Muggle Trouble

[sevenhundredandthirteen]

There are 16 posts in the main heading for 'Muggles,' despite the
instruction not to code anything there.

What are these mysterious 16 posts that we defiantly put where we were
told not to?

None of them were wrong, so to speak. The fall into four categories:

PORTRAYAL OF MUGGLES
How are Muggles are portrayed by the books? How do Wizards view
Muggles? (esp. in relation to class. Are Wizards elite?) Specifically
Arthur's fascination with Muggles and how he interacts with them.

MUGGLES AND WIZARDS
Specifics about the Muggles/Wizard separation (memory charms to keep
it secret) How aware are Muggles of the Wizarding World (eg, Can
Muggles see Dementors, Can Muggles be bitten by Werewolves?)?

MUGGLES GENETICS
What actually distinguishes a Muggle from Wizard? Do Muggles have a
genetic link with Squibs?

MUGGLE-BORNS
Muggle parents sending their children off to Hogwarts.

We have a heading "3.5.2 ····Purebloods & half bloods," should
there be a Muggleborn heading? Or should that heading just be 
expanded?

Could "3.4.7 ····WW lifespans, genetics & population estimates"
also be explanded to include Muggle genetics? These posts don't ask 
what makes a wizard, but what makes a muggle.

"3.2.2 ····Relationship with muggle world" would seem to be enough
to cover the separation between Wizard/Muggles worlds. But these 
posts tend to be about social relations, not political.

But as to the question of how Muggles are portrayed in the books,
especially in relation to class, I don't see any other category which
could be sufficient. "3.2.2 ····Relationship with muggle world" is
a start, but there are no headings for talking about what Muggles 
are like as a group.

Should these posts be left in the main heading?

This would mean you only coded a post to  "2.13 ··Muggles" if the
post was talking about how JKR portrays Muggles (as a group), what 
the general opinion of Muggles (as a group) is, or how specific 
characters (Arthur, Dumbledore, etc) view Muggles (as a group). 

Sound alright?

And onto the more specific Muggles...

Most of these characters have less than 30 posts coded to each. So
there is no need to redefine their defintions.

Vernon, Petunia and Dudley, however, have a few hundred each. Mostly
about Child Abuse and invoking Ancient Magic. Some about sterotypes
and hidden magical ability and a few about Petunia's name. However,
there aren't any prevalent themes which could warrant their own
sub-categories.

The only minor problem is that some posts discuss how the Durselys
treat Harry and what they believe as a family unit, not as
individuals. Are these more approporate for "1.4.7.3
······Dursleys" because they are about family beliefs, attitudes 
and joint actions? Or alternatively, will there be some posts from 
that heading being recoded to Vernon, Petunia and Dudley? KathyK, I
see you've elected to do Family Dynamics. What do you think?

~<(Laurasia)>~