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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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§ ita § - Sep 05, 2003 6:32:30 am PDT #5080 of 10005

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

If it's a concern that combining all the shows into one thread could lead to that as an unintended consequence, perhaps we should leave them in separate threads.

No, not at all. Drift has already happened, and I'm not bitching about that. I just don't see what our lack of panic has to do with the thread title.

DXMachina - Sep 05, 2003 6:37:28 am PDT #5081 of 10005

You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

I just don't see what our lack of panic has to do with the thread title.

I think it was the other way around. The reason some people mentioned for changing it was so as not to explicitly encourage thread drift because of the concern over the server connection problem.

Cindy - Sep 05, 2003 6:41:04 am PDT #5082 of 10005

Nobody

I think it was the other way around. The reason some people mentioned for changing it was so as not to explicitly encourage thread drift because of the concern over the server connection problem.

I don't think it was a matter of encouraging (or not) thread drift, just not advertising what drift there already is. I can't Nilly the posts from Kristen and possibly Kat when this first started, but I know they were there, and the general (bullshit? maybe, I don't know) consensus was that the name should specify the three shows, and that's pretty much it. Why is this an issue that is causing such resistance?

Jessica - Sep 05, 2003 6:43:44 am PDT #5083 of 10005

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I am SO confused. Are we arguing over whether or not the thread title should have "et al" in it?

§ ita § - Sep 05, 2003 6:45:04 am PDT #5084 of 10005

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Are we arguing over whether or not the thread title should have "et al" in it?

I'm not. I'm all I can speak for.

Katie M - Sep 05, 2003 6:48:46 am PDT #5085 of 10005

I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies

For the record, I don't care. (Though I do now have this creepy feeling that I may be quoting Spike there.)

Kat - Sep 05, 2003 7:25:45 am PDT #5086 of 10005

"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

I'm good with

Boxed Set, Vol. 1: Smallville, Due South, Farscape

I don't think that the et al is really going to make or break us, nor do I think it will foster nor infringe on the usual drift. I just think leaving it out makes it clear that the drift, while sometimes necessary, is not the intended purpose of the thread.

§ ita § - Sep 05, 2003 7:42:00 am PDT #5087 of 10005

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Kat makes sense.

Frankenbuddha - Sep 05, 2003 7:49:57 am PDT #5088 of 10005

"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

I like Kat's suggestion, too. Count that as a vote for the title from a Farscape poster.

tina f. - Sep 05, 2003 7:52:48 am PDT #5089 of 10005

Smallville lovah' and general appreciator of the HoYay here. Also good with

Boxed Set, Vol. 1: Smallville, Due South, Farscape

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