Finally, I've begun

[a_reader2003]

--- In HPFGU-Catalogue at yahoogroups.com, "annemehr" <annemehr at y...> 
wrote:
> I've been able to do posts 1001 - 1049, with a bit of trepidation.
> 
> Trivia contests are generally Off Topic, right?  I did accept one 
that contained a discussion point, but the others I've been rejecting.
> 
> I've also been rejecting speculation about whether there will be 
more than 7 books.
> 
> Posts in the same thread often seem to call for different category
> numbers, which I've been giving them.  There's one about Lily
> beginning at 1031 that does this -- I give the various replies the
> numbers I deem appropriate for each individual post.  Is this all
> right, or should I try to give the whole thread the same set of 
numbers?
> 
> Anne, being tentative but having fun all the same

Carolyn:
Hooray, I am so relieved. Glad it was something simple.

Trivia contests absolutely OT.

Depends what the speculation is about - there is a box for 
speculation post Book 7 if it is at all interesting - your call! Our 
hindsight helps a lot here.

Yes, give posts as many category numbers as you want. It depends on 
how the thread wanders about whether you always use the same set. If 
a post halfway through is patently not about the core subject, it is 
quite ok to code it up differently. The thing to bear in mind is 
which posts you might want to read in a sequence to understand an 
argument. I usually choose one core code (eg Lily) and ensure that at 
least that is checked on a thread, but then follow its wanderings 
with the rest of the codes. But, as you know, its certainly not 
unknown for a thread to depart altogether from its original theme 
<g>. In which case, you abandon even that continuity of coding. 

And don't worry if you reject hundreds - there really is a lot of 
stuff which is not book discussion.

Carolyn