Talk:Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

message: I am responding to the Wikipedia editorial note that this summary is too long. On having read it, I am inclined to say it is not quite long enough. J.K. Rowling's story, while quite easy to read, has a number of themes which are not easy to unravel. It is easy to overlook telling points on a first reading. Also there are differences between the book and the film, which are not simply matters of abbreviation. So, given that both the book and the film are part of our popular culture, it would be worthwhile to have a summary with enough depth to make main themes clear. If someone wants to read a summary shorter than this, they are not really interested in the work of art that Rowling has given us. Hopefully the Wikipedia entries should not provide 'dumbed down' versions of literary works, which allow people to feel happy with a superficial understanding, but rather to provide doorways to deeper understanding. 
Hugh James 66.81.100.246 (talk) 17:26, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  watch 

message: Ok, I read it. I know Azkaban is a relatively short book, but come on guys. That is not a plot summary, it is a joke. Why not just write 'well, Harry went to school again', and leave it at that? (oops, silly me, that is the sort of thing a vandal would do if he rubbed out the real plot summary and just put in something stupid) Sandpiper 00:14, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I've started to shorten the text a bit.  I'm leaving in most of the details, but text that is already handled elsewhere like the description of Azkaban has been removed.  -JohnRDaily 16:49, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

text: Can't we just create another page for summery of the plot and have a far more abbreaviated version here? Evil Deep Blue 03:29, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: My argument against doing that is that SparkNotes already has extensive Plot Summaries on its website (chapter by chapter in fact), and we don't need that much detail here. These are meant to be plot overviews, not entire breakdowns of each scene. This is by far one of the longest book summaries, so it needs to be pruned where possible. Cybertooth85 17:08, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

text: Has JKR ever said anything about the (blatantly obvious) similarities between her Dementors and Philip Pullman's Spectres (which I think predate Dementors)? I know both have explained their respective creations as manifestations of depression, but they seem too similar, even in little details, to be merely parallel thinking?Michaelsanders 00:09, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Would it be sensible to split the plot summary up into sections, like some of the other HP novels with extrenuous plot summaries? ~~ THE DARK LORD TROMBONATOR 09:19, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

text: That would be correct, because this article is about the book, not the film. DP76764 (Talk) 15:21, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

text: No, they didn't all die and Sirius was not evil. It appears the page was vandalized. Also, I've done a major overhaul of the plot summary as the previous one was far too broad and left out important details, rendering the overall synopsis confusing.PNW Raven (talk) 11:52, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Plot Summary

message: Wouldn't it be proper to put the French cover on the French Wikipedia page and limit images on the English Wikipedia page to images of English versions of the books? -Phi*n!x 01:03, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: See Talk:Harry Potter#Foreign language cover images. Brian Jason Drake 06:09, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Images 

message: "This is the only Harry Potter book so far in which Lord Voldemort has not appeared in any form." Can we take out "so far", since Voldemort is obviously going to appear in book seven? 84.70.221.48 22:51, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Voldemort 

message: The actual UK Illustrator is Cliff Wright, and not Jason Cockcroft, he did the Order of the Phoenix onwards
Why is Jason Cockcroft still showing up on the main page? When I go to edit, in the text box it says Cliff Wright, but continues to show Jason Cockcroft. Aloha princess 20:01, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It is in the Template, I'll go and fix it shortly. Lilac Soul (talk • contribs • &site=  count) 07:04, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wrong Illustrator 

message: I am an avid Harry Potter fan, and I don't ever recall anything about "Lee Phillips" and a "Piranha of Azkaban". Is this page just a joke? Because if it is, shouldn't this page be considered for deletion? Danny Sepley 05:50, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It redirects to here. I checked it out, and the only thing in the history was the redirect. ~~ THE DARK LORD TROMBONATOR 22:44, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you, "The Dark Lord". I did not realize what was going on. Is that like a practical joke kind of page, or something else?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Danny sepley (talk • contribs) 18:39, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Most likely, someone who created a stupid page for the heck of it, so yeah, someone playing some sort of a joke. Anakinjmt 20:02, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Confusion

message: In the "tensions" section I added a bit about Hermoine's stress and heavy workload, as it plays a major role in her conflict with Ron and Harry. It also supports the later plot summary reference to the Time-Turner. 23skidoo (talk) 15:58, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Hermoine plot details

message: POA *is* the book where Harry starts to notice Cho Chang, his first girlfriend. Oughtn't we to take a note of that? or is that too minor a detail?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Angelica K (talk • contribs) 01:30, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Should we mention Cho? 

message: There is no critical reception in this article. I managed to find a  New York Times reviewhere. I'm not sure how to break it down, however. --Glimmer721 talk 01:28, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Critical Reception

message: I changed the release date of the paperback edition of the novel from 1 October 2001 to 2 October 2001. I was wrong and its been like that for 20 days now.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.230.55.196 (talk) 21:38, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
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