Kindness (was Chicken Meat) -- FAQs

[Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 23456

Hi everyone --

Luke wrote a really nice post about analyzing in this discussion group &
respect for opinions of others, and they're have been some great
responses so far to an overall issue that Ebony raised. I want to
explore this all more in-depth, but I'm savvy enough to know that I
don't have the time at this exact moment to give this issue the kind of
attention it deserves.  So, I'm going to refrain from commenting
extensively at the moment.  But, as List Owner, I feel compelled to at
least publicly say that I'm giving it *alot* of thought & *will* share
my own thoughts sometime soon.  I just don't want to rush & not really
have a firm grasp on what I want to say.  I'm trying to care for a 3
month old & move back into my now-repaired-from-the-flood house so
...time is short at the moment.

I will say though that one overall thing that can't be stressed often
enough is: Please respect the feelings of other members when you compose
your own posts.  We are probably all guilty of dashing off a post and
not really taking the time to read it & consider how some other member
might perceive what you've written.  I know I've been guilty of that on
more than one occasion.

Also, as Jenny said: it's important to remember that no one is compelled
to read & comment on all the posts.  If I had to choose one rule for
this group (well, okay, *2* rules since the above "golden rule" of
respecting others is vitally important also): I'd choose to say "Mind
your subject headings."  If everyone made absolutely sure that his or
her post had the correct subject heading, it would make it very easy for
people to skip things that don't interest them.  :--)

FAQs -- The FAQ group is very very interested in feedback!  The FAQs are
of course fluid -- they will change to reflect new theories, things JKR
answers in chats, etc.  So, by all means, share your thoughts with us (I
happen to know that the LOON patrol is parsing through them line by line
right now -- <g>).

RE: the Romance Pairings FAQ --

> Although as a R/H-er I do have to say that in the Romance section that the two main bits are hopelessly imbalanced (too much
> pro H/H and too little con, and the reverse with R/H) and all the pro
> H/H points were silly anyway :).
>

<smiles sweetly>  That FAQ was actually reviewed by people on the FAQ
committee who have no ship preference because I was keen to avoid
charges of bias.  I also solicited people to submit any thoughts on all
the pairings last fall when I was first writing it up.  That offer still
stands: the R/H section does reflect *all* the arguments that have been
made in favor of that pairing.  I promise you that all the pro & con
arguments are included for all the pairings -- everything that has been
discussed in this group is included (and if it's not, the omission was
*not* intentional).  So ... if there are pro R/H arguments that you feel
are missing, by all means, please bring them up & we'll get that FAQ
revised.

The intent with all the FAQs is to reflect what's been discussed & to
give people fodder for further discussions.  And, perhaps most
importantly, we wanted there to be a way for members to see what's been
said so far on a subject without needing to try & consult the mammoth
message archives to find what they were looking for.  We FAQ authors all
have our own opinions & biases, but we did search through *all* the
messages to compose the FAQs.  Our intent was not for the Hogwarts FAQ,
for example, to reflect my own view about the student numbers debate but
rather to reflect what every side of that issue has argued so far.  If
we've failed in this regard though -- be sure to raise it!  We do want
to hear how to make the FAQs one of the premier HP resources on the web.

Penny


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