Talk: J. K. Rowling

Wikipedia

What can be done to divorce this article from the Wikipedia article and related links?--Louis E./le@put.com/12.144.5.2 00:28, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

For a full more accurate acount see the Wizard Behind Harry Potter: A Bio of JKR! --Bellatrix+Hermione 23:42, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

I was gonna copy and paste from wikipedia

I thought that was against the rules though. *smacks head* I was also quite surprised no article was made of the author.

Harry J. Potter 19:58, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

There was. I redirected your page here. -- Freakatone ^Talk 19:59, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

'Steve Kloves took time off to work on his own movie in 2007'

Anyone have a source for this? According to IMDb (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0460141/), he did not do anything between GoF and HBP. MuggleButtons 13:28, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Space

Why is there a space between the . and the K? -- GrouchMan 14:55, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

It's just the proper spelling. --Parodist 01:49, October 2, 2009 (UTC)

Twitter

Would Rowling's Twitter account be worth mentioning, perhaps in the personal life section? --Parodist 01:49, October 2, 2009 (UTC)

JKR name

• Shouldn't we move the article to Joanne Kathleen Rowling ? --Thorning 19:41, May 12, 2010 (UTC)
• I don't think so. "Kathleen" has never been part of her legal name; Bloomsbury thought that young boys wouldn't want to buy books written by a woman, so she borrowed "Kathleen" from her paternal grandmother, and shortened it to "J.K." to neutralise her gender. But I wouldn't say no to perhaps moving it to either Joanne Rowling (her maiden name) or Joanne Murray (her legal married name). --Cubs Fan ^{(Talk to me)} 05:05, May 13, 2010 (UTC)
• According to the policy the article titles must have the first name and the surname. So I think we should move this to Joanne Rowling or Joanne Murray (I prefer the first). --El Profeta Vespertino 22:08, June 18, 2010 (UTC)
• But nearly everybody calls her J. K. Rowling: see wikipedia:Wikipedia:Article titles#Common names. AnthonyAppleyard 03:57, June 19, 2010 (UTC)
• J K Rowling is the name she uses as the author, and is the common name. This should be the name we use. Also, moving the article in the middle of a discussion about the naming convention is not a wise idea; I have reverted accordingly. - Cavalier One^{(Wizarding Wireless Network)} 10:00, July 12, 2010 (UTC)
• I agree with Cav. J. K. Rowling is the name she uses as an author, and so what the article should be called. Grunny (talk) 10:06, July 12, 2010 (UTC)

Undated, uncited and confusing bit

The "After Harry" section contains the following, which is undated, uncited and somewhat confusing:

A message was given out by J.K.Rowling she has said that the Harry Potter series is not completed. In her mind, she is now planning to write the last of the series, it is unknown what year it is put in and J.K.Rowling is wanting to finish the books with a bang.

Is this something which was said before or after the publication of Deathly Hallows? Does anyone know what the source is for this? Whatever its provenance, it contradicts the earlier sentence in the article, "The series is complete." Should it be removed? —Josiah Rowe 07:55, November 25, 2010 (UTC)

Removed. - Nick O'Demus 08:58, November 25, 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! —Josiah Rowe 09:03, November 25, 2010 (UTC)

Misleading inaccuracy

Okay, if I could just lend a hand here, there is a problem with "On 23 January 2005, Rowling's third child by Dr. Murray was born, fulfilling Rowling's lifelong wish to have three children."

This is blatantly wrong. Rowling's first child, Jessica Isabel Rowling Arantes, was not by Doctor Murray. This child's father is Jorge Arantes.

The sentence strongly suggests, and rightly so, by reasonable interpretation, that the child born on 23 January 2005 was Rowling's third child by Dr. Murray. This is not true. Rowling's first child was not born to Rowling by Doctor Murray.

Therefore, the simple addition of two commas is necessary, thus: "On 23 January 2005, Rowling's third child, by Dr. Murray, was born, fulfilling Rowling's lifelong wish to have three children."

The addition of these two commas recognizes that yes, Rowling's third child was born on 23 January 2005; however, this third child was born to Rowling by Dr. Murray, while Rowling's first child was not born to Rowling by Doctor Murray.

That is, only Rowling's second and third children were born to her by Doctor Murray. I'm surprised no one caught this inaccuracy before now. It also demonstrates and illustrates how the simple addition of a punctuation mark can change the contextual meaning of a sentence, in such a way as to render it an accurate statement--while previously, without the punctuation mark, it was not. --ProfessorTrek 14:03, March 4, 2012 (UTC)

Is this true that she changed her surname to Murray?

Should we add this info?Kintobor (talk) 21:50, June 22, 2018 (UTC)Kintobor

There's nothing to suggest that she has. -- Saxon 14:54, July 4, 2018 (UTC)

Source: [1]--RogueOwner (talk) 07:04, April 14, 2020 (UTC)

Transphobia Scandal

Apparently she’s in trouble over something involving transphobia. Even the actors of Harry and Hermione aren’t happy with her.--BlueKraid (talk) 21:27, June 12, 2020 (UTC)

Hi there. Talk pages like this are for discussing the editing of the article, ie asking if something should be added or removed, things like that, not for random statements like this. It's true that she is currently embroiled in a transphobia row, but this is not the place to discuss it. Sirius (talk) 21:33, June 12, 2020 (UTC)

The controversy is very real, and I agree with Mr Sirius Black; this wiki is not the right place to discuss this type of topic. This is strictly a factual wiki, so making comments that Rowling is transphobic in my view is speculative and contentious, as it can be also argued that she is not transphobic. We are a very tolerant wiki who are respectful of anyone regardless of their identity, but this wiki is not for political discussions, only for wizarding world related stuff. --RedWizard98 (talk) 17:45, July 12, 2020 (UTC)

That said, factual sourced statements regarding the matter would be welcome on the article itself if anyone is interested in adding them, as it is notable and verifiable. ProfessorTofty (talk) 00:34, August 1, 2020 (UTC)

Her being transphobic doesn't necessarily have to be presented in a factual way though. Such is the case with Wikipedia, you can say something like "Rowling published a personal essay in 2018 concerning her thoughts with transgender people. This was largely met with resistance, and many people calling the essay transphobic. She has expressed similar views on her Twitter page." If there's not much opposition to this addition, I may edit it a bit and add it. D0NU7H0G (talk) 13:30, 18 August 2022 (UTC)

I really do not think however this wiki is the right place to discuss controversial social or political topics in the real world. We are supposed to be strictly about Harry Potter, so this kind of material should be kept on the normal Wikipedia.--RedWizard98 (talk) 01:31, August 1, 2020 (UTC)

And yet, we have already chosen to include both a "personal life" section on the article, as well as articles regarding certain political statements, such as her views regarding Donald Trump. ProfessorTofty (talk) 15:50, August 8, 2020 (UTC)

All these accusations about Rowling damage her reputation, so I think they should be kept off this wiki, which is supposed to celebrate her, not demean her. --RedWizard98 (talk) 21:56, August 8, 2020 (UTC)

The J. K. Rowling page is already enough of a target for vandalism without adding a whole paragraph about the transphobia scandal. As there are a wide range of varying opinions on the matter, attempting to construct a section on the page about it could easily lead to argument and edit warring, so I still believe the topic should be avoided altogether, for the sake of peace.

And the line about Donald Trump covers a Voldemort reference, which is why it has at least some relevance to the wiki. -  MrSiriusBlack  Talk  15:58, August 8, 2020 (UTC)

In response to D0NU7H0G, you will not be able to edit this article, as it has an admin-only protection placed on it, due to vandalism concerns. You will have to file an edit request if you would like to see any changes. Also, please place your response below all others that came before it, for chronological order. Kind regards. RedWizard98 (talk) 14:15, 18 August 2022 (UTC)

Spelling

J.K. Rowling or J. K. Rowling? (notice the space) --RogueOwner (talk) 14:10, 28 February 2021 (UTC)

J. K. Rowling. -  MrSiriusBlack  Talk  17:52, 28 February 2021 (UTC)

Should the spelling in the titles of the reference links be corrected or left the way they really are written in the sources even though technically wrong? --RogueOwner (talk) 21:58, 28 February 2021 (UTC)

Image categories

Hello, as there are two image categories regarding J. K. Rowling, one for images "of" her and for images illustrated "by" her. Both these image categories are linked in the BTS section of this article, but I was just wondering if there is a way these links can display demonstrate the two different categories, as to display them as different to readers, so they can access both categories fully informatively? This is because both image categories appear "images related to J. K. Rowling" on their current display. Thanks. RedWizard98 (talk) 16:04, 29 December 2021 (UTC)

Protection request

As I've requested and recommended before, there is a very good reason to protect this article so only admins and moderators can edit it, as given Rowling's personal controversy in the media, this article is a prime target for critics to vandalise it, which has indeed happened many times and will almost definitely happen again, especially in the wake of Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore coming out, and others have recommended its protection. This is way too much of a vulnerable target for vandalism, although legitimate edits should not be discarded as well, but the vandalism risk here is too high to ignore. RedWizard98 (talk) 21:07, 20 March 2022 (UTC)

Edit request

Hello, under the BTS section, the image category link for "Images of J. K. Rowling" needs fixing, because the category was moved to another title, and the current link on this page is to the old, now disused category. Thanks. RedWizard98 (talk) 09:59, 5 July 2022 (UTC)

Done - Kates39 (talk) 10:05, 5 July 2022 (UTC)

First picture

Can you change the main image of Rowling to a more recent image (attached image)? I can not because the page is blocked

Thank you

Talisrael (talk) 15:43, 5 July 2022 (UTC)talisraelTalisrael (talk) 15:43, 5 July 2022 (UTC)

I personally will be voting in favour of keeping the current image, since it best depicts Rowling as a novelist in my opinion. Only administrators and moderators can edit this article due to it being a target for vandalism. RedWizard98 (talk) 16:46, 5 July 2022 (UTC)

Hello everyone! What do you say to replace its information image with a more up-to-date image? The attached picture in my opinion is better than the current picture because it is much more up to date and is more official (Rowling's official website) so what do you think ?? Please share your opinion :)

Talisrael (talk) 09:52, 18 July 2022 (UTC)talisraelTalisrael (talk) 09:52, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

I think a more recent picture of her is a great idea, and these suggestions are perfect. I quite like the third one of her writing in a book too since she is an author but any would do. She does look a bit different now, and I feel like it is worth showing how she looks today. And it is an official picture of her, so what does everyone think? If there is a bit of support, I will change the infobox and place the current picture in the article. - Kates39 (talk) 10:05, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

new suggestion of a picture. Her facebook profile here: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=607268390763609&set=a.274300610727057

SeichanGrey (talk) 18:58, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

I've attached Rowling's Facebook profile picture, but I still think the last picture I suggested is better because it shows her as a writer.

Talisrael (talk) 18:36, 27 August 2022 (UTC)talisraelTalisrael (talk) 18:36, 27 August 2022 (UTC)

I rather use the Facebook photo because it directly came from a profile associated with her. SeichanGrey (talk) 18:40, 27 August 2022 (UTC)

I don't see much difference between a profile picture on Facebook and a picture showing Rowling on her website, even from the website it's more official in my opinion (and I also think the picture is prettier). what are you saying?

Talisrael (talk) 18:53, 27 August 2022 (UTC)talisraelTalisrael (talk) 18:53, 27 August 2022 (UTC)

Let's vote because everyone agrees that the old picture should be replaced...

Photo 1 - Face close-up, premiere FB3

Picture 2- Premiere FB3

Photo 3 - Official photo from Rowling's website

Picture 4 - Picture of Rowling's Facebook account

Please write your opinion on all the pictures :)

I'm in favor of "picture 3".

Talisrael (talk) 12:29, 28 August 2022 (UTC)talisraelTalisrael (talk) 12:29, 28 August 2022 (UTC)

I like the third one too. MalchonC (talk) 12:34, 28 August 2022 (UTC)

Votes have to be formally opened by an admin. -  MrSiriusBlack  Talk  14:33, 28 August 2022 (UTC)

Nevertheless if the majority has a preferrence, the image can still be changed right? Or does it also have to go through the voting process which needs at least 7 people participating? MalchonC (talk) 14:37, 28 August 2022 (UTC)

I like 3 and 4. SeichanGrey (talk) 14:49, 28 August 2022 (UTC)

There appears to be a fair amount of interest in this and I could open a vote if there are enough users with a different opinion. However, a vote shouldn't be necessary if everyone here likes the third photo (I also favour it). So by my count, four of us are happy with it. Does anyone object? - Kates39 (talk) 14:59, 28 August 2022 (UTC)

I only said that because Talisrael said "let's vote" and wrote a list that looked like a vote. Anyway, I like 3 and 4 also. -  MrSiriusBlack  Talk  16:32, 28 August 2022 (UTC)

Kates, I think there is permission to change the current photo to the third photo, everyone is in favor of this photo and there are no opponents :)

Talisrael (talk) 18:13, 29 August 2022 (UTC)talisraelTalisrael (talk) 18:13, 29 August 2022 (UTC)

Suggested new photo

She updated her Facebook photo. SeichanGrey (talk) 18:37, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

There is already a discussion for this right above this. Perhaps pitch in on that discussion instead of creating a new section on the exact same topic? -  MrSiriusBlack  Talk  18:41, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

Unlocking page for me

Hello! I was wondering if I could get the page unlocked, I would love to do some extensive edits on it!

--ShawONWIKI (talk) 20:06, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

I've unlocked the page for now so that you can edit it. However, if it starts getting vandalised, I will have to lock it. - Kates39 (talk) 21:25, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

More vandalism

There was an act of vandalism on this page again today, due to her personal controversy. This does not make vandalism of her page which also violates wiki neutrality acceptable. All editors (including novices) need to strongly know that this kind of editing shall not be tolerated. RedWizard98 (talk) 23:14, 19 June 2023 (UTC)