Questions for JKR & Schafer book

[a_reader2003]

Sigune asked:

> > What about posts like 3738, with lists of other possible 
questions, some of which are still relevant?

I originally replied:
> What do other people think? We could have a new category for posts 
> like this (which is a list of questions to ask JKR should anyone 
ever get a chance). I have been a bit cavalier and rejected a lot of 
this to 'admin' up to now, certainly not coded to subject matter. (It 
> always seemed to be a task that Penny was masterminding).
> 
> Thoughts?

I've now had a look at this again, and think that we probably do need 
an extra category. The posts are basically endless lists of short 
questions for submitting to JKR either online or at other interview 
opportunities. Should it go as a subset to 'JKR interviews' down in 
section 4 do you think?

But then people start replying to these questions anyway, so you get 
millions of short little replies in long strings. A nightmare, but I 
think they need to be coded up in the normal way, rather than dumped 
into the new category? Yes/no?

Kelly has this query:

I've come across a rather lengthy thread discussing Schafer's Harry 
Potter guidebook (I think that was the Beachum one).  Several 
different ideas are discussed here (her ideas on the possible 
symbolism, origins of names, dating the books, etc.) as well as much 
evaluation of the book itself (does she present new ideas or just the 
same stuff list readers have already discussed, are her ideas valid 
or is she just an academic trying to present as many classic 
connections as possible, is the book worth buying, etc.).  Perhaps 
this topic could use it's own category?  For discussion of published 
analyses of the series?  

My thoughts were:

As I remember, everyone thinks the book is a load of rubbish, don't 
they? I believe she made a lot of mistakes (?). We could add a code 
under 'Controversies' perhaps, like we have for Stouffer? Or would it 
be more appropriate somewhere under literary criticism in section 1? 

What does anyone else think?

Carolyn