{groups} [HPFGU-Catalogue] Peg Kerr's essays

[corinthum]

Regarding Peg Kerr's posts, Paul wrote:

> I think these should also be given their own category.  I remember at
> the time that these were a fairly big deal and well regarded.  At one
> point there was also talk of making them into a book.


I disagree.

In our final product, will there be a way to search by post author?

Although there are certainly certain people whose entire collection of
posts is worth reading, I don't feel there should be individual
categories dedicated to said people.  My impression was that this
project exists to help people sort through the thousands of posts for
relevant material, but not to specifically highlight the best posts. 
That, I think, should be reserved for "Fantastic Posts" or the like.

However, an author search (by yahoo id or e-mail address or whatever
info identifies a poster in Yahoo land) would be extremely helpful. 
That way, people could find all the posts written by their favorite
posters, regardless of whether we cataloguers felt those posters were
great or not.

As far as categorizing the more in-depth posts, I say choose as many
categories as seem applicable.  I don't think future
catalogue-browsers will be too upset if they are directed to a
comprehensive essay, even if it wasn't what they were looking for in
the first place.   

-Kelly