Xander ,'Get It Done'
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
Thank you, Rafmun, for not asking for a formal warning.
Thank you, too, Shawn.
Good on ya both. (Please note: I'm absolutely sincere here, if the words chosen do not adequately convey my tone.)
And I'm not going anywhere near the huge can o' worms the Empress just opened...
Sorry to upset you Hec.
But to defend my seconding, not that I should have to, I would say that this heated discussion started in part because of fallout from an extended political discussion in a thread that really didn't need, nor should have really had, a political discussion.
It may get voted down, it may start even more heated discussion (though not in this thread, I would point out), but then it may not get a fourth second - it didn't before, if I remember correctly...
Where do the local 'istas lists live? Is there a Chicago/Midwest one? What is involved in creating/maintaing one?
aurelia, I don't think there is. If there was, Gus had it. But I do vaguely remember him asking for addresses in Natter....
I dunno. My 'net time looks like it will be curtailed pretty severely, so I'll gladly be on it, but I can't promise swift response.
However, on the "maybe this isn't the best time for this" side of the discussion, I think ita would again point out that the reason for our little move to our current host was to solve code problems we still haven't solved, and until we do, new threads are not necessarily a good idea.
Just putting that out there.
I'm sorry, but this way convoluted.
msbelle - sincere thanks for taking time and trying to help on this. Others who spoke up when they saw direct nastyness - thanks too.
Also seconding Aimee's proposal...
That's four.
A few people said they would second it if it was proposed. I proposed it. If it doesn't get the seconds it needs, so be it. I am not personally attched to the idea.
Is four the requirement for opening up the discussion thread, Sean? I can't remember. (Actually, my brain is saying "seven," but God knows why.)
Okay, here's my opinion on a politics/war thread, recapping McHundreds of previous posts.
It's a bad idea because concentrating the heated debate spills out to the other threads and causes more splits and divisions. Instead of ghettoizing the negative vibes, it will amplify them.
It's a bad idea because it drains interesting discussion out of Natter.
It's a bad idea because we shouldn't be adding new threads right now until all our coding issues are done.
I don't need to discuss it further. I'll wait until the vote rolls around.