'Out Of Gas'
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
From Jesse "Bureaucracy 2: Like Sartre, Only Longer" Sep 4, 2003 8:56:23 am PDT
So, what ever happened with combining those couple of threads?
I was wondering the same thing, actually. So of the stuff that passed, what has been done and what still needs to be done?
Reposting the results:
Here are the results of the most recent vote:
1. We should close and archive The Buffista Corp thread as soon as technically possible.
YES:
NO:
NO PREFERENCE:
116 *
2
5
2. Post-deathmatch, the Buffy quotable thread should be closed and archived as soon as technically possible.
YES:
NO:
NO PREFERENCE:
112 *
7
4
3. We should close and archive the Firefly quotable thread as soon as technically possible.
YES:
NO:
NO PREFERENCE:
73*
37
13
4. We should close and archive the Previously thread as soon as technically possible.
YES:
NO:
NO PREFERENCE:
38
65 *
20
5. If item 4 as written does not pass, we should change the slug line of the Previously thread to reflect that it is a discussion of past episodes of Angel.
YES:
NO:
NO PREFERENCE:
108 *
2
11
6. We should consolidate Due South, Smallville and Farscape into a single thread, called something like Due South/Smallville/Farscape (exact thread name will be determined in the Bureaucracy thread).
YES:
NO:
NO PREFERENCE:
55 *
29
39
7. We should close and archive Buffy Spoilage Lite as soon as technically possible.
YES:
NO:
NO PREFERENCE:
123 *
0
0
8. We should change the name of the Buffy/Angel Spoilers thread to "Angel Spoilers".
YES:
NO:
NO PREFERENCE:
113 *
1
8
9. We should consolidate PPO, Bitchy Fic and the Bitches' Anthology into a single thread (exact thread name will be determined in the Bureaucracy thread).
YES:
NO:
NO PREFERENCE:
85 *
6
32
10. We should close the F2F Planning thread until the next F2F goes into being planned and then reopen it to posts at that time.
YES:
NO:
NO PREFERENCE:
73 *
26
23
11. We should close and archive Angel Spoilage Lite as soon as technically possible.
YES:
NO:
NO PREFERENCE:
51 *
40
32
A total of 123 ballots were cast. Question number 7 may be the first time in recorded history that all Buffistas have been in agreement with each other.
Thanks, ita.
What's been done? What hasn't?
xpost: So what still needs to be done?
We need to determine names for the consolidated threads, most notably.
I can change the thread name and thread slug right now.
Archiving is being worked on.
Does that cover everything?
Okay -- names/slugs changed.
So, the consolidated threads are Smallville/Due South/Farscape and what else? I thought the PPO/Bitchy Fic combo was just being called Bitchy Fic?
I have a feeling from what I've read in Due South and from what I remember here that we will be a long time coming in a name for the thread. Maybe What Else Some of Us Watch? Cause, not cutesy and to the point. But unweildy.
I thought the PPO/Bitchy Fic combo was just being called Bitchy Fic?
To be honest, I don't remember. I also don't recall the latest consensus on the Sm/DS/FS consolidation.
Okay, this is what I propose:
1. In the PPO/Bitchy Fic consolidation combine and rename to Bitchy Fic.
2. For the DS/SV/FS thread: DS/SV/FS: Other Stuff That Some of Us Watch.
Undoubtedly the day time crew will have other (and better) ideas.
Could we put a deadline on this and say, by XX day, we'll have decided?
So, what ever happened with combining those couple of threads?
It is good to follow up on these things. I can't believe all of us forgot about the vote of confidence in the 6-month moratorium.
I think that we also need a very concise table of votes saying the date, the item voted on and the result.
I agree. Just to be a reference tool for hardcore Bureau lawyers. The law-speak is a great history and summary for the rest of us. And it taught me the word "passim." (I thought Nilly said it meant bubblewrap! :) Are all the votes linked to in the law-speak document? That would be half the work done already.
The Buffistas have an Etiquette Guide. You know what, we have two, one in filk form.
I imagine I'm hearing Nutty's real-life conversational voice in sentences like this. Of course I've only ever heard her talk hopped up on helium, but I imagine her as one of those animated explainers who were my favorite teachers in college.