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[carolynwhite2]

Carolyn observed to Eva about the tattered remnants of GL:
<Erm..you *have* taken to this, haven't you <g> >

Eva:
*Dear* Carolyn, if I am slow, it is not purely because I am so very 
inept - it's because I'm *thorough*, too. - Er - I think that makes 
me *thoroughly inept*, yes? <veg> 

Carolyn:
I hasten to add that I was referring to your slash and burn 
tendencies, which appear frighteningly competent...

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Carolyn:
<Hm: I thought we had decided to leave etymology of a specific 
character's name in that section, as well as cross-coded to 
etymology.

Kelly:

Would it be possible to perform a Boolean search within a specific 
category (or two)? That could cut down on the necessity to cross-
code. For example, to find etymology of a specific name, you could 
search for "Gilderoy Lockhart" in the category "Etymology of names".

Carolyn:
Postscript/decision: I talked to Tim about this, and we think from 
the search POV it would be best to continue with this policy for now 
(ie cross-coding). If necessary, we can clear them out of etymology 
later. 

He can write Boolean search routines as you suggest, but a discussion 
is going on at the moment about what kind of searches are practical 
given the amount of data in the DB. There is a real potential problem 
of searches timing out if they are not careful. 

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Eva:
Most don't; but they have made me wonder if we don't need a separate 
category for that general discussion about DADA and other 
appointments. 

Kelly:
There is already a category for this: 3.16.7.6 DADA. At least, in my 
review, I deemed discussion of the DADA post and Dumbledore's 
questionable ability to fill it a suitable topic for this category.

Carolyn:
This is worth noting. What kind of decisions did you make about the 
other classes? I remember a discussion about where astrology should 
belong - here, or in meta themes under symbolism, and another about 
divination etc. 

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Ginger:
>On to General Shipping (shouldn't it be Admiral? j/k)
There were 264 posts. There are now 78. Before you think I got the 
weedwhacker too far into gear, let me reassure you I have only 
rejected 32 that were ship-only, and 60 that were ship+other 
categories.

>I will be moving on to Trio ships, which has 742 posts at this time. 
I fully intend to chop a lot there. Let's face it, there are only so 
many things you can say about HRH, and most of it has been said...and 
said...and said.


Carolyn:
Ginger, you are doing an amazing job with this stuff. It brings tears 
to my eyes just thinking about it..I really could *not* read it 
through. Alas, there is not the slightest need to reassure anyone 
here of the absolute necessity of reducing it to the barest minimum..

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Barry:
As a Sci Fi purist I'd hate to see it disappear - however there are 
very, very few worthwhile influences/parallels between HP and the 
pure stuff.

Carolyn:
Can we take this as an interim decision about this category, and we 
can take a look at what we have got later in the year?

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Jen:
I do think chapters are a good place to locate these threads with no 
other obvious home, cross-coded to characters like Eva is doing with 
a few of the Valentine posts. 

Carolyn:
Jen, just to reiterate my earlier point - I was suggesting you kept a 
list of these type of threads as you worked through the chapters and 
posted it so we knew where to put things in future.

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Sean (penguin of doooom with less teeth than last week) said about 
friendship & loyalty:

1. It's generally useless except in terms of its two sub-categories.
2. It's all too frequently mistaken for Trio Dynamics.
3. It's easily the most overcoded category I've reviewed.

<it is a large category because it's a List obsession, apart from 
Shipping.>

<but the current quality of the discussion particularly re Snape and 
Ron leads to a surfeit of cynicism.<

...and then gratuitously threatened to turn Ginger into a toad, 
despite all the Bourbon she's been sending him. Tut tut.

And I thought these heart-warming themes are what really interested 
people.

Ginger retorts with dignity:
>I have uncoded the ship part of many a shipping post that didn't 
really ship, but fit better in the TD category.  Many of these were 
also coded to F&L.  Feel free to move them to TD.<

Sean, you are seeing a lot of posts that looked liked Ginger's, but 
only appear so because she was the last one to deal with them, by 
taking off the shipping code. In reality, the blame can be spread far 
and wide.

Would you define what sort of 'post REALLY REALLY REALLY concerns F & 
L,' ?? It's this squidgy stuff we have to pin down to stop all the 
over-coding happening in future.

And I give due and awful warning that I might tackle the morality 
section if no one stops me. It's not going to be pretty, I tell you.

Meanwhile, I am finishing Pettigrew..

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