Class system, bigotry & prejudice/ESE!/Grammar, capitalisation and punctuation

[Debbie]

::pokes head into catalogue office, holding a roll of parchment in 
each hand::

"Hello?  Anyone around?  I'm back from TWC, fresh and invigorated 
from hours of canon discussion.  Having carefully chosen to attend 
programming that corresponded to my own review sections, I'm sure 
there will be no problem ::cough cough::  approving these few little 
expenses

What?  That's not enough to justify approval?  But TWH motivated me 
to complete lots of cataloguing this week!  Seen in that light, 
surely Miss Havisham will agree that these are reimbursable 
expenses . . . .

No?  Well, here's my report anyway: 

I've finished 1.1.5 (Class system, bigotry & prejudice).  It has 
been nicely slimmed from 406 to 246 posts.  As reduced, this 
category is only for posts discussing class/race/prejudice *themes 
or undertones* in the books. It is NOT for posts discussing whether 
particular characters are prejudiced, whether house elves are 
enslaved, etc.
 
> GROUP 13 (Authorial intent etc)
> This is finished apart from a re-check of 1.2.4.4 ESE!, as we have 
> discussed.
 
This is finished (was 93, now 51).  This category is now basically 
for ESE! accusations (the more subversive the better).  Many of the 
posts are quite funny -- no one and nothing is exempt, not even the 
Sorting Hat.  I'm not convinced we've captured all of the  
characters who have been accused of being ESE! but there's a wide 
cross-section.

I uncoded the defenses, which generally are less interesting (or at 
least less amusing) and they could've overwhelmed the category if 
they were included.  People will have to find them under the 
character code.  

 
> GROUP 102 (Differences between editions)
> Debbie, re our discussion about the new category 1.2.6.8 Grammar, 
> capitalisation and punctuation, I wondered if you should double 
check 
> what Jo had put into 4.1.2.1 capitalisation and punctuation in 
this 
> section. There looks to be some potential overlap.
 
Done.  Only one of 12 was deleted.

I marked the assignment database to show these were complete.  I 
want to tweak the category definitions, but I'm not sure where to do 
it.  In the three databases which break down each subcategory?  This 
hasn't been updated to reflect all the shifting we've done with some 
of these categories.  Shall I do it?

I'll have to go to the dreaded 1.1.7 (Parenting and Child 
Development) next.  The good news is that it's shorter than Snape.
 
And, the "I wuz right" bonus for today: 
 
"I think Harry 
will eventually discover that he has inherited a house and is a 
house-elf 
owner."
 
Morag Traynor, post #16774.
 
Debbie