Dance of the Title Fairy: Pale Moonlight Edition

[TheButtonmen]

What the hell is Skype?

Congrats on the promotion SK. I can think of no better Title Fairy (sorry Buttons, you were good, but...)

The trick is picking a good successor so you can take credit for their good work later.

[TheButtonmen]

I only bring this up because I don't actually see the Title Fairy as active as SK supposedly says it should be. TBM and Oman were good in my opinion because it was more a bureaucratic process than an application for acceptance that it seems to be now. Sure they gave opinions on titles but I don't actually think they rejected many titles, the community did that for them. SK is taking on a more active role when in my opinion, this isn't about SK's preferences - it is about the community's. If you want to think about it in terms of percentages I think it's 85% us and 10% SK, 5% mith.

SK's primary job is to maintain the process, so that titles fit the criteria of the first post.
It isn't SK's job to reject titles outright. If it is, the whole selection process for title fairy is messed up. SK was not elected, he didn't even have to apply to the greater administrative team for this position. TBM saw a way out and took it. If there was an application where a person's preferences matter, their overall tastes in culture, humor, and art would need to be taken into account. That did not occur.
The community chooses the titles, the community discusses the titles, it's only fair that the community should be able to administer the
titles. SK's active role thus far removed the community aspect of the entire process. The community is the only reason this thread,
position, and issue exists.

So everyone should take a step back and realize what this whole Title Fairy thing is about. It's not subjecting personal taste of titles on us, it's trying to incorporate everyone's taste into a good title.

I elected him to lead, not to read.

[TheButtonmen]

I thought the entire point of having a Title Fairy instead of setting your own title was for the Fairy to make decisions about what titles were appropriate after nominations. It's literally SK's job to reject titles outright if he doesn't think they're appropriate.

In general, no title fairy has been hands on like this. The Title Fairy is a ceremonial position. They're there to enact the will of the community while stepping in only when absolutely appropriate. Outright rejecting titles that have community support with no room for discussion is not how a TF should act imo

Citation needed.

[TheButtonmen]

Nominate Tammy for

Ms. Waffles

Still incredibly lame.

YOU'RE

INCREDIBLY LAME

Becoming a fairy has changed me

The Title Fairy manual may be short but it can truly change a man.

[TheButtonmen]

SleepyKrew is so lax compared to the start of my reign, he lets the masses complain and attempts to placate them.

I just made the rivers run red with blood.

[TheButtonmen]

if we execute skrew that'll show them we mean business

If you execute SKrew you will just re-install a despotic tyrant.

Just be glad Chamber has finally removed my ability to ban people or else I would show SKrew how to truly silence the masses....

[TheButtonmen]

rabble

Hey cliquefriend you already got to benefit from our backdoor crony titlelism.

[TheButtonmen]

Nominate Nexus for

Miss

Arguments for it: 1. Context 2. People support it 3. He at least partially willing to accept it 4. They took away my access and I can't remove it.

[TheButtonmen]

The real issue here is I gave it to him as a joke and then forgot to remove it.

So rather then asking you to remove it or any such boring thing I'm instead just proposing we keep it because it makes me chuckle.

[TheButtonmen]

It's all about ethics in title fairying.

[TheButtonmen]

i also banned people

i atually quit because the ptsd got too real, having flashj backs to all the people I banned and posts I deleted

[TheButtonmen]

I'm a broken shell of a man.

[TheButtonmen]

I remember a time when if I didn't like a title it was more then an opinion.

[TheButtonmen]

Is CoolDog forever in the hall of fame because he has the title "wanker"?

yes

CoolDog is my magnum opus.

[TheButtonmen]

mine is a 10/10 title

[TheButtonmen]

I'm not sure that a title needs to be absolutely unique, a title just needs to capture the essence of the person. Yes it can't be something ubiquitous but I really do feel that in this case the perfect is the enemy of the good!

I personally have no idea who she even is but if that title really fits well and people like it then Hito's or UT's endless folders of gifs shouldn't stop us from awarding it to her. It doesn't matter if the shoe fits someone else, what matters is if the shoe fits her.

/soapbox

[TheButtonmen]

It's like he not even capable of referential humour.

[TheButtonmen]

Sleepy has basically full power over this subforum. That includes banning people from the subforum for a period of time.

Here's some advice for your new found powers SleepyKrew!