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Loyalty to Draco?

I see in the color-coded "affiliation/loyalty" section that Draco Malfoy gets his own color scheme (black text with green background). I guess this is OK with me - what with Crabbe and Goyle and Pansy all the time sniffing around his backside. But the only other Individual to get such distinction honors is Voldemort.

I am wondering, if Draco gets a section due to his 3 constant companions, shouldn't Harry get his own loyalty/affiliation and color scheme too? I mean he is THE main character, and is growing up with his own (sometimes erratic) following, with Ron and Hermione and Ginny and Fred and George and pretty much all the Weasleys (sans Percy) backing him up without question, not to mention nervous Neville, the creepy Creevy boys, and even suspicious Seamus seems to be coming around to Harry's side (albeit hesitantly). It is pretty clear that in Book 7, Harry will be the key challenger to Voldemort, and will have any number of "loyal" supporters backing up his cause. I think if Draco is allowed an "official entourage", then so should Harry, simply because Harry is more "important" in the overall scheme, and has "more" such supporters. On the other hand, Draco himself shows considerable (if perhaps "forced" and perhaps "failed") "loyalty" to Voldemort. Of course my prediction is that Malfoy and Potter will unite in the end to defeat Voldemort, giving the "leatherpants" fanatics an early Christmas present, but that's a subject for another day.

I am also concerned about the distinction between loyalty/affiliation to Voldemort, versus being affiliated with the Death Eaters. I just don't see a very strong distinction there.

I think the Loyalty and Allegiance sections need to be better combined and coordinated. I would propose affiliating and grouping the characters with something like:

• Voldemort / Death Eaters / Draco Malfoy
• Ministry of Magic / Inquisitorial Squad
• Order of Phoenix / Dumbledore's Army / Harry Potter
• Hogwarts
• None / Unknown / Uncertain

Of course this is not necessarily perfect, with characters all the time apparently switching sides, but this is meant to serve more as a discussion starter for the experts. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by T-dot (talk • contribs) .

I made a (probably low-visibility) proposal at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Harry Potter about bringing the colour scheme down to just three:

1. People with "Order of the Phoenix" as their allegiance
2. People with "Lord Voldemort" or "Death Eaters" as their allegiance
3. Everyone else, regardless of allegiance.

This could possibly be tweaked to include, for example, Voldemort himself in #2, and maybe Hogwarts teachers in #1.