User talk:Harry granger

New Talk-Page
Hi, here is the beginning of my new talk page. You can leave your messages here until now. Thanks! Harry granger 21:23, July 21, 2011 (UTC)

Thx for the heads up about Minerva (oh, she would blast me with her wand for trying to edit before I've had enough morning coffee - actually, all she has to do is give me one of her stares; I think they are deadlier than her wand) Wonka2011 18:18, October 10, 2011 (UTC)

SoCal is in our transition month, one day have to tuen on AC, next day you will need heater; today will be @ 85 F degrees. Do you have a turning of the leaves there?Wonka2011 19:04, October 10, 2011 (UTC)

AC = Air Conditioning which we TURN on, not tuen on, that's what i meant by turning of the leaves; i got to be in Colorado one Oct when all the aspens turned bright yellow - extraordinary sightWonka2011 20:05, October 10, 2011 (UTC)

Hey, haven't had much time lately, plus got tired of shorty birddogging every move I make. Kid needs to get himself a life. do you want to email directly I'm wcrosby2004@yahoo.comWonka2011 23:45, October 16, 2011 (UTC)


 * haven't received anything - wcrosby2004@yahoo.com    75.83.20.173 21:14, October 28, 2011 (UTC)

Thanks!
Thanks for your help. '''ceranthor 01:12, July 22, 2011 (UTC)

Albus Potter
It was a stylistic thing; the page is image-overdosed, and it really showed - some of the images were even overwriting the text. Hence, I made most of the images smaller (200px or below) to make it all fit nicely and neatly in.Green Zubat 21:37, July 25, 2011 (UTC)

Snape
I think you misunderstand the concept of "dark" with regards to the HP universe. Dark does not mean evil, something that is dark is simply something associated with dark magic, hence, a dark wizard is one whom prefers to study the Dark Arts (and we all know Snape was highly enthusiastic towards that branch of magic). His morality does not come into the question. Therefore, Snape was a dark wizard. Green Zubat 14:45, August 7, 2011 (UTC)

I see what you mean, but no, I don't think using those curses would make Harry a dark wizard. A dark wizard is one who not only studies dark magic (as all students invariably do, as part of the Hogwarts curriculum at the very least) but studies it with a fervour, focusing primarily on the Dark Arts and pushing other branches of magic from the fore, coming to specialise in it. This is why I said Snape = dark wizard because he was very enthusiastic about dark magic, not because he studied it.

Harry (and other witches and wizards of the series known to have used some dark magic in their time, like Ginny) are not dark because they don't really focus on it. At the most they've only cast a hadnful of dark spells, but they don't associate with dark creatues nor do they collect/use dark objects (both of which Umbridge, a dark witch, did). Yes, Harry used the unforgivables but he only used the Imperius curse (out of need) and the Cruciatus in emotonally charged (and arguably righteous) circumstances, and even then he only used those a handful of times (unlike Voldy, who carelessly dished them out on a regular basis).

However, as I mentioned dark =/= evil. In fact, I don't think it a stretch to say that very little magic is entirely evil in HP. Even the Killing Curse can be used to righteous ends (e.g. Snape killing Dumbledore, use in self-defence, etc.). Yet, some other branches of magic can be used to evil ends (such as Stunning, which can kill if overused). Magic is on the whole not inherently evil (exceptions include the Horcrux, which does require an evil deed to be performed), not even dark magic and as such the practitioners should not be considered evil either. Green Zubat 15:32, August 7, 2011 (UTC)

Also, I would like to apologise in the case that I came across as rude in my edit (with the "don't lie" bit); I just thought you were one of those Snapewives who think poor Sevvy is absolutely infallible and OMG how dare someone accuse him of being dark/evil. I really like Snape as a character, but I do not hesitate to acknowledge his affair with the dark side (why would I? It provides integral depth to his character). Green Zubat 15:37, August 7, 2011 (UTC)

Thats exactly my point, well said :) Green Zubat 15:58, August 7, 2011 (UTC).

Forums
When you've got a moment, please take a look at the following discussions:


 * Forum:Post-DH2 infobox images
 * Forum:Creation of a Fan Wiki
 * Forum:New House Points Game

We could really use your input. Thanks, Nick O'Demus 07:20, August 8, 2011 (UTC)

Garý Thomas
On Rowling's owm homepage, she shows as a drawing featuring the Midnight duel chapter. Dean was originally in that scene, and she staes his first name used to be Gary. (It's a hidden information in the flash version) --Rodolphus 09:01, August 19, 2011 (UTC)

Re: Infobox help
Thanks for the info, but if you're using the TEMPLATE, (as opposed to typing out the full infobox like name= Snape or wand=Severus Snape's wand) where do you type the name? The text for the infobox has disappeared on my page and it's left a template instead. Sorry, I'm not really too good with these things. -HoboHunter28- (Leave me an owl!) 23:17, August 19, 2011 (UTC)

MR Neville Longbottom
Nope, no reason for that. Reverted back to the original name. Thanks for the heads up. - Cavalier One ( Wizarding Wireless Network ) 16:02, August 20, 2011 (UTC)

Order of Merlin
Congratulations!

Thanks for the infobox help
For some reason, I didn't get a notification telling me of your owl, so I only noticed it today. Thanks! -HoboHunter28- (Leave me an owl!) 17:44, August 22, 2011 (UTC)

Common room images
I wasn't aware the picture had changed ... looking at it now, I see the file names are similar. I reverted the edit since it removed the name field from the article. I have no preference either way on which image is used :) - Cavalier One ( Wizarding Wireless Network ) 19:10, August 22, 2011 (UTC)
 * Nope, no objections. I like uniformity, though. All relevant articles should use similar pictures if possible. I assume the new images are from Pottermore, so they are "newer", and show us the Hufflepuff common room for the first time outside the Lego game. - Cavalier One Gryffindorcrest.jpg( Wizarding Wireless Network ) 19:25, August 22, 2011 (UTC)

Infobox colours
They're a bit pastel, but not too bad. You might start up a forum to see what others think about it. - Nick O'Demus 02:18, August 29, 2011 (UTC)

Re:Userboxes
I presume you're asking whether a userbox created on another wiki will work here on the Harry Potter Wiki. There needs to be a copy of the userbox template here on the HPW for it to show up when you use it on your userpage. So, if you edit Wookieepedia and it has a Beatles fan userbox called "Template:User beatles," putting User beatles on your userpage here on the Harry Potter Wiki won't make the userbox show up because the template is in Wookieepedia's database, but it isn't in Harry Potter Wiki's. You'd have to create a copy of "Template:User beatles" on HPW if you want to use it on the HPW. &#x2605; S t a r s t u f f (Owl me!) 20:25, September 2, 2011 (UTC)


 * I'm sorry the above answer wasn't what you wanted to know. Maybe if you try rephrasing the question with more detail I can help you better. &#x2605; S 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!) 20:45, September 2, 2011 (UTC)


 * It's possible to create templates that can be customized if you know how to work with advanced code. I created an Animagus userbox here that lets users enter their own image and animal form. That way it isn't necessary to create a new userbox for every animal form that someone wants to have.


 * Below is what the code for this userbox would look like with your data added:




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 * In that case it would be easiest to just create another userbox. Copy the code from Template:User edits and paste it onto a new template page (Template:User edits 3), then remove the "over." <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!) 22:24, September 2, 2011 (UTC)

Lestrange Vault
The problem with the ref tag isn't the format of it (which is correct). The problem is it is calling upon a reference name that doesn't exist in the article. [ref name="DH" /] is a valid tag (using angle brackets for a real ref naturally) as long as there's a preceding reference named "DH" in the article. [ref name="DH"[ref/] (that's what you did) is not a valid tag at all. You could also do [ref name="DH"][/ref] but [ref name="DH" /] is much cleaner. I'm thinking someone removed the reference where "DH" was named. I'll check through the history and see if I can find it so I can fix the reference. -Shorty1982 20:54, September 19, 2011 (UTC)

Re: Your question to Cavalier One
What browser are you using? Ever since the upgrade to Firefox a few days ago pages have been reloading completely on me instead of pulling from the cache when I go back to them using the "Back" and "Forward" buttons. At least that's what I think is going on. It's a bit annoying but I tend to use new tabs when browsing this site so I can pop back to Recent Changes quickly anyway. Shorty1982 19:21, October 5, 2011 (UTC)


 * I use middle-click (or right-click/Open Link in New Tab) to open the pages in a new tab. This way I can easily switch between the open pages to check things and not have to go back a bunch of pages to get to Recent Changes. For instance, right now I have five HP Wiki tabs open in two windows. In my "main" window (where I also have my email and Google open) I have this edit page and my own talk page open so I can check back to what you said. In another window I have the "What links here" pages of three redirect pages I am working on changing the articles that link there to link to the redirected article directly (only doing that when there's not a lot else going on on the wiki so I don't bury other people's edits). I find using multiple tabs allows me to keep track of what's going on better. Shorty1982 19:48, October 5, 2011 (UTC)


 * No, it doesn't. The last couple upgrades have changed things they shouldn't have, such as what's going on with us. Ever since the last upgrade sites in my history come up in a different order in my address bar. I also don't like how "http" and the trailing slash are no longer shown in the address bar (though that may only be annoying to me). According to the Release Notes the latter is hidden by default now but I can't find any setting to unhide it. I can't find anything on the issue we share. Shorty1982 20:14, October 5, 2011 (UTC)


 * Found a solution to the trimming of the URL, in case you're interested. Still looking for one for the main issue. Shorty1982 20:19, October 5, 2011 (UTC)


 * The URL trimming fix is easy, just be careful what you change in about:config, change only what you know you can safely. There are settings in there that if you mess them up Firefox will be completely messed up. about:config is where all of your settings are stored and if you don't know what the values stand for you'll have issues if you try changing them. I tried one thing I found while poking around in an attempt to fix the cache issue but had no luck. I believe there is a forum like that but I'm not 100% on where it is. I'm good with computers and especially the Internet but I'm no expert. Google is a good friend when I need assistance. Shorty1982 20:33, October 5, 2011 (UTC)

RE
Hey! I found them on google images, I just searched up prefect badges cause the image on the userbox looked pretty boring to me, so I thought I might change it. It took awhile to find them. Thanks!. :) <font style="color:#black;"> Speedysnitch <font style="background:#0000;color:black;">  Talk   19:13, October 8, 2011 (UTC)

yeah. Plain old boring P... anyway, I guess I'll see you soon! :) <font style="color:#black;"> Speedysnitch <font style="background:#0000;color:black;">  Talk   19:21, October 8, 2011 (UTC)

Re:Page to Screen
Thanks! I appreciate your message. :) <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!) 20:13, October 28, 2011 (UTC)

Sorry!
Dear Harry Granger,

Sorry about the template edits! I really didn't understand how to use the temlates. All my fault.

Abiweasley01 23:57, October 31, 2011 (UTC)

RE
Ok, I'll explain, its okay. So, lets for example have a Gryffindor infobox.

Sample 1 is when its not hidden. See those titles? Family information,etc. It has titles with nothing in it, you can hide it by doing this:

See, sample 2 has them hidden, and you can't see them, thats what I did in your infobox, I just hid, "Family Information". To do this, when it says hidef, hideb, hidep, hidem, and hidea, next to the = put hide. So that what I did, sorry if it was too long, my bad. xD 23:25, November 5, 2011 (UTC)

No problem, now you know! :D See you later, I guess. 23:38, November 5, 2011 (UTC)

RE
Hey Harry granger! Thank you so much, I don't know why, but the admins never noticed I had 1000 edits till, well you did it. :P Thank you, I had it for a week already and they still didn't noticed, I've been waiting on this for days... Your pal (I think that implies now...), 22:11, November 7, 2011 (UTC)

oh well that sucks, thankfully Nick O' Demus finally did it for you. I haven't seen him since September, or August when he was on. I don't think the other admins really care about looking at people userpages... Are you talking about the "floaty thingy" on the top-right of my userpage? Cause, if you want, I will totally enjoy making one for you, they're fun to make. xD 22:32, November 7, 2011 (UTC)

its true, but when you leave your userpage, its gone. it doesn't follow you everywhere, and every page. You want it? You don't need to, if you don't want to, its a suggestion. Its "A" okay if you say no.

okay then, colours? are you talking about or <font style="color:#black;"> Speedysnitch <font style="background:#gold;color:black;">  Talk   sig, 1, or 2? Sorry, I'm multi-tasking, busy a lot, my mum's bday, etc. 22:59, November 7, 2011 (UTC)

Thank you so much! Okay, so it will look like this: <font style="background:#red;color:black;"> Harry granger <font style="background:#gold;color:black;">  Talk  <font style="background:#EAC117;color:black;"> contribs So far, agree? Sorry if i reply late, i have to make something for my mum's bday present!

okay, so like this: <font style="background:#F75D59;color:black;"> Harry granger <font style="background:#gold;color:black;">  Talk  <font style="background:#EAC117;color:black;"> contribs like this? Tell me everything on it, so it could be done a little quicker, sorry if i'm rushing. 23:16, November 7, 2011 (UTC)

yeah, is it okay if i can do it tomorrow? I have so much to do. So sorry, maybe you could leave a message on my talkpage which colours you want. Take your time. 23:25, November 7, 2011 (UTC)

Hey Harry granger! sorry I didn't respond yesterday, okay lets get going on it. So, is this the correct font?

<font style="font-family: Colonna MT">Harry granger And in the sig...

<font style="background:#F75D59;color:black;"> <font style="font-family: Colonna MT">Harry granger <font style="background:#gold;color:black;"> <font style="font-family: Colonna MT">Talk  <font style="background:#EAC117;color:black;"> <font style="font-family: Colonna MT">contribs

er... I get that... Do you want it, or change it?

<font style="background:#F75D59;color:black;"> Harry granger <font style="background:#gold;color:black;">  Talk  <font style="background:#EAC117;color:black;"> contribs

<font style="background:#F75D59;color:black;"> Harry granger <font style="background:#gold;color:black;">  Talk  <font style="background:#EAC117;color:black;"> contribs

Yeah, thats the original. 21:42, November 9, 2011 (UTC)