Predictions (& Other Tripe)

[carolynwhite2]

--- In HPFGU-Catalogue at yahoogroups.com, "Smythe, Boyd T {FLNA}" 
<boyd.t.smythe at f...> wrote:
> 
> The Big Issue That I Need Feedback On:
> 
> Are predictions without canon useful? How? > 

> So if a prediction is defended using something canonesque, *and* if 
it is
> original in some way, then it is kept. Just like any other post, 
actually.
> We'll also keep the resulting canon-based discussion of any 
prediction, so
> long as it remains original, too. But so it's clear, canon should be
> interpreted loosely in this category to include quotes, interviews, 
themes,
> trends, parallels and similar devices.
> 
> ===> So I'd like to reject well over half of the 1,137 and 
eliminate the
> Predictions without Canon categories. OK? [Since some need to be 
moved
> before the deletion, please don't do this yet.]
> 

Carolyn:
In truth, I really don't care much what you do. I don't find this 
section of the catalogue interesting at all. I think it's because 
I've always seen it as a place to dump the one-liners, which I tend 
to include on the basis of (a) they were creepily right; (b) they 
were bizarrely wrong. Please do delete whatever you like.

I don't code lengthy predictions here at all - such as the Grey Wolf 
one mentioned. I treat them as normal posts, and code them to subject 
accordingly. The reason is that I have difficulty deciding 
what 'prediction' really means in this larger sense - you could argue 
most of the big theories are predictions with canon, if you liked. 
Take ESE!Fudge that I did last night. Big meaty posts with acres of 
canon - they might be right, they might be wrong; we still don't 
know. It didn't occur to me code to predictions, I'm afraid.

I'm also curious to see how you classify any canon-based discussion 
of the chosen predictions as 'original'. However, don't let that stop 
you...