Did you know... edit

  On 22 August, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Politics of Harry Potter, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Allen3 talk 13:45, 22 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Lend a hand? edit

A user seeming to have an interest in some of the same issues as you recently posted to the Harry Potter article. I thought maybe you might want to drop him/her a hand and help them find their way. :) - Arcayne (cast a spell) 16:16, 4 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

Lib, about the Influences and analogues article edit

There are a few things you need to know:

  • The influences section is only for those books which Rowling has acknowledged as influences. Someone else simply saying that HP was inspired by such and such a book doesn't count.
  • That is what the analogues section is for. If Rowling has not claimed a book as an influence on Harry Potter, but someone else has (preferably a lot of someone elses), then it can be listed as an analogue. If Rowling later admits that she was influenced by said book, then it can be shifted to influences.
  • The order of the books in both the main sections is chronological.
  • The "Other favorites" section is where to put those books that Rowling has not claimed influenced her work but which she simply says she likes very much. That's where Roddy Doyle goes.Serendipodous 06:54, 10 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

You should include this in your politics article edit

If only to balance it out. Serendipodous 06:52, 10 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

Added. Fits nicely with Fox News' views. Libertycookies 17:24, 11 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

Um, i cant really think of a topic headline edit

Im noticing that VERY VERY few of the harry potter articles contain the themes and morals presented by the harry potter books. This isnt really original research, as themes themes have a basis of fact -(IE JK and the book). I think these are very important in the analysis of harry potter. do you think i should continue to argue case, or that this isnt really relavent to harry potter. Im just asking a fellow harry potter fan =D I also really like your philosophy theme on your User page. Philosophy and pacifism have really been an interest of mine since i was a child addy gAddy-g-indahouse 12:45, 20 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

Non violence edit

I was just reading the article on non violence that wiki has, and i noticed that it has no philosphy in it. To have an article on nonviolence, completely constructed with facts, is like einstien's theory of relativity without the physics. the philosophy of nonviolence is like the c^2 in MC^2. Do you think we should do something about it, as we share mutual interests in philosophy and non violence? addygAddy-g-indahouse 12:10, 23 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

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Jill Murphy edit

Which search terms did you use? I've been trying to google it for months. Serendipodous 15:51, 14 October 2007 (UTC)Reply

For the politics article edit

Bad transcript- keep an eye on it. (For the record it's "Juvenal" not "juvenile" Serendipodous 08:22, 5 November 2007 (UTC)Reply

Harry Potter edit

Hi, Libertycookies. I worded it slightly more strongly than you, but, I think, in the same direction. See the Politics of HP page. Keep it up. Best, Timothy Perper (talk) 01:15, 21 November 2007 (UTC)Reply

I just wanted to say edit

Congratulations on standing up for proper sourcing. I just hope you understand that what you just said there is what I was trying to explain to you all those months ago. Seems we're singing from the same sheet now, so all's well. Your article is coming along very well. As regards the auction, I really don't have an opinion on it, because these things are always notoriously hard to second-guess. But yes, I think it will go for over the predicted price. By how much, I can't say. Serendipodous 17:34, 27 November 2007 (UTC)Reply

I don't think it will be deleted. Right now it's in that same netherworld position that Religious debates over the Harry Potter series is in, basically listing the contrary opinions of a select group of people, with little information on the true relevance or impact of their views. Such information is likely to emerge in time. Serendipodous 13:26, 1 December 2007 (UTC)Reply
The book sold for 2 million pounds, or roughly 40 times the predicted price. Serendipodous 16:31, 14 December 2007 (UTC)Reply

Harry Potter Alliance edit

Hi there! Although the Harry Potter Alliance was tagged for deletion as non-notable, I actually deleted it as a copyvio, the sole content of the article was a cut'n'paste copy of [1] (although I see I didn't put that in the deletion reason, sorry). So certainly I have no objection to you creating a new article on them with some actual content! :-) p.s. this Google News search will lead you to a few more good pieces of coverage, it should certainly pass the "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject" test if you use a couple of those as well as your Time piece. Cheers, and Merry Christmas! --Stormie (talk) 22:09, 23 December 2007 (UTC)Reply

RE: politics link edit

Not sure if mentioning her philanthropy really comes under the banner of "politics"; also removed the Influences and analogues link from early life section on same grounds. It doesn't really matter which links are in the article or not though, because both politics... and influences... already link to the article via the Harry Potter template at the bottom. So all's well. Serendipodous 19:58, 26 December 2007 (UTC)Reply

The "Legal disputes" article was originally a subsection of the "JK Rowling" article, and, in accordance with "summary style" rules, when the legal disputes section was branched off, a summary paragraph and a link to the new article had to be included in this one, as per the article's FA nom. I must say I didn't really want it summarised here, since it has less to do with JK Rowling than Harry Potter, but there you are.Serendipodous 21:40, 26 December 2007 (UTC)Reply

Look Lib edit

I just spent a great deal of time and effort getting JK Rowling featured. If I start making drastic changes now, it may have to be delisted. I understand your sensibilities have been offended, but quite frankly, the article already goes into far more depth than most biographies of living people on this site, and if the content is comprehensive enough to please the rest of Wikipedia, then it's good enough for me. Serendipodous 22:34, 29 December 2007 (UTC)Reply

Once again Lib, I had to clean up one of your references. Your habit of not bothering to reference properly is not only annoying, it's also incredibly inconsiderate, as it basically says, "I'll just add whatever I like and let other people do the tedious work." If you're not willing to get your hands dirty like the rest of us, don't keep expecting the rest of us to do your work for you. Serendipodous 23:29, 15 January 2008 (UTC)Reply

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Politics of Harry Potter edit

I'm going to nominate this article for peer review, to make sure it adheres to WP:BLP guidelines. The recent accusation of left-wing bias has me concerned. Serendipodous 06:26, 17 May 2008 (UTC)Reply

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