The Index of the Giant's Comments V―On a Saner Forum, We Wouldn't Need this Index

[D.One]

I can’t even... what?
Edit: jasdoif, I am opposed to the inclusion of that tweet, its content is visible from the comic itself.

Sorry about the confusion effect (and if you need an explanation, I was talking about the pronoum "you")

[DataNinja]

I'm also against inclusion, I feel like it's something that's evident enough from the comic.

[Jasdoif]

Okay, so that looks like 3 for, 6 against...right on the bottom edge of vote-able. Anyone else have opinions on this?

Minrah is her own character with her own role. She's not anyone's replacement, any more than Blackwing replaced V.

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Now since we're on a new page, reminder about thread title vote-age!

While this isn't formal, we've got a few pages left before the next thread, so in the interests of post wrangling....

This will be approval voting: vote for (and/or propose) as many titles as you like, even if there's only one you like; whichever title has the most people voting for it will be the title of the next thread. In the case of a tie, I will choose one of the tied options.
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I'll be tracking viable titles until I start on the next thread in...a few pages.

Proposed Title	Votes	Voters
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Now Up to 50% On Topic	8	Gwynfrid, Lissou, Squire Doodad, Zherog, DataNinja, Fyraltari, Rollin, Caerulea
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - That's What HE Said	5	Ron Miel, D.One, HorizonWalker, snowblizz, Bundin
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Bimonthly Banana Bread at Best	4	Resileaf, Schroeswald, Gwynfrid, Squire Doodad
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Rich in Comments	4	Gift Jeraff, NobleCuriosity, Caerulea, snowblizz
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Making Dogma from Zapped Bananas	2	137ben, D.One
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Clearly Just Advertising Copy	1	Doug Lampert
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Making Dogma from a Few Zapped Pines	1	Reboot
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - The Annotated Edition	1	Fyraltari
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - The Undiscovered Comment	1	rbetieh
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Utterly Banana-d	1	Joerg

[Emanick]

I'm not terribly fond of any of these titles, but I don't have a better suggestion, so I guess I'll vote for the ones I like the most.

The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - That's What HE Said
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Rich in Comments
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Making Dogma from Zapped Bananas

[Lissou]

Against inclusion of the Minrah's quote, no need to include the quote when the comic already answers that.

[dmc91356]

Against inclusion of the Minrah quote:

Voting for either:

The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - That's What HE Said

or

The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Rich in Comments


The 50% one, while cute, doesn't really accurately reflect this thread IMO. It's really way over 50% on topic.

[Lord Torath]

I don't think we need to include it. Her role in the comic will become clear as the story progresses. Basically, it's a quote that is telling the future, and the future will be revealed in time. Add it now, and we'll just be removing it later.

I agree. The story will reveal this in time. No point in including this just to have to remove it later.

[Squire Doodad]

Put me up for Making Dogma out of Zapped Bannanas

[Sir_Norbert]

I vote for "Rich in Comments".

[137beth]

No, but there has been speculation that Belkar is about to die, and Minrah will replace HIM.

Example

And also speculation that Bandana isn't a very popular, so Minrah is replacing her intended role.
Example

I say include.

I was initially against including the Minrah quote, but this post convinced me it might be worth including. Also it doesn't seem likely it will make it in, given the way the discussion has gone so far.

[Jasdoif]

Because of the change in Squire Doodad's vote, we currently have a three-way tie for the title.

Incidentally, if anyone is intentionally changing their vote, please make a new post containing all the titles you're voting for; trying to track one person's vote across multiple posts almost guarantees I'm going to mess up somewhere....

Proposed Title	Votes	Voters
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Now Up to 50% On Topic	7	Gwynfrid, Lissou, Zherog, DataNinja, Fyraltari, Rollin, Caerulea
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Rich in Comments	7	Gift Jeraff, NobleCuriosity, Caerulea, snowblizz, Emanick, dmc91356, Sir Norbert
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - That's What HE Said	7	Ron Miel, D.One, HorizonWalker, snowblizz, Bundin, Emanick, dmc91356
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Making Dogma from Zapped Bananas	4	137ben, D.One, Emanick, Squire Doodad
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Bimonthly Banana Bread at Best	3	Resileaf, Schroeswald, Gwynfrid
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Clearly Just Advertising Copy	1	Doug Lampert
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Making Dogma from a Few Zapped Pines	1	Reboot
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - The Annotated Edition	1	Fyraltari
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - The Undiscovered Comment	1	rbetieh
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Utterly Banana-d	1	Joerg

7-7-7? Where's a slot machine when you need(?) one....

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I was initially against including the Minrah quote, but this post convinced me it might be worth including. Also it doesn't seem likely it will make it in, given the way the discussion has gone so far.

Perhaps...but it's been hanging around the threshold for being eligible for a vote, and we've certainly had upsets in the voting before (the primary reason the threshold for calling a vote is so forgiving).

[Schroeswald]

I've been swayed a bit so I would like to remove my vote from going either way on the Minrah quote, I am no longer certain either way.

Also add my vote to
The Index of the Giant's Comments V! - Making Dogma From Zapped Bananas

[Algeh]

On the thread title, I would like to vote for any of the following:

The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Now Up to 50% On Topic
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Rich in Comments
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - The Undiscovered Comment

On the include/not include of the Minrah quote, what I'd really like to do is delay until more time has passed so we can see if it's still a topic of discussion in, say, 3 months or 6 months before deciding, but since that's not one of the options I vote include since it'll be easier to remove it later than re-nominate it later.

[Lissou]

On the include/not include of the Minrah quote, what I'd really like to do is delay until more time has passed so we can see if it's still a topic of discussion in, say, 3 months or 6 months before deciding, but since that's not one of the options I vote include since it'll be easier to remove it later than re-nominate it later.

Is that so? I thought the system was made so that it's easier to add a quote than remove it. Is it the other way around?

[Keltest]

Is that so? I thought the system was made so that it's easier to add a quote than remove it. Is it the other way around?

Historically speaking, it has been significantly easier to add a new quote than to remove one, but the sample size on the latter is small enough that isn't necessarily meaningful.

[Kish]

My votes are: 1) "The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - That's What HE Said." and 2) Include the Minrah comment.

[b_jonas]

For the title of the next thread, I vote for the following titles:
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Making Dogma from a Few Zapped PinesThe Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Making Dogma from Zapped Bananas

Jasdoif informs me that I have to post this in the thread. I had assumed we do votes in private messages so that the thread doesn't get spammed by messages that have nothing but a vote.

[Joerg]

I vote for both "that's what HE said" and "Rich in comments".

[Reboot]

Historically speaking, it has been significantly easier to add a new quote than to remove one, but the sample size on the latter is small enough that isn't necessarily meaningful.

Yeah, but Algeh was talking about adding a quote on a second (+) try vs removing, not just adding.

[Rollin]

"Rich in Comments" is clever, but the joke was already used in the title of Thread IV ("A Rich Source of Quotassium").

Also, I would like to change my vote from simply "Now Up to 50% On Topic" to a vote for "Now Up to 50% On Topic" and a vote for "Making Dogma From Zapped Bananas."

I would vote not to include the Minrah tweet, as superfluous and ephemeral, unlike Minrah herself.

[Reboot]

I kinda wanna vote for "zapped bananas", but I don't think it makes sense as a joke - the reference is to Thor complaining he can't zap a few pines without the dwarfs making a dogma out of it. But Rich is the "banana", no? So he's at the wrong end of the joke (the trees rather than the god whose actions are overinterpreted).

[super dark33]

Voting for "making dogma out of zapped bananas"

Also vote for "dont include".

[Fyraltari]

I kinda wanna vote for "zapped bananas", but I don't think it makes sense as a joke - the reference is to Thor complaining he can't zap a few pines without the dwarfs making a dogma out of it. But Rich is the "banana", no? So he's at the wrong end of the joke (the trees rather than the god whose actions are overinterpreted).

jasdoif is our resident banana, look at their avatar and signature.

[Jasdoif]

Okay, so that makes the disposition on the tweet...5 for including, 11 for excluding; as close to the margin for vote-ability as is possible for the total of 16? And the title has a tie for first, and another tie for second at one vote behind first....Looks like I'll be tracking these for a while o_o

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Proposed Title	Votes	Voters
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Rich in Comments	9	Gift Jeraff, NobleCuriosity, Caerulea, snowblizz, Emanick, dmc91356, Sir Norbert, Algeh, Joerg
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - That's What HE Said	9	Ron Miel, D.One, HorizonWalker, snowblizz, Bundin, Emanick, dmc91356, Kish, Joerg
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Making Dogma from Zapped Bananas	8	137ben, D.One, Emanick, Squire Doodad, Schroeswald, b_jonas, Rollin, super dark33
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Now Up to 50% On Topic	8	Gwynfrid, Lissou, Zherog, DataNinja, Fyraltari, Caerulea, Algeh, Rollin
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Bimonthly Banana Bread at Best	2	Resileaf, Gwynfrid
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Making Dogma from a Few Zapped Pines	2	Reboot, b_jonas
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - The Undiscovered Comment	2	rbetieh, Algeh
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Clearly Just Advertising Copy	1	Doug Lampert
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - The Annotated Edition	1	Fyraltari

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I kinda wanna vote for "zapped bananas", but I don't think it makes sense as a joke - the reference is to Thor complaining he can't zap a few pines without the dwarfs making a dogma out of it. But Rich is the "banana", no? So he's at the wrong end of the joke (the trees rather than the god whose actions are overinterpreted).

jasdoif is our resident banana, look at their avatar and signature.

Also, banana "trees" aren't actually trees, so that's a bonus.

[Keltest]

Have I voted against including the tweet yet? Because if not, I don't believe we should include it. The story can and will speak for itself on that front.

[Gwynfrid]

I'm afraid I'm not going to help breaking the tie between the 2 titles currently on top of the list, because I dislike both of them. "Rich in comments" is just a weaker version of a title we used in the past. "That's what HE said"... Well, I don't get the joke or reference, assuming there's one.

I could be talked into adding a vote for "Making Dogma from Zapped Bananas" if it put that one on top, but right now it would only make the tie a three-way one.

[DataNinja]

"That's what HE said"... Well, I don't get the joke or reference, assuming there's one.

It's a play on "That's what she said", implying sexual innuendo. (As in someone saiys "<phrase that could have a double meaning when referring to something about sex, even when the innocent meaning is intended.>" then another replies "That's what she said!") Which... it's not a phrase I'm particularly fond of, especially because it's often simply inserted everywhere.

[HorizonWalker]

It's a play on "That's what she said", implying sexual innuendo. (As in someone saiys "<phrase that could have a double meaning when referring to something about sex, even when the innocent meaning is intended.>" then another replies "That's what she said!") Which... it's not a phrase I'm particularly fond of, especially because it's often simply inserted everywhere.

That's what she said.

[D.One]

I could be talked into adding a vote for "Making Dogma from Zapped Bananas" if it put that one on top, but right now it would only make the tie a three-way one.

Do it, please. Let's make the vote thrilling until the very end...

It's a play on "That's what she said", implying sexual innuendo. (As in someone saiys "<phrase that could have a double meaning when referring to something about sex, even when the innocent meaning is intended.>" then another replies "That's what she said!") Which... it's not a phrase I'm particularly fond of, especially because it's often simply inserted everywhere.

That's what she said.

Can't do anything but applaud such masterful demonstration...

[Quebbster]

It's a play on "That's what she said", implying sexual innuendo. (As in someone saiys "<phrase that could have a double meaning when referring to something about sex, even when the innocent meaning is intended.>" then another replies "That's what she said!") Which... it's not a phrase I'm particularly fond of, especially because it's often simply inserted everywhere.

Sometimes I prefer the oldfashioned option, "as the actress said to the bishop".