Chatter

• I like the way this is shaping up! So many threads out there, and only a whiff of which will ultimately be drawn together. Bravo gents! ~JG
• "The Carpathian Incident" seems to be shaping up to be very juicy. Hope some one claims that one quick! ~RS
• If you guys are all watching the RSS feed (that is excellent) we need not track editing changes manually. I move that editorial changes are fair game in the interest of preserving each other's dignity since they can easily be reverted. ~LX
  • Agreed. Though if correcting of the mistake results in ambiguity, a posting in the "Editing Notes" section of Discussion would still be pertinent, no? ~RS
  • RSS feeds? Hadn't even thought about it! The intarwebs are not strong with this one. ~EL
• A Request to lay claim to the as-yet-unwritten entry on "The Containment Orders" for next round, anyone object to my asking for it? As it isn't actually a phantom entry yet, do the same protocols apply as above? ~RS
  • I think you're good; claiming is to be used sparingly and only to prevent waste if someone has been thinking on an idea and other people might be eyeing the same thing. Less likely here since it's not really "on the board" yet. As a general comment, though, don't look *too* far ahead, as a lot can change. ~EL
  • Agreed, I wouldn't be asking this if it was a P entry, or some such. ~RS
• Ooooh. Banner-Kresslich engine! >claps hands in glee< I have just the thing for this! ~EL
• Forgive my slow grasp of the system - am I correct to assume that given five contributing authors, there will be five subjects per letter group? For instance, as of this edit, three phantom entries exist for the next round, "C". From my understanding, three of the authors must fill in the phantom entries (as long as they didn't originate it), and the other two authors must create new "C" entries, for a total of five "C" entries. Please correct me if I am wrong, and feel free to explain why. Digging through these piles of old notes has begun to take a toll on my cognitive capacity, I fear. ~DW
  • That was my conception, 5 ~EL
  • Then we need to be careful about creating more than five phantom entries for each letter, if we want exactly 5 each. ~RS
  • Right. The trouble I foresaw was that when we reach the later letters, someone would inevitably create a phantom entry for a letter we have already done, and I was not sure who would fill that rogue entry in, and when. ~DW
  • Supposedly we'll take into account how many phantom entries have already been created, and know not to make any more to letters that have already been filled in. ~RS

• I edited the sidebar with a quote that may/may not be pertinent. Feel Free to change/remove/deface it as you all will, seeing as it's viewable on all pages. ~RS