JKR should have checked the Lexicon, was Ron as prefect

[Amanda Geist]

No: HPFGUIDX 105961

A quick note from a list L.O.O.N., because Ron is getting a bum rap here,
and from JKR herself. Poor Ron.

> Arya wrote:
> Well, I might ageree with you, Del, if it weren't for JKR telling us
> herself that Ron wasn't the best prefect and didn't even know by the
> end of the year that prefects could dock points. (Referencing her
> website's FAQ page.) I just don't see Ron having taken his
> responsibilities very seriously - and you'd think for someone with
> such ambitions as to be Head Boy one day, he might want to work a bit
> for it.  Taking points seems to be a pretty basic principle in the
> duty of a prefect to enforce rules but, erm, Ron never even *knew* he
> could or should do this.  That doesn't make him look too stellar with
> any spin you might put on it.

You know, JKR should probably have nipped into an internet cafe and checked
the book before she wrote that comment. Because in the book, it is not only
Ron, but also Ernie MacMillan and Hermione having the conversation with
Draco, where outrage and disbelief are expressed that Draco, prefect, is
docking points.

It was Ernie who said only teachers can dock points. It was Malfoy who
agreed that prefects usually couldn't, but the Inquisitorial Squad could.
Hermione says no word, and I refuse to believe that she wouldn't jump in if
anyone had something that basic wrong; especially if one of the people who
had it wrong was Malfoy. (OoP, US, 625-626)

I consider, given what's in the book, that her comments on the website must
be a Flint. Lexicon Steve--how will you treat conflicts between the text and
the website?

~Amanda