[Flipside]

The original one ("Leaked list...") is excellent, but the fake FS3 one seems a bit pointless on top of that. I guess you could make a case for it though. Still, the other three are nothing out of the ordinary.

It might be worth considering merging those two, but it's up to admin really.

[haloboy100]

i don't really see any problems that would arise in putting those threads into the classics

[Goober5000]

None of the threads in the Classics section should be merged.  There are two pairs of threads in there (Leaked list / FS3 and torpedoes / pheropods) that describe two sides of the same coin.  Anyway, there isn't an upper limit on the number of threads we can put in there.

The main reason I'm against putting the spam and bumper sticker threads in there is because people were trying to turn those threads into "classics candidates" from the get-go.  A thread is not classic just because a certain number of people say so, or because a few people try to steer it in that direction.  A thread is classic based on what it is or isn't.

Furthermore, the threads in the Classics section have stood the test of time.  None of them is less than a year old.

[haloboy100]

so those threads were kept bumped for more then a year's time?

[Goober5000]

That's not what I meant.  Look at the last posting date of each of the threads in the Classics section.  Those dates are all more than a year old.

[CP5670]

Furthermore, the threads in the Classics section have stood the test of time.

Some of them are remembered by anyone only because they're in that section. The Russian laughter one is an example.

[haloboy100]

That's not what I meant.  Look at the last posting date of each of the threads in the Classics section.  Those dates are all more than a year old.

so all we need to do now is necro the bumper sticker thread a year from now and it's in the classics.

[Goober5000]

Some of them are remembered by anyone only because they're in that section. The Russian laughter one is an example.

No.  The reason that's in there is because it gave birth to a meme.  For several years afterwards, occasionally someone would post "xaxaxaxaxaxaxa!!" in response to a particularly silly post.

[colecampbell666]

You're not making a good argument. I've seen multiple, frequent, "Void of spam' and "Bumper sticker" refs.

We'll fight to the bloody end!! Viva la resistance!!!

Ready...Aim...FIRE!!
 

[haloboy100]

don't spam emoticons

'nuff said.

[colecampbell666]

don't spam emoticons

'nuff said.

Look who's talking. Anyway, I really think that these are classics in the making.

[Flipside]

That's the problem though, isn't it, particuarly the Spam thread is like an emoticon invasion.


Making a Spam thread a classic (one, I might add, that was actually made of Spam split off of another thread) means that people on this board will think 'oooh, it's ok to post Spam, in fact, it might even end up featured!'.

It's not simply a question of how many replies there are, but also how many different people were involved with the thread, yes, the Spam thread is very long, but how many different users were actually posting in it, and how many posts did they make per user?

Edit : Flicking through the Spam thread, if the posts by Snail, Jr2 and Mobius were edited out, the thread would be a fraction of it's current size.

[colecampbell666]

I, for one am not talking about the length of the thread, but the quality. Some of the spam is art

[Flipside]

Spam, like Graffiti is sometimes tolerated, but rarely advertised

[Goober5000]

And now this thread is being infested with spam.

Closed.