[HPFGU-Catalogue] Re: UPDATE for MEG, 1st March

[Sean Dwyer]

On Sun, Feb 27, 2005 at 11:31:57PM -0000, Jen Reese wrote:


> Jen: Aack--tell me we have longer than a week or so to finish 
> reviewing and this is your "best case scenario" prediction for MEG, 
> right CW? Even with no alcohol, a fresh batch of Diet Coke and 
> tootsie pops, my reviewing speed is, *ahem* less than blistering. 

Coke and easter eggs work for me. It's a hard life, really.

> Could I get a pay-raise? 

They'll all want one if you ask THAT :)

> What is the trick I'm missing? Sean whips through posts like a hot 
> knife through butter, but it seems the more I do, the more that 
> needs to be done. Like if I keep post A coded to a chapter, well a 
> couple of posts up and down the thread that *didn't* get coded need 
> to be added for thread continuity. Or an entire thread is coded to a 
> chapter, but really only the first two posts pertain to it. Where is 
> my trusty sword? I used to slice and dice with great abandon, back 
> in the day....

There's really no trick to it. I keep a text file handy to mark down
irrelevant posts on my subject. If a post cries out to be fixed, I'll fix it,
but that should be far and few between, you'll go mad otherwise. For instance,
discussions including Ron Weasley get included if the post is about Ron
Weasley, not about Chapter 16 of GoF mentioning something Ron said and two
paragraphs about how it makes Harry feel. OTOH, if you're coding for Chapter
16 of GoF and the thread is about vampire!Snape, is that at all relevant to
you?

IMHO you shouldn't be trying to code threads unless we are going to have a
Fantastic Threads section (not a bad idea though), we're trying to keep the
most relevant posts on a topic for useful searching.

> It finally happened...I'm a LOON. Look for my LOON-like proposal on 
> chapter coding once I put a stake in GOF. 

I'm not only LOON but CRABB and SCHABB. Cataloguing has done wonders for my
dogmatism...

> Jen, reaching for Carolyn's aforementioned ice-pack and wondering if 
> she's making this too hard, and whether it's time to chuck it all 
> and try Kneasy's four basic food groups....

Caffeine and chocolate. Twin pillars of righteousness.

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