Talk:Wizengamot

Redirects deleted[edit]

Some robots, and humans, seem to be deleting the 32 misspellings of this name and redirecting directly to either Wizengamot or Witanagamot. If anyone is doing that, please stop and explain why you think it's necessary! Then I can explain why I think you're wrong. Thanks! :o) Neuralwarp (talk) 17:07, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I really don't know what you mean about "32 misspellings" -- my only guess is that you're indicating there are 33 ways to spell the parliamentary meaning (and I don't know what your basis is for that; the article mentions, I believe, a total of 2 spellings), and this is one of the 32 wrong ways. It seems much more likely to me that this term would be used to refer to the topic that is spelled only this way, than that it would be used to mean one of 32 ways to misspell another topic. If it is legitimately reasonable that someone would search for "Wizengamot" intending to find the parliamentary topic, then it would make more sense to place a WP:HATNOTE on the article for the other meaning (and I will be happy to place such a hatnote if you affirm that this is the case). Propaniac (talk) 02:37, 16 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"Parliamentary meaning"? Both the Wizengamot and Witanagamot are parliamentary. The two words are very similar, and liable to misspelling. There are 5 possible points of difference, each of which has two options, so that's 32 possibilities. I think there are 2 correct forms of "Witenagamot" and 1 correct form of "Wizengamot", but IMHO any of the 32 spellings is likely to be an intended reference to either of the articles. It seems most sensible to refer all the variations to a disambiguation page, and that's what I did. The complete list is -

Wi(z|t)(a|e)n[a]g(a|e)m(o|u)t.

Hope that clarifies what I'm trying to do. What's a Hatnote? Neuralwarp (talk) 14:34, 17 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Merger with Ministry entry?[edit]

I feel that all the various authorities that are part of the Ministry of magic should be described in the article for the ministry. Alternatively all departments / divisions / offices should have their own entry. My preference goes for a single article. I propose a merger. Please feel free to discuss. Lag 20:36, 29 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

OPPOSE: This is a disambiguation page, so it cannot be merged either with the Wizengamot entry on the Ministry of Magic article, nor with the Witanagamot (Parliament) article. Neuralwarp (talk) 17:04, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Origin[edit]

Is Wizengamot based on witenagemot? The name at least, if not the concept (I'm not very familiar with the Harry Potter books). I don't know if it's important if it is, but I thought I'd ask. -- Adam Bishop

Looks about right. Good stuff -- Jim Regan 22:41 4 Jul 2003 (UTC)

Pronunciation[edit]

The article states

Wizengamot is pronounced [wɪzengʊmʊt] in the audio CDs.

Which CDs would that be? Is that Jim Dale or Stephen Fry? Alternatively do they pronounce it the same? —Phil | Talk 15:31, 31 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]