Old FAQ stuff - in files

[Neil Ward]

Er,

Of course, I hadn't read the recent discussions here before I posted 
my last message (which probably sounded like I'd just wheeled in here 
in my squeaky bath chair and dropped off a small pile of yellowing 
parchments for you young'uns).

One of the things I never did, but meant to do, was include live 
links.  I wasn't happy with the way I did the citations in my FAQs, 
but was so relieved to have 'finished' at least a couple of them that 
I spent the following two years just whistling nonchalantly and 
looking the other way.  Did you notice?

I thought Simon had some sort of draft of the Harry FAQ?  Perhaps not.

I think there were differences in the perception of the project over 
time, which may explain the stylistic differences in the older FAQs.  
I understood the aim to be preparation of readable summaries of the 
main points made in list discussions, but if the FAQs were to be 
regarded more as informative essays, it seemed odd, for example, to 
have included only those Magical Devices/Objects that had been 
discussed and not mention those that hadn't.   

The idea of ploughing through 50,000 messages now fills me with cold 
dread, so I'll just hop back into the rickety bath chair and roll my 
chassis back to the Geists' dungeon.

Fare thee well...

Neil