Talk:Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

message: Does the point of comparing CoS to Redwall really need to be included? Each part of their respective stories that are about snakes like are obviously influenced by the Perseus/Medusa story, right? -- Hollerama 08 July 2006
:About the Ancestor instead of descendant part, I've seen the word Ancestor used for a person that was a descendant on several occasions. I don't know the exact definition of the word (And I'm too lazy to look it up,) and I know the majority of people seem to use it only for those that came before, but it might be that it also means descendants. Meaning, basicly, it means people of the same family. I don't know though, so I won't change anything. Gopherbassist 03:50, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Points to Consider 

message: As I have noted on Wikipedia_talk:Spoiler_warning#Harry Potter Madness, the spoiler is far too long. But it doesn't seem to be very accurate either (I am currently fixing errors). Brianjd
Hey I was thinking that perhaps the plot section could be merged into Harry Potter (plot) for the articles of the books. Some of the book articles have more lengthy plot summaries than the plot article, some less lengthy, and I'd like to try and make that more consistent. Any opinions? EvilPhoenix 03:16, May 21, 2005 (UTC)
Hmmm... I swapped the text here with the much shorter overview of the plot in Harry Potter (plot). Is this better? - Alex Nisnevich (talk) 16:19, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd like the full plot summary page deleted as well as any other books' full plot summaries. I have started a plan  here  to drop all wordy pages and relink to the new HP Wikibook that another user created. Any problems? -Matt 23:43, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Full plot sumamry moved to the Wikibook and is voting for deletino now. -Matt 18:57, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

text: There seem to be spoilers in the page that need to be removed from inappropriate sections. -Matt 18:13, 30 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Plot 

message: See Talk:House-elf#Setting a house-elf free (it has a reference to this article). Brian Jason Drake 02:22, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Setting a house-elf free 

message: The Brazilian and French covers do not belong on the English page.  They should be on the French and Portuguese Wikipedia equivalents.  It might be good for someone to add the British adult cover, however. --Phi*n!x 00:14, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: See Talk:Harry Potter#Foreign language cover images. Brian Jason Drake 06:11, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Images 

message: I removed a line from "Points to Consider" that was specifically stating a little detail in the movie, which hardly belongs here. If anyone objects, please reply, but I see no reason that it should be left in.
If you're curious, the line was "When Harry and Ron exit the Slytherin common room (as Crabbe and Goyle), Ron's bangs aren't red, as they were when Harry and Ron transforming back into themselves, while talking to Draco." -Nyx 03:13, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Points to Consider 

message: I've traced back the "point" that some versions of the book have reversed the ancestry/descendent mistake to 5 Jan 2004 by an unregistered user whose IP hasn't been seen on Wikipedia for over three years.  A quick look shows that the original addition contains misspellings.  I'm wondering, does anyone have one of these "reversed" editions, or are there any sources to back up this statement?  If not, I doubt it's verifiable and should be removed.  (Since Mugglenet says nothing of the like, I am assuming there are no sources to back this up.  Therefore, I have indeed removed it). --Crushti 20:27, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Points to Consider: Voldemort's Line 

message: when i watch CoS on DVD, lucius' spell is captioned as "vera...." this could be parseltongue, but i don't think it was AVADA KEDAVRA. AK is meant to be performed fast; plus, i think, for the same reasons as snape mentions in HBP, that voldy would get pissed off if harry was killed too soon (plus not being by his hand). 64.91.201.195 02:27, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  avada kedavra? 

message: The article is a regurgitation of the plot of chamber of secrets, and has no notability outside of it, so it should be redirected here. Judgesurreal777 05:02, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, there's a slight bt of notability with it being a Horcrux, but it does deserve the merge. Or, it's probably easier (for clarity purposes in this article) to just convert the whole article to a redirect. Actually, could we merge with Horcrux? Or Voldemort? THE DARK LORD TROMBONATOR 08:00, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree that it should be merged with Horcrux. faithless (speak) 04:46, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Ok, lets go with Horcrux instead. Judgesurreal777 05:38, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge in Tom Riddles diary

message: In the article, it said that Fawkes saved Harry after he destroyed the diary. This is wrong, it happened the other way around. I think the person who wrote that is confused with the movie, in which the things happen that way. However, this article is about the book, not the film. I've corrected this. WKMN? Later [ Let's talk ] 19:24, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Fawkes saves Harry before he destroys the diary in the movie too. He pecks out the eyes of the basilisk. Anakinjmt (talk) 22:11, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No, no. Fawkes does peck the basilisk's eyes in the movie but saves Harry with his tears after he has destroyed the diary. In the book, Fawkes saves Harry with his tears, then destroys the diary. WKMN? Later [ Let's talk ] 15:05, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Is it? Been a while since I've seen the movie or read the book. Anakinjmt (talk) 16:32, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fawkes saving Harry 

message: Philosopher's Stone gives no indication as to what year it takes place. This book, however, establishes 1992. Since the infoboxes for this series give timeframes for the books, I think it's important to establish which book first allowed a calendar date to be calculated, so I have added this information. 68.146.41.232 (talk) 16:46, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Doesn't seem notable to me to mention which book established the dates, but I'll let others weigh in before changing anything. Anakinjmt (talk) 18:44, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

text: It does not seem like there is any point to establish when the book takes place because in my mind it does not make a difference. Mostly because the wizarding world does not use and cannot use electronics and that is probably the most significant showing of time passing. This all to say if someone were to read the book in 2021 they would not notice that the book was suppose to take place in 1992.Liebecon (talk) 03:27, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Time frame 

message: ===Development===
*J. K. Rowling ch "Pottermania": trouble finishing Chamber; took draft back for revision for 6 wks (may link to discrepancies in printings); worried it wouldn't live up; hear that 2nd book is hardest to write  expectatons (p 77); took top spot in UK bestsellers at expense of Grisham and Clancy (p 78)
===Book reviews===
*Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets -- book review - curledup.com
*Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter 2) - about.com; "it's aboiyt identity"
*Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - sfreviews.net
*Books To Look For - Charles de Lint; "Rowling is one of the few authors who, while playing fair, has still taken me by surprise with who the villain is in each book"
*Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - The Times
*list of reviews - some 404s, Internet archiving having problems, try again.
===Awards===
*Crossover Fiction - 1st author to win British Book Awards Children's Book Award 2 yrs running; #1 in over h/b bestsellers in UK for a month; 
===Commentary===
*Screening the gothic - ch "Gothic and  the family": nature vs nurture (pp 135-139)
*A guide to the Harry Potter novels - deeper and scarier that "Philospoher's Stone; racism as an issue; "episodes which are unwieldy and unconvincing"; (p 26) Lochart brilliant caricature of celebs, "engaging and very funny"; "flair for more original characterization" w Nearly Headless Nick and Myrtle.
*The irresistible rise of Harry Potter
**concerns about literacy, esp among males (pp 29-36)
**Harry sellable to males: male "action" plots; Harry & co. read in order to act (researching the Chamber in this HP book), like Buffy & co,. (pp 36-37)
**sexist elements: Myrtle whiney sterotype; McGonagall less powerful than Dumbledore except in transfiguration, less wise; Hermione's role diminishes as the series goes on, as does Ron's; Ginny's crush on Harry, Hermione's on Lockhart; Harry's patriarchal inheritance of "this quintessial phallic symbol" the sword (pp 39-43)
*The Gospel According to Harry Potter - Christian messages: freedom for those held captive or as slaves (Harry @ start; Ginny, Dobby); rejection of prejudice based on bloodline; you get what you give (Lockhart) (pp 45-
*Mapping the world of Harry Potter - no religion in HP; (pp 53-60) so interest in fate of souls; (pp 60-62) skill, training, ingenuity and hard work matter most; (pp. 62-63) no absolute right or wrong, e.g. H lies as often as Draco (p. 63) sceptical of organised authority (pp. 63-64)
*J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels (Nel) - summary of reviews (pp 54-55)
*Re-Read Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Today! - the weakest of the 7 books, neither the exuberance of the 1st nor the confidence of the rest; as in HPPS, HP fights single-handed V in a space below Hogwarts; (p 1) Ginny is pivotal but little-seen; (p. 2) Riddle/V knew Harry would come, because they are similar (courage, single-mmindedness, breaking rules; cf CoS p 233 "strange likenesses") except in their choices   Fawkes deus ex machina (p. 94)
*The ivory tower and Harry Potter as readers & chars grow up, themes get darker, e.g. Harry 7 Ginny nealry die (p 25)
*In Defense of Harry Potter: An Apologia - Hp's non-racism extends to Dobby & Nick.
*Spell-bound? Accounting for unpredictable self-forms in JK Rowling’s Harry Potter stories - (D Hole - Zeitschrift für Anglistik und Amerikanistik, 2002) 404, Internet Archive has problems, try later. --Philcha (talk) 21:16, 24 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Sources & notes

message: *Screening the gothic - ch "Gothic and  the family": nature vs nurture (pp 135-139)
*A guide to the Harry Potter novels - deeper and scarier that "Philospoher's Stone; racism as an issue; "episodes which are unwieldy and unconvincing"; (p 26) Lochart brilliant caricature of celebs, "engaging and very funny"; "flair for more original characterization" w Nearly Headless Nick and Myrtle.
*The irresistible rise of Harry Potter
**concerns about literacy, esp among males (pp 29-36)
**Harry sellable to males: male "action" plots; Harry & co. read in order to act (researching the Chamber in this HP book), like Buffy & co,. (pp 36-37)
**sexist elements: Myrtle whiney sterotype; McGonagall less powerful than Dumbledore except in transfiguration, less wise; Hermione's role diminishes as the series goes on, as does Ron's; Ginny's crush on Harry, Hermione's on Lockhart; Harry's patriarchal inheritance of "this quintessial phallic symbol" the sword (pp 39-43)
*The Gospel According to Harry Potter - Christian messages: freedom for those held captive or as slaves (Harry @ start; Ginny, Dobby); rejection of prejudice based on bloodline; you get what you give (Lockhart) (pp 45-
*Mapping the world of Harry Potter - no religion in HP; (pp 53-60) so interest in fate of souls; (pp 60-62) skill, training, ingenuity and hard work matter most; (pp. 62-63) no absolute right or wrong, e.g. H lies as often as Draco (p. 63) sceptical of organised authority (pp. 63-64)
*J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels (Nel) - summary of reviews (pp 54-55)
*Re-Read Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Today! - the weakest of the 7 books, neither the exuberance of the 1st nor the confidence of the rest; as in HPPS, HP fights single-handed V in a space below Hogwarts; (p 1) Ginny is pivotal but little-seen; (p. 2) Riddle/V knew Harry would come, because they are similar (courage, single-mmindedness, breaking rules; cf CoS p 233 "strange likenesses") except in their choices   Fawkes deus ex machina (p. 94)
*The ivory tower and Harry Potter as readers & chars grow up, themes get darker, e.g. Harry 7 Ginny nealry die (p 25)
*In Defense of Harry Potter: An Apologia - Hp's non-racism extends to Dobby & Nick.
*Spell-bound? Accounting for unpredictable self-forms in JK Rowling’s Harry Potter stories - (D Hole - Zeitschrift für Anglistik und Amerikanistik, 2002) 404, Internet Archive has problems, try later. --Philcha (talk) 21:16, 24 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Commentary

message: Until my recent edit the relevant section said (still there but commented out):
:The musical score for the game, created by Jeremy Soule, was awarded a BAFTA Award for Best Score, Game Music Category.
This text is not specific about which version(s) - to which does it apply? --Philcha (talk) 18:27, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Music for video game(s)

message: At the GA review we had a long discussion about the plot summary, which is fairly long. If we tried to summarise every aspect of the story it would be at least 50% longer. We concluded that the best approach was to give a coherent of the main sequnce of events that gets the main characters to the conclusion of the story. Other aspects mentioned by commentators were summarised in the "Reception" and "Themes" sections, including Harry's relationship with Dobby. Hence Dobby did not make the cut in the plot summary. Riddle's anagram "I am Lord Voldemort" is just play on words, that has no influence on events. Hence I am reverting:
*Plot summary:  can't forget poor Dobby...
*This and this, which insert Riddle's anagram "I am Lord Voldemort".
*This, whose removal seems necessary in order to remove "I am Lord Voldemort". --Philcha (talk) 21:37, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Plot summary

message: The recent change to the plot omits a crucial point, "A few days later, Ron and Harry discover a piece of paper with a description of a basilisk, a giant serpent that kills all who look it directly in the eye, in Hermione's frozen hand. They deduce the Chamber monster is a basilisk, since as a snake, it would be able to understand Parseltongue." Hermione solved the case, and survived by looking through a looking glass. She also realised that the monster was a serpent as she already knew that Harry was a Parseltongue. Books 1 and 2 are detective story, unlike the other books, and this makes the story complex. In addition, Rowling gives sleepers (leads) that are only resolved in books 6 and 7. Please see Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and the GA review there. I would be happy to work with you on making the plot summary, and suggest setting up a user subpage to tryy out ideas - your subpage or my, you choice. --?
:I changed it to what it had been a while ago, where it was more concise and wikified, trying to keep it up to its GA standards. I did not actually read it. Could we change it back and just add that sentence? Glimmer721 talk 17:45, 27 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Plot again 

message: I am seeing that the head portion gets somewhat into plot. Wouldn't it go better under plot? It quotes, "The plot follows Harry's second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, during which a series of messages on the walls on the school's corridors warn that the "Chamber of Secrets" has been opened and that the "heir of Slytherin" would kill all pupils who do not come from all-magical families. These threats are followed by attacks which leave residents of the school "petrified" (that is, frozen). Throughout the year, Harry and his friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger investigate the attacks, and Harry is confronted by Tom Riddle, later known as Lord Voldemort, who is attempting to regain full power."  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.255.98.244 (talk) 01:20, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Head portion should be under plot 

message: The "Themes" section appears to come pretty close to original research. There is lots of analysis cited, but the main points at the beginning of each paragraph aren't sourced explicitly, only the supporting points. I spot-checked one or two, but there are a lot of sources to wade through. Has anyone taken a closer look at this to make sure everything is ok? --Fru1tbat (talk) 12:58, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Themes section and Original Research 

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message: — Assignment last updated by JustinC7 (talk) 20:40, 13 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: Human Cognition SP23

message: Hi all, I decided to add a section on amnesia, which is what Professor Lockhart suffered from. I'm part of a cognitive psychology course that has students edit Wikipedia for its final project. I love Harry Potter and thought it would be neat to add this here, since what happens to Lockhart is related to a topic we covered in class. I tried to do everything properly but if I've gone about this all wrong or if what I added doesn't quite belong, feel free to remove it and/or give feedback. On the other hand, feel free to add onto it if you'd like!  JustinC7 (talk) 22:38, 3 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm sorry, but it doesn't belong as it doesn't provide any encyclopedic value as just a recount of what happens in the books. Even with more than that, it would constitute undue weight within this article to give its own section to amnesia. I'd recommend going to an article that's about amnesia or any other subject more closely related to cognitive psychology, where you could make valuable additions. —El Millo (talk) 23:07, 3 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: No problem; thanks for the feedback! JustinC7 (talk) 23:12, 3 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Amnesia in Harry Potter