Need a Second Opinion

Cindy C. cindysphynx at comcast.net
Sat Oct 5 21:16:17 UTC 2002


Hi, all,

I've run across a certain type of post a few times, and I'm 
wondering how others are handling it.  The posts in question are 
often (but not always) brief statements of opinion, sometimes in 
response to Chapter Summary questions.  Here's an example from a 
post that answers each of 10 Chapter Summary Questions:

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> 6. Why was Harry in the Transfiguration corridor? Is that the way 
> to Gryffindor Tower?

I have to admit that my mind shuts down sometimes when we're 
traveling from one room to another in Hogwarts. I've long ago given 
up trying to remember where everything is in relation to everything 
else. Good thing I'm not a student there - I'd probably be able to 
find Hagrid's hut, the greenhouses, the Forbidden Forest and the 
lake. Other than that, I'd be the Neville Longbottom of classroom 
location.

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The post answers all 10 Chapter Summary questions in that fashion.  
I'm torn -- if this post were a stand-alone post, I would consider 
it too insubstantial to include in the catalogue.  But then again, 
the post as a whole is substantial in a sense because it addresses 
10 different subjects in an articulate (if superficial) way.

Are the rest of you including that sort of thing in your 
catalogues?  

I'm having some trouble drawing the line.

Cindy





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