Definitions of categories (wasRe: Opinions, anyone?)

[a_reader2003]

--- In HPFGU-Catalogue at yahoogroups.com, Barry Arrowsmith 
<arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:
> 
> I've been thinking, er, no; rephrase that. I've been wondering - 
what 
> makes a Fantastic Post? Have any been so categorised in the first 
> 10,000 reviewed?
> 
>

Carolyn:
If you click the 's' after any of the categories, you will see what 
has been coded there already.

So far, there have been relatively few FPs, which is as it should be. 
I think I have marked Peg Kerr's essays as such, not much else yet.

Agree, the definition will always be highly personal. My own criteria 
are mainly 'did it make me think?'; probably depth of 
thinking/intellectual reference, care in explaining analysis, 
literacy etc are also factors. Admittedly it would be tough for a 
SHIPPER to get past these barriers, but if such a post was based on a 
thoughtful character analysis, it is possible <g>. (Iris_ft writes 
some very beautiful philosophical ones for example, quite out of the 
normal shipping league).

More broadly, I have asked Paul whether the text box which currently 
resides in the 'manage categories' part of the site next to each 
category could be made to show on the 'categorise' part, which we are 
using all the time. I have suggested we would click 'd' 
for 'definition', in the same way as we are clicking 's' for 'show'.

This text box is designed to capture definitions of each category. 
Currently there are none written in, but it would be good to do this, 
so we are all clear what things are meant to go where. It would help 
new cataloguers as they join us, and help us debate any anomalies 
right now.

PAUL: is it possible to do this (see my email, last Friday)??

Carolyn