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June 27, 2006

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October 7, 2006

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January 23, 2007

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June 29, 2006

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June 1, 2007

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July 28, 2007

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March 8, 2008

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April 13, 2008

Good article nominee

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i think harry potter stinks. it teaches kids to believe magic is ...is... REAL!!!! which is wrong. i say to make some realistic books with harry in it. like he could go in a school play and do a "fake" magic act!.!?!?!?!.'i i hate harry potter!!!'

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~~Convert all (web) references to use the {{cite web}} template~~ - Y Done The Helpful One ^(Review) 21:30, 20 March 2008 (UTC) ~~Edit the lead to conform the Wikipedia:Lead section guidelines~~ - Y Done Seems to have been done. --The Helpful One ^(Review) 10:23, 10 April 2008 (UTC) ~~Copyedit - remove redundancies, make text crisp and concise, specify when talking about size and avoid misplaced formality~~ - Y Done - I asked a CopyEditor to help out on this. The Helpful One ^(Review) 15:37, 9 April 2008 (UTC) See User:Tony1/How to satisfy Criterion 1a [edit] WP:GA to do Fix the problems from the last GA review

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~~Convert all (web) references to use the {{cite web}} template~~ - Y Done The Helpful One ^(Review) 21:30, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
~~Edit the lead to conform the Wikipedia:Lead section guidelines~~ - Y Done Seems to have been done. --The Helpful One ^(Review) 10:23, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
~~Copyedit - remove redundancies, make text crisp and concise, specify when talking about size and avoid misplaced formality~~ - Y Done - I asked a CopyEditor to help out on this. The Helpful One ^(Review) 15:37, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
See User:Tony1/How to satisfy Criterion 1a

[edit] WP:GA to do

Fix the problems from the last GA review

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[edit] Error in Overview

There is a point in the overview which says that the enchantment which protects Harry was produced by his mother to last until his 17th birthday. In fact, the enchantment was produced and sealed by Dumbledore. This is mentioned in both HBP and DH.

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[edit] Error in Overview

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