category specificity, SOPE on a rope, Flint

[Amy Z]

Hi all!

I've started cataloguing.  Wheeeeeeeeeeeeee!  This is
fun.

My big question is how specific to get in creating
categories.  First post, topic: Ginny.  It's a general
post (not very interesting, truth be told) and I
thought, what if I were using this catalogue to write
a FAQ on Ginny?  Wouldn't it be great if the catalogue
did what I was going to have to do otherwise: not only
find all the Ginny posts but put them into categories?
 So I created a heading called Ginny--general.

When it comes to other characters, I can foresee
dozens of subcategories.  Snape--ESE?, Snape--hair,
Snape--loyalty, Snape--courage, Snape--teaching
ability . . .  Very nice for FAQers.  Necessary at
this stage?

Or--<holds breath>--will there be a way for users of
this catalogue to search for cross-listings, so that
anyone looking for posts on Snape's loyalty can seek
out those posts that deal with both Snape AND loyalty
and scoop 'em all up like that?  Right now I'm staring
at a message about courage in Harry AND Ron AND
Hermione.  I could just give it the topics Courage,
Harry, Ron, Hermione, if that kind of search will be
possible.  Otherwise I'm inclined to create four new
categories:  Harry--courage, Ron--courage, etc.,
knowing that these three characters are going to
appear in one bazillion posts each.

Help?  Opinions?  Arbitrary declarations of How It
Shall Be?

Dicey wrote:

>SOPE

This isn't ringing a bell.  Snape's Odor is
Particularly Effusive?  Strategy of Pre-Emption
(political commentary perhaps?)?  I give up.

FLINT vs. Flint:

I prefer Flint because FLINT makes it look like an
acronym, which it isn't.

Amy

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