From HP4GU-FAQ at yahoogroups.com Sun Jul 1 21:56:03 2001 From: HP4GU-FAQ at yahoogroups.com (HP4GU-FAQ at yahoogroups.com) Date: 1 Jul 2001 21:56:03 -0000 Subject: New file uploaded to HP4GU-FAQ Message-ID: <994024563.17827.23665.s9@yahoogroups.com> Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the HP4GU-FAQ group. File : /FAQs/LORD VOLDEMORT.26-06-01.doc Uploaded by : pennylin at swbell.net Description : Reformatted & Edited Voldemort FAQ You can access this file at the URL http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HP4GU-FAQ/files/FAQs/LORD%20VOLDEMORT.26-06-01.doc To learn more about file sharing for your group, please visit http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/groups/files Regards, pennylin at swbell.net From pennylin at swbell.net Sun Jul 1 22:08:09 2001 From: pennylin at swbell.net (Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer) Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2001 17:08:09 -0500 Subject: Voldemort FAQ References: <9hh3ak+8bpu@eGroups.com> Message-ID: <3B3F9F48.FAAF2B37@swbell.net> Hi everyone (mainly Simon I suppose) -- I just uploaded a reformatted & edited Voldy FAQ. Simon, I mainly moved things around. I know you said you hadn't had as much time to work on this one as the others so I did more editing than with the others. Your words are still there -- they're just in a different order. Let me know if you disagree with the way I rearranged it. The only thing substantive that I added in was under the section about the nature of Voldy as a villain, I made it clear that some members have questioned whether he is one-dimensional or potentially complex. And, if someone has handy, I'd like to add in the link to the "When I am an Evil Overlord ..." in that section (it says "Insert Link" right now). Steve V or Paul -- there are also 2 places where Simon has "Insert Link" to another FAQ. I assume you can handle that. Okay, off to see if I can accomplish more on this stuff before Elizabeth wakes up again. Penny From simon at hp.inbox.as Sun Jul 1 23:04:41 2001 From: simon at hp.inbox.as (Simon) Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2001 00:04:41 +0100 Subject: [HP4GU-FAQ] Voldemort FAQ In-Reply-To: <3B3F9F48.FAAF2B37@swbell.net> Message-ID: Yep - the order looks good. I hope to start updating some of my faqs soon, but time is limited at the moment. -----Original Message----- From: Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer [mailto:pennylin at swbell.net] Sent: 01 July 2001 23:08 To: HP4GU-FAQ at yahoogroups.com Subject: [HP4GU-FAQ] Voldemort FAQ Hi everyone (mainly Simon I suppose) -- I just uploaded a reformatted & edited Voldy FAQ. Simon, I mainly moved things around. I know you said you hadn't had as much time to work on this one as the others so I did more editing than with the others. Your words are still there -- they're just in a different order. Let me know if you disagree with the way I rearranged it. The only thing substantive that I added in was under the section about the nature of Voldy as a villain, I made it clear that some members have questioned whether he is one-dimensional or potentially complex. And, if someone has handy, I'd like to add in the link to the "When I am an Evil Overlord ..." in that section (it says "Insert Link" right now). Steve V or Paul -- there are also 2 places where Simon has "Insert Link" to another FAQ. I assume you can handle that. Okay, off to see if I can accomplish more on this stuff before Elizabeth wakes up again. Penny To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: HP4GU-FAQ-unsubscribe at egroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com From Aberforths_Goat at Yahoo.com Mon Jul 2 08:22:22 2001 From: Aberforths_Goat at Yahoo.com (Aberforth's Goat) Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2001 10:22:22 +0200 Subject: Offline Messages? References: Message-ID: <00d501c102d0$1ec27c80$e500a8c0@shasta> Question: I'll be on vacation for two weeks and I'd like to finish off my other two FAQ's. Since we'll be on a farm in a particularly remote corner of Austria, I don't have much hope of getting online much, so I'd like to take along a download of all the messages we have. I know Paul had something of the sort going, but I can't remember how to get at them. (Outlook Express has a habit of sabotaging my own collections, so I've never made much of a point of keeping more than a couple of weeks.) Baaaaaa! Aberforth's Goat (a.k.a. Mike Gray) _______________________ "My own brother, Aberforth, was prosecuted for practising inappropriate charms on a goat. It was all over the papers, but did Aberforth hide? No he did not! He held his head high." From kippesp at swbell.net Mon Jul 2 17:14:37 2001 From: kippesp at swbell.net (P Kippes) Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2001 17:14:37 -0000 Subject: Offline Messages? In-Reply-To: <00d501c102d0$1ec27c80$e500a8c0@shasta> Message-ID: <9hqa5t+2h86@eGroups.com> --- In HP4GU-FAQ at y..., "Aberforth's Goat" wrote: > Question: > > I'll be on vacation for two weeks and I'd like to finish off my other two > FAQ's. Since we'll be on a farm in a particularly remote corner of Austria, > I don't have much hope of getting online much, so I'd like to take along a > download of all the messages we have. I know Paul had something of the sort > going, but I can't remember how to get at them. I'm probably like everyone else in that I use an off-line reader. In my case it's Eudora. I haven't yet worked our a method of keeping the in an up-to-date state. Sorry. From Aberforths_Goat at Yahoo.com Tue Jul 3 08:28:49 2001 From: Aberforths_Goat at Yahoo.com (Aberforth's Goat) Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 10:28:49 +0200 Subject: [HP4GU-FAQ] Offline Messages? References: <00d501c102d0$1ec27c80$e500a8c0@shasta> Message-ID: <016e01c1039a$2fd045f0$e500a8c0@shasta> > I'm probably like everyone else in that I use an off-line reader. In > my case it's Eudora. I haven't yet worked our a method of keeping > the in an up-to-date state. Sorry. Hmm. Is there a means of "harvesting" the messages in HP4GU? Baaaaaa! Aberforth's Goat (a.k.a. Mike Gray) _______________________ "My own brother, Aberforth, was prosecuted for practising inappropriate charms on a goat. It was all over the papers, but did Aberforth hide? No he did not! He held his head high." From HP4GU-FAQ at yahoogroups.com Tue Jul 3 21:08:24 2001 From: HP4GU-FAQ at yahoogroups.com (HP4GU-FAQ at yahoogroups.com) Date: 3 Jul 2001 21:08:24 -0000 Subject: New file uploaded to HP4GU-FAQ Message-ID: <994194504.32284.46144.f4@yahoogroups.com> Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the HP4GU-FAQ group. File : /FAQs/UNIVERSAL APPEAL OF HARRY POTTER.03-07-01.doc Uploaded by : pennylin at swbell.net Description : Reformatted FAQ You can access this file at the URL http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HP4GU-FAQ/files/FAQs/UNIVERSAL%20APPEAL%20OF%20HARRY%20POTTER.03-07-01.doc To learn more about file sharing for your group, please visit http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/groups/files Regards, pennylin at swbell.net From HP4GU-FAQ at yahoogroups.com Tue Jul 3 21:41:26 2001 From: HP4GU-FAQ at yahoogroups.com (HP4GU-FAQ at yahoogroups.com) Date: 3 Jul 2001 21:41:26 -0000 Subject: New file uploaded to HP4GU-FAQ Message-ID: <994196486.28050.63526.sa@yahoogroups.com> Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the HP4GU-FAQ group. File : /FAQs/FAN FICTION.03-07-01.doc Uploaded by : pennylin at swbell.net Description : Reformatted & updated Fanfic FAQ You can access this file at the URL http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HP4GU-FAQ/files/FAQs/FAN%20FICTION.03-07-01.doc To learn more about file sharing for your group, please visit http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/groups/files Regards, pennylin at swbell.net From Aberforths_Goat at Yahoo.com Thu Jul 5 21:28:47 2001 From: Aberforths_Goat at Yahoo.com (Aberforth's Goat) Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 23:28:47 +0200 Subject: Offline Messages? (Reprise!) References: <9hqa5t+2h86@eGroups.com> Message-ID: <01bb01c10599$7a131290$e500a8c0@shasta> Hmm. Does the silence here mean there's no way of getting the collection onto my disk? If at all possible I'd *really* like to get those FAQ's done over the next two weeks. If I can't, I'm afraid I may fall to the temptation to write a fanfic ... Baaaaaa! Aberforth's Goat (a.k.a. Mike Gray) _______________________ "My own brother, Aberforth, was prosecuted for practising inappropriate charms on a goat. It was all over the papers, but did Aberforth hide? No he did not! He held his head high." From kippesp at swbell.net Sat Jul 7 03:07:38 2001 From: kippesp at swbell.net (P Kippes) Date: Sat, 07 Jul 2001 03:07:38 -0000 Subject: Offline messages Message-ID: <9i5udq+1i80@eGroups.com> Yes. And sorry. There is currently no way of harvesting the messages. I'm house sitting for my folks at the moment. Perhaps while you're on vacation (and while I'm sitting), I'll give this another go. Unfortunately, I can't give you anything right away. Paul From Aberforths_Goat at Yahoo.com Sat Jul 7 08:17:58 2001 From: Aberforths_Goat at Yahoo.com (Aberforth's Goat) Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2001 10:17:58 +0200 Subject: [HP4GU-FAQ] Offline messages References: <9i5udq+1i80@eGroups.com> Message-ID: <006b01c106bd$55a2c200$e500a8c0@shasta> Hmm. If someone else could use them, go ahead--but not for me. If I can get online, I'll be able to research my FAQ's the normal way. If I can't, I won't be able to download anything else either. Baaaaaa! Aberforth's Goat (a.k.a. Mike Gray) _______________________ "My own brother, Aberforth, was prosecuted for practising inappropriate charms on a goat. It was all over the papers, but did Aberforth hide? No he did not! He held his head high." From kippesp at swbell.net Sun Jul 8 03:41:55 2001 From: kippesp at swbell.net (P Kippes) Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2001 03:41:55 -0000 Subject: Converted files added Message-ID: <9i8kq3+a2c9@eGroups.com> I've uploaded the converted VOLTEMORT and UNIVERSAL APPEAL OF HP files to the usual location. I will continue to convert files as I notice updates appear--or is that apparate. Paul From HP4GU-FAQ at yahoogroups.com Sat Jul 21 14:15:44 2001 From: HP4GU-FAQ at yahoogroups.com (HP4GU-FAQ at yahoogroups.com) Date: 21 Jul 2001 14:15:44 -0000 Subject: New file uploaded to HP4GU-FAQ Message-ID: <995724944.12234.36066.s8@yahoogroups.com> Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the HP4GU-FAQ group. File : /FAQs/THE WEASLEY FAMILY.doc Uploaded by : pennylin at swbell.net Description : Reformatted & Edited Weasley Family FAQ You can access this file at the URL http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HP4GU-FAQ/files/FAQs/THE%20WEASLEY%20FAMILY.doc To learn more about file sharing for your group, please visit http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/groups/files Regards, pennylin at swbell.net From pennylin at swbell.net Wed Jul 25 14:49:02 2001 From: pennylin at swbell.net (Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer) Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 09:49:02 -0500 Subject: Status Update??? References: <9hqa5t+2h86@eGroups.com> <01bb01c10599$7a131290$e500a8c0@shasta> Message-ID: <3B5EDC5E.3EB8F5C@swbell.net> Hi everyone: It's me again. Nagging to see if we are any closer to completion on these darned FAQs. Now that Steve has admitted to being back from vacation, perhaps he can tell us where things stand from his end. I know I still have 3 of Simon's FAQs left to format & edit (Harry, Wands (nearly done) & Predictions). All my FAQs were formatted & I think converted. I never heard though if the JKR FAQ was being reconverted so that the footnotes would come through. I do need to update the Fanfic FAQ for sure before we go live as it doesn't include any reference to the new & superior HP fanfic site: FictionAlley.org. So ..... I need some very clear, step-by-step instructions as to how to update one of the FAQs that has been converted. Once I've updated, then what? Do I tell Steve who will then replace the page on the website? Can someone guide me as to how this works? Ahem. I know you are all busy writing fanfic, creating fanfic sites, studying abroad, caring for children, moving, working, repairing your home (me!), and just generally living your otherwise full lives, but I was wondering if everyone could report in with a quick status report as to where they are with their FAQs. We can then make a decision as to when to go live with the website. That is, if we know that someone can't realistically get to their FAQs for another few months, we can decide whether to go live with what we have or hold off until more of the FAQs are finished. So, this request is *not* meant to pressure anyone -- we just need information so we can plan if that makes sense. Who are we now? We know we lost Melanie & Margaret. So, I think our group is now: me, Neil, Simon, Heidi, Carole, Ebony, John, the Goat, Jim .... er, have I missed anyone? I will email Caius & see if he would be persuaded to convert his Dumbledore character sketch into a FAQ since we know we lost Margaret. I think Melanie's FAQs were all reallocated to others. The other Margaret FAQ that I can recall off-hand is Lupin. Amy Z is a huge Lupin fan, so I will contact her to see if she would like to do that one for us. If you have any other FAQs that you haven't started at all & can't see getting to for some time, let me know & I'll see if I can persuade some of our other eloquent, newer members to join us. I think that's it. Elizabeth is stirring so must sign off. Penny From Aberforths_Goat at Yahoo.com Wed Jul 25 18:03:03 2001 From: Aberforths_Goat at Yahoo.com (Aberforth's Goat) Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 20:03:03 +0200 Subject: [HP4GU-FAQ] Status Update??? References: <9hqa5t+2h86@eGroups.com> <01bb01c10599$7a131290$e500a8c0@shasta> <3B5EDC5E.3EB8F5C@swbell.net> Message-ID: <017901c11534$0c643120$e500a8c0@shasta> Well, as far as my part goes, I've now made a start on my Pettigrew FAQ--have about 1/3 of the messages processed. I had the good luck to severely sprain my ankle about 2 hours ago, earning myself a whole evening home alone at the computer--so I may well have all the messages processed by the end of this evening. No ETA's, thought--I've done that a few times too many! I'm in a bit of a quandary about my last FAQ job, though. The similarities between the Potters and Voldemort seems like a pretty narrow topic, and I haven't seen many discussions of it either. (Not that I mightn't have missed them ... I seem to have dozed through the entire Abanes controversy everyone has be mentioning.) (Which is probably conclusive proof of Divine Providence ... ) Back to griping: The Harry-Voldy axis has some obvious facts to it, but I'm not sure how many parallels I could draw between James or Lilly and Voldy. I'm wondering whether I shouldn't write up a couple of questions, then let one of our Voldy or Harry people add the material to their FAQ's. Wise thoughts? Baaaaaa! Aberforth's Goat (a.k.a. Mike Gray) _______________________ "Of course, I'm not entirely sure he can read, so that may not have been bravery...." From heidi.h.tandy.c92 at alumni.upenn.edu Wed Jul 25 18:16:18 2001 From: heidi.h.tandy.c92 at alumni.upenn.edu (Tandy, Heidi) Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 14:16:18 -0400 Subject: [HP4GU-FAQ] Status Update??? Message-ID: Here's mine: We, like Penny, have been out of our house since early June - in our case it was semi-elective (we had to gut a bathroom, and to ensure my asthmatic husband's ease of breathing it made more sense to move to my parents') but it's been twice as long as I anticipated. And we had to redo all the electrical in the kitchen, where my computer is, so I haven't touched that since May either - and that is where all my drafts are. We will be back in the house next week, but it's also Harry's birthday (MY harry, not Jo's!) so I doubt I will be able to make any stabs at them until August 8th, when my inlaws leave... Then I will lock myself into the house with no distractions...and I will WRITE! From pennylin at swbell.net Wed Jul 25 21:10:34 2001 From: pennylin at swbell.net (Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer) Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 16:10:34 -0500 Subject: [Fwd: Re: FAQs for HP4GU?] Message-ID: <3B5F35CA.6273CF35@swbell.net> This is the spirit! :--) -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: FAQs for HP4GU? Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 15:57:59 -0400 From: Amy Z To: pennylin at swbell.net I'll bite! I know it's a lot of work, but I can't resist. Is there any kind of draft going? Would you send me whatever there is, and the message numbers? I can see it's insane to try to keep up with the messages, so I'm going to write the thing as fast as possible, include the message numbers I know of, and reserve the right to keep researching the archives to add in message #s. Otherwise it must be two steps forward, one step back all the time. Amy who was supposed to have a date with Lupin in DS and is very, very ticked that Heidi got it instead . . . but I'm not going to start beta-reading, if that's what it takes _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp From Ebonyteach at aol.com Wed Jul 25 22:22:55 2001 From: Ebonyteach at aol.com (Ebonyteach at aol.com) Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 18:22:55 EDT Subject: Status Report Message-ID: Hi, everyone-- The problem with writing my FAQ is that I am completely unsure how to begin... I've been hopelessly blocked for months! I want to write the FAQ I've been assigned, but do not want to do a half job at it. This is why I have been negligent re: FAQ (and the HP4GU newsletter I'd thought about doing this spring). Any tips or pointers re: how to attack my subject matter (which, when it has come up onlist has been VERY sensitive) would be appreciated. Or if someone else thinks they have a handle on it, I'd be glad to co-author or pass the baton entirely. Best, Ebony From pennylin at swbell.net Thu Jul 26 02:39:41 2001 From: pennylin at swbell.net (Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer) Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 21:39:41 -0500 Subject: FAQs References: Message-ID: <3B5F82ED.15BEB95D@swbell.net> Hi -- Ebonyteach at aol.com wrote: > Any tips or pointers re: how to attack my subject matter (which, when > it has > come up onlist has been VERY sensitive) would be appreciated. Well, I did the Religion & HP FAQ, which is also a sensitive issue. It might need to be updated a bit since we have had some discussions since I wrote it. You're welcome to take a look at the angle I took on that one -- it's in the Files area. How's the UK?! :::is jealous::: Mike said: > I'm in a bit of a quandary about my last FAQ job, though. The similarities > between the Potters and Voldemort seems like a pretty narrow topic, and I > haven't seen many discussions of it either. (Not that I mightn't have missed > them ... I seem to have dozed through the entire Abanes controversy everyone > has be mentioning.) (Which is probably conclusive proof of Divine Providence > ... ) > You know, I'm not sure why we had that one designated in the first place. If no one else objects, I'd be happy if you did as you suggest & just write up a paragraph that can be added to the Potters or Voldemort FAQ (or both). Thanks to Heidi for her update too -- the plan sounds good to me! We'll get there. We will all live to see the FAQs become a reality. All the listies will probably fall over dead when we announce it of course. :--) Penny -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From neilward at dircon.co.uk Thu Jul 26 06:08:24 2001 From: neilward at dircon.co.uk (Neil Ward) Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 07:08:24 +0100 Subject: [HP4GU-FAQ] Status Update??? References: <9hqa5t+2h86@eGroups.com> <01bb01c10599$7a131290$e500a8c0@shasta> <3B5EDC5E.3EB8F5C@swbell.net> Message-ID: <00d601c11599$6197c340$483770c2@c5s910j> Penny said: > Hi everyone: > It's me again. Nagging to see if we are any closer to completion on > these darned FAQs. Now that Steve has admitted to being back from > vacation, perhaps he can tell us where things stand from his end. Apologies... again. I know I meant to 'complete' the McGonagall and Quidditch FAQs a couple of weeks ago, but there seemed to be more to do than I remembered (having left them collecting e-dust for quite a while) and I was then sidetracked by other things. Of my other ones, Snape is being moved up the list, and Kelley is helping out on that by collating the most recent messages. Q: I have wizarding genetics discussions under WizWorld: General, which seems correct. Is that likely to fit anywhere else? I won't be dusting off my hands totally before I leave for the US, but I'm determined to get some others in some sort of fit condition for upload before then. C'mon Neil - focus, focus, FOCUS! Kelley is also interested in taking on FAQs, BTW, if we have an idea of the ones going spare? Neil From aiz24 at hotmail.com Thu Jul 26 12:49:38 2001 From: aiz24 at hotmail.com (Amy Z) Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 12:49:38 -0000 Subject: New blood Message-ID: <9jp3l2+r97a@eGroups.com> Hi all, I'm a complete newbie to FAQdom, but I'm going to venture a suggestion, since Penny said there were a lot of gaps (hence, I assume, the plea to me and others to take on one or more topics). If we're still looking, I nominate Haggridd, Jenny, and Amber as likely victims, ::ahem:: I mean eager and clear-thinking writers who would no doubt consider it a great privilege to write a FAQ. Amy From Aberforths_Goat at Yahoo.com Thu Jul 26 08:28:28 2001 From: Aberforths_Goat at Yahoo.com (Aberforth's Goat) Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 10:28:28 +0200 Subject: [HP4GU-FAQ] Status Update??? References: <9hqa5t+2h86@eGroups.com> <01bb01c10599$7a131290$e500a8c0@shasta> <3B5EDC5E.3EB8F5C@swbell.net> <00d601c11599$6197c340$483770c2@c5s910j> Message-ID: <021001c115d1$fa7def70$e500a8c0@shasta> > Of my other ones, Snape is being > moved up the list, and Kelley is helping out on that by collating the most > recent messages. So *that's* what all those elves are for! (I just had a vision of Neil lolling about in a palatial mansion with dozens of darling little elves scurrying about with mops, curling irons, nail clippers, trays of dainty foods, laptops loaded with terrifyingly complex HP conundra.) > Kelley is also interested in taking on FAQs, BTW, if we have an idea of the > ones going spare? Hmm. I just finished studying the assignment list in the database, here's what I found: I haven't heard much about FAQ's from Jim (cover art and intl. editions) or John (audio versions, UK education, wizard clothing) recently. Might John appreciate some help? (I recall Jim trolling the main group a few months ago for information about his topics, so I assume he's still on them.) Then there are Melanie's topics: timeline and fanclubs. I believe Steve took over the timeline (all he has to do is jot down his own URL!), but did anyone pick up the fanclub part? And then there' are Margaret's assignments: Lupin and Dumbledore. She doesn't seem to be a member of the FAQ group anymore--does anyone know whether she's still in on the project? * * * * * * * BTW, a question to the people who know how to spell: does the plural of an acronym still take an apostrophe? (Thus: FAQ / FAQ's) I think they taught me that back in high school, but I've been feeling a little self-conscious about my apostrophes recently. Baaaaaa! Aberforth's Goat (a.k.a. Mike Gray) _______________________ "Of course, I'm not entirely sure he can read, so that may not have been bravery...." From heidi.h.tandy.c92 at alumni.upenn.edu Thu Jul 26 12:58:25 2001 From: heidi.h.tandy.c92 at alumni.upenn.edu (Tandy, Heidi) Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 08:58:25 -0400 Subject: [HP4GU-FAQ] New blood, old topics Message-ID: But I want Amber to be off limits. For purely selfish reasons, of course -she is VERY busy configuring schnoogle and the other sites... but she is wonderful & brilliant and a rousingly terrific addition to the fandom... Now, in terms of the FAQs I am (supposed to be) working on - the mythology and magical creatures one is half-supplanted by FB (and the amazing job that Steve has done in putting them into the Lexicon, and half full of debate about whether or not crookshanks is a Kneazle, which is of course supplanted by JKR's statements that he is part kneazle. At least a third of the other half involves debate on whether Mrs Figg's "cats" are kneazles. This can be summed up in 2 sentences, with links to 4-5 messages, or it could rehash the entire debate and have links to about 400 messages. I think this FAQ would be better off as a discourse on some of the mythology discussed, especially as regards phoenixes, then have a few comments about whether lethifolds are dementors, a link to the Whether Snape Is A Vampire section of that FAQ, and the Whole Kneazle Controversy. If there's anything else that people think MUST be included, let me know - otherwise, I am not going to rehash everything in FB... -----Original Message----- From: Amy Z [mailto:aiz24 at hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 8:50 AM To: HP4GU-FAQ at yahoogroups.com Subject: [HP4GU-FAQ] New blood Real-To: "Amy Z" Hi all, I'm a complete newbie to FAQdom, but I'm going to venture a suggestion, since Penny said there were a lot of gaps (hence, I assume, the plea to me and others to take on one or more topics). If we're still looking, I nominate Haggridd, Jenny, and Amber as likely victims, ::ahem:: I mean eager and clear-thinking writers who would no doubt consider it a great privilege to write a FAQ. Amy Yahoo! Groups Sponsor To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: HP4GU-FAQ-unsubscribe at egroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service . From aiz24 at hotmail.com Thu Jul 26 13:12:56 2001 From: aiz24 at hotmail.com (Amy Z) Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 13:12:56 -0000 Subject: New blood, old topics In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <9jp50o+1745@eGroups.com> --- In HP4GU-FAQ at y..., "Tandy, Heidi" wrote: > But I want Amber to be off limits. > For purely selfish reasons, of course -she is VERY busy configuring > schnoogle and the other sites... So that's why she's been so quiet on list recently. Stop hogging--I miss her! Amy already hard at work on RL. Can everyone stop posting about him for awhile, please? From Aberforths_Goat at Yahoo.com Thu Jul 26 13:29:21 2001 From: Aberforths_Goat at Yahoo.com (Aberforth's Goat) Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 15:29:21 +0200 Subject: [HP4GU-FAQ] New blood References: <9jp3l2+r97a@eGroups.com> Message-ID: <024901c115d6$fa8ddbb0$e500a8c0@shasta> > I'm a complete newbie to FAQdom, but I'm going to venture a > suggestion, since Penny said there were a lot of gaps (hence, I > assume, the plea to me and others to take on one or more topics). If > we're still looking, I nominate Haggridd, Jenny, and Amber as likely > victims, ::ahem:: I mean eager and clear-thinking writers who would no > doubt consider it a great privilege to write a FAQ. Cool! Err, that does mean you'll do one too, right? Baaaaaa! Aberforth's Goat (a.k.a. Mike Gray) _______________________ "Of course, I'm not entirely sure he can read, so that may not have been bravery...." From pennylin at swbell.net Thu Jul 26 13:55:08 2001 From: pennylin at swbell.net (Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer) Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 08:55:08 -0500 Subject: Status Updates References: <9hqa5t+2h86@eGroups.com> <01bb01c10599$7a131290$e500a8c0@shasta> <3B5EDC5E.3EB8F5C@swbell.net> <00d601c11599$6197c340$483770c2@c5s910j> <021001c115d1$fa7def70$e500a8c0@shasta> Message-ID: <3B60213B.2ED4E9AA@swbell.net> Hi everyone -- I have some more updates for you all. As you all know, I'm pleased to report that Amy has taken on the Lupin FAQ. Thanks Amy & welcome to our group! I just got word from Caius that he is willing to convert his Dumbledore character sketch into a FAQ. I'll send him an invite to this group in a moment. In the interest of speeding things along (and emphatically NOT as a means of pressuring anyone), I'm listing out below the FAQs that haven't been uploaded in any form, with a brief notation as to what we know about them. Since Kelley is willing to take on some FAQs, if one of your FAQs isn't started & you'd like to pass it off to her or perhaps some other nominated member, let us know. Audio Versions -- John (would Hagridd be a good candidate for this? ) Sirius Black -- Carole (I assume Carole still wants this one) Book Banning -- Heidi (very old draft uploaded -- is it okay as is??) British Education -- John Casting -- Neil (this is really MOVIE rather than just casting, right?) Character Accents -- Neil Character Names -- Heidi Clothing (Wizarding World) -- John Cover Art -- Jim Dumbledore -- now Caius -- actively in progress Fan Clubs -- unassigned -- probably *very small* -- not much info I wouldn't imagine Hagrid -- Carole HP Humor -- Carole Lawsuit -- Heidi (still necessary???) Lupin -- now Amy -- actively in progress McGonagall -- Neil -- actively in progress Merchandise -- Heidi Mythology & Magical Creatures - Heidi -- actively in progress James & Lily Potter -- Heidi (old draft uploaded -- does it need updating?) Quidditch -- Neil -- actively in progress Racial Diversity & Wizarding World Social Issues -- Ebony -- says sort of in progress, right? Snape -- Neil -- actively in progress Spells & Charms -- Neil Wizarding World Economy -- Neil If there's anything you'd like to off-load, now's a good time to speak up! :--) I notice that Jim, Carole & Steve are all on webview. I'll assume they will check in sometime this week, but will forward an individual email directly to them if we don't hear something soon. Can you tell I'm anxious to get this up & running? Thanks -- Penny > I haven't heard much about FAQ's from Jim (cover art and intl. > editions) or > John (audio versions, UK education, wizard clothing) recently. Might > John > appreciate some help? (I recall Jim trolling the main group a few > months ago > for information about his topics, so I assume he's still on them.) > > Then there are Melanie's topics: timeline and fanclubs. I believe > Steve took > over the timeline (all he has to do is jot down his own URL!), but did > > anyone pick up the fanclub part? And then there' are Margaret's > assignments: > Lupin and Dumbledore. She doesn't seem to be a member of the FAQ group > > anymore--does anyone know whether she's still in on the project? > > > * * * * * * * > > BTW, a question to the people who know how to spell: does the plural > of an > acronym still take an apostrophe? (Thus: FAQ / FAQ's) I think they > taught me > that back in high school, but I've been feeling a little > self-conscious > about my apostrophes recently. > > Baaaaaa! > > Aberforth's Goat (a.k.a. Mike Gray) > _______________________ > > "Of course, I'm not entirely sure he can read, so that may not have > been > bravery...." > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor [Image] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > HP4GU-FAQ-unsubscribe at egroups.com > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- The original email contained an attachment named "C:WINDOWSTEMPnsmailBN.gif" but we could not retrieve it via the Yahoo Groups API. -------------- next part -------------- The original email contained an attachment named "C:WINDOWSTEMPnsmailBG.gif" but we could not retrieve it via the Yahoo Groups API. From Aberforths_Goat at Yahoo.com Thu Jul 26 13:38:49 2001 From: Aberforths_Goat at Yahoo.com (Aberforth's Goat) Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 15:38:49 +0200 Subject: [HP4GU-FAQ] Re: Status Report References: Message-ID: <024a01c115d8$4d6309e0$e500a8c0@shasta> Ebony wrote, > The problem with writing my FAQ is that I am completely unsure how to > begin... I've been hopelessly blocked for months! I want to write the FAQ > I've been assigned, but do not want to do a half job at it. This is why I > have been negligent re: FAQ (and the HP4GU newsletter I'd thought about doing > this spring). > > Any tips or pointers re: how to attack my subject matter (which, when it has > come up onlist has been VERY sensitive) would be appreciated. Or if someone > else thinks they have a handle on it, I'd be glad to co-author or pass the > baton entirely. Let's see ... you're on HP and race, right? Sounds like a handful! At the risk of sounding like a complete lunatic, why not expand it to cover gender issues and sexuality? No, honest, I'm, not making a really bad joke! But if we had a short, fair and *sane* overview of what Jo has said, what Jo has said she won't say, and what the group has already discussed fifteen times over, we could simply refer our next glazed-eyed maniac to the FAQ. (I believe Neil has written some terrific flame quenchers on these issues.) Baaaaaa! Aberforth's Goat (a.k.a. Mike Gray) _______________________ "Of course, I'm not entirely sure he can read, so that may not have been bravery...." From heidi.h.tandy.c92 at alumni.upenn.edu Thu Jul 26 13:46:19 2001 From: heidi.h.tandy.c92 at alumni.upenn.edu (Tandy, Heidi) Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 09:46:19 -0400 Subject: [HP4GU-FAQ] Status Updates Message-ID: 1. Let's convert everyone on webview to Special Announcements. 2. I do need to update the bookbanning one (although only slightly - and I can put links to Abanes in here if EVERYONE thinks it appropriate) and the lawsuit one, although I've been putting that one off so I canupdate it right before we go live, since things could change, and it's more a legalese article than a compendium of messages. 3. What about my Malfoy Family Faq that Cassie & I are doing? Huh? What about it? 4. I will update james & lily, although it is current enough to include lily's last name :) - it doesn't include debate about whether narcissa & lily are related. 5. I was under the impression that we had decided to link the Character Names to each of the other character FAQs and I was going to cover other names, like Figg and Krum - is that still the case? > -----Original Message----- > From: Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer [mailto:pennylin at swbell.net] > Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 9:55 AM > To: HP4GU-FAQ at yahoogroups.com > Subject: [HP4GU-FAQ] Status Updates > > > Hi everyone -- > > I have some more updates for you all. As you all know, I'm pleased to > report that Amy has taken on the Lupin FAQ. Thanks Amy & > welcome to our > group! I just got word from Caius that he is willing to convert his > Dumbledore character sketch into a FAQ. I'll send him an > invite to this > group in a moment. > > In the interest of speeding things along (and emphatically NOT as a > means of pressuring anyone), I'm listing out below the FAQs > that haven't > been uploaded in any form, with a brief notation as to what we know > about them. Since Kelley is willing to take on some FAQs, if one of > your FAQs isn't started & you'd like to pass it off to her or perhaps > some other nominated member, let us know. > > Audio Versions -- John (would Hagridd be a good candidate for this? > ) > Sirius Black -- Carole (I assume Carole still wants this one) > Book Banning -- Heidi (very old draft uploaded -- is it okay as is??) > British Education -- John > Casting -- Neil (this is really MOVIE rather than just > casting, right?) > Character Accents -- Neil > Character Names -- Heidi > Clothing (Wizarding World) -- John > Cover Art -- Jim > Dumbledore -- now Caius -- actively in progress > Fan Clubs -- unassigned -- probably *very small* -- not much info I > wouldn't imagine > Hagrid -- Carole > HP Humor -- Carole > Lawsuit -- Heidi (still necessary???) > Lupin -- now Amy -- actively in progress > McGonagall -- Neil -- actively in progress > Merchandise -- Heidi > Mythology & Magical Creatures - Heidi -- actively in progress > James & Lily Potter -- Heidi (old draft uploaded -- does it need > updating?) > Quidditch -- Neil -- actively in progress > Racial Diversity & Wizarding World Social Issues -- Ebony -- says sort > of in progress, right? > Snape -- Neil -- actively in progress > Spells & Charms -- Neil > Wizarding World Economy -- Neil > > If there's anything you'd like to off-load, now's a good time to speak > up! :--) > > I notice that Jim, Carole & Steve are all on webview. I'll > assume they > will check in sometime this week, but will forward an individual email > directly to them if we don't hear something soon. Can you tell I'm > anxious to get this up & running? > > Thanks -- > > Penny > > > > I haven't heard much about FAQ's from Jim (cover art and intl. > > editions) or > > John (audio versions, UK education, wizard clothing) recently. Might > > John > > appreciate some help? (I recall Jim trolling the main group a few > > months ago > > for information about his topics, so I assume he's still on them.) > > > > Then there are Melanie's topics: timeline and fanclubs. I believe > > Steve took > > over the timeline (all he has to do is jot down his own > URL!), but did > > > > anyone pick up the fanclub part? And then there' are Margaret's > > assignments: > > Lupin and Dumbledore. She doesn't seem to be a member of > the FAQ group > > > > anymore--does anyone know whether she's still in on the project? > > > > > > * * * * * * * > > > > BTW, a question to the people who know how to spell: does the plural > > of an > > acronym still take an apostrophe? (Thus: FAQ / FAQ's) I think they > > taught me > > that back in high school, but I've been feeling a little > > self-conscious > > about my apostrophes recently. > > > > Baaaaaa! > > > > Aberforth's Goat (a.k.a. Mike Gray) > > _______________________ > > > > "Of course, I'm not entirely sure he can read, so that may not have > > been > > bravery...." > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > [Image] > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > > HP4GU-FAQ-unsubscribe at egroups.com > > > > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > From pennylin at swbell.net Thu Jul 26 14:05:25 2001 From: pennylin at swbell.net (Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer) Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 09:05:25 -0500 Subject: Also -- Should we have a Malfoys FAQ? Message-ID: <3B6023A5.BBB7A173@swbell.net> Hi -- Shouldn't we have a Malfoys FAQ as well? I was looking through the categories of old Yahoo Club Messages to send Dumbledore message #s to Caius ... and I see quite a few relating to Malfoys. Any volunteers (or nominations)? Penny From pennylin at swbell.net Thu Jul 26 14:14:01 2001 From: pennylin at swbell.net (Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer) Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 09:14:01 -0500 Subject: [HP4GU-FAQ] Status Updates References: Message-ID: <3B6025A9.66E84AD1@swbell.net> Hi -- "Tandy, Heidi" wrote: > 1. Let's convert everyone on webview to Special Announcements. Okay. How? > 2. I do need to update the bookbanning one (although only slightly - > and I > can put links to Abanes in here if EVERYONE thinks it appropriate) and > the > lawsuit one, although I've been putting that one off so I canupdate it > right > before we go live, since things could change, and it's more a legalese > > article than a compendium of messages. I think it's fine to put a notation about the Abanes Affair into that one, although it might be more appropriate in the Religion FAQ. Thoughts? It could go in both I suppose. > 3. What about my Malfoy Family Faq that Cassie & I are doing? Huh? > What > about it? I remembered it later! Adding it to the Master List right now so we don't lose it again. :--) Glad to hear that you & Cassie are doing it -- I'd forgotten that. > 5. I was under the impression that we had decided to link the > Character > Names to each of the other character FAQs and I was going to cover > other > names, like Figg and Krum - is that still the case? That sounds fine. I'm probably behind the times. I like Mike's suggestions re: expanding Racial Diversity to include gender, sexuality -- that all go under the umbrella of Wizarding World: Social Issues, couldn't it? Penny -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From heidi.h.tandy.c92 at alumni.upenn.edu Thu Jul 26 14:08:06 2001 From: heidi.h.tandy.c92 at alumni.upenn.edu (Tandy, Heidi) Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 10:08:06 -0400 Subject: [HP4GU-FAQ] Also -- Should we have a Malfoys FAQ? Message-ID: : stamps foot, waves hands in the air, points to recent post which invoked the word "Cassandra"... -----Original Message----- From: Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer [mailto:pennylin at swbell.net] Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 10:05 AM To: HPFGU - FAQs Subject: [HP4GU-FAQ] Also -- Should we have a Malfoys FAQ? Real-To: Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer Hi -- Shouldn't we have a Malfoys FAQ as well? I was looking through the categories of old Yahoo Club Messages to send Dumbledore message #s to Caius ... and I see quite a few relating to Malfoys. Any volunteers (or nominations)? Penny Yahoo! Groups Sponsor To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: HP4GU-FAQ-unsubscribe at egroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service . From aiz24 at hotmail.com Thu Jul 26 14:15:12 2001 From: aiz24 at hotmail.com (Amy Z) Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 10:15:12 -0400 Subject: Bookbanning, pluralization Message-ID: Penny wrote: >I think it's fine to put a notation about the Abanes Affair into that >one, although it might be more appropriate in the Religion FAQ. >Thoughts? It could go in both I suppose. I think it would be inflammatory (and unfair, I grudgingly admit) to put it under Bookbanning. Abanes does not suggest banning the books. If the Bookbanning FAQ makes a mention of warnings to parents and other such things that fall well short of banning, that would be a good place to put a link to the Religion FAQ and/or Abanes posts. Mike, I think the correct way to pluralize is to add an s, no apostrophe: FAQs. I'll check with my resident grammarian. Amy _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp From Aberforths_Goat at Yahoo.com Thu Jul 26 14:15:34 2001 From: Aberforths_Goat at Yahoo.com (Aberforth's Goat) Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 16:15:34 +0200 Subject: [HP4GU-FAQ] Re: Status Report References: Message-ID: <028801c115dd$6fd329b0$e500a8c0@shasta> > Any tips or pointers re: how to attack my subject matter (which, when it has > come up onlist has been VERY sensitive) would be appreciated. Or if someone > else thinks they have a handle on it, I'd be glad to co-author or pass the > baton entirely. BTW, I just noticed that paragraph--and I'd be interested in going co- with you. Yes, I do have a record of recalcitrant vapor-FAQing, but I just quit one of my part time jobs and expect to have a lot more time for the next few months. Baaaaaa! Aberforth's Goat (a.k.a. Mike Gray) _______________________ "Of course, I'm not entirely sure he can read, so that may not have been bravery...." From heidi.h.tandy.c92 at alumni.upenn.edu Thu Jul 26 14:19:03 2001 From: heidi.h.tandy.c92 at alumni.upenn.edu (Tandy, Heidi) Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 10:19:03 -0400 Subject: [HP4GU-FAQ] Bookbanning, pluralization Message-ID: It does discuss things other than bans. Basically, it's a compendium of posts discussing restrictions and proposals for restrictions on the books, age groups who should or should not read GoF, Muggles for Harry Potter and criticisms of the books' morals & perspectives, including (I think) some talk about the salon article about women in teh books. And I will add in the recent Freudian thing, too. -----Original Message----- From: Amy Z [mailto:aiz24 at hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 10:15 AM To: HP4GU-FAQ at yahoogroups.com Subject: [HP4GU-FAQ] Bookbanning, pluralization Real-To: "Amy Z" Penny wrote: >I think it's fine to put a notation about the Abanes Affair into that >one, although it might be more appropriate in the Religion FAQ. >Thoughts? It could go in both I suppose. I think it would be inflammatory (and unfair, I grudgingly admit) to put it under Bookbanning. Abanes does not suggest banning the books. If the Bookbanning FAQ makes a mention of warnings to parents and other such things that fall well short of banning, that would be a good place to put a link to the Religion FAQ and/or Abanes posts. Mike, I think the correct way to pluralize is to add an s, no apostrophe: FAQs. I'll check with my resident grammarian. Amy _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Yahoo! Groups Sponsor To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: HP4GU-FAQ-unsubscribe at egroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service . From pennylin at swbell.net Thu Jul 26 14:49:46 2001 From: pennylin at swbell.net (Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer) Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 09:49:46 -0500 Subject: [HP4GU-FAQ] Bookbanning, pluralization References: Message-ID: <3B602E0A.F86D863@swbell.net> Hi -- Amy Z wrote: > Mike, I think the correct way to pluralize is to add an s, no > apostrophe: > FAQs. I'll check with my resident grammarian. This grammarian concurs. FAQs, no apostrophe. Apostrophes denote possessive, so: The Voldemort FAQ's font is too large. We all need to work on our FAQs! Penny -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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But my text books took quirky stances about all sorts of topics--not to mention the two years I spent carefully imagining what chemistry experiments look like, provided one actually does them.) _______________________ "Of course, I'm not entirely sure he can read, so that may not have been bravery...." From Ebonyteach at aol.com Thu Jul 26 16:59:54 2001 From: Ebonyteach at aol.com (Ebonyteach at aol.com) Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 12:59:54 EDT Subject: [HP4GU-FAQ] Status Updates Message-ID: <49.e7b054f.2891a68a@aol.com> If John needs help with the British Education FAQ, I'm game... that's what I've been studying all summer. It'll be nice to write about it in a very de Tocquevillian way. :) --Ebony From neilward at dircon.co.uk Thu Jul 26 18:33:13 2001 From: neilward at dircon.co.uk (Neil Ward) Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 18:33:13 -0000 Subject: FAQs - more musings Message-ID: <9jpnp9+nsfe@eGroups.com> IIRC, I exchanged Wizarding World: Economy with Heidi for the rather more nebulous Wizarding World: General (the latter including such things as the nature of magic, genetics, medicine). The Casting FAQ is really a Movie FAQ. To be honest, trawling through a pile of "Colin Firth is the perfect tottie for Sirius" is no longer on my agenda, and most of the rest is, arguably, factual information about the movie that is available elsewhere. I think this is one FAQ that I would gladly hold up to the moon, in the hope that the fairies would carry it off during the night. Character Accents was going to be spliced into the various character FAQs, but it's relatively short, so I could include it as a separate FAQ. The Quidditch FAQ is somewhat affected by QTTA, but not as much as the other schoolbook affects the Mythology FAQ, I guess. Um...who offered to do Neville Longbottom? Neil From pennylin at swbell.net Fri Jul 27 03:25:49 2001 From: pennylin at swbell.net (Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer) Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 22:25:49 -0500 Subject: FAQs - more musings References: <9jpnp9+nsfe@eGroups.com> Message-ID: <3B60DF3D.E7CF28E0@swbell.net> Hi again -- Neil Ward wrote: > The Casting FAQ is really a Movie FAQ. To be honest, trawling > through a pile of "Colin Firth is the perfect tottie for Sirius" is > no longer on my agenda, and most of the rest is, arguably, factual > information about the movie that is available elsewhere. I think > this is one FAQ that I would gladly hold up to the moon, in the hope > that the fairies would carry it off during the night. Well, when you put it like that ... Perhaps we should not have a movie FAQ. It may make sense to eliminate it if we are going to end up with even a temporary sister group for movie discussions. BTW, thanks for remembering to check on that poll. I'm glad that you asked people to vote as it was running neck & neck as they say. I'm disappointed to just now notice that voting has pulled away in favor of leaving discussions on the main list. Although, isn't there a plurality that favor moving it and the difference being whether it's a temporary or permanent move? [Gee, can you tell how I voted?] > Um...who offered to do Neville Longbottom? Mike not only offered, he's finished it. It's uploaded already. TO REVISIT AN OLD TOPIC: you remember that we discussed the possibility of making the FAQs into a book, with proceeds going to charity? I can't for the life of me think why anyone would want to *buy* it in printed form when all they'd need to do is go to the FAQ website. BUT, it does gall me to see the spate of books that now seem to be coming on the market, and our information is SO much better & more complete. I just read David Colbert's "The Magical Worlds of Harry Potter." While it is tons better than the Schaefer book, it's not nearly so good as our information. For example, he seems to be confused about the Goblet of Fire -- he thinks it's the same thing as the Triwizard Cup. [It's *not* is it? Now, I'm doubting myself since it's reasonably late here & I don't have my copy handy]. Anyway .... any thoughts on this old topic? Amazing the number of things that you can dream up while spending literally hours of every day nursing & rocking a baby ... Penny -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Amy _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp From heidi.h.tandy.c92 at alumni.upenn.edu Fri Jul 27 13:35:09 2001 From: heidi.h.tandy.c92 at alumni.upenn.edu (Tandy, Heidi) Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 09:35:09 -0400 Subject: [HP4GU-FAQ] Re: FAQs - more musings Message-ID: I still think we should have a movie FAQ, but perhaps it should be about a page long, and say: "There have been many casting discussions, which still continue on HP4GU-OTCHATTER (link)" You can find out more about the movies at : HP Galleries Ain't It Cool News Countingdown Empire Online and the Warner Bros site -----Original Message----- From: Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer [mailto:pennylin at swbell.net] Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 11:26 PM To: HP4GU-FAQ at yahoogroups.com Subject: [HP4GU-FAQ] Re: FAQs - more musings Hi again -- Neil Ward wrote: The Casting FAQ is really a Movie FAQ. To be honest, trawling through a pile of "Colin Firth is the perfect tottie for Sirius" is no longer on my agenda, and most of the rest is, arguably, factual information about the movie that is available elsewhere. I think this is one FAQ that I would gladly hold up to the moon, in the hope that the fairies would carry it off during the night. Well, when you put it like that ... Perhaps we should not have a movie FAQ. It may make sense to eliminate it if we are going to end up with even a temporary sister group for movie discussions. BTW, thanks for remembering to check on that poll. I'm glad that you asked people to vote as it was running neck & neck as they say. I'm disappointed to just now notice that voting has pulled away in favor of leaving discussions on the main list. Although, isn't there a plurality that favor moving it and the difference being whether it's a temporary or permanent move? [Gee, can you tell how I voted?] Um...who offered to do Neville Longbottom? Mike not only offered, he's finished it. It's uploaded already. TO REVISIT AN OLD TOPIC: you remember that we discussed the possibility of making the FAQs into a book, with proceeds going to charity? I can't for the life of me think why anyone would want to *buy* it in printed form when all they'd need to do is go to the FAQ website. BUT, it does gall me to see the spate of books that now seem to be coming on the market, and our information is SO much better & more complete. I just read David Colbert's "The Magical Worlds of Harry Potter." While it is tons better than the Schaefer book, it's not nearly so good as our information. For example, he seems to be confused about the Goblet of Fire -- he thinks it's the same thing as the Triwizard Cup. [It's *not* is it? Now, I'm doubting myself since it's reasonably late here & I don't have my copy handy]. Anyway .... any thoughts on this old topic? Amazing the number of things that you can dream up while spending literally hours of every day nursing & rocking a baby ... Penny Yahoo! Groups Sponsor To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: HP4GU-FAQ-unsubscribe at egroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service . From heidi.h.tandy.c92 at alumni.upenn.edu Fri Jul 27 13:40:49 2001 From: heidi.h.tandy.c92 at alumni.upenn.edu (heidi.h.tandy.c92 at alumni.upenn.edu) Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 13:40:49 -0000 Subject: FAQs - more musings In-Reply-To: <3B60DF3D.E7CF28E0@swbell.net> Message-ID: <9jrr11+6qct@eGroups.com> --- In HP4GU-FAQ at y..., Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer wrote: > TO REVISIT AN OLD TOPIC: you remember that we discussed the possibility > of making the FAQs into a book, with proceeds going to charity? I can't > for the life of me think why anyone would want to *buy* it in printed > form when all they'd need to do is go to the FAQ website. BUT, it does > gall me to see the spate of books that now seem to be coming on the > market, and our information is SO much better & more complete. I just > read David Colbert's "The Magical Worlds of Harry Potter." While it is > tons better than the Schaefer book, it's not nearly so good as our > information. For example, he seems to be confused about the Goblet of > Fire -- he thinks it's the same thing as the Triwizard Cup. [It's *not* > is it? Penny- I know you probably know more about the self-publishing industry than any of us - or we can ask Peg Kerr if she has any thoughts on the matter (or contacts that we can exploit, especially if she *is* interested in letting us use her Deadly Sins eassays) From pennylin at swbell.net Fri Jul 27 13:18:14 2001 From: pennylin at swbell.net (Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer) Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 08:18:14 -0500 Subject: FAQs as a Book References: <9jrr11+6qct@eGroups.com> Message-ID: <3B616A16.B7CC676@swbell.net> Hi -- heidi.h.tandy.c92 at alumni.upenn.edu wrote: > Penny- I know you probably know more about the self-publishing > industry than any of us - or we can ask Peg Kerr if she has any > thoughts on the matter (or contacts that we can exploit, especially > if she *is* interested in letting us use her Deadly Sins eassays) Is there a market though for something that we intend to have available on the web? Granted, our members will be the people most aware of the site. But, once word leaked out that the FAQs were on the web, why would anyone have any incentive to buy it in printed form? Unless we added stuff into the book form that wasn't available online that is. Thoughts? Penny -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From simon at hp.inbox.as Fri Jul 27 21:30:26 2001 From: simon at hp.inbox.as (Simon) Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 22:30:26 +0100 Subject: [HP4GU-FAQ] Status Update??? In-Reply-To: <3B5EDC5E.3EB8F5C@swbell.net> Message-ID: Hi all, I am back from a few days away, but need some sleep. A good few days away; even if I am now a little red (8+ hours watching the cricket is not good for those of us with a fair complexion). I am back for a while, but will be away again (probably) on the weekend of 11th/12th of August. Penny: <<>> Ah yes this would be useful. As I received a few hundred messages while I was away (and a virus) I may have missed any mention of this (if so point me at the relevant message please). Penny: <<>> Yes (honest!), yes, no, no, no, no, no, possibly. Nothing has changed since when I last wrote. I have been too busy to do anything and am now job-hunting. Hopefully I will have some time soon to do some more on them. Amy: <<>> Hard at work on RL already? Very good - but when are you going to start FAQing? It does get annoying trying to write FAQs when people keep posting, but people will keep writing messages! Simon From vderark at bccs.org Sun Jul 29 06:57:47 2001 From: vderark at bccs.org (Steve Vander Ark) Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 06:57:47 -0000 Subject: FAQ website Message-ID: <9k0c5b+rr09@eGroups.com> Hey... Yep, I'm back from vacation. I think there are two new files to add to the website, then I'm just waiting for more finished FAQs to be submitted. Does everyone still have the web address? You can access the FAQ website at http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/faq/ At what point to we take steps to make this live? Do we need each and every file in place? Oh, and check out the latest map in the Atlas: Hogwarts ground floor. Pretty cool, I think. But then, I get excited about things like that rather easily. It's at http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/atlas-h-ground.html Steve From heidi.h.tandy.c92 at alumni.upenn.edu Sun Jul 29 10:33:57 2001 From: heidi.h.tandy.c92 at alumni.upenn.edu (Tandy, Heidi) Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 06:33:57 -0400 Subject: [HP4GU-FAQ] FAQ website Message-ID: Can we have it go live on the 31st? I really do think we have enough, assuming fictionalley is added to the fanfic one... -----Original Message----- From: Steve Vander Ark To: HP4GU-FAQ at yahoogroups.com Sent: Sun Jul 29 02:57:47 2001 Subject: [HP4GU-FAQ] FAQ website Real-To: "Steve Vander Ark" Hey... Yep, I'm back from vacation. I think there are two new files to add to the website, then I'm just waiting for more finished FAQs to be submitted. Does everyone still have the web address? You can access the FAQ website at http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/faq/ At what point to we take steps to make this live? Do we need each and every file in place? Oh, and check out the latest map in the Atlas: Hogwarts ground floor. Pretty cool, I think. But then, I get excited about things like that rather easily. It's at http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/atlas-h-ground.html Steve Yahoo! Groups Sponsor To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: HP4GU-FAQ-unsubscribe at egroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. From aiz24 at hotmail.com Sun Jul 29 11:00:16 2001 From: aiz24 at hotmail.com (Amy Z) Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 07:00:16 -0400 Subject: [HP4GU-FAQ] FAQ website Message-ID: Heidi wrote: >Can we have it go live on the 31st? I really do think we have enough I second that. Could you just add something saying the ones that aren't active yet are coming soon, Steve? It looks great. Amy _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp From pennylin at swbell.net Sun Jul 29 14:15:37 2001 From: pennylin at swbell.net (Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer) Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 09:15:37 -0500 Subject: FAQs going Live on July 31st References: Message-ID: <3B641A88.C37F1083@swbell.net> Hi -- Great idea for a kick-off date, Heidi! I think we should do this. I can commit to updating the Fanfic FAQ by then if someone will tell me (again, step-by-step) how to go about revising one of the FAQs that has been HTML'ized & uploaded to Steve's site. Thanks!!! Penny (who is very excited that we can soon make this a reality ... even if they aren't all quite done yet) "Tandy, Heidi" wrote: > Can we have it go live on the 31st? I really do think we have enough, > assuming fictionalley is added to the fanfic one... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Vander Ark > To: HP4GU-FAQ at yahoogroups.com > Sent: Sun Jul 29 02:57:47 2001 > Subject: [HP4GU-FAQ] FAQ website > > Real-To: "Steve Vander Ark" > Hey... > > Yep, I'm back from vacation. I think there are two new files to add > to the website, then I'm just waiting for more finished FAQs to be > submitted. > > Does everyone still have the web address? You can access the FAQ > website at http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/faq/ > > At what point to we take steps to make this live? Do we need each and > every file in place? > > Oh, and check out the latest map in the Atlas: Hogwarts ground floor. > Pretty cool, I think. But then, I get excited about things like that > rather easily. It's at > http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/atlas-h-ground.html > > Steve > > > > Yahoo! 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From vderark at bccs.org Sun Jul 29 21:30:38 2001 From: vderark at bccs.org (Steve Vander Ark) Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 21:30:38 -0000 Subject: FAQs going Live on July 31st In-Reply-To: <3B641A88.C37F1083@swbell.net> Message-ID: <9k1v9v+ghrm@eGroups.com> --- In HP4GU-FAQ at y..., Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer wrote: > Hi -- > > Great idea for a kick-off date, Heidi I'll make it easy for everyone. Any FAQs that get uploaded before the 31st, I'll do any conversion necessary. Just get the documents in here. The plainer the text, the better (please avoice styles such as italics or underlining). If you can put a list of your section headings at the top of the page like an index, that will be helpful, but don't worry about the fonts etc. Just get 'em in. We'll go live on July 31. Steve From HP4GU-FAQ at yahoogroups.com Mon Jul 30 00:30:23 2001 From: HP4GU-FAQ at yahoogroups.com (HP4GU-FAQ at yahoogroups.com) Date: 30 Jul 2001 00:30:23 -0000 Subject: New file uploaded to HP4GU-FAQ Message-ID: <996453023.9712.88958.jd@yahoogroups.com> Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the HP4GU-FAQ group. File : /FAQs/FAN FICTION.29-07-01.doc Uploaded by : pennylin at swbell.net Description : Most recent update of this FAQ You can access this file at the URL http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HP4GU-FAQ/files/FAQs/FAN%20FICTION.29-07-01.doc To learn more about file sharing for your group, please visit http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/groups/files Regards, pennylin at swbell.net From aiz24 at hotmail.com Mon Jul 30 00:31:19 2001 From: aiz24 at hotmail.com (Amy Z) Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 20:31:19 -0400 Subject: [HP4GU-FAQ] Re: FAQs going Live on July 31st Message-ID: Steve wrote: (please avoice styles such as >italics or underlining). What does this mean? And what's the best way for us to indicate links? Sorry if this is old material for most of you. I doubt I'll get it done by tomorrow p.m., but I'll give it a go. Amy _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp From pennylin at swbell.net Mon Jul 30 00:19:00 2001 From: pennylin at swbell.net (Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer) Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 19:19:00 -0500 Subject: [HP4GU-FAQ] Re: FAQs going Live on July 31st References: <9k1v9v+ghrm@eGroups.com> Message-ID: <3B64A7F4.80250692@swbell.net> Hi -- Steve Vander Ark wrote: > I'll make it easy for everyone. Any FAQs that get uploaded before the > 31st, I'll do any conversion necessary. Just get the documents in > here. Steve -- I just uploaded a revised version of the Fanfiction FAQ in Word. I think there are some italics in there -- I didn't try to change those at this point. Can the italics not stay (they are titles & technically should be italicized)? Harry FAQ -- I am going to try my darnedest to get the Harry FAQ edited tomorrow. I know Simon is on holiday in any case. I've made a start, and it appears to be in good shape as is. It would be really best if we could have the Harry FAQ ready to upload on Harry's birthday after all. Wands and Predictions will move down the priority list, but I'll get to those Simon drafts if I have time. Penny -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From vderark at bccs.org Mon Jul 30 00:45:43 2001 From: vderark at bccs.org (Steve Vander Ark) Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 00:45:43 -0000 Subject: FAQs going Live on July 31st In-Reply-To: <3B64A7F4.80250692@swbell.net> Message-ID: <9k2ann+l850@eGroups.com> > > Steve -- I just uploaded a revised version of the Fanfiction FAQ in > Word. I think there are some italics in there -- I didn't try to change > those at this point. Can the italics not stay (they are titles & > technically should be italicized)? Sure, leave it. I'll spend the next two days of my online work time on getting everything up, so I'll catch anything like that. But to answer Amy's two questions: - "please AVOID styles like italics" it should read. Sorry. But like I said, I can fix just about anything. It's really not that big a deal. - and the best way to do links is to create your page in Composer and make them actual links. In lieu of that, add the URL in text immediately following the text that you want made into a link, with a space on each end so I can cut and paste it into the link that I create. e.g. the Harry Potter Lexicon http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon Steve From simon at hp.inbox.as Mon Jul 30 22:29:58 2001 From: simon at hp.inbox.as (Simon) Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 23:29:58 +0100 Subject: [HP4GU-FAQ] Re: FAQs going Live on July 31st In-Reply-To: <3B64A7F4.80250692@swbell.net> Message-ID: Penny:<<>> Do I know this? I am back off holiday, but am fairly busy over the next few days (I am going out for most of tomorrow and out all Wednesday evening). Simon -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Message-ID: <9k56en+dgaf@eGroups.com> Penny, I think you should make the announcement tomorrow. :D Steve From pennylin at swbell.net Tue Jul 31 03:04:02 2001 From: pennylin at swbell.net (Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer) Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 22:04:02 -0500 Subject: [HP4GU-FAQ] web site notes References: <9k563f+pq8a@eGroups.com> Message-ID: <3B662021.21C7DB2@swbell.net> Neil gets credit for Ron Weasley (and Magical Devices). I've not had time today to make much headway with the Harry FAQ. Sorry to go live without that one, but it can be ready later this week I expect. I might (might!) get it done sometime tomorrow ... maybe Steve could watch this group's emails tomorrow to upload it tomorrow if I get it finished. No promises though as we are wrapping up lots of loose ends toward getting moved back into our house this coming weekend (and ... of course, I have to tend to Elizabeth all day as well). :--) Penny Steve Vander Ark wrote: > Okay, I added a hit counter and went through the pages, just making > sure the links all work. I am checking to see what other pages need > to be uploaded yet tonight. I'm missing the editor's name on the Ron > Weasley FAQ. Anyone know who gets credit for that? > > Steve > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor [Image] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > HP4GU-FAQ-unsubscribe at egroups.com > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Steve From vderark at bccs.org Tue Jul 31 04:15:40 2001 From: vderark at bccs.org (Steve Vander Ark) Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 04:15:40 -0000 Subject: update, 12:12 am, Harry's 21st birthday Message-ID: <9k5bdc+uqrn@eGroups.com> I just uploaded a few more files. Several of them are rather old and in need of updating (links etc. are to egroups, etc.) but I put them up anyway, since the information was just fine. I know we want to get them current ASAP, but for now at least there's something there. On one, the legal one, I put a disclaimer at the top, since it has a lot of links and I didn't check them all. Penny, in lieu of any addtional files at this point, you can go live whenever you want, in my opinion. I'll put up any other files that are still out there before I go to bed. Steve From pennylin at swbell.net Tue Jul 31 13:05:00 2001 From: pennylin at swbell.net (Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer) Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 08:05:00 -0500 Subject: FAQs Changes References: <9k56en+dgaf@eGroups.com> Message-ID: <3B66ACFC.4D483B86@swbell.net> Hi -- Steve Vander Ark wrote: > Penny, I think you should make the announcement tomorrow. > > :D Making the announcement now, but the Fanfic FAQ still needs to be changed (I know the Fanfic FAQ isn't your priority Steve ...but it does need to be changed to the most recent version. ) I've deleted all the old versions of that one. The only version in the Files group is the one uploaded 7-29 or so. The Weasley Family FAQ is also ready and needs to be uploaded -- did that one sometime last week. Let's see, we decided to kill the FAQ on Similarities between the Potters and Voldemort so you can remove that one from the Index. I notice we have some of the uncompleted FAQs with live links & others without -- is there a reason? Thanks, Penny > Steve > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor [Image] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > HP4GU-FAQ-unsubscribe at egroups.com > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- The original email contained an attachment named "C:WINDOWSTEMPnsmailJS.gif" but we could not retrieve it via the Yahoo Groups API. -------------- next part -------------- The original email contained an attachment named "C:WINDOWSTEMPnsmailPR.gif" but we could not retrieve it via the Yahoo Groups API. From pennylin at swbell.net Tue Jul 31 13:13:13 2001 From: pennylin at swbell.net (Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer) Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 08:13:13 -0500 Subject: Add Malfoy, Draco (and Malfoy Family) Message-ID: <3B66AEE9.823606D6@swbell.net> Add Malfoys to the Index under Characters. Heidi & Cassandra Claire are the editors of this FAQ-in-progress. Thanks! Penny From vderark at bccs.org Tue Jul 31 19:00:54 2001 From: vderark at bccs.org (Steve Vander Ark) Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 19:00:54 -0000 Subject: FAQs Changes In-Reply-To: <3B66ACFC.4D483B86@swbell.net> Message-ID: <9k6v96+3ok2@eGroups.com> > Making the announcement now, but the Fanfic FAQ still needs to be > changed (I know the Fanfic FAQ isn't your priority Steve ...but it does > need to be changed to the most recent version. ) I've deleted all > the old versions of that one. The only version in the Files group is > the one uploaded 7-29 or so. I would love it if Paul could run that through his magic conversion spell thingie to save me a lot of work. Has Paul been on at all through this? > > The Weasley Family FAQ is also ready and needs to be uploaded -- did > that one sometime last week. > > Let's see, we decided to kill the FAQ on Similarities between the > Potters and Voldemort so you can remove that one from the Index. You got it. > notice we have some of the uncompleted FAQs with live links & others > without -- is there a reason? The ones with links are the ones that we had files uploaded for, but which needed to be converted by Paul. I created the links so they would be all ready when I received the files to put in place. Since we decided to go on 7/31 and since I hadn't seen any more converted files uploaded, I just used the ones that were there and did the conversion myself by hand. If there is not even a link yet in the index, that file has never been uploaded in any form to our files, so I don't know the status of it etc. Steve