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Contents 1 Dates for players + James Potter 2 Anti-gravity claims 3 BOWMAN WRIGHT 4 Critcism 5 Fictional 6 Harry 7 Youngest in a century vs. only first year in a century 8 Check your fiction 9 Middlebury College

[edit] Dates for players + James Potter

I think most of these dates should be removed. An assumption seems to have been made that any character who was on a Quidditch team when Harry came to the school had been so since they had entered Hogwarts. This is despite Harry being told it is very unusual for a first year to get on the house team, and despite us seeing people much older than their first year join the teams in the last two books.

Unless there's a canon source for this information that I've missed?

Also, James Potter is listed as a Seeker. This information is from the first movie, but it does not apply to the books. In an interview in 2000, Rowling confirmed that he was a Chaser. Philip Reuben 03:16, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

Could you give a list of all the games mentioned in the 6 books: houses, final score, players (where given) and notable occurances? Thanks, David Freitag

[edit] Anti-gravity claims

Hi all,

Periodically, there's this claim about anti-gravity technology. It was deleted by 3 other users and is against, I think, the WP:NOT#Wikipedia_is_not_a_crystal_ball policy. I'll treat it as vandalism from now on. Hit me up on my talk page if you think it's wrong. Tony 19:05, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] BOWMAN WRIGHT

WHY didn't you include Bowman Wright? He was featured as Wizard of the month at J.K. ROWLING'S OFFICIAL site. He created the golden snitch. Can someone please add him there?!? -Lil_Flip246

Why didn't WHO do WHAT? You realize of course you could have added this information yourself at any time, right?

I added a note about it anyway, but I was seriously considering NOT adding it, precisely because anyone can edit Wikipedia, and complaining about what is or is not in an article, and then not adding it yourself when it's a fairly minor addition to boot, well that's just plain silly. Runa27 04:37, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Critcism

I think there should be a section added that discusses the criticism JK Rowling receives about the potentially flawed scoring system in quidditch- if you catch the snitch you almost always win, therefore making the other players in the game completely pointless

Do you know what would be cool? Through wires, mirrors or some other special effect is have a Quidditch game at the Opening Ceremonies in London in 2012. Or better Yet, re-enact the Quidditch World cup which was cut from the movie. The Harry potter Fans would go nuts!

Yes, the Quidditch World Cup from Goblet of Fire could be a full-length feature film all by itself. It could be done entirely with computer animation, so there would be no need to employ the film's actors. Das Baz, 15 April 2006, 3:53 PM.

[edit] Fictional

Its really not that fictional any more now that theres a video game. That'd be like saying Halo is a fictional game. savidan^{(talk) (e@)} 00:52, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

No, it's still fictional. A video game representation doesn't make it real (except once in a while). -- RevRagnarok ^{Talk Contrib Reverts} 21:42, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Harry

Has Harry ever played three matches in a school year? Rmhermen 04:59, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Youngest in a century vs. only first year in a century

Page 152, paperback Sorceror's Stone, about halfway down:

Seeker? [Ron] said. "But first years never—you must be the youngest house player in about—" "—a century," said Harry.

Ron does NOT say "You must be the only first year", he says "you must be the youngest", meaning there may have been other first year Quidditch players over the years, but none as young as Harry. Unless it is mentioned elsewhere and I have missed it, saying he's the only first year in a century cannot be verified.

E946 02:27, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Check your fiction

Some parts of this article, especially history, tend to blur the fictional Harry Potter world with the real world. Please read Wikipedia:Manual of Style (writing about fiction). Thanks, --EngineerScotty 04:51, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Middlebury College

Removed from article. Unsourced. Possibly unnotable.

At Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont Quidditch exists as a pick up sport with matches Sundays at noon. The players are required to wear capes, usually blankets or towels, and while playing they must also have a broom stick between their legs at all times. The game, for obvious reason, has been adapted: the snitch is a cross country player dressed all in yellow and one must grab the sock ball attached to their back and the capture of the snitch only earns 50 points (for practicallity); the quaffle is a volley ball; the bludgers are dodgeballs that the bludgers throw at the opposite team's players (when hit the player must drop the quaffle, if they have it, and they must stand still for five seconds); and the hoops are hoola hoops taped to chairs instead of 50 feet in the air.

-- Ec5618 22:47, 29 October 2006 (UTC)