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Hi --
<p>I've edited Heidi's Geography FAQ & uploaded it in Word. Wondering
if we should make some standardization decisions while we're all early
on in the process --
<p>1. Heidi had said "Messages: 5445, 5667, N32, N111" with the "N"
meant to distinguish the new egroups from the old Yahoo messages (I presume
anyway). I changed it so that it says "See Yahoo Messages (URL to
Archives): xx, yy, zz." I then started a new line and said "See also
Egroups Messages (URL to Homepage): aa, bb, cc."
<p>Does this make sense? Does anyone have any better ideas?
We obviously need to be clear about where people can find the messages,
so I thought the URLs might be helpful. But, if that's cumbersome
& someone has a better thought, I'm open to suggestions.
<p>2. Heidi also used "Book III" or "Book IV." I was in the
process of changing them to PoA & GoF, respectively, when I got to
the first reference to Book 1. If we adopt my method of using the
standard abbreviations that we use on the list, should we call Book 1 as
PS or SS? I opted for PS (as I've always thought it was so ridiculous
that they changed the title over here). But, should we go back to
Heidi's system instead to avoid confusion?
<p>Heidi -- You'll see that I mainly added some white space -- formatting.
Melanie may have other ideas when she starts looking at the HTML conversion.
I like white space though. <g>
<p>The only substantive change I made was to the Burrow section -- you'll
see what I did I think. I was an active participant in those discussions
as it was right before we left for England.
<blockquote TYPE=CITE><tt>While we were having all the Yahoo problems I
decided to unsubscribe. Now I cannot resubscribe and so cannot get into
any of the chats!</tt></blockquote>
Simon -- sorry you're unable to resubscribe. I guess Yahoo is still
messed up & noone can join? I wonder why the Club stats show
that people have been joining virtually every day since we moved to egroups?
Makes no sense, does it?
<blockquote TYPE=CITE><tt>I am at the moment working on the predictions
for books 5,6 and 7 FAQ and</tt>
<br><tt>the major decision I seem to have is whether to make it one page
or one for each book. The matter is complicated, as some predictions do
not really fall into being in one book or another. Ideas?</tt></blockquote>
I think, based on the little that I remember about the prediction discussions,
that it might be easier to not divide them by book. So many of the
predictions are just predictions for a "later book" & not specific
to 5, 6 or 7.
<p>Neil -- I do agree with the idea of listing out each wand, spell, magical
device, magical creature, etc. & then just listing whatever is known
or has been discussed about each one. Sort of like small encyclopedia
entries. Then, there can be one link at the bottom of the FAQ to
the Lexicon or Jenna's Encyclopedia, etc. Simon is right - I suppose
we should approach both Jenna & Steve soon & be sure they are okay
with us linking to their respective sites. Anyone want to volunteer
to do this? Good luck getting a response from Jenna. <g>
<p>Heidi -- I do think it would be great for you to add some legal analysis
to the Stouffer FAQ. I'm sure I don't need to tell you to heap loads
of qualifiers into whatever you say though. <g>
<p>I'm tackling Wizarding World - Govt next I think. I agree with
Heidi's thoughts to save Wizarding World -- General for last. You'll
have seen all the other Wizarding World FAQs by that point & will know
what still hasn't been addressed. Speaking of the Gov't FAQ -- can
anyone tell me if it's possible (Melanie? <g>) for me to have
an org chart of sorts included (you know, with the little boxes & the
connecting lines)? Is this something that could be graphically done
in HTML if I draw it out longhand? I might be able to access a software
program that will do this, but I have *no* idea if it would then convert
to the necessary HTML easily or not. Thoughts?
<p>Okay -- that's it for tonight.
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