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The link in the References section to: "Rowling Answers Fans' Final Questions", MSN Entertainment, 2007-07-30. Retrieved on 2007-07-31. is broken. Could someone please fix it? Perhaps the page has moved to a URL or is still accessible via the Wayback Machine - I don't know, I haven't researched it at all. Cheers, ----unforgettableid | talk 05:28, 3 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Error in Chronology

There seems to be an error in the chronology section of this article (section 1.3).

If Chamber of Secrets takes place in 1992-93, as inferred from Nearly Headless Nick's death date, then the books would have taken place in the following years:

Philosopher's Stone: 1991-1992
Chamber of Secrets: 1992-1993
Prisoner of Azkaban: 1993-1994
Goblet of Fire: 1994-1995
Order of the Pheonix: 1995-1996
Half-blood Prince: 1996-1997
Deathly Hallows: 1997-1998
Deathly Hallows should also go to 2016 (The 19 years later) If this is correct (which it should be unless the books managed to jump a year at some point) then it means Rowling's citation of the date must have been out by a year, and that the final battle actually took place on 2nd May 1998. (N.B. In the ITV documentary referred to, Rowling cited the date as that of Fred Weasely's death, and not the battle, although these are obviously the same, as Fred was killed in the battle.)

I think this is feasable, as I recall reading about JK Rowling saying that she wasn't very good with the maths (I think it was in reference to the Black family tree she released, the dates of which meant people were getting married and having children at funny ages), and I think that this is likely to be what happened in this instance.

Also, the main article on the chronology of the books: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_the_Harry_Potter_stories (which is referenced at the beginning of the section) cites the date as 1998.

--Wombat18 (talk) 23:30, 3 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I see that the date has been changed to 2 May 1998, however, citing this as what Rowling stated on the documentary is a serious mis-quote. It would be better to either remove the reference to the documentary, or make the conflict between the two dates clear. The latter of these two options would be better, I think, otherwise it is not clear where 2nd May comes from, as it is quite ambiguous in the books. Also, in the previous sentence it states that the main action takes place from 1991 to 1997. I am a new member, so I cannot edit the article, but I suggest something like the following:

Thus, as Harry was a year old at the time of his parents' murders, his year of birth is 1980 and the main action of the story takes place from 1991 (the second chapter of Philosopher's Stone) to 1998 (the end of Deathly Hallows). Interviewed for an ITV documentary broadcast in December 2007, Rowling stated that the final battle with Voldemort's forces takes place on 2 May 1997, however, this would seem to be a mistake, and that the actual date should be 2 May 1998, in fitting with the dates given in Chamber of Secrets and Deathly Hallows.

Or, if the last sentence would count as original research, simply quote Rowling stating the date as 2nd May:

Thus, as Harry was a year old at the time of his parents' murders, his year of birth is 1980 and the main action of the story takes place from 1991 (the second chapter of Philosopher's Stone) to 1998 (the end of Deathly Hallows). Interviewed for an ITV documentary broadcast in December 2007, Rowling stated that the final battle with Voldemort's forces takes place on 2 May.

(N.B. There is still the change from 1997 to 1998 for the year at the end of Deathly Hallows.)

--Wombat18 (talk) 19:14, 4 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There will be a 9th Harry Potter movie. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.244.101.89 (talk) 01:34, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Lucky*Star.

Lucky*Star has got to be the first anime I've ever heard mention a Western Book. Konata mentions Harry Potter in episode 2.

What has that got to do with anything though? This is not a forum, if you want to state something interesting about Harry Potter than does not contribute to the article then please use a fansite forum. If what you say has something to do with contributing to the article then please give more detail, not just a random statement. --Jammy (talk) 16:05, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]