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"Rowling moved from her flat with the money from the Scholastic sale, into 19 Hazelbank Terrace in Edinburgh. Her neighbours were initially unaware that she was the author of the Harry Potter series, but treated her with respect."[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=J._K._Rowling&oldid=649230937#Harry_Potter] I don't get it. Is there some reason her neighbors wouldn't treat her with respect? How would we expect them to treat her? And if they had known who she was, how would they have treated her? There's no context here. --[[User:Dennis Bratland|Dennis Bratland]] ([[User talk:Dennis Bratland|talk]]) 19:23, 28 February 2015 (UTC) |
"Rowling moved from her flat with the money from the Scholastic sale, into 19 Hazelbank Terrace in Edinburgh. Her neighbours were initially unaware that she was the author of the Harry Potter series, but treated her with respect."[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=J._K._Rowling&oldid=649230937#Harry_Potter] I don't get it. Is there some reason her neighbors wouldn't treat her with respect? How would we expect them to treat her? And if they had known who she was, how would they have treated her? There's no context here. --[[User:Dennis Bratland|Dennis Bratland]] ([[User talk:Dennis Bratland|talk]]) 19:23, 28 February 2015 (UTC) |
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:Agreed. It is unnecessary and a bit odd. Removed. <b>[[User:Serendipodous|<font color="#00b">Serendi</font>]][[Special:Contributions/Serendipodous|<sup><font color="#b00">pod</font></sup>]]<font color="#00b">[[User talk: Serendipodous|ous]]</font></b> 21:16, 28 February 2015 (UTC) |
:Agreed. It is unnecessary and a bit odd. Removed. <b>[[User:Serendipodous|<font color="#00b">Serendi</font>]][[Special:Contributions/Serendipodous|<sup><font color="#b00">pod</font></sup>]]<font color="#00b">[[User talk: Serendipodous|ous]]</font></b> 21:16, 28 February 2015 (UTC) |
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"Instalment" in the first paragraph is spelled wrong. The correct spelling should be put in place instead: "installment" |
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[[User:10d1 1187|10d1 1187]] ([[User talk:10d1 1187|talk]]) 20:18, 30 March 2015 (UTC) |
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Very Good Lives
I don't see why "Very Good Lives", her Harvard commencement address, should be under Children's Books, it is not for children. It was a commencement speech aimed at graduating students mostly in their early twenties.
Pottermore Short Story
I believe the Quidditch World Cup Short Story should be deleted from her short stories. It is similar in length and content to much of the other entries on Pottermore, I don't understand why this should get any special recognition as a published short story.
- I dunno. It depends if there are other stories on Pottermore, or if everything else is just background information. I can't say because I don't have a pass. Serendipodous 11:48, 3 December 2014 (UTC)
References
I suggest we add below the numbered {reflist} one appropriate full citation of the reprint website Accio Quote! (accio-quote.org), and link (call?, cite?) that within each ref that links to one of its reprints.
Where we have some authorname, the evident publication date format should be used uniformly: Author (DD Month YYYY).
We should use JK or J.K. or J. K. uniformly.
For refs #1 to #44 only, I prepared for the first (without creating the adequate full citation of Accio Quote!) and I conformed manually with Author (DD Month YYYY) and J.K..
--P64 (talk) 21:30, 6 December 2014 (UTC)
4. Source titles should use quotation marks and italics in a uniform style. At the same time as above, I added quotation marks to some plain linknames. --P64 (talk) 21:36, 6 December 2014 (UTC)
- The article name uses "J. K." so for article use a different format doesn't make sense. If JK or J.K. is preferred, then an article move needs to be proposed. As for references, titles should have J. K. in the manner that article had it in regardless of this Wikipedia article's preferred format. Kirin13 (talk) 22:29, 6 December 2014 (UTC)
"Success" section
I think that attempts to alter this section header are causing far more damage to the article than the header itself, which, I agree, is not perhaps the best option. However, neither "Net worth" nor "financial position" are accurate either, because suggest current net worth or financial position, which is not what the section entails. Changing it would very likely require a substantial alteration to the structure of the article, which should be discussed here. Serendipodous 13:41, 15 December 2014 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 5 January 2015
In the first paragraph, last word should be installment with two l's rather than only one. (Is currently instalment) 74.83.85.173 (talk) 05:17, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
- The article uses British English spellings so instalment is correct. --NeilN talk to me 05:33, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
Why wouldn't neighbors treat her with respect?
"Rowling moved from her flat with the money from the Scholastic sale, into 19 Hazelbank Terrace in Edinburgh. Her neighbours were initially unaware that she was the author of the Harry Potter series, but treated her with respect."[1] I don't get it. Is there some reason her neighbors wouldn't treat her with respect? How would we expect them to treat her? And if they had known who she was, how would they have treated her? There's no context here. --Dennis Bratland (talk) 19:23, 28 February 2015 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 30 March 2015
"Instalment" in the first paragraph is spelled wrong. The correct spelling should be put in place instead: "installment" 10d1 1187 (talk) 20:18, 30 March 2015 (UTC)