User talk:BachLynn23/Archive 1

Possessives
Please note that in the text, JKR uses s's for possessives after names like Sirius or Remus, hence why we do on this wiki. Also, the user policy on this wiki is very strict that no more than 15% of your edits can be on user pages, talk pages, or forums. Just thought you would like to know. --JKoch (Owl Me! ) 03:03, July 22, 2010 (UTC)
 * All of your edits thus far have been in discussions. You need to start actually editing articles. I'm telling you this, b/c the admins have begun a crackdown on users who do not actually edit articles. --JKoch Ravenclawcrest.jpg(Owl Me! ) 14:44, July 22, 2010 (UTC)


 * Technically, it does count against you, but no one is going to report you to an admin. There is very little writing on this wiki that belongs to one particular editor (and most of that is mine). Unless it is a major change, just go ahead and edit it. If what you put doesn't jive, it will be reverted, no harm no foul. The only things that really need to be discussed before changing are Infobox pictures, major dates, etc. Anything else, really feel free to change. Just last week, I rewrote two entire years of the bio in Harry Potter (3rd and 6th). --JKoch Ravenclawcrest.jpg(Owl Me! ) 16:59, July 22, 2010 (UTC)

That is pretty much what I told EPV. --JKoch (Owl Me! ) 17:20, July 25, 2010 (UTC)

Lessons
If I seem a bit protective, I wrote the article in the first place, sorry. --JKoch (Owl Me! ) 23:28, July 25, 2010 (UTC)

RE:Ghosts
Those are not photos in that gallery, they are gifs. If you click on them, they will play. If they were outside of the gallery, they would repeat their little videos ad infinitum. --JKoch (Owl Me! ) 22:45, July 26, 2010 (UTC)

RE:Rabastan/Travers
While I've not actively taken part of the discussions, the identities of the Death Eaters were worked out here and later corrected here. --  Seth Cooper  owl post! 14:07, July 28, 2010 (UTC)

Past Tense
Theoretically, the entire article is supposed to be in past tense. See:Forum:Past/Present tense? It is really important that the Bio section be in past tense. --JKoch (Owl Me! ) 22:05, July 29, 2010 (UTC)
 * As I said, theoretically the whole article. Many of the sections below the Bios aren't in past tense and need to seriously changed. --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch Ravenclawcrest.jpg(<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 22:14, July 29, 2010 (UTC)
 * Know the feeling, I'm a student who took the summer off and couldn't find work, so I get the feeling of extreme boredom. There is a reason I have 5600+ edits. --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch Ravenclawcrest.jpg(<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 22:20, July 29, 2010 (UTC)

Conductor
Hi, I'm creating the article and you have been talking about the current conductor being Stanley Shunpike, but I think the conductor is Ernie Prang (the person who drives it), isn't it? Thanks, El Profeta Vespertino 22:05, July 29, 2010 (UTC)


 * That is a good point, I hadn't put too much thought into it. In book 3, Stan introduces himself as "My name is Stan Shunpike, and i will be your conductor this eve-" and then later introduces Ernie as "This is our driver, Ernie Prang....". But if you look at the 'Hogwarts Express Conductor' page they have written "(commonly known as just the conductor or the driver)". Obviously the book is cannon, but now I'm not sure about how the Hogwarts Express conductor page is written right. --BachLynn23 22:14, July 29, 2010 (UTC)


 * Like I told EPV, they are separate jobs. The article is wrong. --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch Ravenclawcrest.jpg(<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 22:18, July 29, 2010 (UTC)


 * So on the Hogwarts Express Conductor page, should the part about the driver and conductor being the samething be taken out? --BachLynn23 22:20, July 29, 2010 (UTC)

I've just created the article. Thank you for your help. --El Profeta Vespertino 22:34, July 29, 2010 (UTC) PS: Please, leave messages in other users' talk pages when answering, so that we can notice it. Thanks.

Probe
Ch. 7 page 128 of the Scholastic version, "Harry walked over to him, and the wizard held up a long golden rod, thin and flexible as a car aerial..." --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch (<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 20:16, July 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * If I think people have the two instruments confused. If I remember the scene in GOF where Harry goes to Moody/Crouch's office the Secrecy Sensor does look like what is described, but to me it seemed like a stationary object. The first time a probity probe was named was in HBP, I think Filch scanned the students with them. In use it sounds more like a Probity Probe, but in description it looks more like a Secrecy sensor. And since it is not identified, I think it should be moved to the BTS in both articles, since there is some confusion. --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch Ravenclawcrest.jpg(<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 20:23, July 31, 2010 (UTC)

Polyjuice
Nope, just one of the many inconsistencies. DH is most recent and since it appears that one can take larger doses in DH, then you can. --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch (<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 15:04, August 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * Remember to use one space in between sentences when writing in articles. I grew up being taught two spaces, but that is not how they do it here. --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch Ravenclawcrest.jpg(<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 17:20, August 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * Likeiwse here. It took me a couple of weeks to work it out. --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch Ravenclawcrest.jpg(<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 18:22, August 2, 2010 (UTC)

Hey!!
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Notes and references
--<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch (<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 22:09, August 3, 2010 (UTC)
 * It is fine. --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch Ravenclawcrest.jpg(<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 03:18, August 4, 2010 (UTC)

Decoy detonator
I think that is the Central Wikia having trouble. Last week Swoopstikes was having exactly the same problem, but it's fixed by now. -- <font style="color:#333333;"> Seth Cooper <font style="background:#333333;color:white;"> owl post! 23:38, August 10, 2010 (UTC)

Boggart
I don't know, i haven't played the game. A dummy is the british term for a pacifier.92.12.181.83 14:02, August 19, 2010 (UTC)
 * If one of the boggarts listed is from a higher canon source, then that is their boggart. I'm assuming most of the LV came from LegoHP.  If LegoHP were to list idk, Dean's boggart as LV, then it wouldn't be canon, since we know his was a severed hand.  --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch Ravenclawcrest.jpg(<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 17:56, August 19, 2010 (UTC)

RE: Thanks
No problems. I was just happy to catch the anon before he wrecked more pages. That's the beauty of a wiki - anything is repairable. - Cavalier One ( Wizarding Wireless Network ) 19:09, August 19, 2010 (UTC)

RE: Question
It probably refers to when Zacharis Smith left the Great Hall just prior to the Battle of Hogwarts rather than stay and fight with the rest of the DA. - Cavalier One ( Wizarding Wireless Network ) 20:27, August 19, 2010 (UTC)


 * I agree. --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch Ravenclawcrest.jpg(<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 20:53, August 19, 2010 (UTC)