Proposed New Harry Categories
carolynwhite2
carolynwhite2 at aol.com
Mon Jun 20 17:04:16 UTC 2005
--- In HPFGU-Catalogue at yahoogroups.com, "annemehr" <annemehr at y...>
wrote:
The categories are grouped together by theme, separated by the dotted
lines. So, for example, "Harry's Eyes" and "PHILOSOPHER'S STONE" both
have to do with "Training, Protection, Powers." However, only the
general "Harry Potter" category is a level 4; all the following
categories are level 5.
C - I think this is the way to go. For the time being, I would prefer
to keep the acronyms showing under the new sub-headings, although we
will have to get rid of them in the end in order to eliminate the
level 5 heads. Probably, as you suggest, we should treat Harry like
Snape (oh, the irony..LL will not like it) and give him his own
section which may make this easier to handle. For now, the main thing
is to decide on your sub-heads and start the sort out.
Anne:
Of the acronyms, BALDERDASH contains the most -- 10 posts, but one is
a duplicate. The category consists of a thread about whether Harry
time-turns back to his infancy. Very little of the thread
specifically has to do with "Boy As Lord Denies Every Reasonable
Determination About Scrupulous Harry" -- that LV cannot be Harry
timeturned, because Harry's nice and LV isn't. I suggest folding it
all into the Harry category.
C - I am rather guilty here. I have recently come across many
ludicrous time-turned Harry posts, and for want of a better heading,
I have put them under BALDERDASH. However, they shouldn't be folded
into the general Harry category: I think you need another sub-head -
something like 'Harry time-turner theories', to group all this
nonsense in one place. To my mind, the TT posts are rather different
in type to the character analysis (eg is he boring, answer yes),
which I imagine should be under the general head <ducks bricks with
practiced ease>.
Anne:
Three are orphan acronyms, coined and then forgotten, whose posts
would not otherwise have been coded to Harry on their merits:
CHIMPANZEE
ASTONISHED
HELP & LACERATE
The others have up to three worthy posts, but really could be folded
into their respective thematic categories:
HARD SHIPWRECK (2 posts, begins at 37528)
HIS SWORD (3 so far, begins at 57978)
SHARK ATTACK (1 post at 37540)
PASHMINAS (1 post at 47124 -- recall other mentions in passing, but
not much debate)
PHILOSOPHER'S STONE (2 posts, begins at 38604)
None of Harry's acronyms really have legs; his only ongoing named
theory is Stoned!Harry.
C - As I said, I think they should be shown as level 5 sub-heads for
the time being, but arranged under their thematic head, ready for the
chop when the job's done. I thought HIS SWORD had some legs -
Merlin/Arthur legend syndrome; I think I have coded quite a bit there
recently.
Re Stoned!Harry, and to answer an off-list query:
Anne:
I don't need to add an Alchemy/Rosicrucianism category to the
Stoned!Harry posts, do I? I guess it would fit there, but it's
such a nice, discrete theory on its own, I hesitate to duplicate
coding like that.
C - no, if a post strays into both, we can code to both, but
otherwise I'd like to keep alchemy/rosicrucianism separate, and a pen
for Hans' madness.
Sean:
My suggestion would be to fold all the minor acronyms under an "Other
Theories" subcat; and depending on how the final catalogue is
formatted, people can investigate that subcategory at will. I suspect
a great deal of Snape and Dumbledore needs to be dealt with in a
similar way. There is, I agree, a great deal of clutter by obscure
acronyms that could be better organized.
C - sorry, I fundamentally disagree. Anne's suggestion is far better.
I don't want to see the words 'other' or 'general' anywhere in the
catalogue if we can help it. It is much more useful to have a topic
(eg Harry & time-turning), with acronyms folded into it if we so
decide, than have a category 'Harry - other theories' and have no
idea what is in it.
Carolyn
seconding everyone else's thanks for the time this has taken, and
looking the Voldie section straight in the eye...
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