review of the review (3.16.whatever-3.17.2)

[quigonginger]

Just to start on a happy note, isn't it thrilling that our posts are 
now rightside up?

Now to the review.  Everyone comfy?

Pets:  Was 31, now 20.  Rejected 4 that were repeats, uncoded 5 nothing 
new, and 2 mistakes (wondering why Neville was allowed to bring a toad 
when the letter said cat or rat or owl)

Uniforms:  Was 21, now 17.  I rejected 1 as nothing new, and uncoded 3  
that were part of multiposts and added nothing new.

Terms/Holidays:  Was 30, now 18.  Rejected 3 nothing new, 3 OT, and 
uncoded 5 nothing new, and 1 that I think was clicked by mistake.

Other Wizarding Schools:

Ginger pauses, and offers Carolyn a nice cup of tea, makes sure she has 
completly swallowed and set the cup safely on the desk.

Was 227, now 84.  62 rejects, 81 uncoded.

Ginger pauses and passes Carolyn the smelling salts.

The definition of the category reads:  "For discussions about where 
children go before Hogwarts, or if they don't get admitted to it, or if 
they live in another country, plus post-Hogwart education theories."

JKR has said in interviews that Magical children are homeschooled, that 
all Magical British children go to Hogwarts, and that there is no 
University system in the WW.

Most of the conversations go something like:
"I think there are Wizard primary schools."
"JKR said there weren't." x3 posts
"I think there are anyway."
"JKR said no." x3 posts
"Hi, I'm a newbie.  Does anyone know where kids go before Hogwarts?"
repeat ad infinitum.

I kept some of the better theories involving small dame schools, 
tutoring (usually Draco) and things like that, but got rid of the "is 
not, is too" stuff.

The same for post-ed.  I kept indepth apprenticeship posts, but 
dropped "I think they just go out and learn as they work." posts.  
There were many.

I was amused at one person who thought that it would be impossible for 
Molly to homeschool as she wouldn't have time because she has all those 
kids.

The tricky part of this category was deciding which posts had gone too 
far OT.  There was a lot of discussion about schools in other 
countries.  I kept the ones that figured out how many schools there may 
be in other parts of the world, and what they might teach-basicly 
anything that tied into canon.  I rejected anything that said, "I think 
there are wizards where I live." and followed it with what could well 
be a cut and paste from the local tourism board.  

One thing I noticed a lot (quite a bit of the uncoding) was that posts 
that mentioned Durmstrang and/or Beaubatons, even in passing, were 
coded here.  Most were coded to their own categoried as well.  If they 
were just mention in passing, I dumped my code.  

For some reason, people tend to code stuff about Hogwarts here.  Hmm.

There were also a lot of good, indepth posts about other topics, in 
which someone wondered where Wizards learned specific things.

There were also a ton coded to both this and admittance to Hogwarts 
that I thought fit better there.

I'd say all in all, about 1/3 of the rejects were "JKR said..." posts.

I have to say I was more lenient in what I kept here than in any other 
category I have reviewed.  And I'm still trying to get over those Texas 
animals that squirt blood out of their eyes.  

Finally, Triwizard Tournament:  Was 44, now 38.  Rejected 1 that was a 
repeat, uncoded 5 that mentioned it only in passing (including one that 
thought book 5 was supposed to be HP and the TWT).

I have assigned myself posts 44901-45000.  I think that adds up to 100 
posts, but I keep thinking my maths may be off.  

Ginger, who can't believe she is still awake!