Stage two - reject codes
a_reader2003
carolynwhite2 at aol.com
Mon Feb 23 18:58:55 UTC 2004
Ignoring all technical stuff in the previous post, lets assume we
have a system that works, and we are beginning to code up posts for
inclusion or non-inclusion. What did you think of my nine reject
categories, which were:
1 Admin/list management related
2 Movie-related
3 Discussing spoiler issues/problems
4 Off-topic chatter
5 Listings of personal `favourite' characters, topics, whatever
6 Fanfic-related
7 Repeated post/content
8 Merely agreeing with something, adding nothing else
9 Post was correcting a trivial mistake in a previous post
I found that these worked for the first 1000 posts, but only because
this was an early stage in the development of the list. There are
two big problems likely to come up as we go on:
- posts which simply repeat, or come up with an exactly similar
point that has gone before (but which may generate entirely new
discussion points)
- posts which are based on simply wrong canon, and cause loads
of people to pile in correcting things, (but also in passing make
further new points)
My tentative view at this stage is that the first group (repeated
posts) should be allowed in for coding up purposes, and be included
in subsequent edited threads, but severely pruned to reflect their
role in starting off a new discussion.
On the second group, I am inclined to reject them unless they lead to
something new being said as a consequence.
Other problems on what to reject/what to include may have occurred to
you
lets hear them (I can hear Barry sharpening his red pen
enthusiastically..)
Carolyn
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