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Upset and No Response
Hello. I created a page about the Dracorex Hogwartsia, which is a dinosaur named after Harry Potter. I put the label of it being from the real world as well as links to all the sites to prove it legit. It's on Wikipedia, JKR has talked about it, and no other fandom has a dinosaur named after it.

The first person who deleted it said because it was fanon. It's not fanon, and they never replied, so I re-made it. Someone did nominate it for deletion because they were not sure if it should have its own page and wanted to discuss it. Then, just a little bit ago Cavalier One deleted it, and the only thing written was speedy deletion. I asked why and have not gotten a response.

Am I missing something here? Because none of this makes sense. Sev Lover Forever 21:27, March 23, 2012 (UTC)

Hi, I am upset and angry because, you deleted my 1st page. I would like to know why it was deleted. I was working on it, and very proud of it! Please respond. Ginnyweasleyrules78 22:34, March 23, 2012 (UTC)

Reply about Dracorex
Hi, I don't know how else to reply. I think it should have it's own page because it is a pretty unique and special thing for the fandom. Also, the wikipedia page is insufficient. It has some information, but not all of it. I just mentioned it to disprove the fanon claim. I have about a full page in Word about it, and it took a lot of research to compile it.

Also, to me it doesn't seem like a behind the scenes thing. I mean, it's not a reference to the castle itself, but to the whole Harry Potter world. It shows how influential JKR and the books have been. She talked about it, there were news articles and blog posts about it. After all, Twilight and The Hunger Games are big, but they don't have a dinosaur named after them. It's something that sets Harry Potter apart.

Also, how long does an article have to be to be a page? I mean, I saw an article about the rabbit Tom Riddle killed. It was literally a quote and three sentences.

Thank you for the reply, as well. Sev Lover Forever 23:28, March 24, 2012 (UTC)

Blue Racer and Opheodrys
Hi Seth. I'm writing to you because we can't keep editing Blue Racer and Opheodrys only by writing summaries. Therefore i'm asking you what kind of sources you want on these pages, since i already have said that these snakes look exactly like Blue Racer and Opheodrys. --Danniesen 19:40, March 27, 2012 (Denmark)
 * I fully understand you, i just didn't know what you wanted. What would you say we should do with them, then? --Danniesen 20:10, March 27, 2012 (Denmark)


 * If there is absolutely no source that provides it (I couldn't find any, can you?) we should delete it. We could list the snakes and associated pictures to some Behind The Scenes sections. Furthermore i can't delete pages unless you give me administrator position. --Danniesen 20:55, March 27, 2012 (Denmark)


 * However, we could also let them stay and rename the Unidentified snake I and Unidentified snake II. --Danniesen 21:00, March 27, 2012 (Denmark)

Template
As you said, inserting header templates on pages, informing that particular article or section can expire may turn out to be over-productive. Yes, I completely agree with that and I must say I didn't think my idea over thoroughly before telling you about this. I wouldn't have done any template, before consulting with some experienced contributor, administrator, and obviously I wouldn't now. Thus, maybe you want to learn about my second idea? What about making a letter infobox. I've noticed, there are many letter articles so I reckon It wouldn't be so bad if we made such template (fields including e.g. adressee, author/sender, written [the date of writing]). I'm aware you may think it's silly, but without asking somebody, I won't find out what others think of it. Colin Fletcher 16:27, April 2, 2012 (UTC)

Well, I think you should do that. I may confuse something.

Need your help
I am creating a wiki for my Harry Potter Series. E.g. Harry Potter fanon wiki, but I cannot get infoboxes like on here, to work. How do you do them? I've been trying for several hours, and it is actually making me consider giving up writing Fanfiction and coming on to this wiki too.HarryPotterRules1 01:42, April 3, 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks, it looks brilliant. So I can start putting that in articles on letters, right?

Special messengers
Do you think the article can be improved and then kept?--Rodolphus 14:44, April 7, 2012 (UTC)

Portrait
About the exhibitition Portraits. Can you read other names? I´d say the witch's first name is Daria.--Rodolphus 17:07, April 7, 2012 (UTC)

It could be "Daria Lutima Creaseworthy. " Perhaps Daria is a relative of Lutima. Canon shows that the Map doesn´t list full names. It does´t list A. P. W. B. Dumbledore for example.--Rodolphus 17:53, April 7, 2012 (UTC)

Pottermore Opening
Well, with Pottermore finally open to the public, I've signed up, and I'll probably start being a bit more active here again. I've put my Pottermore name on my userpage if you'd like to add me as a friend there. I was sorted into Hufflepuff. ProfessorTofty 19:45, April 14, 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm sure we won't, as I'm sure that we both accept information has been stated as canon. That is, um, whatever mysterious source it is that designates things as canon. ;) It doesn't look like you've done much dueling, but I went ahead and challenged you to one anyway, so I hope you'll give it a go, if you'd like. 00:35, April 15, 2012 (UTC)

Somebody created a page Gonchi The Great that says it's from Pottermore, but it looks like fanon.

Vandal
Hi, a vandal (Special:Contributions/89.181.214.107) continues to clear pages. I've warned him twice on his discussion page. Thanks, - ƃuıuɹoɥʇ (Send me an owl ) 18:40, April 18, 2012 (UTC)

Well, here we are again...
Hi Seth, how are you? Sorry I've not been around much lately. I've been engrossed in Pottermore;) I hate to quote you on this, but you did say "a few weeks". Well, it's been considerably longer than that and Dannien's behaviour has not changed one bit! Yesterday I warned him (for what seems like the millionth time) about copying Wikipedia content, and removing delete tags from articles. I'm not sure what good I expected it to do. Evidently the answear is "none", as, less than 24 hours later he did it again!. Anyway, as always, you're the admin, so the ball's in your court. However, I sincerly hope you will honour our agreement, and put a stop to his nonsense one and for all. Thank you. Jayden Matthews 13:49, April 22, 2012 (UTC) PS: I've also noticed several off-topic blogs cropping up the past few weeks or so that need to be deleted per the blog policy. Thanks. Jayden Matthews 14:04, April 25, 2012 (UTC)

Hello!!
Hey I'm llama48, an admin on The Regular Show Wiki. I am a small fan of Harry Potter, and was doing a research paper on Harry Potter, when i stumbled across this wiki. I saw u were the first guy who showed up, and i REALLY admire your work. U have been working hard as an admin to help get this wiki where it needs to be. If u want to respond, please respond on my REGULAR SHOW WIKI ACCOUNT TALK PAGE!!! if that is ok.....

thanks, and Utopia!! XD Llama48   Ya can't beat the life of a slacker.  21:30, April 23, 2012 (UTC)

Re Re: Hello
Yes, i very much agree. On our wiki, we have several users trying to vandalize our wiki, and admins, like me, have kept it on a smooth level. Llama48  Ya can't beat the life of a slacker.  00:46, April 25, 2012 (UTC)

Downton?
Thank you, and for the blogs as well. What I find the most frustrating about this saga is that he demonstrated on numerous occasions the fact that he knew how to edit properly, and productively. He simply chose not to, which, in my opinion, is doubly unnaceptable. Oh, and I couldn't help but notice Downton Abbey listed as a favourite wiki of yours! I didn't even know it had reached the States yet! Jayden Matthews 16:21, April 25, 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, I love it too! It's a great thing to escape into. Sorry, I thought you were from Texas for some strange reason. Where abouts in Europe are you from? Jayden Matthews 16:59, April 25, 2012 (UTC)
 * I wish I knew, I really do... This will bug me now until I figure it out! Whish I lived in Portugal;) Jayden Matthews 17:07, April 25, 2012 (UTC)

Pottermore
Could you have a look on the talk pages of Kettleburn and Martial magic?

On Pottermore, I have been Sorted into Ravenclaw, and I always assumed I´d be a Ravenclaw. That's great.--Rodolphus 13:44, April 29, 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome
I plan on being as helpful to the community as possible... if there's anything (no matter how annoying it may be) you need done around here, let me know. :) If the ninja skills don&#39;t get you, my army of weiner dogs will! iKayla :) 23:27, May 1, 2012 (UTC)

Sign Up
Hi Seth. I want to Sign Up on this Wiki, but when I'm trying it says that a User already have this username, even though the User doesn't exist. --Wikia constributor

Housekeeping
Hey, Seth. I've been trying to clean out the red links recently, and several have turned up in your talk page and archives. Since it looks like there are quite a few, I thought I'd check with you first and get the OK before I start clearing them out.

Also, I asked Grunny about the spacing issue with the family tree templates, and he said he'd take a look at it later on. - Nick O'Demus 06:35, May 14, 2012 (UTC)

Notability Policy Vote
Hiya, Seth. With Speedysnitch ' s go-ahead, I'm trying to drum up some voting on the proposed notability policy. As someone who has stated before that the policy is badly needed, could you please visit the vote to pass the policy as is and if you agre that we should, go ahead vote on it? Or if not, post what you think still needs to be done to put the policy in a state where we can implement it? ProfessorTofty 23:04, May 17, 2012 (UTC)

Umm, could you please add my B-Day to Starstuff's List of User's Birthdays? I couldn't figure out how. It is on March 21st.

Thanks!

Pokeball32102 00:02, May 25, 2012 (UTC)

How?
How do you add the template: User boxes? Thehelper1 17:07, May 27, 2012 (UTC)

Hello, when I see recent activity on this wiki, the admin edits are orange. How exactly do you do that, as I would like to do that on my own wiki. May you please show me how? -- 13:29, May 28, 2012 (UTC) (Signature doesn't work here.) User:Hermione Chase

First known wizard
Who is the first known wizard? I couldnt find it anywhere on the wiki.

HI Seth,

I sent you an email, to this address- [mailto:chiups9@hotmail.com chiups9@hotmail.com]. Did you get it? I'm trying to put you in touch with our Direct of Programming, Eric Moro, about some good stuff. Lemme know if there's a better email to reach you at...

Peter 23:19, May 30, 2012 (UTC)

Need your opinion
A need a second opinion on something. I'm going to go through the books and interviews and add references for all the known wand properties. But, for example, Sirius Black's wand is noted to have a length of 15 inches, and the only source I can find for this is the Noble Collection replica. While I know merchandise can usually qualify as Tier 3 Canon, I'm a bit hesitant about using the Noble figures, since some of them are pretty far off established canon. (The Noble replicas for Harry's, Draco's, and Voldemort's wands are all 14 inches.) So do you think 15 inches should be accepted as canon, or should it just be mentioned as a BTS note?


 * Need another second opinion. An unregistered user has raised a valid point about a dating contradiction involving the death date of Tom Riddle Sr. and his parents. You can see it on either Talk:Tom Riddle Sr. or Talk:1940s. - Nick O'Demus 22:04, July 17, 2012 (UTC)

Signature
Hi, Seth! I just saw that you changed my signature on Talk:Nagini. I do now ask me: Why? Is there a problem with my sig?  Harry granger   Talk   contribs 22:35, June 2, 2012 (UTC)

Hi, Seth! Thanks for the information and sorry about my mistake. When I saw this in the header stood your name as changer of the page. That yours was another change I hadn't recognized. O. k., who knows what anon users think to do such things.  Harry granger   Talk  <font style="background:#EAC117;color:;"> contribs 11:26, June 3, 2012 (UTC)

FIRST KNOWN WIZARD
Who was the first known wizard? it's not on the wiki. just wondering.Flozzlenoozle 00:43, June 6, 2012 (UTC)

please replyFlozzlenoozle 00:44, June 6, 2012 (UTC)

Seems that nobody knows it, me too. <font style="background:#F75D59;color:black;"> Harry granger <font style="background:#gold;color:black;">  Talk  <font style="background:#EAC117;color:;"> contribs 11:55, June 6, 2012 (UTC)

Always?
Hi! I am really wondering why the word "always" is so special... Can you explain?71.213.98.129 04:14, June 6, 2012 (UTC)Confused Harry Potter Lover

I don't understand the question. Why do you think that the word "always" is so special? <font style="background:#F75D59;color:black;"> Harry granger <font style="background:#gold;color:black;">  Talk  <font style="background:#EAC117;color:;"> contribs 11:57, June 6, 2012 (UTC)

School List

Hi seth

was wondering if we have pages for school requirements if not i could look into it if you want

sorry previous message by Nicksterdude123 05:22, June 11, 2012 (UTC)

Since you are an admin, I couldn't think of anyone else to ask, but why is Ginny Weasly's page locked.GoyleandBellatrixfan 17:04, June 12, 2012 (UTC)

Book Club
Hi Seth, just a heads up, we're live with the book club announcement--> http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Ericmoro/Wikia_Book_Club:_Harry_Potter_and_the_Sorcerer%27s_Stone

I also added a slider image with link on the main page (you were missing a fourth, so hope that works). Hope you will have time to join the live chats! <font color="Blue">Peter 20:47, June 19, 2012 (UTC)

I am curious why you felt compelled to undo the changes I had made to "Mirror of Erised", especially ones such as that to the first line of the section entitled "Powers", which, in its current form, makes no grammatical sense.

Have I transgressed some particular protocols of which I was unaware? Jiskran 07:57, June 25, 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for checking my "Mirror" edit. As it seems within your capacity to do so, and I have already failed twice in the endeavour, could you amend the caption in the "Dungeon Troll" entry to read "the" rather than "th"? I am aware this is pendantry at its most perilous, but for me it is the visible counterpart of nails on a blackboard. Alex Jiskran 11:19, June 25, 2012 (UTC)

Some anonymous soul has added an advert page about holidays in Italy, entitled KempfCobb400. I presume that some level of administrative authority is required to perform deletions. Jiskran (talk) 13:27, June 27, 2012 (UTC)

The link correction you've made to "Architect of Hogwarts" takes a reader to the book, not the game. Jiskran (talk) 17:31, June 28, 2012 (UTC)

That makes complete sense. Jiskran (talk) 19:03, June 28, 2012 (UTC)

Some anonymous moron is defacing the "Elder Wand" page. Jiskran (talk) 20:15, June 28, 2012 (UTC)

I understand the principle entailed, but on so insubstantial an article as "Muggles Who Notice", it seems a shame not tobe able to append a logical and related piece of canon data. Alex  Jiskran (talk) 19:43, June 30, 2012 (UTC)

As I said, I recognise entirely the validity of the reasoning. Jiskran (talk) 20:37, June 30, 2012 (UTC)

Hi!

Thanks for the warm welcome earlier and the few reminders!

I've been always a fan of Harry Potter, so yes. I'd gladly enjoy my stay here!

Sabrina Salvatore (talk) 05:38, July 8, 2012 (UTC)

Durmstrang
Is there any way to block changes specifically to the location of this Institute, since the various anonymous Russophiles won't seem to leave it alone. Jiskran (talk) 10:24, July 8, 2012 (UTC)

Educational Decrees
The anonymous user with the following IP address, 80.163.76.102, continually re-inserts the same sentence into these "Decree" entries:
 * Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)

Can anything be done about this? Jiskran (talk) 12:03, July 8, 2012 (UTC)


 * It's . I was hoping he'd abide by his block willingly, but after looking into it further, it's obvious he's done anything but. I've known for a while that he usually works out of an IP range that changes slightly almost every day (edits by any IP starting with 109.5 are almost always his), but after doing some more checking, it appears he's working from two other IP addresses/ranges as well.


 * The 80.163.76.102 mentioned above is the only one that's been consistent. There have been about 250 edits going back to Feb. 2010 (as bonus proof, he signed his username on one of them, here).


 * Apparently, he's also the IP's starting with 94.191, mentioned by here. Like the 109.5, this IP shifts slightly almost every day (or more). If you do a Ctrl+F search here, you can see just how many times IP's starting with those numbers come up (and again he signed his username on one of them, 94.191.187.234).


 * We could ask Grunny to double-check just to be sure, but I'm willing to bet all of these IP's could be traced back to Denmark. The 80.163.76.102 IP could be blocked easily enough, but the other two would require a range block, which could potentially lock out some other users as well. - <font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="4" color="FF8000">Nick O'Demus 15:26, July 8, 2012 (UTC)

Durmstrang relocation
Agreed. It's nothing more than a small, though persistent, irritant. Jiskran (talk) 15:30, July 8, 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi, dear Seth! How are you? :) --Lord (talk) 15:14, July 9, 2012 (UTC)

Infobox
Hi, Seth! Do you know what has happened to the infoboxes? The width seem to be greater and the images don't really fit in anymore. That's not so nice. <font style="background:#F75D59;color:black;"> Harry granger <font style="background:#gold;color:black;">  Talk  <font style="background:#EAC117;color:;"> contribs 21:02, July 10, 2012 (UTC)


 * The colours in the Wizard individual infobox - grey in brown - is hard to read, too. <font style="background:#F75D59;color:black;"> Harry granger <font style="background:#gold;color:black;">  Talk  <font style="background:#EAC117;color:;"> contribs 21:31, July 10, 2012 (UTC)


 * I think the problem is browser-specific. I don't see any issues when using the latest Firefox (which is what I normally use), but bringing up the page in Internet Explorer, it's way out-of-whack. ProfessorTofty (talk) 22:56, July 10, 2012 (UTC)


 * I use Firefox, too, and when I understood right, Nick O'Demus saw the same problem as me. He talked to Grunny and after that the userboxes look normal again except the font colour in the Wizard individual infobox, the brown colour is too dark for the font colour. <font style="background:#F75D59;color:black;"> Harry granger <font style="background:#gold;color:black;">  Talk  <font style="background:#EAC117;color:;"> contribs 18:05, July 11, 2012 (UTC)


 * Well, when Harry granger first mentioned the problem, I had Firefox open and I didn't see anything wrong either, but when I checked it using Internet Explorer or Google Chrome, I saw what he was talking about. I then closed Firefox completely and re-opened it, and then it started showing the same problem. (Basically, the infoboxes were being widened to whatever the longest line of text in them was, instead of staying fixed at 250px with the text wrapping to another line.) Grunny fixed the problem in the MediaWiki:Wikia.css, but he's on holiday so he won't be able to take a more in-depth look until he gets back. - <font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="4" color="FF8000">Nick O'Demus 18:19, July 11, 2012 (UTC)

Battle of Hogwarts
Will you continue working on the Battle of Hogwarts article? --Rodolphus (talk) 11:02, July 12, 2012 (UTC)

A cool troll ruins the site
Hi Seth! I think someone's need to ban a cool troll, because he's ruining this site especially Percy Weasley's thread. Please Respond!

I also think we should put up a ban to him. I have several times removed his content and he reverses it. 94.191.186.208 10:09, July 14, 2012 (UTC)

For one, I am a she. And I am not ruining the site, just Percy's article. Off you go, ban me. I've now lost my trolling mood. And don't block my IP, because it would be inconvenient for the users of the library I access wikia on. My friends go on wikia here too... and they're not trolling. Bye. Thanks for being excellent users and reverting my edits. You should get accounts so you can get noticed more easily. :) A cool troll (talk) 10:19, July 14, 2012 (UTC)

Lavender Brown
suggested it's time to archive the talk page, and I agree. I wanted to get your opinion on adding this header (or something to this effect) at the top of the new page:

Not sure if it's the best wording, but it's the best I can think of at the moment. - <font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="4" color="FF8000">Nick O'Demus 19:01, July 21, 2012 (UTC)

Hey thanks for the welcome message and one question do you want to be friends with me?

PinkMockingjay:) (talk) 06:48, July 24, 2012 (UTC)

Unicorn blood
This page just had a pointless, utterly obscene rant added. Could you do something about the anonymous user who did this? 21:24, July 24, 2012 (UTC)

"Unidentified Ollivander's associate's wand"
Dear Seth Cooper, I am writing you this message because I want to receive a copy of the deleted article named "Unidentified Ollivander's associate's wand". Can you please send me a copy of it via email? Sincerely,

Colosiant (talk) 01:22, July 25, 2012 (UTC)

Talk:Mordicus Egg
Care to comment on this, "Mr. President"?



Re:Alea icata est
Ah, I think you're right. While I don't think I can recheck in the game, checking my history, I did indeed type "iacta" into Google Translate when checking what the Latin meant. I must have transcribed it improperly on the wiki. "Icata" just looks "better" to me, I suppose. I'll fix it. Thanks! -- 1337star (Drop me a line!) 02:15, July 28, 2012 (UTC)

Unidentified Hogwarts Professors
Great work on the list of Unidentified Hogwarts Professors - it's looking really good. ProfessorTofty (talk) 03:15, July 31, 2012 (UTC)