Oh No! Complete Revision of Categories IMPORTANT

[carolynwhite2]

Ok, time to concentrate, bags of ice on head; no booze till you can 
answer 20 questions on the following.

I've had to revise the whole category list for two reasons:

1)	All the category changes which are coming up as a result of 
our reviews.
2)	So that we don't create something so unweildy that searches 
take too long to complete.

In brief, we are currently using five levels of heading:

1.
1.1
1.1.1
1.1.1.1
1.1.1.1.1

Paul and Tim want us to only use two of these categories to actually 
store posts:

1.1.1
1.1.1.1

So, what I have had to do is find ways of `emptying' the 1st and 2nd 
level categories of posts, and of losing the 5th level category. 
Mainly I've done it by shifting things into new or existing 3rd and 
4th level headings, but at the same time I have made some other 
changes which hopefully make the whole category list a bit more 
logical.

The new draft layout has been uploaded as a new file for you to look 
at. I've uploaded in two versions – Word and Excel. If you can open 
spreadsheet files, I strongly recommend you choose that version, as 
it is clearer. The files are both called `Current categories Revised 
Feb 27th'. For those of you on Mac, the Word file is in plain text – 
hope you can open it. If not, I am happy to fax it. All the layouts 
are cheerfully colour-coded, so you can follow what is happening 


Before going on to explain the changes I am proposing, a few points:

1)	I haven't made any changes to the category list yet – you can 
object!
2)	Even once I have made the changes, we can continue to edit, 
delete & merge categories just as we like – this isn't set in stone.
3)	Shifting the categories about will not alter any reviewing 
changes you have just done, and no work will be lost.
4)	I will update the database in the file section showing 
allocation of review sections to match the new layout, so no one is 
confused.

Right


SECTION 0 – Reject codes
Nothing has changed here except the addition of a subsection 0.1, 
which is purely technical, to enable all the reject categories to be 
X.X.X, ie third level headings.

SECTION 1 – Text analysis
There is substantial renumbering, and most of the changes are in this 
section, as follows:

1.1.1	Good vs evil
Suggest bringing the religious banning categories from section 4 into 
this group

1.1.2	Morality vs immorality
Suggest merging sins and virtues with morality/immorality, moving out 
those posts which belong elsewhere in the subsections to this group. 
Probably will need more subsections when sorted out.

1.1.3	Friendship & loyalty
Propose remnants of spying & betrayal are added here

1.2	Literary analysis
The posts formerly in the main head have had to be moved to a new 
head, christened `Academic books & articles about HP' – Talisman 
please advise if this is accurate.

1.2.2 What genre
Now contains newly cleaned up genre category, plus two categories 
from section 4 – adult's or children's books plus NY Times Bestseller 
list

1.2.3	Literary sources & influences
Section moved up intact from 1.6 position. Some categories rearranged

1.2.4/12.5 Parameters set by JKR/authorial intent & Reader Response
These two sections remain separated. There is an argument for making 
them one section – please comment on this.

I have moved up the anagrams & acronyms section to 1.2.5 – it may not 
belong here. As I recall it is about two things – firstly JKR's love 
of word games: these posts belong in narrative style really; 
secondly – fans love of acronyms: these posts belong with reader 
response. [Laurasia please comment].

There are an assortment of other acronyms which need reviewing for 
whether they belong here – including ESE! And FLYING HEDGEHOGS.

1.2.6 Narrative style
The battered remains of this section (8 posts) plus some acronyms, 
POVnarration and humour


1.2.7 Plot development
Now includes `Foreshadowing, clues & misdirection' (which needs 
merging with its subsections), and `war & military strategy'. This 
latter is likely to be stripped to very little once all the cross-
coding to DD's and V's agenda have been taken out.

1.2.8 Back history
Two further sections have been added to this:

1)	About the Order of the Phoenix. These are the posts currently 
sitting in the heading `Order of the Phoenix Members' – they can't 
stay there, so I thought this would be a good place as they include 
much speculation on past events.
2)	About the Death Eaters – similarly, these came from the Death 
Eaters heading in section 2. 

1.2.9 Timelines
This has been moved up from its former position at 1.7 and stripped 
of it's character ages and Weasley ages sections which have gone to 
section 1.3.

1.3	Characterisation
Generally as before, but please note the posts in the heading 1.3 
must be moved elsewhere in the group.

Books, sections 1.5 – 1.14.
The only thing to note is that nothing should now be coded to the 
book's title. There are quite a few posts sitting in those 
categories, and I have created a heading for each book at the end of 
the chapters called `Reviews of..'. Generally, this is the place to 
put posts which review the complete book on it's own.

On FB&WTFT/QTTA, I have just created a section called `Text' to avoid 
coding to the title. Please suggest a better heading 


SECTION 2 – Character Analysis
In general all the characters are as before, with no difficulties, 
other than:

- Removing anything coded to the level 2 heads (X.X). Particularly 
the OOP membership and DE general coding
- Getting rid of headings at level 5 (in general I have converted 
them to level 4)

The major change is for Snape – Talisman, this is for you.
He gets his own independent section head (2.4 Hogwarts staff – Snape 
only) – but all posts must be taken out of this – temporarily I have 
put them into 2.4.1 Severus Snape. You can allocate them as you 
please, and create more third level heads as you require them. 
However, all the 5th level heads in this section must be converted to 
4th level. I leave it to your ingenuity.

Because Snape is on his own, the other teacher's are bunched under a 
new head 2.3 Hogwart's staff/non-Snape.

Further down, the Durmstrang & Beauxbatons teachers and pupils 
sections have been combined.

Dot please note that the fifth level headings on Mrs Norris and 
Trevor need to become 4th level somehow.

2.17 RelationSHIPPING is the same, but I have re-arranged the 
headings a bit – Ginger any comments?

SECTION 3 – WW

The only real issue in this section is to again note the need to 
remove some posts that currently sit in level 2 heads. I have added 
some new categories to cater for this under Food & Drink and Plants, 
but can also do this elsewhere as required.

In order to remove the 5th level heads under Geography, I have 
removed some other subheads – Laurasia please note.

I have rearranged many of the Hogwart's sections – please comment.

SECTION 4 – Other topics

This is now looking rather thinner than before, as some sections have 
been moved up into section 1. The Stouffer case has been put in the 
JKR section.

SECTION 5 – Admin Flags

The only change here is a cosmetic one similar to the reject codes, 
to enable all the admin codes to be third level.