UPDATE, Sunday 29th August

[carolynwhite2]

PROGRESS

We have now coded/allocated for coding 25065 posts. Of the 25065, we 
have actually coded 23169 posts, and of the 23169, rejected 15166 - 
65%. 

This week, with 7 people coding, we managed to do 1775 posts.

NEW MEMBERS
I am very pleased to welcome Kathy (potioncat) and Laurasia 
(sevenhundredandthirteen) to our group, making us 20 in all. 

The posts are now beginning to get more complex to code, and we are 
fast approaching Theory Bay. It gets steadily more difficult to 
explain the category list and coding rules as we get further in, so 
if at all possible I'd like to try and soldier on now with our 
current team, unless we have a serious number of people dropping out.

Therefore, (you knew this was coming..), any time you can give to the 
project really will make a difference! I know that various people are 
now back from holiday, and, um, the Olympics can't go on much longer 
can they? So...

TECH STUFF
Some of the progress numbers might change a little next week as Paul 
has written me a new analysis routine for adding them up. I didn't 
use it this week as I have some questions to go through with him 
about exactly what it does and doesn't show. 

The next thing that happens is that apparently I will then be able to 
do all those reject category merges that were discussed about a month 
ago. Hm, just watch me screw that up..

Finally, Paul really needs some help to begin to design our screens 
for the presentation of the catalogue to members, so we are going to 
devise an ad detailing the skills we need. Kelley will put it up on 
OTC and Feedback for us, so it appears as an Admin message, not 
mentioning the catalogue. [We are still don't feel ready to explain 
the project all that widely to the members generally].

Hopefully there are enough web designers in HPfGU who may be able to 
give us a hand. As my experience with this kind of thing is that it 
is half content decisions/half technical suggestion, I think we are 
all going to find this very interesting, and a huge encouragement to 
see how our work might finally appear.

NEW CATEGORIES
1.1.1.6 (1090) Morality vs. immorality
1.1.3.2 (1088) Jealousy
3.8.4.13 (1089) Expelliarmus