[HPFGU-Catalogue] Ivan's posts (was Re: UPDATE & ACTION REQUIRED, SUNDAY 29 FEB !!)

[silmariel]

Carolyn:
> > > LOL! Alas, I think some (a very few) people think he has something to
> > > say (although the deafening silence after his posts is very
> > > noticeable, particularly after the last 'open letter' to JKR). To
> > > cater for this, I have created a special box just for him (1.7.8.2),
> > > and I think we just hastily put his stuff in there, and gaze at it
> > > respectfully as an extreme example of the lunatic fringe.


Anne:
> > All right, I'll admit to having read all of them!  Well, I thought
> > they were interesting, as I knew nothing about Alchemy before.  I'd
> > have just stuck them under Religious Influences myself.

Barry:
<snip> He wasn't malicious, just massively over-enthusiastic,
> almost  to the level of proselytising.
> For a long time afterwards I thought very carefully about posting on
> certain subjects in case it set him off again. The post 'Prophets without
> honour' where I cast doubt on Nostradamus was ended with the statement
> that "I would not, under any circumstances enter into communication on
> this subject" and was put there because of Ivan. It's no fun when you
> have to do that.
>
> Can we move the site without telling him?

I think there's a problem if we give him a category. He may feel rewarded, not 
understanding that if we put there is because we don't know exactly what to 
do with his theories, or whatever they are. I don't want to encourage him 
given what Barry has told. 

So I recommend not to do a specific category for him and just insert him in 
Alchemy or Religion or both.

For myself, it is not that I'm not interested in Alchemy, is that the view he 
has includes also a specific soul doctrina I'm not about to buy. I like 
Alchemy, Masonery, Templars, anything that smells magic, but I found Ivan's 
posts not to be about that but about fitting HP books into his view of the 
world, so I've never replied to him, I had nothing constructive to add, and I 
chosed to ignore him. 

I haven't read yet the V3 categories list, but I wanted all of you to know I'm 
still alive.

Carolina