Beings are done

[Debbie]

Final report on 2.14 - Beings.  Once 997 posts (I don't have totals 
by subcategory), the current totals are now as follows:
 
2.14.1 House Elves - 196
2.14.1.1 ENSLAVEMENT - 2
2.14.1.2 SUPPRESSED - 1
2.14.1.3 Dobby - 97
2.14.1.4 Winky - 42
2.14.1.5 Kreacher - 0, but that won't last
2.14.2 Centaurs - 23
2.14.2.1 Firenze - 5
2.14.3 Goblins - 23
2.14.4 Giants - 17
2.14.4.1 Fridwulfa - 3
2.14.5 Vampires - 61
2.14.6 Werewolves - 65
2.14.7 Veela - 35
2.14.8 Trolls - 1
 
Total:  571 (was 997)

Every category went down significantly except for poor Fridwulfa, 
who started out at zero and ended up with three posts (I felt sorry 
for her, I guess).
 
Except for the characters (Dobby, Winky, Fridwulfa), I generally 
kept only posts that discussed the particular category as a group 
(e.g., folkloric origins and how JKR has adapted the legends to her 
own use, how the group acquired its place in the WW, their unique 
characteristics, etc.)  
 
The character categories include only posts about that individual as 
a character; posts that use a characteristic of the character to 
generalise about the group were coded only to the group. 
 
Werewolves:  I kicked out all the "when a werewolf transforms" out; 
I moved a few (less than 5) to Lycanthropy and I hope Ginger will 
forgive me (to ensure I wasn't just undoing her work, I didn't move 
any that identified Ginger as coder).  I also kicked out the 
Homorphus Charm and Wolfsbane posts (as a rule, anyway).  OTOH, I 
left all the silver hand posts alone.  Dock me 5 points for lack of 
consistency, but one could at least argue that how to kill a 
werewolf is not a symptom of lycanthropy.  (I'm a lawyer; I can 
argue anything! ;-))  I'll revise the category description to cross-
reference the other categories, especially Lycanthropy.
 
Vampires:  Not surprisingly, this was mostly about our favorite 
Potions Master.  Because I've already created the Snape assignment 
list, I didn't make any changes to that category, even when a post 
was clearly appropriate to Vampire!Snape (or not about Snape at 
all).  Also, here's the post that apparently kicked it all off.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/1188

Was this Pippin's first post?

I am now feverishly awaiting the signal to get started on Snape, but 
can take on something else in the meantime if necessary. 
 
Debbie
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