Talk:Minerva McGonagall/Archive 1

message: Is there any evidence that she's a half-blood? neatnate 03:37, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)
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message: It says at the bottom that Slughorn said he was only staying for a year, but wasn't this just a theory by someone else (Harry, Ron or Hermione)? ElrosTiwele 12:30, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
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message: I would love to see a reference for the explanation behind Minerva's last name. Arbor 15:52, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sources for last name 

message: Slight problem with one line:
:McGonagall is the member of staff who performs the Sorting Ceremony at Hogwarts.
Technically, she just calls out the names, it's the hat that actually does the sorting. User:24.254.121.106
::The 'ceremony' aspect of the Sorting Ceremony is the reading of the names, so she does perform the ceremony.PantherFoxie 00:51, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Hat sorting

message: This is isn't know - and its unlikely that she followed Dumbledore, as its doubtful she'd get both this positions upon entry. That's why I removed Dumbledore from the succession boxes and replaced it with '?' (along with the dates). Trevor Andersen 06:56, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Who did McGonagall succeed as Head of Gryffindor and Deputy Head?

message: Isn't saying Headmistress Minerva McGonagall a spoiler?
:Yes, it certainly is. whats more, it is not true. For 99.99% of the books, she is deputy headmistress, and for the remainder she is only acting headmaster, due to the post being vacant. So she is not headmistress at all. Saying so, and changing the article is guessing what will be the case in book 7 when we have only just had book 6. This article applies to her whole career, and it is not appropriate to change this information in anticipation of what JKR will do next.
:I have changed the introduction to describe her as deputy headmistress, which is entirely correct throughout all the books. At the end, it mentions the circumstances of her becoming acting headmaster. Sandpiper 18:20, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Headmistress 

message: In "Half-Blood Prince, she tells Neville about his grandmother failing her Charms O.W.L.. Professor McGonagall may have been at school at the same time as Augusta. --Jake 22:21, 17 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: or she was teaching at the time and remembers gran as a student? Sandpiper 17:36, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Unlikely, she started teching in 1956, now I don't know about you, but most of the people I know, have grandmothers aged 60-70, now if McGonagall is 70, that make it hard for her to teach Augusta 71.99.124.115 04:05, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Same age as Augusta "Gran" Longbottom?

message: I'd have to vote no on this -- as we see Hagrid knitting in Hufflepuff colors in Book 1 (I think?), I don't think he'd succeed to Gryffindor.--SarekOfVulcan 00:57, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Succeeded by Hagrid? 

message: Did anyone notice that in the first movie her name is on the trophy where Harry discovers that his father played Quidditch. I can't seem to remember if that was in the book.... just wondering, Ive searched the Quidditch page for a mention of it and found nothing.--TheTarmanCometh 7:14pm EST, 1 January 2006.
: J.K. says that it's not cannon. 71.99.124.115 04:06, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It is something worthy of note here, if only to specify that while an M McGonagall can be seen as playing on the Gryffindor Quidditch team with James Potter, JK Rowling has stated that it is not canon that Minverva McGonagall played in the same year as James, if she played at all. Several references to McGonagall's age in the book (such as her answer to Umbridge's question of 'how long have you taught at Hogwarts?') also indicate that it would be impossible for her to have been a student at the same time as James. On the other hand, descriptives of the character in the books (or at least in the first book) would at the very least indicate that Minverva doesn't LOOK as old as she is portrayed in the movies, as her hair is black, not grey. 204.69.40.7 13:28, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Quidditch 

message: As someone desided to revert my changes, then ill say agian. The Translations part needs to be just removed. Its redundant because there is the exact same list on the side bar where they list the pages in different languages. Anyone can see this. Also, I havent seen any other Translations sections on other prominant Harry Potter charater's pages, including Harry Potter, Dumbledore, or Hermione's. Since they told me it was important, it clearly doesnt seem so if its not on other pages. Just delete the Translations section. Kamiawolf 13:08, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Translations 

message: There is a list of translations of her name at the end of the article; User:Kamiawolf deleted it and I reverted his edits, but now we disagree. I think the list should stay, but he thinks it is redundant, as there are already interwikis that, obviously, lead to Minerva McGonagall's name in other languages. Even so, this list is more comprehensive, and I still think it should stay... What do you guys think? Belard 23:13, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Translations 

message: I am at a complete loss to understand, why that section is there. Normally I would have just removed it, encouraging a discussion in case of disagreement, but because there has obviously gone *some* work into it and because I don't understand why it is there at all, I suspect I am overlooking something.
So please explain to me: Why does this article, of all the, I dare say more important, other articles of famous characters that have appeared in films, etc ... need audio snippets from different languages? I have no Idea how that is interesting or informative in the context of McGonagall's character. Also, I am not at all sure, if those audio grabs are not copyright violations. — Mütze 13:35, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I also wondered what the purpose of that section was. What does her voice have to do with her character? :-/ Kamiawolf 22:59, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Since nobody has come up with a comprehensible reason for their staying in two weeks, I have removed the audio samples from the article. — Mütze 11:40, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Audio"-Section