Alternative chapter titles?

[ThrawnCA]

Many of the chapters have different titles on different sites, particularly SIYE. For example, chapter 1 is "Back to Privet Drive..." on fanficauthors.net and phoenixsong.net, but is "Welcome to Sunny Surrey" on SIYE.

How should we handle this?

[IntermittentlyRupert]

Is there one version where there's a good reason to think it's more authoritative/better edited/preferred/whatever? If so, let's use that, otherwise let's keep things as is until an authoritative version is clear (presumably this would be "wherever the next chapter gets uploaded first").

[ThrawnCA]

Well, I'm guessing that the existing titles were collected from FFN, which is the only site where chapter 43 was uploaded. So if we're choosing one winner, it's probably already done.

Is there a good way to record the alternate titles?

[IntermittentlyRupert]

I'll just dump it here and we can revisit if we need to. Here's the current chapter names on each site and how they match up.

symbol	meaning
✅	exact match
🟡	close match
❌	inconsistent

Chapter	hpnofp-ebook (FanFiction.net)	Sink Into Your Eyes	FanFic Authors	Phoenix Song	Royal Road	consistent name?
1	Prologue: The End of Days	Prologue: The End of Days	The End of Days	Prologue: The End of Days	Chapter One	🟡
2	Back to Privet Drive	Welcome to Sunny Surrey	Back to Privet Drive...	Back to Privet Drive...	Back to Privet Drive	❌
3	Making Waves	Back to Hogwarts	Making Waves	Making Waves	Making Waves	❌
4	The Letters of Autumn	Owl Post and Broomsticks	The Letters of Fall	The Letters of Autumn	The Letters of Fall	❌
5	A Changed Halloween	Quidditch is life	Ch-ch-changes... and a decidely different Halloween	Ch-ch-changes... and a Decidedly Different Halloween	Ch-ch-changes... and a decidely different Halloween	❌
6	Christmas at Hogwarts	Christmas, Confrontations, and a Cunning Plan...	Christmas at Hogwarts and a Draconian Solution	Christmas at Hogwarts and a Draconian Solution	Christmas at Hogwarts and a Draconian Solution	❌
7	A Quarrel with Quirrell	A Quarrel with Quirrell	A Quarrel with Quirrell	A Quarrel with Quirrell	A Quarrel with Quirrell	✅
8	The Leaving Feast	Back to Life, Back to Reality...	End of Year One...	End of Term	End of Year One...	❌
9	A Word with the Weasleys	Interlude with Molly	A Word with the Weasleys	A Word with the Weasleys	A Word with the Weasleys	❌
10	Worst Birthday Ever	A situation out of control	Worst Birthday Ever	Worst Birthday Ever	Worst Birthday Ever	❌
11	A Daring Rescue	A Daring Rescue	A Daring Rescue	A Daring Rescue	A Daring Rescue	✅
12	Doing the Mungo Shuffle	Mending at Mungo's	Doing the Mungo Shuffle...	Doing the Mungo Shuffle	Doing the Mungo Shuffle...	❌
13	A Granger Interlude	Hermione's Research and Unwholesomely Clever Muggles	A Granger Interlude	A Granger Interlude	A Granger Interlude	❌
14	A Dish Best Served Cold	A Trip to Diagon Alley	A Dish Best Served Cold...	A Dish Best Served Cold	A Dish Best Served Cold...	❌
15	Moonlight Discussions	Birthdays and Court Days	Moonlit Discussions, Occlumency Lessons, and a Guardianship Hearing	Discussions, Lessons, and a Hearing	Moonlit Discussions, Occlumency Lessons, and a Guardianship Hearing	❌
16	A Visit to Sunny Azkaban	A visit to Sunny Azkaban	A Visit to Sunny Azkaban	A Visit to Sunny Azkaban	A Visit to Sunny Azkaban	✅
17	A Summer Seen Through Brown Eyes	Ginny's very odd year	A Summer Seen Through Warm Brown Eyes	A Summer Seen Through Warm Brown Eyes	A Summer Seen Through Warm Brown Eyes	❌
18	A Visit from the Eldest	Last Weekend at The Burrow	A Visit from the Eldest...	A Visit from the Eldest	A Visit from the Eldest...	❌
19	An Interesting Start of Term	Back at Hogwarts!	A Most Interesting Start of Term...	A Most Interesting Start of Term	A Most Interesting Start of Term	❌
20	Dumbledore's Office	An Interlude with Dumbledore...& Draco Gets His	An Interlude in Dumbledore's Office - and Draco Receives his Due...	In Dumbledore's Office	An Interlude in Dumbledore's Office - and Draco Receives his Due...	❌
21	Sirius & a Quidditch Spectacle	Sirius Issues and a Quidditch Spectacle	Sirius, Spectacles, and a Quidditch Spectacle	Sirius, Spectacles, and a Quidditch Spectacle	Sirius, Spectacles, and a Quidditch Spectacle	❌
22	The Dueling Club	The Duelling Club	The Duelling Club	The Duelling Club	The Duelling Club	✅
23	The Christmas Express	The Christmas Express	The Christmas Express and a Large Surprise	The Christmas Express and a Large Surprise	The Christmas Express and a Large Surprise	❌
24	Christmas at The Burrow	Christmas at The Burrow	Christmas at The Burrow	Christmas at The Burrow	Christmas at The Burrow	✅
25	Mistletoe & Misshapen Messengers	Mistletoe and Misshapen Musical Messengers	Mistletoe and Misshapen Musical Messengers	Mistletoe and Misshapen Musical Messengers	Mistletoe and Misshapen Musical Messengers	🟡
26	Miserable Uncertainties	Miserable Uncertainties	Miserable Uncertainties	Miserable Uncertainties	Miserable Uncertainties	✅
27	All Hell Breaks Loose	All Hell Breaks Loose!	...All Hell Breaks Loose!	All Hell Breaks Loose!	...All Hell Breaks Loose!	🟡
28	Conversations & Confrontations	Conversations, Confrontations, & Quidditch	Conversations, Confrontations, and Quidditch!	Conversations, Confrontations, and Quidditch!	Conversations, Confrontations, and Quidditch!	❌
29	A Relatively Pleasant Start	A Relatively Pleasant Start...	A Relatively Pleasant Start	A Relatively Pleasant Start	A Relatively Pleasant Start	🟡
30	A Busy Summer	A Busy Summer	A Busy Summer	A Busy Summer	A Busy Summer	✅
31	Harsh Words	Harsh Words	Harsh Words	Harsh Words	Harsh Words	✅
32	Fear and Loathing	Fear and Loathing	Fear and Loathing	Fear and Loathing	Fear and Loathing	✅
33	Destructive Impulses	Destructive Impulses	Destructive Impulses	Destructive Impulses	Destructive Impulses	✅
34	Life, Death, and Quidditch	Life, Death, & Quidditch	Life, Death, & Quidditch	Life, Death and Quidditch	Life, Death, & Quidditch	🟡
35	A War of Words	A War of Words	A War of Words	A War of Words	A War of Words	✅
36	The Slughorn that Stole Christmas	The Slughorn that Stole Christmas	The Slughorn that Stole Christmas	The Slughorn Who Stole Christmas	The Slughorn that Stole Christmas	🟡
37	Return to the Chamber	Return to the Chamber	Return to the Chamber	Return to the Chamber	Return to the Chamber	✅
38	The Quiet Before the Storm	The Quiet Before the Storm	The Quiet Before the Storm	The Quiet Before the Storm	The Quiet Before the Storm	✅
39	The Battle of Hogwarts	Chapter 39	The Battle of Hogwarts		The Battle of Hogwarts	✅
40	The Quidditch World Cup	Quidditch World Cup	Quidditch World Cup		Quidditch World Cup	🟡
41	The Not So Welcoming Feast		The Not So Welcoming Feast		The Not So Welcoming Feast	✅
42	Goblet Problems		Goblet Problems		Goblet Problems	✅
43	A Stunning Victory				A Stunning Victory	✅

[lschierer]

The most permanent way is as branches.

[ThrawnCA]

The symbols for chapters 25, 36, and 40 should be "close match", along with possibly 21.

22 should be an exact match. Also, 16 differs only in whether "visit" is capitalised, which is basically an exact match (lowercase is an error, title case is clearly the standard).

[ThrawnCA]

You could add Royal Road to the table now. I think it's copying from the Fanfic Authors values.

[IntermittentlyRupert]

Updated the table. Royal Road is definitely looking like a more or less consensus answer to what the chapter titles should be. SIYE looks like the odd one out.

The exceptions I'd make are:

• Ch. 4: Keep it unchanged. "Autumn" is more common in UK English.
• Ch. 8: This is the only one without at least 3 consistent sources. I think switch to Royal Road.
• Ch. 34: I think keep it unchanged. This is the only Royal Road title with an ampersand instead of "and", and I'd rather be consistent.

I'll take a final look when the next chapter gets released and update things accordingly, but happy to accept a PR in the interim if anyone wants it sooner.