That's a very sensible suggestion, Sophie -- I hadn't thought about it, but I think you're right that newbies trip up on spoilers most often.
Delurk and be sensible some more!
Mal: That's not what I saw. You like to tell me what really happened? Book: I surely would. And maybe someday I will.
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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.
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Micole - Mar 31, 2004 3:05:13 pm PST #8631 of 10005
I've been working on a song about the difference between analogy and metaphor.
Allyson - Mar 31, 2004 3:06:32 pm PST #8632 of 10005
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Is guac really going in the FAQ? I'm touched. I've never been FAQ'd.
P.M. Marc - Mar 31, 2004 3:08:55 pm PST #8633 of 10005
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Or we could link the word "NAFDA" in Etiquette to the proper spot in the FAQ?
Could do that, too.
I'd like to call attention to the [NAFDA] in the slugs, because it's easy to overlook if you don't know it's important.
Jon B. - Mar 31, 2004 3:09:58 pm PST #8634 of 10005
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Oh - And Sophie - Thanks for posting!
As far as your other suggestion about making the FAQ, etc. more prominant? My concern is that everyone has certain things they'd like to see rearranged on the page. What we've got is a compromise. There aren't that many things to browse through over on the left-hand side. That's not to say that things can't be improved, but I'm hesitant to move anything unless there's a huge groundswell of of support for it.
DavidS - Mar 31, 2004 3:10:36 pm PST #8635 of 10005
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Is guac really going in the FAQ?
Yes, that is the consensus.
Jessica - Mar 31, 2004 3:12:34 pm PST #8636 of 10005
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
How about putting a link to the site etiquette in the slug at the top of the main page, (along with the FAQ link) - although the FAQ is fun and should be read, I sort of think the etiquette thing should be the very first thing a newbie reads about the site.
I think this is an incredibly good idea.
Steph L. - Mar 31, 2004 3:12:40 pm PST #8637 of 10005
I look more rad than Lutheranism
There ought to be a Buffista Dictionary. Things like "Nilly," "Meara," "____ likes carrots," "HSQ," etc.
Not in the FAQ or etiquette section; just a general idea. Because we actually have a fairly dense, layered idiolect.
P.M. Marc - Mar 31, 2004 3:14:59 pm PST #8638 of 10005
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Jon, I can't remember: can we do bold in slugs? I know we can link.
If we can do bold in slugs, should we perhaps bold the [NAFDA] part of things?
Jon B. - Mar 31, 2004 3:15:11 pm PST #8639 of 10005
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
There ought to be a Buffista Dictionary.
It's a whole section of the FAQ.
Jon B. - Mar 31, 2004 3:16:53 pm PST #8640 of 10005
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Jon, I can't remember: can we do bold in slugs? I know we can link.
I just did it for Bitches. Does that look better?