Main List Problems

[naamagatus]

Hi,

I've read with great interest the various suggestions people made 
regarding the main list. Personally, I don't like very much the idea 
of having another list for newbies. I'm not sure why. Possibly 
because I don't like the idea of *selection*. Also, it's basically 
extending the idea of putting newbies on moderated status, which, 
once the number of newbies spirals out, becomes too difficult to 
manage for the administrators. 

My idea (very tentative) is splitting the list to daughter lists 
according to types of discussion. 
For instance, Personalities and Relationships: where all discussions 
of Ron's jealousy, Snape/Hagrid's merit as teachers, James & Sirius 
as bullies, etc. Ships should belong here, but maybe should be 
further split to a seperate list. 
Another list would deal exclusively with Consistency in the 
Potterverse: number of students in Hogwarts (God, I'd love to see the 
back of that one!), astronomical speculations, days of the week, all 
geographical speculations (location of Godric's Hollow - goodbye!), 
etc. 
Other types of discussion that I can think of are: 
Literary Analysis (in which goes threads comparing HP to Jane Austen 
and is HP children's literature, to name two of the most recurring 
topics)
Plot Speculation, which would include ESE debates, the gleam, MAGIC 
DISHWASHERS, etc.

The major problem I see with this is the difficulty in categorizing 
one's own post. Is a post supporting LOLLIPOPS, for instance, a Plot 
Speculation or Personalities and Relationships? A possible answer is 
that it's not really important. The main point is to have lists of 
manageable size (in post volume, not number of members). So, just 
post it to where it seems reasonably appropriate. Of course, if 
people make too glaring mistakes, they can be corrected and the 
thread shifted to the appropriate list.


What do you think?

Naama