Still More cataloguing questions

[Cindy C.]

Eileen:

> I've taken to just listing the topics that are well-addressed in 
>the post. 

Exactly right, IMHO.  I would deal with it by asking myself what 
might an editor be interested in about this post, and then keyword 
those concepts.

Eloise:

> > 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.

Mmmm, let me be sure I understand.  Say the post is about "The 
Parting of the Ways" where Snape and Sirius and Dumbledore are all 
there.  If the post discusses Snape and Sirius glowering at each 
other, I would catalogue that as "Snape" and "Sirius."  The comments 
would clarify the substance of the post.

I wouldn't catalogue it as "Snape/Sirius" because a sort will put 
that post with "Snape," so someone updating the Sirius FAQ could 
miss it.

Does that sound right?

 
Eileen:

> This presents a problem since that's the usual shorthand for SHIP.
> When I'm cataloguing a SHIP post, I've been writing SHIP and then 
>the pairing "Name/name" for example: Keyword 1: SHIP, Keyword 2:
> Snape/Lily. 

I think that slash designations ought to be reserved for shipping 
discussions.  I don't see the point of "Winky/Dobby" in a non-
shipping entry because Dobby could get missed.  But in shipping, the 
convention is to use the slash to separate two parties.

Eileen:

>How about using a dash to indicate non-shipping
> rleationships. Therefore, it would be Snape-Lily vs. Snape/Lily. 

I dunno.  This gets to be a lot to remember.  If I had a LOLLIPOPS 
Snape/Lily post, I'd catalogue it as SHIP, LOLLIPOPS, Snape/Lily.  
If the post was not about romance and instead about whether Lily was 
in the same house as Snape, I'd catalogue it as Lily, Snape and 
House.

Part of what is going through my mind is that we have to keep the 
rules simple enough to remember.  So let's say that we bring in more 
people to help with this project next year.  They won't remember 
really arcane distinctions.  So I'd rather stick with the 
conventions that most people are already familiar with:  slash = 
romance, hypen = no meaning.

<Sirius>

>He is
> the one 
> > adult in the books (IIRC) who is normally referred to by his
> forename (aside 
> > from Weasleys).

I think it will be easier going forward if we try not to have 
exceptions to the "Last name for adults, first names for students" 
idea.  We have to be mindful of those coming along later who have to 
sort this out, I suppose.  If anyone has accidently used Sirius, a 
global replace can change the entries to Black.


Cindy -- hoping she addressed everything, so shout out if I missed 
something