3.15 Geography complete

[corinthum]

Quiet around here, isn't it?  Let's liven things up with a little
magical geography.  This should complete the 3.15 categories.

The description for the main Geography/Location of WW Places category
states that these codes are reserved for discussion of where these
places may be located and should not be used for discussion of
incidents that took place there.  I allowed a little leeway in this
respect when I could think of nowhere else to move the discussion. 
For example, discussion of who owns the Riddle House is still in the
Riddle House subcategory.  However, discussion of the protection on
the Dursleys' house definitely does not belong in the Privet Drive
category, since there are other codes devoted to that discussion.

Also, Carolyn, when I reviewed 3.15.14 The Leaky Cauldron an eon or so
ago, I asked that it be combined with 3.15.2 Diagon Alley, since the
former is a tiny category that often overlaps the latter.  Is that
still possible, or was there specific disagreement? 

Below, I've listed the main discussions found in each category. 
However, the definition for each is just "Where is ___ located, with
respect to real geography and with respect to other Potterverse
locations?  What are it's physical attributes?"

Okay, on to the stats..

3.15.3 The Burrow
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Originally: 44
Now: 38

Where in the UK is Ottery St.Catchpole? Where is the Burrow in
relation to the town?  What does the house look like (to either
witches/wizards or Muggles)?  

3.15.4 Godrics Hollow
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Originally: 67
Now: 45

Where is it?  Is it a house or town or whatever? (now known, but it's
a relatively small category, so I kept these).  What happenned to the
house/land post-Voldy?  What is the muggle to wizard ratio there?

NOT for other Godric-related discussion (etymology, ancestry, etc) or
confrontation night discussion.  Definitely don't need any more one-
or two-liners suggesting it's in Wales based on Hagrid's
fell-asleep-over-Surrey quote in PS/SS.

49473 Magic space/geography in general

3.15.5 Little Whinging/Privet Drive
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Originally: 37
Now: 14

Where is Little Whinging?  NOT for discussion of the protections on
the Dursleys' house (use 3.5.4 Blood protection at Privet Drive/Lily's
sacrifice) 


3.15.6 Riddle House
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Originally: 20
Now: 19

With one exception, all the posts here were speculation on the current
owner of the Riddle House.  Not really a geography discussion, but as
I could think of no better place to move these posts, I left them here.


3.15.7 Malfoy Manor
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Originally: 8
Now: 6

Right now, just a discussion of what qualifies as a manor.

3.15.8 Azkaban
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Originally: 9
Now: 7

Where is Azkaban?

3.15.9 MoM
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Originally: 18
Now: 3

Where are the Ministry of Magic offices located?  NOT for other
MoM-related discussions, e.g. who works/worked there, government
structure, DE connections, etc.


3.15.10 Hogmeade
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Originally: 30
Now: 23

Where is Hogsmeade in relation to Hogwarts?  How is it protected from
Muggles?  What does it mean to be "all-wizard"?

3.15.11 Durmstrang
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Originally: 74
Now: 50

Where is Durmstrang located?  I think every Eastern European and
northern Asian country is hypthesized at least once, many accompanied
by well-researched geographic and linguistic arguments, so don't add
any more guesses unless really original and well-written.  I weeded
out some repetition, as well as the glaring geographical errors (a
surprising number of people place Albania and Bulgaria near the Arctic
circle, or at least in northern Europe).

On a side note, I trashed post number 20401 on the grounds that any
post that includes the entire text of a Daily Digest in it doesn't
deserve consideration, even if it contains a brilliantly researched,
life-changing dissertation.  :) (it didn't).

3.15.13 Forbidden Forest
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Originally: 18
Now: 9

Where is the Forest in relation to the Hogwarts grounds?  How large is
it?  Discussion of the forest as an entity (e.g. how dangerous is
it?).  There were a lot of "do werewolves really live there?"
discussions; I kept those that discussed the nature of the forest, but
removed those that strayed too far into discussion of  werewolves
themselves.


3.15.13 Beauxbatons
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Originally: 14
Now: 10

Where in France is Beauxbatons located?

-Kelly