Humungous update, Sunday 18th September

[annemehr]

--- In HPFGU-Catalogue at yahoogroups.com, "carolynwhite2"
<carolynwhite2 at a...> wrote:
 
> My idea would be that people could start using the database as far as 
> we had done it (ie up to publication of OOP), and we would be 
> confident that we had cleaned up all the sections sufficiently for it 
> to be a sensible and useful tool
> 
> Then, on a second copy of the database, we could embark on the OOP 
> posts, pausing for regular clean ups. Each time we finished a clean 
> up, the enlarged database could be made available to the users.
> 
> Well, if anyone has a better idea..
> 
> Cheers
> Carolyn

It's not a *better* idea, but...

I think it might be informative if we recruited a new type of help
before the public unveiling.  I was thinking maybe we could use a few
test subjects to give the catalogue a dry run -- people who have never
worked on our catalogue before.  Some of these people could be ones
you'd asked to help catalogue who declined because of time
constraints, and we could also ask members of TOC.

That way, if there are any glaring sources of user confusion that
we're missing out of familiarity, we'd have friendly outside sources
to pinpoint them for us.  Then we could (re)write user guides and
instructions accordingly before exposing our "baby" to the general
population. ;)

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It's very encouraging to hear of movement on the technical front from
Paul and Tim -- thanks, you two!  

And a grand salute to our fearless leader, Miss H.

Anne
snapping to attention with the blood of hundreds of Harry decodings
dripping from her machete