I was thinking the same thing, Lyra. Sounds like a good idea.

I consense.

(edit: about bullshit-consensing George. Not about de-wordinessing the etiquette doc, which I also agree with, but wasn't what I was posting about.)

I'd like it to be part of the FAQ/About/How-to/Etiquette chunk in the left nav (not linked from within those documents or the links page, which a lot of people will never scroll all the way through, especially in mid-discussion), and it should be labeled in a way that is not "cheesebutt" nor even, sadly, "George", but something possibly meaningful to newbs. Site history? Site culture?

A semi-related not from the etiquette page

Consistent demon-like behavior may earn a warning from the Stompy Feet.

This should say a warning from the community, or something -- because the Stompy Feet aren't the ones who decide this.

Do we have text for the FAQ guacamole citation?

Suggestion:

Q: Help, people are telling me I have guacamole on my pants ... but I looked in the mirror and there's nothing! What do I do?

A: Hold still, let me get that for you. "Tripping into the guacamole" is Buffista expression for making a newbie mistake that draws attention to yourself in a spectacularly unwanted way. It's not a fatal error, but it's embarassing for all concerned. The reference comes from this post by Allyson:

... and then we insert Allyson's text.

Suggestions for stuff to cut in ettiquette:

We talk a lot. Most of our ramblings are in the Natter threads --- if it's off-topic for another thread, that's probably where it belongs.

Change to: "Most of our ramblings are in the Natter thread, but almost any thread is fair game." And then the list of exceptions.

In the spoiler section, we could cut "This includes TV Guide-type listings, actors' contracts, etc. --- basically, anything that has not yet been broadcast belongs in a spoiler thread." and link to the spoiler info in the FAQ thread. (Which does exist, right? I'm not crazy?)

We could also possibly move the Buffista Credo to the FAQ, since that seems to be our large sprawling document.

Welcome to the Phoenix Board! If you want a more Buffista-esque look at this whole etiquette thing, crammed with filky goodness, go here

Please, someone put a period at the end of that sentence.

Suggestion:

making a newbie mistake that leads to drawing attention to yourself in a spectacularly unwanted way

Because we can all do it, no matter how long we've been here....

Because we can all do it, no matter how long we've been here....

True. Maybe we should take out the "making a newbie mistake" portion entirely, and leave the sentence as:

Tripping into the guacamole" is Buffista expression for posting in a way that draws attention to yourself in a spectacularly unwanted way.

True. Maybe we should take out the "making a newbie mistake" portion entirely, and leave the sentence as:

I think we should leave in 'mistake'. 'Cause doing so intentionally is something else entirely.

Also, I'm incorporating the suggested edits into a cut-and-paste of the etiquette text.

it should be labeled in a way that is not "cheesebutt" nor even, sadly, "George", but something possibly meaningful to newbs. Site history? Site culture?

I'd been calling it (more formally than cheesebutt) "Lawspeak", which I realize is the term for what illiterate Icelanders did in the 900s when they assembled for their summer legislature once a year: one guy would stand up and recite the entire law-code (from memory, because they were all illiterate), so everyone would be on the same page, and then trials/deal/adjudications could begin.

It's a document of policies and rules, although it does tend to be historical in describing how those rules came about.