searching for facts

[Steve Vander Ark]

No: HPFGUIDX 21107

Forgive the Lexicon-related post, but this is a follow-up to Heidi's 
post about finding basic facts, such as Ron's birthday. She suggested 
doing a search for RON BIRTHDAY and find what you need. You can do 
that here in the message archives, but that's not going to do you any 
good in the Lexicon. If you're not familiar with the Lexicon, it's a 
browsable encyclopedia of the Harry Potter universe. It contains 
quite a lot of information (and more all the time) organized by 
topic. That means that if you're looking for Ron's birthday you will 
want to find the page that includes biographical information about 
Ron Weasley. That page might not actually include the word "birthday" 
on it (in fact, it doesn't...it says "born:"). So probably the best 
way to track down a tidbit like that is to browse to the Wizarding 
World index and find the link for Wizard Folk. There's a list of main 
characters there with links to their pages. 

As long as I'm stealing everyone's email time with this Lexicon 
business, let me just mention that there are now THREE special 
sections -- reference works from Madam Pince's ready referernce 
shelf, shall we say -- that are now live. I've been adding 
information to them as fast as I can. They are The Bestiary, The 
Encyclopedia of Spells, and The Wizard's Atlas. Click on The 
Wizarding World and you'll find nice clickable logos for each one.

Thanks
Steve Vander Ark
The Harry Potter Lexicon
http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon