(from OT List ) RE: "No responses on the main list"

[pippin_999]

Meidbh wrote:
> So instead? 
> Well I think there is a pretty good system in place – posting 
> guidelines, reference materials (FAQ etc), moderatorship for 
new  posters BUT it shouldn't really be solely the list elves 
 responsibility to keep this common room tidy.  If the older 
members  see a post that has lost touch with printed Potterverse 
could theya  habit of requesting the canon please? Or if a thread 
is resurrecting dead theories how about politely directing to the 
canon ("sorry she  really did say he's not a vampire"). <

Sorry to snip so much of an excellent post. I think by and large 
we oldbies do try to do this, at least I do. I have many times 
linked to  the interview where JKR said that Harry would not be a 
Hogwarts teacher, for example. 

But a theory is only sunk when its last defender gurgles to the 
bottom of the Bay.  Whether  JKR uses twisty locutions in her 
interviews is a matter of opinion, and matters of opinion are what 
the list is all about.   Of course, once Book Seven is published,  
there will be people who think JKR just got the ending wrong and 
it didn't *really* happen like that. <g>  

Thanks, by the way, to those who said they appreciate when I put 
in links to my previous posts and essays. I do worry whether that 
is a bit Lockhartian (see 'my published works'). :-)

Pippin