Coding up the Dishwasher & new hanging offence...

[carolynwhite2]

Right, I've just spent an exhaustive time in the real archives, ie 
the horror that is Yahoo!Mort, and I have forced it to yield up a lot 
of numbers relating to MD. What follows isn't complete probably, in 
terms of sub-threads, but nevertheless gives due warning of the scale 
of the thing.

A lot of people here know a lot about MD, so I won't over-introduce, 
but the key things to grasp if you have never descended into the 
depths of this theory are:

- it wasn't called Magic Dishwasher at first, or for some time 
- it is a theory in (at least) three parts, the first two published 
before OoP, the third after
- the authors are Pip (Bluesqueak), Grey Wolf and (later) Melody 
(malady579), often known as MDDT (the MD defence team)
- the central theme is that Dumbledore is organising an immense 
undercover war against Voldemort, hence the main acronyms are under DD

Beyond this, you simply have to get to grips with it by reading (at a 
minimum) the following four posts:
- 39662 (Spying Game I)
- 39854 (a recap of arguments so far by Grey Wolf)
- 40044 (Spying Game II)
- 81010 (post-OoP update)

I'm really not joking about this, because not only do the first two 
parts of the theory dominate the list between 39662-40894, with over 
100 posts directly discussing the theory itself, but the theory had a 
huge impact on many other theories from then on. No one will be able 
to escape the thread, best to get to grips from the start.

Arguments and counter-arguments about it continually break out in all 
sorts of places from then to the present. In some senses, the current 
repetitive arguments going on even now about Snape and Dumbledore's 
alleged child abuse are a legacy, in that they continue to argue 
whether end justifies means, and mostly don't dispute any more 
whether or not Dumbledore has a plan that has been in play for many 
years.

So, to save money on time-wasting trials, and get maximum value out 
of the length of rope I have purchased, cataloguing edict 
#20708938397983 is that everyone will sit down with a nice cup of tea 
and a biscuit (as recommended by Pip), and read....and read (they 
are, erm, very long posts, but hey, you've all done some Elkins by 
now, you are in training, so no whinging..). You will thank me when 
you parachute into the middle of one of the arcane arguments and need 
a compass.

Now, as to the coding. It is sort of simple and not so simple. All I 
really want to make sure is that anything in the sequence gets the MD 
code (2.3.1.7), so always click that, in addition to whatever other 
codes you think appropriate. This will enable someone to find the 
entire thing in one category - a miracle in itself. BTW, I have 
removed the Spying Game headings that were on the category list as 
they are not acronyms, and only add confusion. However, I have made 
LECARRE SPYGAMES a subset of MD - and there may be others to move as 
well, eg DARK LADLES and SUNLIGHT ULTRA (arguable).

The slightly more difficult part is that I think it probably useful 
to identify major sub-themes within it. Whether we should try and do 
this as we go along, or subsequently in a second edit is worth 
discussing. One big meta-argument that continually breaks out is 
whether or not there is/should be this sort of complex plot in books 
of these sort, plus all sorts of related garbage, I mean interesting 
discussion, about Dumbledore's sainted character and What Would The 
Children Think if the story hinged on something as dark as this etc 
etc. Let's see how confusing it gets.

Anyway, here are the post numbers I have identified so far, I doubt 
that it is the final tally, and doesn't yet include the OoP update.

39662 (Spying Game I)

39679, 39685, 39686, 39688, 39692, 39694, 39695, 39697, 39698, 39699
39700, 39701, 39702, 39703, 39705, 39710, 39728, 39731, 39736, 39738, 
39744, 39749, 39750, 39751, 39758, 39759, 39763, 39766, 39774, 39780, 
39802, 39806, 39837, 39849, 39854, 39878, 39880, 39900, 39908, 39951, 
39962, 39972, 39976, 39983, 40026, 40030, 40038, 40041

40044 (Spying Game II)

40046, 40049, 40050, 40055, 40056, 40059, 40060, 40061, 40064, 40069, 
40077, 40085, 40091, 40103, 40142, 40162, 40164, 40271, 40370, 40386, 
40389, 40390, 40412, 40414, 40421, 40439, 40489, 40490, 40544, 40559, 
40830, 40891, 40894, 51990, 52129

Carolyn
Who is extremely pleased to see Talisman back, and to read her 
excellent explanation of why a cigar is sometimes just a cigar.. 

Will it stop Barry putting his boots up on the desk and blowing smoke 
rings? Not for a moment..

'He's every other inch a gentleman..' (Rebecca West)