Consolidating All the Groups into One

[Geoff]

--- In HPFGU-Feedback at yahoogroups.com, Susan Albrecht <susiequsie23 at ...> wrote:

SSSusan:
> I guess if we actually *closed* Movie, then all that talk would probably end up at Main.  Even though I'm very interested in the movies, I'm not sure I would enjoy that too much.  I'd almost rather just see the lifting of the "No discussion of the movies at Main!" ban lifted, so that people would no longer have to *avoid* bringing in questions or examples from the movies as they talk about the books.  But if *all* someone wanted to do was talk about the movies -- particularly stuff about the actors that doesn't really even relate to the storyline or characters -- my personal preference would be that that happen elsewhere.  Which I guess would mean OTC if Movie were closed.
> 
> I'd be curious what others think about this.  

Geoff:
If we were to merge Main and Movie, perhaps a similar situation could 
be introduced as on Main at the moment where we say that posts should 
be linked to canon; in other words material being posted about the films 
should be just that - about the films. Hence the doings of the actors etc. 
and side tracks should go to OTC as it sometimes does with items from 
Main.

OTC would cover matters from the books and films which did not directly 
impact on the stories. Further to that, I don't recall much comment about 
fanfic appearing on the groups but, as I think someone else has said, unless 
fanfic references are being compared or linked with canon writing in some 
way, they should go to OTC.