Board Thread:Setting Things Up/@comment-14004509-20130802182533/@comment-4023106-20130802201617

You know, I'm thinking maybe we should take a look at the Era categories, because it's getting confusing!

The current setup:


 * 1) Founders (founders era)
 * 2) First Wizarding War (years 1970-1981, includes all Marauders-era fics)
 * 3) Pre-Hogwarts (death of Harry's parents/1981 until Harry's first year at Hogwarts/1991)
 * 4) Hogwarts (Students at Hogwarts during Harry's time there -- 1991-1997, or AUs where Harry has an 8th year)
 * 5) Second Wizarding War (fics about adults during 1994-ish until 1998-ish, or AU fics where Harry & co leave Hogwarts to join the war in that same time period, or AU fics where the war lasts longer)
 * 6) Post-Hogwarts (Harry's graduation until forever)
 * 7) Next Gen (stories about Harry's kids & that whole generation)

But there are obviously some gaps (ex. what if a story takes place in 1945?) and confusing spots (ex. what if it's a story about Lupin which takes place in 1992?).

The categories at HPFF are decent, I think, but it seems weird to put, say, a fic about Kingsley which takes place in 1995 into the "Hogwarts" era... but I guess that would still be easier than what we've got now, even if it isn't very intuitive. I'm not really sure what to do about that... What do you think would make the most sense?