ADMIN OOP: READ THIS FIRST - the most frequently asked questions

[bluesqueak]

No: HPFGUIDX 66027


> Tom adds:
> I would like to agree 
> that a FAQ shouldn't be offering interpretations or, really, 
> anything that isn't canonically accurate.

The full title is "For those most Frequently Asked OOP Questions – 
the most Frequent Answers."

So it's an FAQ which is offering the most frequent answers given on 
this board.  This may include speculation, as well as canon. If you 
want canonically accurate, only, I would suggest re-reading Order of 
the Phoenix. JK Rowling writes much better than we do [grin].

> 
> On that note, the admin team posted:
> ·So, who won the House Championship?
> We don't know. We *do* know that the Inquisitorial Squad managed 
> to empty the points of all houses but Slytherin, and that 
> McGonagall awards 240 points to Gryffindor at the end (which 
> normally wouldn't be enough to win: in PS, Gryffindor needs 482 
> points to win. More points might have been awarded during the 
> feast, which Harry doesn't attend, though. 
> 
> Tom remarks:
> Again, we *DO NOT* know that the Inquisitorial Squad emptied the 
> house points from all of the houses but Slytherin's. The *ONLY* 
> empty hourglass that we read about is Gryffindor's. I argued this 
> several days ago, and was dismayed to learn that the Admin team 
> had not adjusted the FAQ.
>
 
> I'd like to suggest that the FAQ be updated when any errors are 
> pointed out. After all, what's the point of reposting a FAQ (which 
> is supposed to be helpful) if it's incorrect? An incorrect FAQ is 
> very unhelpful, not to mention confusing, since it comes from the 
> Administrators. 

If you read the various versions as they come out, you would notice 
that they are changing slightly each time. This is because they are 
being updated as people point out errors, or as other frequent 
questions appear. Other people have, incidentally, pointed out 
supposed errors in canon, that have proved to be *them* getting it 
wrong. ;-)

Gryffindor's is the only empty hour glass we read about, yes. But on 
page 552 of the British edition, it says "Even as they watched, 
stones flew upwards, reducing the amounts in the lower bulbs. In 
fact, the only glass that seemed unchanged was the emerald-filled 
one of Slytherin."

It is canonical that the Inquisitorial squad was taking away points 
from all other houses than Slytherin. Ernie Macmillan has five 
points off, and he's a Hufflepuff. From the above quote,Ravenclaw is 
losing points. Gryffindor is losing *lots* of points.

So the only change needed is from 'completely emptied' 
to 'drastically reduced, or completely emptied'. ;-) 


> 
> -Tom, who doesn't feel bad at all about this request, since that 
>is  what the Admin team signed up for in the first place. ;-)

Nobody ever feels bad about asking *somebody else* to work harder, 
Tom.

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