BWW Color Code Alert System

[iflitifloat]

Posted: 11/26/07 at 11:01pm

Time to bring this baby back... I believe the apology thread falls under the Salmon catagory, but since the last several pages seem to have been deleted (black alert), I can't be sure.

BWW COLOR-CODED ALERT SYSTEM

CLASS I ALERTS
BLACKWATCH PLAID: real life drama being played out on the board
BURNT SIENNA: a gang-up on one poster
CADMIUM: blatant shilling
CELADON: all hell has broken loose
CHARTREUSE: mild turbulence, with possibility of escalation
CRIMSON: open hostility and sniping in progress...clear to all that it's happening, but the back story is known to only a few
ELPHIE GREEN: unbridled paranoia
FUSCHIA: a poster is having a meltdown, but will be okay by morning
JAUNDICE: uncommonly nastiness, even by BWW standards
MAGENTA: bitch fight in progress;probability of escalation
MOTTLED: unverified report of demise of another poster.
NEW PHILOSOPHY BROWN: poster is spinning a tale of high drama, most likely faux...
OXBLOOD: homicidal maniac in midst...take cover
PUCE: nothing happening; dull
SAFFRON: private conversation threadjack
UNMELLOW YELLOW: rampant self-deletion
VERMILLION: a poster is having a total meltdown that will have residual effects (like leaving the board or at least a prolonged absence)

***Adding any of the Class II factors to any Class I alert increases chance of a meltdown by 20%***

CLASS II ALERTS: Modifiers
ANTIQUEWHITE: grammar/spelling stickler on the loose
BABYBLUE: the kids are taking over
CHAMPAGNE: celebration in progress
CHESTNUT: assh*le on the loose
CORNFLOWER: sock puppet in midst
GOLDENROD: ridiculous attention grab in process
MAUVE: unexpected appearance of information that was told to someone in confidence (loose lips)
PERIWINKLE: risqué posting
PRESCHOOL PINK: tantrum
QUICKSILVER: passive/aggressive posting with a non-sexual double or deeper meaning aimed at making a point to a certain reader or group of readers
RAW UMBER: a dead horse is being beaten to death...again
SALMON: unbelievable cluelessness
STUCCO: someone seems to be posting while plastered
THISTLE: someone's very touchy
TOMATO: snarkiness

CLASS III ALERTS: Moderator Lunacy
AQUAMARINE: PM warning received
BLACK: thread or post deleted
LILAC: perceived inappropriateness; warning posted
NAN: thread locked


Cross-referenced crib notes:

Class I
All hell: celadon
Bitch fight: magenta
Death rumor: mottled
Faux drama: new philosophy brown
Gang-up: burnt sienna
Homicidal: oxblood
Hostility: crimson
Meltdown, major: vermillion
Meltdown, minor: fuschia
Nastiness: jaundice
Nothing: puce
Real life drama: blackwatch plaid
Thread jack: saffron
Self-deletion: unmellow yellow
Shilling: cadmium
Thread jack: saffron
Turbulance: chartreuse

Class II
Assh*le: chestnut
Attention grab: goldenrod
Celebration: champagne
Clueless: salmon
Dead horse: raw umber
Grammar: antique white
Kids: baby blue
Loose lips: mauve
Paranoia: Elphie green
Passive/aggressive: quicksilver
Plastered: stucco
Porn: periwinkle
Snark: tomato
Sock puppet: cornflower
Tantrum: preschool pink
Touchy: thistle

Class III
Deletion: black
Locked: nan
PM warning: aquamarine
Posted warning: lilac

[MotorTink]

Posted: 11/26/07 at 11:04pm

wow

[Elphaba]

Posted: 11/26/07 at 11:05pm

I love you Iflit

[DayDreamer]

Posted: 11/26/07 at 11:06pm

yay!!!

[smartpenguin78]

Posted: 11/26/07 at 11:09pm

Tink, does the system predate you?

Those were fun times indeed.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 11/26/07 at 11:16pm

I'm SO glad this has been archived.

[shira467]

Posted: 11/26/07 at 11:20pm

Well, here we are.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 11/26/07 at 11:23pm

The Color Code Alert System is back!

Color me ecstatic!

[Glebb]

Posted: 11/26/07 at 11:34pm

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 11/26/07 at 11:43pm

I haven't been this confused since the hankie table at IML. And some of you KNOW what kind of trouble THAT got me into...OUCH!
I am STILL trying to get the stains out of the carpet.

[South Fl Marc]

Posted: 11/27/07 at 8:22am

Sueleen - stay away from the brown hankys.

Iflit - That was wonderful , but you have waayyyy to much free time on your hands.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 11/27/07 at 11:19am

[The Boy From Ohio]

Posted: 11/27/07 at 11:38am

That's alot of colors. Maybe we could just use the terror alert colors.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 11/27/07 at 11:50am

I would put the entire board on a Cornflower Alert today.

[DayDreamer]

Posted: 12/21/07 at 2:45pm

The board is definitely taking a chartreuse coloring today. (CHARTREUSE: mild turbulence, with possibility of escalation )

ETA: I think it's more of an aquamarine tint ...

Updated On: 12/21/07 at 02:45 PM

[colleen_lee]

Posted: 12/21/07 at 3:45pm

How long will this last?

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 12/21/07 at 3:50pm

it will last until people understand that this is a new era for the ot board and bbw as a whole.

[mominator]

Posted: 12/21/07 at 4:12pm

Cornflower and thistle have always been favorites

[tazber]

Posted: 12/21/07 at 4:16pm

Periwinkle and Lilac!

[NYadgal]

Posted: 6/27/08 at 11:56am

What's the color code for Great Aunt Elaine?

[Bluemoon]

Posted: 6/27/08 at 11:59am

Cornflower with New Philosophy Brown paisley.

[NYadgal]

Posted: 6/27/08 at 12:03pm

With a dash of Goldenrod

Updated On: 6/27/08 at 12:03 PM

[Bluemoon]

Posted: 6/27/08 at 12:04pm

Sad but true!

[best12bars]

Posted: 6/27/08 at 12:05pm

Do we have a color yet for freaky Friday?

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 6/27/08 at 12:06pm

Aw, this sh*t is Code Neapolitan.