User:Oerk

Hello. I'm Oerk. Yes it's a terrible name. No I don't know where I got it. I am an avid Harry Potter fan if for some reason you haven't figured that out yet. I very much enjoy the books the most, and I long for a very well polished Hogwarts-based video game that is actually fun. Also, I would absolutely love for a video game that would include every single spell imaginable, and interact in unique ways that no other game has and not just be static effects or beams connecting. Imagine it. Imagine the strategies It would be incredible. Alas, that is still only a pipe dream. In the meantime, this wiki will do nicely.

What are some interesting things? Bluebell Flames of course. Verdimillious. The Laws of Magic as we know it. And of course, who could forget the Confuse Lunch combo? The answer is everyone. Everyone could forgot about the Confuse Lunch combo. Worst combo ever.

Thanks Dave!

Views on the subject of past vs present tense
Forum:Verb tense policy -- For description of events or people that have occured previously in the time line, they are described as happening in the past. It does not apply to things like spells, potions, creatures that still exist, etc. This is not a long time ago in a galaxy far far away. In-universe, magic things are still happening. In-universe, magic things still exist. Proof: Fantastic Beasts (the book) and Writing by JK Rowling on Pottermore, AND Wonderbook, AND Book of Potions use present tense, except for historical accounts. Past tense is used on articles for characters' biographies, and past events only.

Pages I created

 * Counter-curse for Curse of the Bogies
 * Gytrash-conjuring spell
 * Misprinted Wendolyn card
 * Mountain moving charm
 * Unidentified Muggle man with newspaper
 * Fourth floor mirror passage
 * Human to polecat
 * Barrenheim Barrage
 * The Tsunami
 * Lock picking
 * "Dangerous" Dai Llewellyn Ward for Serious Bites
 * Flask-conjuring spell
 * Hippogriff racing
 * Treatment for scale rot
 * Rose Petal
 * Crop circle
 * Mixture of brandy and chicken blood
 * Silver scales
 * Dragon breeding

Creatures

 * Giant Albino Rat
 * Giant Phantom Rat
 * Giant Plague Rat
 * Firetrail Snail
 * Angry Skull
 * Cursed Skull
 * Wild rooster
 * Panic Spider
 * Phantom Rat
 * Bird
 * Loose Hand

Clothing/"Charms"

 * Rabbit's foot
 * Black Belt
 * Witch's Hat
 * Tie Tack
 * Knee Pads
 * Ankle Bracelet
 * Wrist Guards
 * Galoshes
 * Lapel Pin
 * Balloon Holster
 * Moon Stone
 * House Ring
 * Sash
 * Sharkskin Belt
 * Cummerbund
 * Woven Belt
 * Studded Belt
 * Gold Weave Belt
 * Tool Belt
 * Dragon Skin Belt
 * Saddle Shoes
 * Brogans
 * Sandals
 * Hiking Boots
 * Slippers

Quidditch shots

 * Straight Ball
 * Fast Ball
 * Curve Ball
 * Knuckle Ball

Technical

 * Template:User DADA
 * Category:Magical powers
 * Category:Spells with Modifiers
 * Template:Ingredient infobox
 * Template:Dialogue a-b-a-b-a-b-a-b-a-b-a-b

Ingredient Infobox Usage
I created the Ingredient Infobox to organize the plethora of articles on potion ingredients that tend to follow patterns. Here's how to apply the infobox:
 * Is the object ONLY a potion ingredient? If so, then use.
 * Is the object a potion ingredient, but also used in non-foodstuffs? (e.g. bezoars, unicorn hair) Then use.


 * Is the object consumed or used like a potion but not explicitly a potion? (e.g. Re'em blood) Then use.
 * Is the object a plant? Don't use
 * Is the object an animal? Don't use
 * Is the object DERIVED from a plant or animal? Then use.
 * Is the object used in foodstuffs, and isn't a plant or animal? I suppose it depends on whether or not it is used primarily in foodstuffs. If there are 5 potion articles that use, say for example, butterscotch, but only 1 foodstuff article that uses butterscotch, then I would use the ingredient infobox. If there are 5 foodstuff articles that used butterscotch, but only 1 potion article that uses butterscotch, I would use the food infobox.
 * Lastly, don't put "potion-making" under uses. If the infobox is being used, it's already assumed to be used in potions. Usage is for the SPECIFIC potions it is used in, or any other use if it has been mentioned in canon.

Added to List of spells:

 * Oscausi
 * Stretching Jinx
 * Red Sparks
 * Squiggle Quill
 * Vermiculus Jinx
 * Flask-conjuring spell
 * Slippery Jinx
 * Unsupported flight
 * Badgering
 * Blue sparks
 * Cauldron to badger
 * Sauce-making spell
 * White sparks
 * Teacup to tortoise
 * Teapot to tortoise
 * Ministry of Magic Fog
 * Piscifors
 * False memory charm
 * Papyrus Reparo
 * Bridge-conjuring spell
 * Desk Into Pig
 * Ferret to human
 * Flintifors
 * Sealant Charm
 * Sponge-Knees Curse
 * Teeth-straightening spell
 * Vacuum cleaner spell
 * Anti-intruder jinx
 * Broom jinx
 * Horn tongue hex
 * Instant Scalping Hex
 * Mutatio Skullus
 * Pepper breath hex
 * Sea urchin jinx
 * Tail-growing hex
 * Twitchy-Ears Hex

Other

 * Added all the missing pages in Folio Bruti (there were a lot of them)
 * Found true name for Fire Dwelling Salamander
 * Found quote for Gregory the Smarmy
 * Cleaned up Ectoplasm (yes this is a pun)
 * Cleaned up UV Toastmaster Mark VII
 * Cleaned up Unidentified Muggle man
 * Cleaned up Unidentified Muggle woman on Chertsey train
 * Cleaned up Unidentified Muggle woman about the train to Kettering
 * Cleaned up Skele-Gro
 * Added quote for Molly Weasley's second cousin
 * Quotes on socks
 * Cleaned up Burglar alarm
 * Cleaned up Wiggentree bark
 * Cleaned up Pepper Imps
 * Cleaned up Dogbreath Potion
 * Cleaned up Dogbane Potion
 * Cleaned up Moon chart
 * Cleaned up Horklump
 * Cleaned up Beaumont Marjoribanks
 * Cleaned up Elladora Ketteridge
 * Cleaned up Gillyweed
 * Cleaned up Category:Clothing by type and its derivatives
 * Category:Boots
 * Category:Belts
 * Cleaned up Squibbert
 * Added etymology for Omnioculars
 * Cleaned up Fire Seed
 * Cleaned up Billywig
 * Cleaned up Billywig sting
 * Cleaned up Walls pretending to be doors
 * Added quote for scar
 * Cleaned up Floo-Pow
 * Cleaned up Muggle duelling
 * Cleaned up Flavius Belby
 * Cleaned up Lethifold
 * Cleaned up Streeler
 * Cleaned up Plimpy
 * Cleaned up Diricawl
 * Added quote to Wizard's Chess
 * Added quote to Enchanted Ceiling
 * Improved quote to Spell-Checking Quill
 * Cleaned up Flying carpets
 * Added quote for Erkling
 * Added quote for Ministry of Magic
 * Added quote for Invisibility
 * Cleaned up Dragon milk
 * Added dialogue to Norberta
 * Added quote to Challenges in Charming
 * Merged Poisonous orange snail with Streeler
 * Added quotes to Magical Menagerie
 * Added the large extract to Hogwarts: A History

Literally everything in Category:Potion ingredients that isn't a plant or animal

 * Cleaned up Wizard villages and Category:Wizarding towns
 * Cleaned up Animal ghosts

Spells

 * Cleaned up the most obscure articles under Category:Spells


 * Found true name for Reverse Spell and its effect
 * Found true name for Human-presence-revealing Spell
 * Found true name for Boggart-Banishing Spell
 * Tracked down image for Mobiliarbus on the old Warner brothers site. (Not easy, even with wayback machine)
 * Found image for Deprimo
 * Better phrased the Freezing Charm
 * Cleaned up Magicus Extremos
 * Tried to clarify Mucus ad Nauseam Duo and Tria phrasing
 * Added blurb about the sparks
 * Cleaned up Bandaging Charm
 * Cleaned up Dark charms
 * Cleaned up Jinx
 * Added quote to Hair Loss Curse
 * Cleaned up Hex
 * Cleaned up Curse
 * Cleaned up Aberto
 * Cleaned up Anapneo
 * Cleaned up Ossio Dispersimus
 * Cleaned up Stickfast Hex
 * Cleaned up Summoning Charm
 * Cleaned up Disarming Charm
 * Cleaned up Smokescreen Spell
 * Cleaned up Illegibilus
 * Cleaned up Pepper breath hex
 * Cleaned up Instant Scalping Hex
 * Cleaned up Horn tongue hex
 * Cleaned up Ear-shrivelling Curse
 * Cleaned up Drought Charm
 * Cleaned up Umbrella spell
 * Cleaned up Hot-Air Charm
 * Cleaned up Portaberto
 * Cleaned up Open Sesame
 * Cleaned up Finestra
 * Cleaned up Glass to jelly
 * Claned up Hive-conjuring spell
 * Cleaned up Category:Conjurations
 * Put Category:Spells with Incantations of Latin Origin under Category:Spells of known incantation
 * Cleaned up Horcrux-making spell
 * Cleaned up Curse of the Bogies
 * Cleaned up Green Sparks
 * Cleaned up Fiendfyre
 * Cleaned up Stunning Spell (I actually want to nominate this to be featured)
 * Cleaned up Banishing Charm and added quote
 * Added quote to Imperturbable Charm
 * Added quote to Unbreakable Charm
 * Changed quote for Unbreakable Vow
 * Added quote to Trip Jinx
 * Added quote to Four-Point Spell
 * Added quote to Flagrate
 * Added quote to Flagrante Curse
 * Added quote to Quietening Charm
 * Added quote to Mobilicorpus
 * Added quote to Bubble-Head Charm

Images (quality not guaranteed)

 * Silencio symbol
 * Misprinted Wendolyn card
 * Found image for Deprimo
 * Tracked down image for Mobiliarbus on the old Warner brothers site. (Thank you Wayback Machine)
 * Loose Hand
 * Boomslang
 * De-gnoming gloves
 * Wand Waving Glove
 * Flipendo Duo (should be replaced with one without a health bar)

Things that haven't been resolved yet for some reason
Verdimillious is Green Sparks. Verdillious is almost certainly a typo.

I don't know what Baubillious is but I would really like to find out. I can only guess White sparks.

What is the incantation for Bluebell flames? I'd love need to know.

I think Transmogrify is the incantation for the Transmogrifian Torture.

Wiggenweld potion is just Moly, Dittany, Wiggentree bark, and Flobberworm Mucus. Other ingredients are bogus. Here's why: "Wiggen" is in the name, hence Wiggentree bark. Moly and Dittany are used for stopping dark enchantments and healing. Flobberworm mucus is just a potion thickener. Ok, you know what, this is starting to sound like less and less I have no proof. Maybe someday I'll squeeze it into the article. Edit; done. That page is so messy that I can just add them into the list with no problem, because there's already so many conflicting things in all the potion articles.

The Giant Orange Snail is so obviously a Streeler. I mean, come on.

Protego Diabolica is a curse. I don't know why it's up in the air it's so ridiculously obvious. It matches Rowling's definition perfectly. Things have been inferred from existing evidence without being explicitly said when there's no other option on this wiki before. It's the same for Wikipedia.

The Duo, Tria, and Maxima modified versions of spells don't deserve their own articles. They're just specifying the power of the spell. They're not separate. Ideally, there would be sections for each variation. This one is probably the stretchiest of them all. I say this because there exist too many orphaned articles that are Uno or Duo variations, and they are just plain sad to read.

Steleus is actually Steneus. This aligns with the etymology.

Cave inimicum merely alerts the caster when they are alerted of another's presence. This is supplanted by the quote, and the etymology.

The unresolved capitalisation of Tracking Spell. I can't even say anything that adequately demonstrates my disappointment about this.

Titling. Why have an article titled "Arthur" when literally everyone knows them as "King Arthur"? There's no point. On Wikipedia they use the article title that it is most often known by. Why is the Sir left out of knight's names? Why is the full name given when they are more commonly known by their nickname? It's high time this gets addressed (and fixed).