FPs/catalogue

carolynwhite2 carolynwhite2 at carolynwhite2.yahoo.invalid
Wed Feb 9 17:19:36 UTC 2005


--- In HPFGU-Feedback at yahoogroups.com, "M.Clifford" <Aisbelmon at h...> 
wrote:
> 
> The only problem is FP is mostly many years out of date anyway, it 
> is no longer practicable for management to keep up it fully up to 
> date. Besides it has become rather an elitist thing itself and the 
> foster parent of the fantasy golden age by default of more recent 
> FP's being washed away in tides of posting. The members will keep 
> this one up to date themselves.  And it would give *everyone* an 
> opportunity to inspire others by making available to *all* a 
> recognised place for their thought provoking posts and not just a 
> carefully chosen handful, some no longer even members, from the 
> past. The theory list is *not* a discussion list, the discussion 
> remains here, when members are done discussing their theories and 
> want them preserved for future interest they put them there.
> <snip>
> My battle is with Yahoomort...
> 

Carolyn:
You are right about the FP section, Valky. It is very out of date, 
but before that can be put right, you need to have all the relevant 
posts in one place to summarise. This is what the catalogue will 
provide - and not just for writing FPs, but for anyone wanting to 
research a subject before putting a new idea or synthesis forward.

The second thing I would say, having spent a vast amount of time 
cataloguing 'theories' over the last year, is that it is very 
difficult to define precisely what a theory is. They can range from 
full-blown set-piece arguments, complete with a neat acronym (eg 
LOLLIPOPS, MAGIC DISHWASHER), through entertaining TBAY discussions 
which play with theory concepts, to good, solid analytical posts 
which make an argument for something, but don't go by a specific 
name, right out the other end to something quite short and sweet, but 
really rather clever which nails a useful idea, or simply summarises 
some terribly relevant facts.

To appreciate the full richness of what HPfGU posters have created 
over the years, you need to be able to find all of these types of 
post under relevant headings, and that's what we hope we will be 
providing. 

In addition, there will be collections of posts on a vast number of 
things you probably wouldn't regard as theories at all - such as the 
endless debates on the numbers of students at Hogwarts, or the 
location of Durmstrang, or the ethics of creating Mandrake smoothies. 
Trust me, if it has been written about intelligently, it's been 
captured - so far the category list has over 550 subsections, and it 
grows and evolves daily.

Hopefully it will be a great resource.

Carolyn















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