Talk:Potion riddle

Content and treatment
Sorry in advance for the length because I'm so bad at explaining. For people who don't care for how I got to asking the question, skip to the last part that's bold and afterwards.

Hi, so this article was only recently retrieved and reinstated. In early June, 2007, as seen in this revision, User:Barraki turned the page into a redirect of Philosopher's Stone, relocating the content there, as seen in this revision. It may have been the logical option at the time, since articles Underground Chambers, Attack in the Underground Chambers, and Plot to steal the Philosopher's Stone, aren't created until March 2008, July & August 2009, respectively. Since then, this page as a redirect had been adjusted accordingly.

That said, the reason I decided to be bold and retrieve it as its own article, was because I was actually thinking about "the written part" of the riddle (the one that was on the paper), which was why during the retrieval, I added Category:Written works, because I was still thinking about the article being solely about the written riddle alone. In that sense, I do think it shouldn't be denied its own page, especially seeing that numerous articles under subCATs of Written works, don't actually have known content (such as Arthur Weasley's letter to Ronald Weasley), whereas this one is considerably solid. I also think it didn't quite make sense for people who only wanted to read the text of this puzzle having to go to pages that also include a bunch of other info they didn't set out for. Hence, reinstating the page.

However, stepping back, I admit the entire sixth obstacle, as in not just the roll of paper that hold the clue but the actual problem-solving needed, is also a riddle as a whole. Hence, this long-winded post.

'''When thinking about " the potion riddle in the Underground Chambers ", do you think about the entire obstacle course, or the written clue? And which should this article cover, just the written part, or including the physical part?'''

It's relevant because it'll affect what could be included in the Appearances and BTS sections. I don't think the "written part" was featured in many adaptations (based on what's documented on HPW), but the "whole obstacle" seems to have more appearances.

I understand if choosing to see the whole obstacle as "the riddle", people may then argue that it doesn't need its own page, since it's just another obstacle out of the many; I think that line of thought was the reason why I initially was only thinking about the written part, because, to me, that really is standalone-able.

Sorry for the length. Really want to hear thoughts from the community. Thanks for reading.

-- S a m m m ✦✧ (talk) 22:43, March 14, 2019 (UTC)