the Weasley Ages and more on the "Missing 24-hours" thread

[hp_lexicon]

No: HPFGUIDX 42821

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Penny Linsenmayer <pennylin at s...> wrote:

> 
> Hana again: <<<<<<<<As for when Charlie and Bill attended 
Hogwarts, if we assume that the Lexicon is right 

> 
> While I do agree mostly with the Lexicon timeline for the Weasley
> ages, I did want to point out something that I"m sure Steve would 
> agree with (but he's on vacation).  The Lexicon is not infallible -
> - I've seen some people citing it as though it's some JKR-approved 
> source.  Steve is working with the same canon assumptions & the > 
> same canon holes as the rest of us -- but he includes essays that 
> make what he believes are the strongest arguments on various 
> topics.  

I most certainly concur with what Penny said. The Lexicon is not 
infallible by any stretch of the imagination. I wish that I had some 
inside track to Rowling and could verify things etc., but I don't. 
There is no way, no matter how hard I try, to keep interpretation 
and assumption out of it. This is especially true as I sort through 
and choose essays to put online. 

Since the Weasley ages have again been the subject of debate around 
here, I have been revisiting the Lexicon's timeline on that subject. 
I am seriously considering doing a revision or even creating a 
separate page with some of the options more clearly delineated. I am 
just not sure about the facts. For example, it seems to me that one 
error of confusion is the number of years since Gryffindor won the 
Cup...and which Cup we're talking about. 

Back to the books, I guess...

Steve