[HPFGU-Catalogue] Re: update

[Barry Arrowsmith]

Right.

REST - 1 post (which doesn't define what REST is an acronym of).

UNNECESSARY - 2 posts

GARBAGESCOW - 11 posts

TOUCHE - 3 posts

1.3.3 (which transmogrified into 1.2.7 half way through) Plot 
development.

At start 591;  now  426.

Moderately brutal with this lot; "X will die" was not considered 
suitable for inclusion. But  "X will die because..." or "X will die and 
the repercussions will be..." stood a pretty good chance of getting in.

The category has fuzzy edges - it gets so it's indistinguishable from
Foreshadowing and clues, Authorial intent, Classic themes, Predictions 
and the two Agenda categories. It's sometimes a matter of judgement 
which one suits the post best, especially if the relevant bit is less 
than a paragraph. To get included in more than one of these categories 
there needed to be some meat on the bone.



  Kneasy is saying:
  > I thought it was supposed to be fun?
  >
  > Unless there's entertainment/wit/mischief hidden beneath some very
  > anorak-type headings I fear that some may be taking themselves too
  seriously by far.


  Potioncat chokes on her coffee. We're spending hours reading,
  evaluating, coding, and reviewing posts from years ago about a
  children's series that's still being written, taking time off
  to discuss rules and regulations to make future posts better….and
  Kneasy thinks "they" take "themselves" too seriously?

  Case of a kettle calling a cauldron leaky if you ask me.



Nah. I don't consider this lot to be classed as 'taken too seriously'. 
It's a chore that'll rectify a deficiency in the Yahoo set-up. Nothing 
more than moving the furniture around and occasionally finding some 
small change behind the cushions as a bonus.

In context 'taken too seriously' would be categorising the posts so as 
to analyse the results to produce some half-assed study stuffed with 
ersatz erudition and semi-intellectual buzz words and demonstrating not 
very much. Except how anally orientated the analyst is.

So  far as I'm concerned *nothing* about HP should be taken seriously - 
apart from the release date of the next book, that is.
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