the FAQ itself, and I'll be happy to start working on that.
Steph L. - Sep 03, 2003 4:42:42 am PDT #5028 of 10005
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
So we should warn him or ban him? I'm always forgetting...
I can back you up with a stern glare.
Jon B. - Sep 03, 2003 4:58:11 am PDT #5029 of 10005
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Warning: This FAQ may contain spoilers up to and including BtVS 6.22 and Angel 3.22.
I had noticed that a while ago, but I didn't see any spoilers in the FAQ for the Buffy S7 or Angel S4, so I left it alone.
There's definitely some other stuff that could use updating, as you note. Go for it!
Sophia Brooks - Sep 03, 2003 5:01:36 am PDT #5030 of 10005
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I'm with DX. I don't really have the time now to do anything, though.
I think that we also need a very concise table of votes saying the date, the item voted on and the result.
Cindy - Sep 03, 2003 5:17:40 am PDT #5031 of 10005
Nobody
I think that we also need a very concise table of votes saying the date, the item voted on and the result.
Ballot questions with result numbers.
Dana - Sep 03, 2003 5:55:12 am PDT #5032 of 10005
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
The other is updating the contents of the FAQ itself, and I'll be happy to start working on that.
I'll help, if you need it.
DXMachina - Sep 03, 2003 6:08:32 am PDT #5033 of 10005
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
I'll help, if you need it.
Cool.
amych - Sep 03, 2003 6:11:53 am PDT #5034 of 10005
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Yeah, I'll help out, too. Amazing what unemployment does for one's schedule....