User talk:Starstuff

Note to admins
Dear Admins,

I don't know who is doing what and who is still active here so I am sending this to all of you. There are a few users, mainly BachLynn23 and Rodolphus that keep changing pages here with untrue facts. I have amended the Slytherin Quidditch Team page with the info that there are no female players, as Rowling states so a few times in her books and in several interviews, on the team. I also took out the spoof names in the list on the right hand side.

Two minutes later that Rodolphus changed it, I corrected it, the user changed it. It is not right that fans and those seeking correct information get mislead on here with names that were created in a fanfiction or the users own mind and may think it happened making a fool of themselves with other fans during discussions.

I have messaged the user and asked to please stop but they did not react and just amended it again. Even putting on some of the pages "Spoof only" but this has now been taken out by BachLynn23.

Maybe you can make sure the page is correct and then have it so that no one can edit it anymore, or do something about this? I am a Harry Potter expert and know every fact that is given us from the books and the great athors interviews therefore I don't really think it is nice to have false information and made up people on here.

I hope you can take care of this in one way or another as I won't continue editing as I am not in kindergarten or pre-school and most certainly those users appear to be as they re-edit true information with false and misleading information.

New Community Council
So I just finished with the first Wikia Community Council meeting, and apparently, a small group of people have been chosen for it, it's to talk about changes, new things, problems, etc. We'll get to test new features as they come out. It's going to meet once a month, and will have a wikia page I'll be a part of to communicate between meetings. So, that being said, if there is anything you would like me to bring to a meeting, problems you've had, ideas, etc. Please let me know. They've started this as a trial, a way to communicate more with the members of wikia. --BachLynn (Accio! ) 02:20, March 2, 2011 (UTC)

Hi Starstuff,

I'm on the wikia staff and wanted to reach out. With Deathly Hallows 2 approaching, we'd like to help engage users on the wiki. Among some of our internal thoughts for doing this are: We hope you and the other admins (who I am also contacting) will be receptive to some of this. Let me know your thoughts...
 * Giving the main page a new background. Just to change things up a bit and keep the look fresh.
 * Changing the Quote of the Week to a random quote generator that will automatically keep the quotes updated.
 * Categorising all pages. Using and/or deleting some of the 1,000 photos that are not being used.
 * Adding more content to the Daily Prophet News page (such as the recently released HP DH 2 online game).
 * Reaching out to more affiliates to get more links set up which will help with Google ranks and bring more traffic to the wiki.
 * Creating a Deathly Hallows 2 Reviewer page and perhaps another giveaway contest.
 * Finally, we'd love you and the other admis to start thinking of ways to keep the wiki active post final film. We can all hopefully brainstorm on this in the near future.

Thanks,

Bchwood 01:28, March 9, 2011 (UTC)

Voting issues
Voting is in progress for new infobox pics for Gellert Grindelwald and Fleur Delacour. There's only a couple days left before they both close, so be sure to weigh in for your favorite.

We're also WAY behind on some of our featured content, especially the QOTW's and DYK's, so if you've got a couple of minutes, drop in and voice your opinions on any you like or dislike, and maybe we can get some of the backlog cleared out.

Thanks. - Nick O'Demus 09:05, April 25, 2011 (UTC)

Happy Birthday
Thanks so much. I definitely had a good one this year. :) &#x2605; S t a r s t u f f (Owl me!) 09:30, June 24, 2011 (UTC)

Slytherin House
''' I had recently became a member of the Slytherin House Points I just wanted you to know. '''

 THE ONE WHO MUST NOT BE NAMED 

House Points Game
Hi Starstuff, Nick O'Demus said that you run the House Points game. When will it re-start? Thanks, Head.Boy.Hog (Talk To Me)  12:19, June 19, 2011 (UTC)

Ignotus Peverell's grave
Hello there, Starstuff! Currently, the only reference we have for Ignotus Peverell's birth and death dates is "Harry Potter Film Wizardry", but it would be great if we had a picture to prove it. Can you upload an image? Thanks. -- <font style="color:#333333;"> Seth Cooper <font style="background:#333333;color:white;"> owl post! 13:16, June 19, 2011 (UTC)

Hello
Hello Starstuff

I am D.Richards and a new member at this great wiki of Harry Potter.I truly like the shows and its books and have joined this site.I'm just asking 1 question.Is it possible for me to edit in some pages? Like to add in more pictures? Thank you and I would be most appreciated if you sent a reply.

Lavender
i am a first time visitor of harry potter wiki, and noticed you edited a picture of lavender brown that is wrong, showing an african american girl rather than the real girl that plays the character. please fix it. :]

RE: House Points Game
That could work. One thing that's been tough to keep up with recently is all the new pictures that some users keep adding to articles related to DH: Part 2. In some cases, the articles are getting extremely cluttered because of it. I even added a line to the Layout Guide that "images should be placed before or after paragraphs or sections of text, not right in the middle of them", because it's been happening so often (even right in the middle of words, and it's still happening all too often). I think there definitely needs to be some more focus on cleaning up and improving existing articles.

I've also tried to bring back the discussion on the Forum:Merging Articles on Unidentified Characters. has expressed some interest in making it work. I'm hoping to have more free time in July to devote some attention to this myself. Between work and looking for a new car, I haven't had as much time for editing recently.

I also set up a Wizard's Chess game at the Hogwarts Roleplay Wiki, but no one's used it yet. : (

<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="4" color="FF8000">Nick O'Demus 07:41, June 27, 2011 (UTC)

Starstuff,

The Ravenclaw Prefect is offline. Can you answer my questions until he comes online?

Pokeball32102 16:38, June 30, 2011 (UTC) --

(I would do Hufflepuff or Gryyfondor preficts but I don't know who they are)

Help. Your a prefect.
<p style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; ">Starstuff,

<p style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; ">The Ravenclaw Prefect is offline. Can you answer my questions until he comes online?

<p style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; ">Pokeball32102 16:38, June 30, 2011 (UTC) --

<p style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; ">(I would do Hufflepuff or Gryffondor prefects but I don't know who they are)

"Hair" page
A wikia contributer made a new page entitled "Hair", it is only a sentence and I don't think that it is necessary. Maybe you could look into it.

- <font color="Green"> THE ONE WHO MUST NOT BE NAMED <font color="Silver"> Owl Me 

'' It has already been deleted, Nevermind. Thanks! '<font color="Green"> THE ONE WHO MUST NOT BE NAMED <font color="Silver"> Owl Me''. ' 

HPW 6th Anniversary
Forum:HP Wiki 6th Anniversary - <font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="4" color="FF8000">Nick O'Demus 09:29, July 4, 2011 (UTC)

Dear Starstuff,

Thank you so much for your warm greeting. I hope that we can be friends and that your live is as wonderful as Harry Potter's but that it doesn't cause too much danger for you.

Sicerely,

Violetpotter 23:14, July 9, 2011 (UTC)

Hello again Starstuff,

I was just wondering how you put userboxes on your userpage. I am unable to figure it out and I was also wondering how you enter the House Points game.

Thanks!

Violetpotter 23:32, July 9, 2011 (UTC)

Hello Starstuff,

My friend has an account and she entered for a chance to win a trip for 4 to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Universal Orlando Studios. I would also like to enter and I was just wondering if you could let me know how to get to the page because I am unable to find it.

Thank you,

Snape Rulez! xD 06:11, July 10, 2011 (UTC)

Mark Orr Page Steve Mckeown Page, and Nassim Mekarnia Page
I believe that the two pages: Mark Orr and Steve Mckeown created by a wikia contributer are not needed, and perhaps you can help delete the fanon. Also along with them the Nassim Mekarnia Page which is Fanon stating it as another character maybe you can see that too. Good Luck with all! - <font color="Green">THE ONE WHO MUST NOT BE NAMED   <font color="Silver">Owl Me. 

Your picture of Lavander Brown is incorrect, she was never portayed as a black woman.

Hi!

Listen, are you the site manager?

Could you tell me where can I edit my profile?

And why can´t I edit pages?

When I click the edit button, random letters appear and I don´t know what to do.

Could you help me?

thanks. :)

why you delete maku le baby. real spell

Re: Transfiguration articles
Funny, I was just about to owl you.

Anyway, I wasn't being a vandal (well I wasn't trying to anyway), far from it. The thing is, the current classification for transfiguration appears to be mostly fanon. Therefore, I want to rectify this by trying to stick as close to canon as possible, hence why there are now (or were) only five main branches there based on the terms I could find, looking through the books*


 * This excludes trans-species transformation (which I must've missed, my bad) and cross-species switches, clearly a sub-division of the larger group of switches (that's also why I don;t think it should be mentioned on the Trans-species page with the exception of a note, probably in Behind the scenes, saying that they may pertain to that category).

But I digress. The point is, I can't see any evidence for the terms Inanimate-animate transfigurations (+associated terms) being canon. I can't find it on HP lexicon, skimming through the books or anything. If I have missed something feel free to correct me but if not then why do these articles exist?

Green Zubat 16:13, July 27, 2011 (UTC)


 * I understand your POV and I was all too willing to accept it yesterday (in fact I was the one who made the inanimate-inanimate page), but then I stumbled upon the spell Lapifors, which appears to causes problems for this method of classification - it works on both animate & inanimate objects, so it wouldn't fit neatly into the current system. Hence I set about forging a new one (especially considering that animagus & human don't appear to be their own branchs).


 * Just so you know, in the new system I initially included the two types which were similar - animative and non-animative transfigurations (animative = animated creatures is the end-product and non-animative = inanimate thing is end-product) but then I just thought "well what's the point of even differentiating if there's no canon evidence for either?" and just threw them both under the general name of Transmogrification*


 * Also FYI, I chose transmogrification as the term because the meaning was appropriate (and its almost canon, with Transmogrify and the Transmogrifian Torture) but I'm obviously open to better names for transfigurations that aren't switches, vanishments, conjurations or untransfigurations.


 * Lastly, I do also accept info from other media as canon unless they contradict the books - is there any supporting the animation method of classification? Because that would be fab.


 * I've not really got any agenda with regards to this issue just so you know, the classification of transfiguration is just something that's been bugging me for aaaaaages and I really just want to get it sorted :s Green Zubat 16:45, July 27, 2011 (UTC)

Crests
So a couple of years ago we had a discussion about which set of Hogwarts crests the wiki should use. I was strongly in favor of "Set 2" as described at Forum:Hogwarts crests, mainly because it accurately depcits the Ravenclaw symbol as an eagle rather than a raven. This set also received a large majority of votes. Are we going to switch over? Akwdb 03:49, July 31, 2011 (UTC)

Alicia Spinnet Page
The Alicia Spinnet page is all messed up, I see that a wikia contributer kept editing it, I just wanted to let you know to see if you can do something about it. - <font color="Green">THE ONE WHO MUST NOT BE NAMED   <font color="Silver">Owl Me.  23:21, August 6, 2011 (UTC)

It was fixed, thanks anyways for being such a good admin. Good Luck with all. - <font color="Green">THE ONE WHO MUST NOT BE NAMED <font color="Silver">Owl Me.|undefined  23:40, August 6, 2011 (UTC)

You alright?



 * If you need some help, just ask, although I won't be able to get on as much this week. Just over a week ago they pulled a 300 pound bee-hive out of my apartment's ceiling. They hadn't been bothering me, and I wasn't even aware it was there, but apparently they'd been troubling the lady upstairs, and it was easier to get to through my ceiling than her floor. However, since they did this on a friday afternoon, they didn't exactly finish the job, and basically just stuck a board over the hole for the weekend, which was still dripping honey down my wall and into the carpet, not to mention the bees that could get in around the unsealed edges. To top it all off, this was in my apartment's dining room area, which is where my computer desk is, so I had it under plastic for several days. Last monday they replaced the board with a better one, so at least the bees are gone, and this monday they're supposed to finally come in and fix the hole, not to mention replacing the sheetrock on the wall where the honey is, plus the carpet. I've boxed up a lot of stuff and put it into storage temporarily, and I'll have to pack up my computer tomorrow too (currently sitting on a folding table, since I had to take everything out of the room), so I'll be gone for the next few days.


 * However, for Sunday, I've still got access and time, so if you want some help, let me know what needs doing. - <font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="4" color="FF8000">Nick O'Demus 10:01, August 7, 2011 (UTC)


 * Until last week, the bees were never a problem for me. Even the lady upstairs didn't seem to have a problem until about mid-July, even though they've apparently been there for years. (They've had to have been to build a 300 pound hive, the exterminators were expecting something around 5-10 pounds.) Maybe it was the heat/drought this summer that got them worked up. Honestly though, I've only been dealing with this for about a week-and-a-half, so four months of living out of a box during constant renovations seems worse to me.


 * I'm almost done with the death categories. I also left a comment on your forum about the timeline for when the Potters went into hiding, and I've started a new forum topic on new infobox images. - <font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="4" color="FF8000">Nick O'Demus 19:29, August 7, 2011 (UTC)


 * Some of the newer users are chomping at the bit to start up the House Points Game again. Would you like me to take over running the game this round? (Although I'd still need your help and advice.) I started up a forum discussion on some ideas. - <font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="4" color="FF8000">Nick O'Demus 07:24, August 8, 2011 (UTC)

Birth/death year categories
So sorry about that, it was my fault. I figured out the year categories with only one individual in them weren't that useful as they weren't much of a "category". As no one seemed to object it I just went on with it. But yes, you definitely have a point. If you still need any help reverting it, I will gladly do so. Again, sorry about the trouble. -- <font style="color:#333333;"> Seth Cooper <font style="background:#333333;color:white;"> owl post! 14:01, August 7, 2011 (UTC)

Pottermore information
Alright, with the early opening beta of Pottermore underway, new information is starting to dribble onto the site: case in point - Ollivander's first name is revealed, and the name of McGonagall's mother. Now, with this being a closed beta, we're going to be hard pressed to verify this info unless at least one of us has entry to Pottermore. If we don't, we're going to have to trust the user base until we can verify it. I have been accepted myself for early entry, but am still waiting for access. So the question is, has anyone else applied for/ got early entry so we can effectively screen for fanon? - Cavalier One ( Wizarding Wireless Network ) 17:07, August 15, 2011 (UTC)
 * Pottermore spoiler template for articles with Pottermore content. Acts as both a warning template to avoid spoilers and a maintenance one for admins. Your idea of tailoring our house choices isn't a bad one, to be honest. We need some way to specifically track all info coming from the site. I guess I self identify with Gryffindor myself, but I'd be willing to take the hit on another house if need be. I probably plan to do multiple accounts like yourself later on, so being in a different house early on for the wiki's needs wouldn't be a problem. - Cavalier One Gryffindorcrest.jpg( Wizarding Wireless Network ) 08:18, August 16, 2011 (UTC)
 * Well, I can go Hufflepuff if needed. Setting up a forum to discuss it would be a decent idea so that we can be organised. As for the template, I'd say on every article since some of the info on McGonagall and Ollivander are pretty spoiler-ish. - Cavalier One Gryffindorcrest.jpg( Wizarding Wireless Network ) 08:53, August 16, 2011 (UTC)
 * Good news that at least one of us is in! Ravenclaw, huh? Were you trying for Slytherin? - Cavalier One Gryffindorcrest.jpg( Wizarding Wireless Network ) 07:10, August 25, 2011 (UTC)
 * Be interesting to see what I get ... if I ever get in :P Strange how Gryffindor has the lowest count. - Cavalier One Gryffindorcrest.jpg( Wizarding Wireless Network ) 07:44, August 25, 2011 (UTC)

Familiars
According to Pottermore, Familiars do not exist in the Harry Potter universe, so shouldn't this article be deleted (it offered no real sources anyway)? 12:01, August 16, 2011 (UTC)

Vandalism streak
I noticed you recently gave a vandal warning to 84.178.96.39. There's been a huge amount of similar vandalism recently. I asked Grunny about it, and he said it was cross-wiki spam. I've reported the ones I've kept track of in the last day or two to the VSTF here, if you want to see. - <font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="4" color="FF8000">Nick O'Demus 17:18, August 17, 2011 (UTC)


 * It's alright, you've definitely been busy recently. Cubs Fan knows about this too, and I also told Jayden, so there should be enough people keeping an eye out for suspicious IP activity (a large drop in the article size is usually the giveaway).


 * Glad you liked the picture, the Voldy-hug was something that really cracked me up in the film for some reason (that, and the line "When have any of our plans ever actually worked? We plan, we get there, all hell breaks loose!"). I also couldn't resist doing this.


 * <font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="4" color="FF8000">Nick O'Demus 18:39, August 17, 2011 (UTC)

Harry Potter: The Wizzarding World
Hello, would you be able to put a link to my new fanon to your home page, its a new wiki that will only publish the best fan stories, thank you for listening, Sam TheTrueDoc 12:45, August 21, 2011 (UTC)

PS. Oh yeah here is the link, Harry Potter: The Wizarding World

Scabior's talk page.
Could you please move Scabior's talk page back to the correct name? It looks like you missed it when you renamed the article and the system won't let me move it, it says "The page could not be moved: a page of that name already exists, or the name you have chosen is not valid. Please choose another name, or ask an administrator to help you with the move. Please do not manually move the article by copying and pasting it; the page history must be moved along with the article text." Thanks -Shorty1982 15:45, August 24, 2011 (UTC)


 * Done. Thanks for pointing out this needed to be done. <font color="Green">&#x2605; <font face="Times" color="green">S <font face="Times" color="dimgrey">t <font face="Times" color="green">a <font face="Times" color="dimgrey">r <font face="Times" color="green">s <font face="Times" color="dimgrey">t <font face="Times" color="green">u <font face="Times" color="dimgrey">f <font face="Times" color="green">f <font face="Times" color="darkgreen">(Owl me!) 02:20, August 25, 2011 (UTC)

Stuff
Evanna Lynch gets sorted on Pottermore, is shocked by the result

Evanna Lynch got Sorted into Gryffindor. Her response? "Dammit, now I have to change my whole bleedin' wardrobe!!!"

Also, could you take a second to weigh in on this? You made some of the changes to the article from the, and I'd appreciate your opinion. - 15:42, August 26, 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks. I added a bunch of QotW's from DH2 if you want to take a look. I'm going to clean up the DYK's a bit and try to add some more SP's too. - <font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="4" color="FF8000">Nick O'Demus 05:22, August 27, 2011 (UTC)

User Delete
Hello Starstuff! I really want this user to be deleted or banned on this wikia. The main reason is he is very mean and inappropriate on chat and the user page. Can you delete or ban him please? Thanks!<font face="Arial" size="2" color="Orange" >Speedysnitch (<font face="Monotype Western" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 02:26, August 27, 2011 (UTC)

Renaming of that page I can't be bothered to type the full name of
The one that used to be called locking spell. You said to suggest names, so how do you feel about:


 * Curse-dependent locking spell
 * Cursed locking spell
 * Cursed lock

I like the last one best, thoughts? N.B. I don't want to actually call it "locking curse"&mdash;though, the thought did occur&mdash;'cause Nick never states what type of Dark magic it is, only that it is some type of Dark magic spell&mdash;Green Zubat (owl me!). 04:17, August 27, 2011 (UTC)


 * Also, where did you get all that info about the spells on the Pottermore list (e.g. Green Sparks, Smokescreen Spell, etc.), could you link me to the source?

&mdash;Green Zubat (owl me!). 04:21, August 27, 2011 (UTC)

Transcribed?
Hi, I have answered you on the page Talk:Wand-Lighting Spell. I have a doubt for some of these names : ‎B. Dunstan, ‎K. Bundy, J. Dorny, ‎S. Capper. The list in "handwritten" on the book Quidditch through the ages and it seems difficult to see if it's Dunstan or Dunstar for example. I think that the template Template:Transcribed_image should appear in these pages, what do you think about it ? -- 16:36, August 27, 2011 (UTC) (Sorry for my english, I'm french)

Antonin Dolohov's Page
Somebody messed up Antonin Dolohov's Page on his user/info box. I was wondering if you could help clear it up as it is suppossed to look. Thanks. - <font color="Green">THE ONE WHO MUST NOT BE NAMED   <font color="Silver">Owl Me.  00:45, August 28, 2011 (UTC)

Oh, okay sorry I didn't know it was already reverted at the time. Thank-you very much for your time anyways. - <font color="Green">THE ONE WHO MUST NOT BE NAMED <font color="Silver">Owl Me.|undefined  01:24, August 28, 2011 (UTC)

Funny Userbox
Given your current situation with house affiliation (you support Slytherin, then you were sorted into Ravenclaw on Pottermore), I couldn't help but laugh when I came across this userbox on Wikipedia: