Talk:Harry Potter

This article needs to be from a in-universe perspective. I am making some changes.


 * Archive 1

Grammar
According to basic rules of English grammar, when relating events that happen in a story they are always done so in the present tense. You relate them as if they were happening at that moment, not as if the person relating them (you, dear reader) were looking back on them after the end of the book. Every time someone changes "Harry Potter was a half blood wizard" to "Harry Potter is a half blood wizard" someone always comes around and changes it back! Even if we choose to completely disregard the rules of grammar, this idiotic reversion back to "was" makes no sense. Harry Potter IS a half blood wizard and will remain one until he dies, only then can his blood status be talked about in the past tense, as it is with his parents. As this article now stands there's a mixture of past and present tense regarding events and characteristics. It's high time that some consensus was reached on how to view pages like this and in what tense they should be recorded in. Mr Norrell 15:03, February 9, 2010 (UTC)


 * As I pointed out on your talk page, this is done per Harry Potter Wiki policy on tense that was voted on and approved. --Hcoknhoj 15:11, February 9, 2010 (UTC)

Picture?
Who changed the picture of Harry? The Last Dark Angel 10 14:01, February 10, 2010 (UTC)


 * The picture currently in use was voted on and decided to be the main article picture. See here. 17:09, February 10, 2010 (UTC)

Murderer, or not?
According to Wikipedia:

Murder, as defined in common law countries, is the unlawful killing of another human being with inten.

Emphasis added.

Harry killed the basilisk, but that´s not murder. I agree that Filch said something like "You´ve mursdered my cat" in CS, but I think he was just losing his temper.--Rodolphus 16:35, March 14, 2010 (UTC)


 * Huh. I looked at everything about murder and it always says human. Okay, I will get rid of the murder cat.-- L.V.K.T.V.J. Hogwarts.jpg( Send an owl! ) 16:39, March 14, 2010 (UTC)

Current Picture
You can't even see his scar in the current picture. What's the Boy Who Lived without his scar? --Scarlet moon 579 (Talk to me!) 22:07, April 11, 2010 (UTC)