Well, looks like I've been summoned.
It's been a bit of an adjustment to working full-time; even if I do get to telecommute, I have to rebalance my life and my projects. So it's taken me quite a while to get a ATT-shaped tuit. Now that I have, I have to take stock of my plans.
So I guess that new wiki software idea turned out to be pie-in-the-sky. I was warned Evan might be unreliable to work with from the beginning -- and maybe he would have gotten it done without the injury -- but it's been far too long now. And in fact, I don't really have all that much time to run a site like this on my own.
So I've been talking to GethN7, and he persuaded me to use MediaWiki. I'm not entranced with the software, but it is reliable, extensible, and well known to end users. So I'm now reconverting the pages over to MediaWiki markup, which is a fairly easy task if you already have a parser written. We're looking at orain.org as a non-profit wiki farm, so no one has to worry about technical aspects outside of site design. I don't have an ETA now that the plan has changed, but I do know I'll have more free time over the next couple of weeks.
Might as well talk on the recent items in thread here:
Fetish Fuel was embarrassing on a lot of levels. If I was thinking about applying for a 501(c)3 tax exemption, I'd put down ATT for a educational exemption. So how was it educational to know what random people find attractive in random television? I suppose understanding fetishization of media could make for several interesting sociology studies. But really that's a weak reason for us to support it. It was mostly just weird, and not educational. I'm not saying we should base our morality off of tax law, but just saying that the tiny gains aren't worth the hassle of upkeep.
Troper Tales was also embarrassing. Does having comparisons to real life events (or fictional versions thereof) have any educational value? I'd argue yes, because the tropes have to come from somewhere. But oy, the quality. Let's pull up a random page (TroperTales/YouDoNOTWantToKnow):
. There's a lot more of the second type. My first inclination is to agree with Bob. But in general I want to err on the permissive side -- probably from a combination of Postel's Law and being "a buttload more informal".
How would y'all feel about these ground rules on Troper Tales?:
Not as bannable rules or anything, but just to give mods an excuse to go in and clean up every once in a while.
-- ∇×V
It's been a bit of an adjustment to working full-time; even if I do get to telecommute, I have to rebalance my life and my projects. So it's taken me quite a while to get a ATT-shaped tuit. Now that I have, I have to take stock of my plans.
So I guess that new wiki software idea turned out to be pie-in-the-sky. I was warned Evan might be unreliable to work with from the beginning -- and maybe he would have gotten it done without the injury -- but it's been far too long now. And in fact, I don't really have all that much time to run a site like this on my own.
So I've been talking to GethN7, and he persuaded me to use MediaWiki. I'm not entranced with the software, but it is reliable, extensible, and well known to end users. So I'm now reconverting the pages over to MediaWiki markup, which is a fairly easy task if you already have a parser written. We're looking at orain.org as a non-profit wiki farm, so no one has to worry about technical aspects outside of site design. I don't have an ETA now that the plan has changed, but I do know I'll have more free time over the next couple of weeks.
Might as well talk on the recent items in thread here:
Fetish Fuel was embarrassing on a lot of levels. If I was thinking about applying for a 501(c)3 tax exemption, I'd put down ATT for a educational exemption. So how was it educational to know what random people find attractive in random television? I suppose understanding fetishization of media could make for several interesting sociology studies. But really that's a weak reason for us to support it. It was mostly just weird, and not educational. I'm not saying we should base our morality off of tax law, but just saying that the tiny gains aren't worth the hassle of upkeep.
Troper Tales was also embarrassing. Does having comparisons to real life events (or fictional versions thereof) have any educational value? I'd argue yes, because the tropes have to come from somewhere. But oy, the quality. Let's pull up a random page (TroperTales/YouDoNOTWantToKnow):
Quote:* I overheard a conversation in class between my teacher and two teenage boys. The boys had been laughing about something, but had not explicitly said what.--> '''Teacher''': What are you laughing about?--> '''Boy 1''': You don't want to know.--> '''Teacher''': Try me.--> '''Boy 2''': *whispers it to her*--> '''Teacher''': Wow, holy crap. You're right. I ''didn't'' want to know that.--> '''Me''': I have a rule. I'm generally a curious person, but if teenage boys say I don't want to know, I ''trust them''.
Quote:* This trope, along with NoodleIncident, and the FlatWhat are a part of ["MmmKay" this troper's] ''breakfast''.The first one is okay, maybe the best example on a questionable page. Notably, it's actually a tale. The second is ugh
. There's a lot more of the second type. My first inclination is to agree with Bob. But in general I want to err on the permissive side -- probably from a combination of Postel's Law and being "a buttload more informal".How would y'all feel about these ground rules on Troper Tales?:
- Is it a tale? Does your entry have dramatic movement, however small?
- Does the tale have a point? ((Perhaps phrased better here))
- Is the point of the tale about the trope and not about your awesome fetish?
Not as bannable rules or anything, but just to give mods an excuse to go in and clean up every once in a while.
-- ∇×V