Still More cataloguing questions

eloiseherisson at aol.com eloiseherisson at aol.com
Thu Oct 3 14:31:39 UTC 2002


My first post would have to be one of Catlady's ones with a zillion topics, 
wouldn't it?

1) Are we supposed to list *every* topic term we use?

2) Convention for discussion of non-shipping relationships between 
characters?

I've developed my own convention, when the discussion is of the relationship 
of one character to another of writing,  name/name (in alphabetical order). 
Thus Snape/Sirius, or Dumbledore/Snape. (I'm also giving them separate 
entries if they warrant it.)
Does this seem reasonable? I can easily change it.

3) I know we're supposed to be using last names for adults(and that Cindy's 
just reinforced this re Lucius Malfoy) but that doesn't come very easily with 
Sirius, does it? I've just realised I've been using his first name. Is that 
OK? Nobody calls him 'Black' unless they're being detrimental (so I don't 
know why I'm fussing, not being the world's greatest Sirius fan - I'm in the 
middle of cataloguing an outbreak of Snape/Sirius warfare). He is the one 
adult in the books (IIRC) who is normally referred to by his forename (aside 
from Weasleys).

4) I think we sort of decided once upon a time that the Incident Which Must 
Not Be Named should not really be called, 'The Prank'. But that's what we 
call it, so that's what I've catalogued it as. ;-)

5) Bearing in mind Dicey's warning about the instability of large Word 
documents, does this apply to Works and if so, what sort of size chunks 
should I break this down into?

Eloise
Keeping her head above water, but just waiting for someone to decide that I 
*shouldn't* really be using MS Works, after all. If anyone tells me that what 
I've done *can't* be converted into an Excel Spreadsheet, I'll let Richard 
GulPlum eat my liver with some fava beans and a bottle of Chianti!




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