McGonagall

[carolynwhite2]

Potioncat has questions:

Posts on McGonagall are either OK or they aren't. Some of the latter
make good points within the other codes, but aren't really about the
Deputy. So, I suggest deleting the McGonagall code on those. That may
leave 1.4.3 Portrayal of males/females/gays without a specific person
for a few posts. Would that be OK?

A few question her age prior to JKR's revealing it. Do we need to
keep a few of those for posterity?

Carolyn:
Yes to your first question, only have stuff that is mainly about 
McGonagall under her code.

I would also say generally no to your second question if they are 
seriously wrong in their guesses, but I know that Debbie and Kelly 
were keen to keep some of these old arguments for posterity. The ones 
about McGonagall's age which are important, IMO, are the ones which 
try and establish if she was at school with Voldemort.


Ginger wrote:
> 2) In gay ships, there are posts discussing whether or not JKR would
> write one, but don't discuss an actual ship.

Potioncat:
I've come across a few under McGonagall. Ginger is welcomed to whack
away. She may also do as she will with McGonagall and Snape....erm,
you know what I mean.

I assume I'm free to reject the posts that are only about McGonagall
but don't really add anything?

I did see a few, very few ESE!McGonagall. Should we make a code
anyway or hold off on that?

Carolyn:
Reluctantly, I suppose if you find a detailed well-written one on a 
McGonagall/Snape SHIP, with plenty of canon evidence you could keep 
it, but I would tend to remove it if it was based on some wrong 
assumption about her age. [I'm speaking as someone who very nearly 
made this mistake in an early post, but managed to correct it in 
time...]. Nothing wrong, naturally, if he's got a thing for older 
women...just a question of proving it. 

Yes, reject away if they come into the 'adds nothing new' category, 
once you've reviewed everything that's there.

There are quite regular attempts at ESE!McGonagall. I will add it as 
a sub-category, if people don't mind.

Potioncat:
Now, the important part. "How" do we go about making these changes?
<snip> So is it a case of noting the
affected posts and going back into the catalogue to get to them? 

Carolyn:
Alas yes, the only method I think.

Potioncat ignores the pills but looks longingly at the now empty wine
glass, but really wishes she had chocolate.

Carolyn:
Can just imagine the line up when we've finished this bloody thing. 
Combined catalogue group photo shows a row of inebriates, no longer 
able to string a simple post together. All we can do is mutter..' 
been said before..I've got the post number somewhere...'