Talk:Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Places

Along the lines of The Surrey Zoo, should the Forest of Dean be mentioned? -- Nathan 314159 (discuss • contribs) 17:59, 25 May 2017 (UTC)
 * I suppose so... let's see what I can do. Chazz (talk) 04:03, 26 May 2017 (UTC)

St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries -- 86.120.225.27 11:14, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

There seems to be a Diagon Alley article on Wikipedia... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diagon_Alley --70.177.108.78 23:09, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
 * There's a lot of HP stuff on Wikipedia. However, this book should barely be connected to those articles. The Muggles' Guide is about analysis and understanding of the work, not just fact lists and poppy fan information. We hope to present serious information here in order to help readers understand connections in the books. -Matt 23:13, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Should there be an entry for the Hospital Wing at Hogwarts? Harry certainly seems to spend enough time there, and things to happen there as well... but it's also pretty self-explanatory. Chazz 08:13, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I personally would think no for now. We could add it later when we want, but I really want to see a "version 1.0" of this book sometime soon. I'd like for existing pages to be fully developed first, then we can go through and find little details to work on. Once we get a PDF of this out, I think we will make serious news, at least with the HP community. This is the first of its kind and a great resource for readers. -within focus 15:15, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
 * By the same logic, I would expect that we should at least temporarily hold off on creating an entry for the Hogwarts Express. Granted again that a lot of stuff happens there -- about a chapter's worth in each book -- it's pretty self-explanatory. Chazz 18:39, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Also, I think we should reduce the amount of locations on Diagon Alley in the list as some of them are only mentioned very occasionally eg Florean Fortescue's, Eeylops Owl Emporium etc. anyone with me..? Dan-the-man278 13:46, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
 * No. They appear in the books; Florean Fortescue in particular is a haven for Harry in book 3, and his departure from Diagon Alley is a matter of some concern in book 6. Leaving them as they are, mentioned as part of another place (Diagon Alley) is reasonable; giving them a separate page, I think, is not, or at least is not yet. The Leaky Cauldron plays a large enough part that it might merit having its own page, eventually; likewise Quality Quidditch Supplies, Madam Malkin's, Florean Fortescue's, Flourish & Blotts, and Ollivander's might one day have individual pages. Chazz (talk) 15:22, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

For reference, when/if creating Malfoy Manor, we could use this old wikipedia revision. -- Jokes Free4Me 06:32, 26 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Furthermore, various Harry Potter articles on Wikipedia are being AfDed now that people rushed there to create a bunch of minor articles (a huge problem at Wikipedia in my opinion but that's not for here) and we might be able to Transwiki those out if they are in impending doom. -within focus 12:23, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

internal links
I have matched (and updated) all the places' appearance info with the "new places visited" sections of the books. Left out were:


 * Platform 9-3/4
 * Headmaster's Office, Hogwarts
 * Room of Requirement
 * Riddle Manor, Little Hangleton
 * The Shrieking Shack
 * St. Mungo's Hospital

Arguably less important: Gryffindor House, Hufflepuff House, Ravenclaw House, Slytherin House, Gringotts, The Hog's Head Inn, The Three Broomsticks, Honeyduke's Sweetshop, Borgin and Burkes. -- Jokes Free4Me (talk) 18:54, 21 January 2009 (UTC)