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[Cindy C.]

Eloise:


> Please may I request that Evil (as in Ever-So) becomes ESE?
> I have a post specifically dealing with JKR's attitudes to Evil 
>and I can't  think what other keyword to give it!

Hmmm.  I think I would keyword JKR's attitudes toward Evil as "JKR" 
and "Morality."  That would pick up everything -- her attitudes 
toward Evil, theft, rule-breaking, etc.  You could replace "JKR" 
with "[character name]" if someone is talking about a character's 
morality.  

Evil can remain for ESE and speculations about whether characters 
will turn dark and the like.

> And may we have a ruling on Prank vs. The Prank, please?

We shouldn't key any articles like the, an, a.  Remember, if someone 
sorts alphabetically to find all references to the prank, a keyword 
of "The Prank" won't sort with the other prank references.  It will 
sort alphabetically next to "Timeturner" or something.  

> SHIPPING

> I'm just wondering what the advantage of, say putting SHIP; 
LOLLIPOPS; 
> Lily/Snape is over putting, SHIP; LOLLIPOPS; Lily; Snape? 
Particularly where 
> the SHIP is only a part of the post and the characters are 
discussed in 
> different contexts. 

I was talking about a pure shipping post.  If the post is SHIPping 
coupled with an analysis of why Snape left the DEs, then the key 
words should reflect that.  

If, however, I used "Ship" and "Snape/Lily" but you used "SHIP" 
and "Snape" and "Lily," there's no way someone writing a SHIP FAQ 
dealing with Snape and Lily will miss either post.

Remember, we're trying to think up key words that will maximize the 
chances that an editor will find the post using logical search 
terms, and we're trying to code so that the key words sort the posts 
alphabetically in a logical fashion.  

>Or, am I right in thinking you could 
> search for, say, SHIP *and* Harry, so that all permutations would 
>appear, rather than having to ask for specific SHIPs from memory? 


A shipping editor writing a bit on who Harry will turn old and grey 
with would want to sort by SHIP, then Harry.  At that point, the 
editor can decide whether to sort one more time and see what pops up 
for "Ginny." I probably wouldn't bother and would then just use the 
comments to manually eliminate posts unlikely to be relevant.  I 
might also sort or search to what comes up under the various slash 
designations involving Harry:  H/H, H/G.

Was that clear?  Dicey, correct me if I am misunderstanding the 
Excel sort function.

> Should I be word-wrapping my comments? ('Cause I'm not!)

Dicey?

Cindy