Timeline for ages & events (updated yet again)

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No: HPFGUIDX 85927

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Marci" <blackgold101 at y...> 
wrote:
> Check out new info added to timeline and see if you agree.  Input 
> appreciated.
> 
> Marci (down with Lexicon)  LOL
>  
> > As for the timeline, it has been broadened a bit and is on the 
web 
> > and up for review.  I hope you all can take a look and give some 
> > input.  I'd appreciate it.
> > 
> > See it here:  
> http://www.geocities.com/adulthpfanatics/HPtimeline.html
> > 
> > The website is still up at 
> > www.geocities.com/blackgold101/HPfiles.html but will be moving to
> > www.geocities.com/adulthpfanatics
> > as soon as I get off my lazy but and move it.
> > 
> > Marci



Hi, all:

Excellent thread! I'm a little surprised by the "down with Lexicon" 
bit, though. 

The timelines on the Lexicon originated right here, on this list. 
Right after GF came out, all us folks on HPfGU spent a huge amount 
of time having discussions which sounded a lot like the ones in this 
thread. We debated the seven years since the Quidditch cup, the last 
appearence of Bill at Hogwarts, and all those other details and 
quotes. We ended up deciding that there were some things we just 
weren't sure of, like Bill's age. From all the information we did 
compile and analyze, I wrote up the timeline on the Lexicon. I still 
have the posts saved in a file, as a matter of fact, including a 
detailed analysis of the Weasley kids' birth years etc. which 
someone did for me...Rita, maybe...

Since then, we've learned a LOT of new information, from the Famous 
Wizard cards to the school books to the information from an entirely 
new book. I think it's a great idea to fire up the discussion again 
and fine-tune what we know. Material has been tacked onto the 
Lexicon timelines over the years and it't high time we revisit 
everything. Along those lines, I am working with Warner Bros. to get 
more detailed information about Rowling's input into the "official" 
timeline on the DVD. Troels has written a brilliant analysis of the 
years in which the books may have happened, and I would be very 
interested in hearing his take on the timeline question. You are all 
doing an excellent job of synthesizing what we know and what we can 
logically surmise, which is very helpful.

So I'm going to be following this thread eagerly. I'll be adding 
posts to my timeline folder. At some point, maybe during Christmas 
break, I'll start the whole thing over from scratch and try to 
integrate as much of the new thinking as possible. Please feel free 
to throw an email my way if you have a point you'd particularly like 
to make.

Many thanks,
Steve
The Lexicon