Comments on Database (WAS: Database Created & June Colors)

[Phyllis]

Cindy wrote:

> OK, I created a database for Most Excellent Posts we all find as we 
> read the main list. <snip> What do you guys think?  Does the format 
> look OK?  

Now me:

I'm not familiar with the Yahoo databases, so perhaps I shouldn't be 
commenting, but I'm just wondering if there might be a way to save 
ourselves some time in the future by having a single database for 
both potential and actual FPs.  I'm just thinking that if we have a 
separate database for potential FPs and a separate database for the 
FPs we decide to work on, we'll have to duplicate the effort once we 
decide to move an FP from potential to actual.  If it's easy to copy 
and paste rows from one database to another, this shouldn't be a 
problem - I'm just unfamiliar with what can and can't be done 
technically.

I was thinking that if we had a single database, we could still sort 
by "potential" and "actual" to see where things stand, but we would 
have a complete compilation of the FP universe in a single place.  
Assuming one can sort in a Yahoo database, that is!

Perhaps each entry could be coded so that it's easy to move it from 
potential to actual?

I was also thinking that it might make it easier in the future if we 
were to put each potential FP under a general header (such as "Harry 
Potter" or "Assassin!Snape").  Then the keywords could be subsets of 
the general header (such as "Heir of Gryffindor" or "CHOP").

Cindy again:

> Should we keep the pre- and post-OoP databases separate?  

Me again:

How about keeping everything in one database, but having a code that 
differentiates whether the post was pre- or post- OoP?

~Phyllis