Talk:Hogwarts house ghosts

Individual pages discussion

Please participate in the discussion at Talk:Harry Potter#Breaking apart articles of characters' regarding having individual pages for characters rather than group pages. --billlund 21:19, July 17, 2005 (UTC)

Note to anyone intending on splitting off a section

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• Nearly Headless Nick: Ghost, John Cleese, Hogwarts, Timeline of fictional historical events, Sirius Black, List of characters in translations of Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film), Harry Potter cast, Minor Ravenclaws, Hogwarts ghosts, Dates in Harry Potter, Nick, Headless Hunt
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• The Fat Friar: Hogwarts ghosts, Ghost, Hogwarts, Harry Potter cast, Simon Fisher-Becker

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Norwegian articles and linking

Hi! I've added all the Norwegian links in <> at the bottom of the article. All the ghosts have their own article on the Norwegian Wikipedia. I therefor ask if someone has got an idea of how to link the articles together? See also: no:Portal:Harry Potter - Helga76 16:35, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

Spoilers

Headless- Victim of basilisk attack. Gives away what the monster is, who did it and why.

I can't spoiler it though.

EDIT: They aren't the only spoilers. They'll p' off whoever hasn't read the books.

The Grey Lady

Does anybody else think that there is fair too much irrelevant information and original research in the Grey Lady section? It really adds nothing to an article about the ghosts in the Harry Potter series.
John Reaves 21:01, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

A significant number of people think she is Lady Jane Grey (to the point where Lady Jane Grey's article claimed that she was believed to be the Grey Lady). This is however not only rather in defiance of Rowling's explanation, but going against the rather obvious point that Jane Grey was beheaded. I therefore think that it should be explained why this cannot be the case (in light of Rowling having never claimed her to be Jane Grey). Michaelsanders 00:03, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

It should definitely be noted that it's a common belief that she's Lady Jane Grey, and also that there is no evidence to support it. The large amount of information there, however, is original research and, additionally, is written in an unencyclopedic tone. I removed the original research the other day, but Michaelsanders reverted it. I'm not going to revert it again right away, but I hope there's more discussion here to generate a consensus. -- Icarus (not logged in)

Nearly Headless Nick's history

Wouldn't it be a good idea to add the story of Nicks execution to the article? JKR has published it on her homepage, it's a poem she had intended to use it in a HP book, but she has never done it — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marvinios (talk • contribs)

Do it - it's actual information from the author, so it should be here (and where on the homepage is it? I've never managed to find that story). Michaelsanders 14:21, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Nick's story is found on JKR's homepage under Extra stuff/Characters/Nearly Headless Nick. Should this be quoted as the source in the article?Albus1976 12:15, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Too Much Blank Space

Because of the large info boxes on the right, there is a lot of blank space in the article. Can anyone think of a way of getting rid of the space because it looks messy if there is not much info in the article about some of the ghosts. Mouseinthehouse 10:05, 13 April 2007 (UTC)