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Cho Chang

I added the article (or rather, redirect) "Cho Chang" to Category:Redirects with possibilities, on the grounds that i think there is a decent chance that we will hav a dedicated WP article on her. (See Category:Harry Potter characters and Category:Harry Potter character redirects to lists.) Also, on the redirect "Cho Chang", i removed the DEFAULTSORT to "Chang, Cho"; on the grounds that it is never clear which name (Cho or Chang) is a given name and which is a surname (or ar they both given names?); this is an issue because the Chinese put their surname first. (See Chinese name.) Okay? Solomonfromfinland (talk) 02:47, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

It was pretty obvious that Chang was the surname. 136.152.209.85 (talk) 00:39, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

Also

There is a dedicated article "Beauxbatons", but "Durmstrang" is a mere redirect. At that rate, it seems reasonable that there should be a dedicated article "Durmstrang". So i also added "Durmstrang" to Category:Redirects with possibilities. Okay?--Solomonfromfinland (talk) 03:59, 26 August 2025 (UTC)

Discussion of the chiastic structure in the Harry Potter series

 You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Chiastic structure § Discussion of the chiastic structure in the Harry Potter series. Peaceray (talk) 17:57, 17 August 2024 (UTC)

Deletion of Beauxbatons

Is AfD still a thing? Or has JKR just been 'cancelled' now and new editors can just blank articles per IDONTLIKEIT ? Andy Dingley (talk) 23:52, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

I have reverted Wafflewombat's conversion of Beauxbatons into a redirect with my edit summary of Reverting good faith edits: I did not see a WP:AFD discussion about this. Until then, WP:EDITCONSENSUS prevails. I also put this comment on User talk:Wafflewombat. Peaceray (talk) 04:38, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

I made the decision after reading Wikipedia:MERGEINIT. It states: "If the need for a merge is obvious, editors can be bold and simply do it."

I read Wikipedia:MergeReason and felt there were several clear reasons to merge the page.

If you don't agree with my assessment that the page should be merged, that's totally okay. But Andy Dingley, please don't accuse me of making decisions based on "I don't like it" without first having a conversation with me. My decision was based on reading an information page, not on personal preferences.

Also, my understanding is that merging is different from deletion, and is preferable in most cases, which is why I merged instead of requesting a deletion discussion. If I'm wrong about this, please let me know. Wafflewombat (talk) 04:46, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

Beauxbatons has been around since 2003, so WP:EDITCONSENSUS clearly applies. I am noting that WP:MERGEINIT states that Bold merges may be reverted, even though they are labor-intensive to complete, but this edit process and civil discussion produces better articles. [...] Articles that have been separate for a long time should usually be discussed first. The latter did not occur. Peaceray (talk) 05:09, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the explanation. Should I follow the instructions on this page for proposing a merge discussion? Wafflewombat (talk) 05:17, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

Yes, follow the instructions at WP:MERGEPROP. I would recommend pinging Wikisaurus, Andy Dingley, Qwerfjkl, & some of the other recent editors, and to post a {{See also}} message here. Peaceray (talk) 07:00, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

And by following the instructions at WP:MERGEPROP, I specifically mean doing Steps 1, 2, 3, & 4. Step 5 is dependent on the outcome of step 4. Peaceray (talk) 07:33, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

Discussion on main Harry potter page

If anyone is still active here, would appreciate any feedback, positive or negative, on the ongoing discussion on the main Harry Potter page, where I submitted a latest content proposal: Talk:Harry Potter#c-Newsjunkie-20250410191500-New proposal for a one sentence addition. newsjunkie (talk) 20:29, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

J.K. Rowling has an RfC

J.K. Rowling has an RfC for possible consensus. A discussion is taking place. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 23:33, 11 August 2025 (UTC)