Talk:Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Nearly Headless Nick

How Many Axe Strokes?
A couple of times, editors have changed the number of times Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington was struck by the headsman's dull axe, from forty-five to forty-seven. Our authority in this is the Raincoast / Bloomsbury edition of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, chapter 8, where Nearly Headless Nick himself says forty-five. If there is someplace in the books where the number 47 is given, in your editing please note that there are multiple values, and put the chapter reference where the number 47 is found here on the talk page, at the very least.

Please note that according to the Project Standards, the films are not a valid source for these facts; more on that is available on that page. Chazz (talk) 20:36, 21 January 2019 (UTC)