A suggestion to the Elves and Moderators

[Ceridwen]

> Kelley:
> Fwiw, in my mind, what it boils down to is 'what will we
> allow on main?'  Meaning I can't see us actually closing
> Movie or Announcements, but rather letting them be as 
> they are and allowing posts that would go to Announcements, 
> discussions from Movie to happen on main.  I was already
> thinking that we'd all want OTC to remain for the non-HP
> stuff, and it seems like most of us feel that way from
> what people are saying, so that's good.
> 
> Aside from the above, we could also begin allowing intro 
> posts on main, too...
> 
> One other occasional type of post are the ones from people
> doing their thesis or whatever on fandoms or adult fans of
> HP and they want to ask people on main to go answer their
> questionnaire...

Ceridwen:
Announcements and movie discussions could easily go to Main, I think.  Announcements are usually HP related or no one would want to post at this group; movie stuff is directly related to canon.  I like the idea of keeping Off-Topic Chatter separate.  The research and thesis posts could be announced on Main but followed up on OTC since some of the discussion could get OT from canon discussion as the student or researcher gets deeper into the study.  Members might feel more inclined to "let their hair down" as Lee put it, on OTC because it is a more informal board.

I'm of two minds about fanfic.  Referencing it to show how others have interpreted the books and movies, in other words, some canon connection, would be interesting to everyone on the lists, I think, but discussion solely about a particular fanfic or posting fanfic itself might be better off on OTC since some fics tend to stray pretty wide of either the books or the movies, think alternate pairings.  I would still see discussion about a subgroup of fics, say Snape-Mentors-Harry fics in general, or Evil Dumbledore fics in general, would have connection to canon as the clues were picked up on from the books or movies.  Why these clues were picked up, what made the authors see these things, IMO would be legitimate canon-style discussion.

In other words, I like the separation, I just think we don't need as much separation with the lists so quiet.  Just my opinion.

Ceridwen.