Assassin!Snape Re-Write

[Cindy C.]

Amanda wrote:

> I think I'd like to have known you were doing this; I was waiting 
>for the list's thoughts on my "volume" idea, and then I was going to 
>tackle Snape 2.

I'm sorry, Amanda.  I gathered from your remarks that you were 
contemplating updating the existing Snape FP.  This would require 
consideration of the idea you proposed for revising FPs as volumes, 
and you're correct that the group hasn't given the idea complete 
consideration via debate yet.

I, on the other hand, was only doing a blurb for Assassin!Snape in 
Hypothetic Alley.  It is supposed to be a paragraph or two that can 
be added to HA before OoP and has nothing to do with the existing 
Snape FP.  It's the same sort of thing we've done with Neville.  
There's a Neville FP, but there are Neville entries in HA, also.

So the Snape FP still needs an update, definitely.


> I still think we should let Porphyria's essay stand and put 
>Assassin!Snape, along with Father Figure Snape, into a Volume 2. 


The HA update doesn't preclude that at all.  The updated Snape FP can 
and should contain a full discussion of the various assassin Snape 
theories in a more sober style.

But let me ask this.  If Assassin!Snape and Father Figure Snape will 
be "Snape, Vol. 2," where do the new post-OoP theories go?

> I had asked for assistance with procedure on this--what do I do? 
>and how to make links and stuff. I had asked for thoughts on a 
volume 2. Nobody said anything on anything.

Mmmmm.  My tech knowledge is minimal, so I may not be the best person 
to answer.  Porphyria uploaded a file:

http://f2.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/sI_qPrPD8P4ClNlMDNYEzhTZKGxKXiXX8PrfQM6_C
R-UkMVSynJZzzpG13yBcLtwRWad60mYrLBx31tN/FPguidelines.html

that might answer many of your tech questions.  In fact, all of the 
FAQ writers should review that file before they put pen to paper.  If 
you still have questions, do post them here and maybe someone can 
clarify.

 
> So I guess you can do what you want. I'll proof this later when the 
>kids are in bed. If you embedded links like P. did, I don't think I 
>can check them from this, though, can I?

This HA blurb is still in the drafting stage, so I didn't do anything 
with the links.  Once we decide that we like the text, Porphyria 
usually performs some sort of magic to convert it and make the links 
work.  Then we'll need to check the links, of course, but there 
aren't that many.


 
> What happened to the procedure where drafts were put up and someone 
>else checked the links and logged that into the database, etc., 
>before things were put up? I guess I really am hopelessly out of 
>things.

That's OK.  You're remembering the huge scramble we had to get the 
FPs moved over to the FA servers, I think.  We successfully 
reformatted and link-checked all of the old FPs, so we had an 
elaborate procedure to get all of that done.

For now, we don't have anything to upload other than the couple of 
paragraphs I tossed together on Assassin!Snape for HA.  

Back to the minimal response to your suggestion about doing things in 
volumes, though . . . 

One thing we'll have to consider as we move forward is how to get 
things decided.  We're pretty much working by loose consensus here, 
and we have no official hierarchy.  There's no one to issue a ruling 
on things, so we'll all have to muddle through at times.

In my experience with various HPfGU administrative lists, the way 
people often express disagreement is with silence.  Unfortunately, 
silence is often how they express confusion.  Or lack of interest.  
Or simply being too busy.

Here, I'm guessing that part of the problem may simply be one of 
confusion.  I know I'm still a little lost about how the idea of 
having volumes would work.  Maybe the idea should be written up with 
examples, etc., and we should have a poll to vote on it?  

What do you think?

Cindy