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:::Agree with {{no ping|Johnbod}} above. <span style="background-color:#20B2AA;padding: 2px 3px 1px 3px">[[User:A._C._Santacruz|<span style="color:#fff">Santacruz</span>]] <span style="color:#fff">&#8258;</span> [[User talk:A._C._Santacruz|<span style="color:#fff">Please ping me!</span>]]</span> 14:35, 6 January 2022 (UTC)
:::Agree with {{no ping|Johnbod}} above. <span style="background-color:#20B2AA;padding: 2px 3px 1px 3px">[[User:A._C._Santacruz|<span style="color:#fff">Santacruz</span>]] <span style="color:#fff">&#8258;</span> [[User talk:A._C._Santacruz|<span style="color:#fff">Please ping me!</span>]]</span> 14:35, 6 January 2022 (UTC)
:{{u|Ealdgyth}} if you get to a place in the next few days where you can access a computer, could you look at the four bios above and give a thumbs up or down as to whether we should invest any time looking at them vis-a-vis the high quality requirement? Sorry to trouble you when you’re on the road, but there isn’t much out there yet on her. [[User:SandyGeorgia|'''Sandy'''<span style="color: green;">Georgia</span>]] ([[User talk:SandyGeorgia|Talk]]) 02:04, 7 January 2022 (UTC)
:{{u|Ealdgyth}} if you get to a place in the next few days where you can access a computer, could you look at the four bios above and give a thumbs up or down as to whether we should invest any time looking at them vis-a-vis the high quality requirement? Sorry to trouble you when you’re on the road, but there isn’t much out there yet on her. [[User:SandyGeorgia|'''Sandy'''<span style="color: green;">Georgia</span>]] ([[User talk:SandyGeorgia|Talk]]) 02:04, 7 January 2022 (UTC)

:: Okay, the Shapiro book is definitely oriented towards teenagers at best... probably more likely a pre-teen audience. It's from a reputable publisher, but because of its intended audience, I'd not rank it very high. Likewise for the Kirk book - it's got the same intended audience but it is from a reputable publisher. The Smith book is likely the best of the sources, even though it's publisher is a bit more niche. The publisher seems to specialize in bios of popular culture figures, so at least it's in their specialty. The Fraser book is also aimed at children, and it's from a publisher who I've never heard of and doesn't appear to be by a well known biographer. I'd avoid the Fraser. Sorry I can't be more help! [[User:Ealdgyth|Ealdgyth]] ([[User talk:Ealdgyth|talk]]) 16:36, 8 January 2022 (UTC)


==Proposal to trim "Politics" section==
==Proposal to trim "Politics" section==

Revision as of 16:36, 8 January 2022

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Pre-FAR version 8,487 words

FAC Nominator User:Serendipodous

Authorship stats

  1. Serendipodous 15.3%
  2. Rodw 12.9%
  3. AleatoryPonderings 6.6% (first edit 2022-01-05 02:45)

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  1. Serendipodous · 1,126 (54.4%)
  2. Eagle Owl · 225 (10.9%)
  3. JennKR · 141 (6.8%)

Stats extracted on 2022-01-05, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 19:51, 5 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Notifications not done

FormalDude thank you for the notification, but I am not one of the editors that needs to be notified, and you have not yet notified the WikiProjects listed on talk, and you have not linked any of your notifications here on the FAR, and you have not yet explained which sections require better summary, nor have you given examples of instability. The instructions at WP:FAR explain the steps you should follow; if you don’t understand them, pls ask. Not doing the notifications will add unnecessary time to the FAR, as a certain amount of time is needed in each phase, after notifications are done. You can look at Wikipedia:Featured article review/Chaco Culture National Historical Park/archive1 for what notifications look like; they include all WikiProjects linked on talk, and significant editors as determined by the tools. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 00:11, 18 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks SandyGeorgia for the explanation, I wasn't aware of the requirement for notifying each associated WP. It looks like an editor has kindly taken care of that for me, or I otherwise would have as soon as I was able. I'll go ahead and provide more detail to my nomination as well. ––FormalDude talk 08:20, 18 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Biographies - to cite or not to cite

 – AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!) 22:37, 5 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This may be better suited for the FAR page, but one potential weak point I've noticed on the sourcing for this BLP is the general lack of references to biographies of Rowling. I'm not sure if this is because the existing biographies are poor or because we just haven't referenced them. The ones I can see on the Internet Archive are:

  1. J.K. Rowling : a biography by Sean Smith (Michael O'Mara Books)
  2. J.K. Rowling : a biography by Connie Ann Kirk (Greenwood Press, an imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group; cited in the article but quite short and seems aimed at children)
  3. J.K. Rowling : the wizard behind Harry Potter by Marc Shapiro (St. Martin's Griffin, an imprint of St. Martin's Press)
  4. J.K. Rowling : the mystery of fiction by Lindsey Fraser (Argyll Publishing; idk if it's a legit publisher or not)

Most of these are quite short and not all are from publishers I'd completely trust. But a featured article BLP should presumably be citing quality biographies if they exist and not one-off news stories for biographical information. AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!) 20:59, 5 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

See my comment on the FAR about the relative need to beef up straight bio info (that is, this is her bio, and we have sub-articles on the rest). (PS, Aleatory, you can also raise general questions like this by starting your own section at Wikipedia talk:Featured article review/J. K. Rowling/archive1, so that everything related to the FAR will be in one place.) Or, all of the FAR can be kept on this page; hard to know which is best, but splitting is not optimal. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 21:03, 5 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I would think its rather early for quality biographies, especially as she presumably hasn't done a deal for an "authorized" one, and her life is once again hitting the headlines. She's only 56 after all. Johnbod (talk) 21:05, 5 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, none of them look that great—and some are explicitly flagged as "unauthorised", although that doesn't necessarily indicate low quality, just low approval by JKR/her agent. I wanted to look into this because I was mildly horrified to see her birth date—one of the most basic biographical details and easiest to get exactly right—sourced in this version to a deadlink bio from her American publisher and ""Rowling, J.K.". World Book. 2006", which presumably refers to World Book Encyclopedia, but is remarkably unclear. AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!) 22:41, 5 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Agree with Johnbod above. Santacruz ⁂ Please ping me! 14:35, 6 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Ealdgyth if you get to a place in the next few days where you can access a computer, could you look at the four bios above and give a thumbs up or down as to whether we should invest any time looking at them vis-a-vis the high quality requirement? Sorry to trouble you when you’re on the road, but there isn’t much out there yet on her. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 02:04, 7 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, the Shapiro book is definitely oriented towards teenagers at best... probably more likely a pre-teen audience. It's from a reputable publisher, but because of its intended audience, I'd not rank it very high. Likewise for the Kirk book - it's got the same intended audience but it is from a reputable publisher. The Smith book is likely the best of the sources, even though it's publisher is a bit more niche. The publisher seems to specialize in bios of popular culture figures, so at least it's in their specialty. The Fraser book is also aimed at children, and it's from a publisher who I've never heard of and doesn't appear to be by a well known biographer. I'd avoid the Fraser. Sorry I can't be more help! Ealdgyth (talk) 16:36, 8 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Proposal to trim "Politics" section

Considering we have sub-articles, below is my proposal to trim the Politics section by 100 words. It covers all the same territory, reduces some WP:PROSELINE, adds WP:NONENG quotes on El Pais, and combines like topics rather than following a chrono order. Unless anyone objects, I will install it later tonight. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 16:59, 6 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Politics

Draft installed in article, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 02:08, 8 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.
See also: Politics of J. K. Rowling and Politics of Harry Potter
Proposed trim (420 words) 6 January version (530 words)
Rowling has centre-left political views.[1] In 2008, she donated £1 million to the Labour Party and publicly endorsed Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown (husband of her close friend Sarah) over Conservative challenger David Cameron, praising Labour's policies on child poverty.[2] That same year, in an interview with the Spanish-language newspaper El País, when asked about the 2008 United States presidential election, she said that the outcome would have a "profound effect on the rest of the world".[3] Regarding who she wanted to see elected, she stated that "it was a pity that Clinton and Obama had to be rivals because both were extraordinary".[3] In the same interview, she identified Robert F. Kennedy as her hero.[3]

In Rowling's "Single mother's manifesto", published in The Times in April 2010, she criticised then–Conservative Prime Minister Cameron's plan to encourage married couples to stay together by offering them a £150 annual tax credit: "Nobody who has ever experienced the reality of poverty could say 'it's not the money, it's the message'. When your flat has been broken into, and you cannot afford a locksmith, it is the money. When you are two pence short of a tin of baked beans, and your child is hungry, it is the money. When you find yourself contemplating shoplifting to get nappies, it is the money."[4]

Rowling stated in 2012 that she is "pro-Union" and would vote 'No' on the 2014 Scottish independence referendum;[5] she donated £1 million to the Better Together anti-independence campaign.[6] She compared some Scottish Nationalists with the Death Eaters, characters from Harry Potter who are scornful of those without pure blood.[7] In June 2016, she campaigned for the United Kingdom to stay in the European Union in the run-up to the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, stating, "I'm the mongrel product of this European continent and I'm an internationalist."[8] She expressed concern that "racists and bigots" were directing parts of the Leave campaign. In a blog post, she added: "How can a retreat into selfish and insecure individualism be the right response when Europe faces genuine threats, when the bonds that tie us are so powerful, when we have come so far together?"[9]

In 2015, Rowling joined 150 others in signing a letter published in The Guardian espousing cultural engagement with Israel.[10] Rowling expanded on her position, stating that although she opposed most of Benjamin Netanyahu's actions, depriving Israelis of shared culture would not dislodge Netanyahu,[11] and that "sharing of art and literature across borders constitutes an immense power for good".[12]

Rowling has centre-left political views.[13] In September 2008, on the eve of the Labour Party Conference, Rowling announced that she had donated £1 million to the Labour Party, and publicly endorsed Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown over Conservative challenger David Cameron, praising Labour's policies on child poverty.[14] Rowling is a close friend of Sarah Brown, wife of Gordon Brown, whom she met when they collaborated on a charitable project for One Parent Families.[15]

Rowling commented on American politics when she discussed the 2008 United States presidential election with the Spanish-language newspaper El País in February 2008, stating that the election would have a profound effect on the rest of the world. She also said that Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton would be "extraordinary" in the White House. In the same interview, Rowling identified Robert F. Kennedy as her hero.[16]

In April 2010, an article by Rowling was published in The Times, in which she criticised then Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron's plan to encourage married couples to stay together by offering them a £150 annual tax credit: "Nobody who has ever experienced the reality of poverty could say 'it's not the money, it's the message'. When your flat has been broken into, and you cannot afford a locksmith, it is the money. When you are two pence short of a tin of baked beans, and your child is hungry, it is the money. When you find yourself contemplating shoplifting to get nappies, it is the money."[17]

Rowling campaigned for the "No" vote for the 2014 Scottish independence referendum.[5] She donated £1 million to the Better Together anti-independence campaign run by her former neighbour Alistair Darling,[6] the largest donation it had received at the time. In a blog post, Rowling explained that an open letter from Scottish medical professionals raised problems with First Minister Alex Salmond's plans for a common research funding.[6] Rowling compared some Scottish Nationalists with the Death Eaters, characters from Harry Potter who are scornful of those without pure blood.[18]

On 22 October 2015, a letter was published in The Guardian signed by Rowling (along with over 150 other figures from arts and politics) opposing the cultural boycott of Israel, and announcing the creation of a network for dialogue, called Culture for Coexistence.[19] Rowling later explained her position in greater detail, stating that although she opposed most of Benjamin Netanyahu's actions, she did not believe the cultural boycott would bring about the removal of Israel's leader or the improvement of the situation in Israel and Palestine.[20]

In June 2016, Rowling campaigned for the United Kingdom to stay in the European Union in the run-up to the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, stating, "I'm the mongrel product of this European continent and I'm an internationalist."[21] Rowling expressed concern that "racists and bigots" were directing parts of the Leave campaign. In a blog post, she added: "How can a retreat into selfish and insecure individualism be the right response when Europe faces genuine threats, when the bonds that tie us are so powerful, when we have come so far together? How can we hope to conquer the enormous challenges of terrorism and climate change without cooperation and collaboration?"[22]

[15] [6]

References

  1. ^ Beauchamp, Zack (1 September 2016). "J.K. Rowling is in a massive Twitter war about the future of progressive politics in Britain". Vox. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  2. ^ Leach, Ben (20 September 2008). "Harry Potter author JK Rowling gives £1 million to Labour". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 20 September 2008. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  3. ^ a b c Cruz, Juan (8 February 2008). "'Ser invisible... eso sería lo más'" ['Being invisible... that would be the most']. El País (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 13 February 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2021. Pero actualmente sigo muy de cerca la política americana. Estoy obsesionada con las elecciones en Estados Unidos. Porque tendrá efectos profundos en el resto del mundo. La política exterior de Estados Unidos en los últimos años ha afectado, para mal, tanto a su país como al mío. ... Quiero a un demócrata en la Casa Blanca. Y me parece una lástima que Clinton y Obama tengan que ser rivales porque ambos son extraordinarios.
  4. ^ Rowling, J. K. (14 April 2010). "The single mother's manifesto". The Times. UK. Archived from the original on 23 April 2010. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  5. ^ a b Aitkenhead, Decca (22 September 2012). "JK Rowling: 'The worst that can happen is that everyone says, That's shockingly bad'". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 21 December 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  6. ^ a b c d Carrell, Severin (11 June 2014). "JK Rowling donates £1m to Scotland's anti-independence campaign". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media. Archived from the original on 11 June 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  7. ^ Morse, Felicity (12 June 2014). "JK Rowling donates £1m to Scottish independence 'No' campaign and calls some nationalists 'Death Eaters'". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 11 June 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  8. ^ "Author J.K. Rowling criticizes Brexit campaign, warns against rising nationalism". Deutsche Welle. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  9. ^ O'Connor, Roisin (23 March 2019). "People's Vote: Steve Coogan, Patrick Stewart and Delia Smith among famous faces marching for second Brexit referendum". The Independent. Archived from the original on 27 October 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  10. ^ Various (22 October 2015). "Israel needs cultural bridges, not boycotts – letter from JK Rowling, Simon Schama and others". The Guardian. UK. Archived from the original on 22 October 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  11. ^ Flood, Alison (27 October 2015). "JK Rowling explains refusal to join cultural boycott of Israel". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  12. ^ Rowling, J.K. (26 October 2015). "Cultural boycotts: =JK Rowling". Twitlong. UK. Archived from the original on 5 November 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  13. ^ Beauchamp, Zack (1 September 2016). "J.K. Rowling is in a massive Twitter war about the future of progressive politics in Britain". Vox. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  14. ^ Leach, Ben (20 September 2008). "Harry Potter author JK Rowling gives £1 million to Labour". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 20 September 2008. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  15. ^ a b Morrison, Jenny (23 April 2004). "Chancellor's daughter remembered at christening service". The Scotsman. Edinburgh. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  16. ^ Cruz, Juan (8 February 2008). "'Ser invisible... eso sería lo más'" ['Being invisible... that would be the most']. El País (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 13 February 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  17. ^ J. K. Rowling (14 April 2010). "The single mother's manifesto". The Times. UK. Archived from the original on 23 April 2010. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  18. ^ Morse, Felicity (12 June 2014). "JK Rowling donates £1m to Scottish independence 'No' campaign and calls some nationalists 'Death Eaters'". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 11 June 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  19. ^ Various (22 October 2015). "Israel needs cultural bridges, not boycotts – letter from JK Rowling, Simon Schama and others". The Guardian. UK. Archived from the original on 22 October 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  20. ^ "Cultural boycotts: =JK Rowling". Twitlong. UK. 26 October 2015. Archived from the original on 5 November 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  21. ^ "Author J.K. Rowling criticizes Brexit campaign, warns against rising nationalism". Deutsche Welle. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  22. ^ O'Connor, Roisin (23 March 2019). "People's Vote: Steve Coogan, Patrick Stewart and Delia Smith among famous faces marching for second Brexit referendum". The Independent. Archived from the original on 27 October 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2020.

Discussion of Politics draft

  • Thanks much for this. Agree with the trimming with one exception. The "pro-Union" addition is confusing in context because the source looks like it's about the union of the United Kingdom, not the European Union, and the new text seems to replace discussion of the Scottish independence referendum. So it conflates two controversial (dis)unions: the United Kingdom and the European Union. I might delete the last paragraph about Israel because the sources are primary or primary-proximate and it doesn't seem to have made any lasting splash. AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!)
  • Two minor points. 1) Don't love the one-sentence opening paragraph; suggest combining it with the next. 2) As above, "pro-Union" is confusing; the unfamiliar reader would expect this to mean pro trade-union, or pro-European union, and it means neither. Vanamonde (Talk) 17:43, 6 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Oops. Will rejig. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 18:28, 6 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    @Vanamonde93 and AleatoryPonderings:, redone here; please have another look? AP, I hesitate to entirely remove Israel without hearing from others, lest that set off a sensitive issue or an edit war, but if others agree, we might re-consider ? SandyGeorgia (Talk) 18:40, 6 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    The Scotland/UK thing is cleared up—thanks. Two small points on a second look. know it's a translation from Spanish and "democrat" is uncapitalized in El País, but wanting a lower-case democrat in the White House (especially these days) is different from wanting a Democrat in the White House. Also, is there a non-contentious link we can add for "cultural boycott of Israel"? The definite article implies that there is a specific one, but it's not clear if BDS movement or another of the boycotts of Israel is meant there. AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!) 20:20, 6 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    On El Pais, because of the way Spanish handles lower and uppercase, we can't be certain what was intended (although the context strongly suggests Democrat). I'll recast that quote to avoid that part altogether, for the absence of doubt. On the "cultural boycott of Israel", I cannot access The Guardian article, but based on other sources I read that are all saying the same thing, it may be better to also rephrase that part to avoid the need for a link, and phrase it instead as supporting cultural engagement with Israel. Will rejig so you can have a new look. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 20:52, 6 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Agree with edits. Would suggest using, instead of/in addition to TwitLonger as a cite for the second sentence, the following. AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!) 21:11, 6 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    AleatoryPonderings, can you get through The Guardian paywall? I'd much rather use it than the Twitlong that is there, but I can't read The Guardian, so can't be certain it verifies the text. I'd rather not use a Jewish newspaper lest that raise concerns of bias. How about if you switch to The Guardian after I add the text, because then we don't have to do a dance about who can verify that part. Else, you could put direct quotes here ... SandyGeorgia (Talk) 21:17, 6 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Halfway through this work, I hit my limit on free access to The Guardian ... SandyGeorgia (Talk) 21:18, 6 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    The relevant passages are:
    JK Rowling has spoken out further about her decision not to join a cultural boycott of Israel, saying that while she has “deplored” most of the actions of Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu, she does not believe a decision by artists to refrain from cultural relations with the country will force him from power.
    ... Rowling was one of more than 150 signatories to a letter published in the Guardian last week, along with names including Melvyn Bragg, Hilary Mantel and Simon Schama. The letter was written in response to a February missive signed by around 700 artists calling for a cultural boycott of Israel. The letter signed by Rowling cites its signatories’ belief that “cultural boycotts singling out Israel are divisive and discriminatory, and will not further peace”, and that “cultural engagement builds bridges, nurtures freedom and positive movement for change”.
    ... Rowling said yesterday that “a number of readers” had asked for more information about why she signed the letter. She wrote on TwitLonger: “I have deplored most of Mr Netanyahu’s actions in office. However, I do not believe that a cultural boycott will force Mr Netanyahu from power, nor have I ever heard of a cultural boycott ending a bloody and prolonged conflict.
    “If any effects are felt from the proposed boycott, it will be by ordinary Israelis, many of whom did not vote for Mr Netanyahu. Those Israelis will be right to ask why cultural boycotts are not also being proposed against – to take random examples – North Korea and Zimbabwe, whose leaders are not generally considered paragons by the international community.”
    If you clear your cookies the article counter resets to 0, and I say this as a subscriber. AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!) 21:35, 6 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Good to know :) I see that Victoriaearle is editing now, and because edit conflicts give her an awful time with her health, I'll stop now and wait 'til she stops editing to pop this bit in. Tomorrow I'll do similar with the Press section. Then we might wait until everything else settles and everything is hanging together better with the literary bits before we tackle the Transgender section, and lastly, the Lead.
    By the way, thanks for this after I found that odd statement already in the article. I parked the MEDRS source there, hoping to go back and find the origin of that misinformation (which was not in the FA version), but now you've let me off the hook of going back to do that work :) I doubt that statement ever had any basis, but it seems to be a myth that took hold, with Wikipedia's help. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 22:26, 6 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Will insert this now as I see Victoria is taking a break. Bst, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 22:54, 6 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Accio

Collapse of amazing work done by AleatoryPonderings, all done, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 02:06, 8 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.

Starting a list here: SandyGeorgia (Talk) 23:20, 6 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  1. She calls herself Jo.[1]
    Done, [1] SandyGeorgia (Talk) 00:34, 7 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  2. In 1990, she was on a four-hour delayed train trip from Manchester to London when the idea "came fully formed" into her mind for a story of a young boy attending a school of wizardry.[2][3]
    Done. Verifies the "came fully formed" quote in that passage. AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!) 16:14, 7 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Mitford became Rowling's heroine, and she read all her books.[4]
    Done. AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!) 01:26, 7 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  4. led Rowling to move to Porto, Portugal, to teach English as a foreign language.[5][4]
    Done. AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!) 01:26, 7 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    AleatoryPonderings our ships crossed; did I undo what you did in the edit before me? Pls check this one, as I think you changed the named ref. Stopping for the night, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 01:30, 7 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Nope, all good (I think) - you just gave it a more descriptive name but it looks like the URL is the good one and not Accio! copyright infringement lawsuit. Maybe the edit conflict was our friend. AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!) 01:33, 7 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  5. When she reached her Clapham Junction flat, she began to write immediately.[2][6]
    Done. AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!) 00:47, 7 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  6. and she channelled her own feelings of loss by writing about Harry's grief in greater detail in the first book.[7]
    Removed entirely. A mess of a clause for multiple reasons and the ref was not used anywhere else such that it needed preserving for that reason. AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!) 16:24, 7 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  7. The couple separated on 17 November 1993.[8][9]
    Done, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 01:15, 7 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  8. wherever she could get Jessica to fall asleep.[2][10]
    Done, mostly by removal. AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!) 16:37, 7 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  9. Five months later, the book won its first award, a Nestlé Smarties Book Prize. In February 1998, the novel won the British Book Award for Children's Book of the Year and, later, the Children's Book Award. In early 1998, an auction was held in the United States for the rights to publish the novel, and was won by Scholastic Inc., for US$105,000. Rowling said that she "nearly died" when she heard the news.[11]
    Done. AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!) 16:48, 7 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Rowling said that she had had a crisis while writing the novel and had to rewrite one chapter many times to fix a problem with the plot.[12]
    Done. AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!) 16:59, 7 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  11. In October 1998, Warner Bros. purchased the film rights to the first two novels for a seven-figure sum.[13]
  12. Warner Bros. took considerable notice of Rowling's desires when drafting her contract. One of her principal stipulations was that the films should be shot in Britain with an all-British cast,[14]
    Done. Note that there are two different profile/interviews called "Harry and me": this by Fraser in The Scotsman from 2002 and Treneman's from 2000 in The Times. Treneman's is a proper profile, not just an interview. AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!) 06:39, 7 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  13. Steve Kloves wrote the screenplays for all but the fifth film. Rowling assisted him in the writing process, ensuring that his scripts did not contradict future books in the series.[15]
    Done. AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!) 23:55, 7 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  14. She told Alan Rickman (Severus Snape) and Robbie Coltrane (Hagrid) certain secrets about their characters before they were revealed in the books.[16]
    Removed that and a whole bunch of nearby stuff. AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!) 01:32, 8 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  15. In an interview with Stephen Fry in 2005, Rowling had claimed that she would much prefer to write any subsequent books under a pseudonym, but had previously conceded to Jeremy Paxman in 2003 that if she did, the press would probably "find out in seconds".[17]
    Removed. AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!) 01:33, 8 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  16. Rowling has said it is unlikely she will write any more books in the Harry Potter series.[18]
    Switched to a more recent, more definitive story. AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!) 01:38, 8 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  17. Rowling relationship with the press is difficult. She admits to being "thin-skinned" and disliking the inconsistent nature of journalism.[19]
    Reworked, though I'm not that pleased with my new version either. AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!) 01:51, 8 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  18. Rowling has expressed dislike of the British tabloid Daily Mail, which has conducted several interviews with her estranged ex-husband. As one journalist noted, "Harry's Uncle Vernon is a grotesque philistine of violent tendencies and remarkably little brain. It is not difficult to guess which newspaper Rowling gives him to read [in Goblet of Fire]."[20]
    Coming up blank on this one. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 01:04, 7 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Found it. AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!) 01:57, 8 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  19. Took care of "Around October 1998, Warner Bros. purchased the film rights to the first two novels for a 'seven-figure sum'." No more hits for "accio" when I control-F the wikitext, so I think this is resolved. AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!) 02:03, 8 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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References

  1. ^ Shelagh, Rogers (23 October 2000). "Interview: J.K. Rowling". This Morning. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
    Reprint Archived 15 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine at Accio Quote! (accio-quote.org). 28 July 2007. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d "Biography" Archived 14 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine . JKRowling.com. Retrieved 17 March 2006.
  3. ^ Loer, Stephanie (18 October 1999). "All about Harry Potter from quidditch to the future of the Sorting Hat". The Boston Globe.
    Reprint Archived 10 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine at Accio Quote! (accio-quote.org). No date. Retrieved 10 October 2007.
  4. ^ a b Fraser, Lindsey (2 November 2002). "Harry Potter – Harry and me". The Scotsman. Interview with Rowling, edited excerpt from Conversations with J.K. Rowling.
    Reprint Archived 5 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine at Accio Quote! (accio-quote.org). 31 May 2003; last updated 12 February 2007. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  5. ^ Shapiro 2000, p. 54.
  6. ^ "Harry Potter and Me". BBC Christmas Special. 2001. A&E Biography (American edition), 13 November 2002.
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  7. ^ Transcript of Richard and Judy Archived 4 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Richard & Judy, Channel Four Corporation (UK). 26 June 2006. Retrieved 4 July 2006.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference scotsman20030616 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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@Ben MacDui: in case you are about, I was wondering if you have any means of accessing archives or old print versions from The Scotsman? A lot of text here is sourced to copyright violating reprints from them (they may be happy that we are protecting their copyright :), and if someone could verify the old content by going to The Scotsman, that would solve a number of issues here. Best regards, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 11:15, 7 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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