I'm hoping we can launch a seperate OC thread after the Angel finale, when we'll be talking about rejiggering our threads anyhow.

During the off-season?

During the off-season?

Isn't that when we did the big reorg last year?

I honestly don't care, but I thought consensus on thread proliferation was at not opening any new threads until we were able to close (or expect a drastic reduction in the number of posts in) the ones we have now, as with Angel's cancellation.

I can't imagine opening a non-MEish show thread when there are no new episodes coming for months.

I love the OC, but it generates maybe 20 posts a week. Long, dry summer.

I think any TV show would generate more posts if it had its own thread. That's a given.

I agree summer isn't the most exciting time -- what would be your preference?

Sure, it would -- but one has to determine demand before going forward.

And also consider whether we intend to stay on a "limitless" account. These are expensive. I'd assumed we were here to fix code, so we could move back somewhere smaller.

Not that I've had a chance to look at code, and I apologise for that, but we should examine how much we want to spread out, because no one's going to want to amputate anything if we move somewhere more affordable.

no one's going to want to amputate anything if we move somewhere more affordable.

I agree, but the Buffy thread's been getting maybe five posts a week all year. By June, the Angel thread will drop to similar levels, and we'll be able to to get rid of Previously altogether. The quotable threads will also die down once the deathmatches end. Based on that, I see no reason why we couldn't start threads at some point in the next six months for one or two TV shows that don't currently have their own threads.

I understand that we need to determine demand, but isn't that why we have the whole voting system?

I don't know about the bandwidth/code problems, so I'll bow to your judgement on that. Certainly, we shouldn't do anything that would hurt the board.

Edit: I also know we're pretty much at opposite ends of the spectrum on proliferation, and I wonder how much that's influencing your opinions on this.

I was surprised that Elena didn't do them that way, because they seemed to go *so* much faster and so much more smoothly -- the current method seems extremely drawn out

I'd guess the death-matchers are going for ongoing fun rather than maximum efficiency.

Your fun probably varies, Trudy. Blame my Virgoness.

Well, if it's not fun don't do them.

I'm not saying it's not fun the way Elena's doing it, because it is. I was stating a preference. I apologize that it runs counter to yours.