Talk: Candidates for deletion/Archive 11

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Please discuss candidates for deletion here

Archived discussions

Lists of archived discussions and their results. Sorted by year in which the discussion started.

Archive 1 (2007)
Archive 2 (2008)
Archive 3 (2009)
Archive 4 (2010)
- Minister for Magic individual infobox
Archive 5 (2011)
- Johnpaul Castrianni
- Tsunami
- Unidentified lethal curse
- Magical familiar
- Robert Ripley
Archive 6 (2012)
Archive 7 (2013)
Archive 8 (2014 to 2015)

Was M Dudziac (FB) deleted

I had come across M Dudziac (FB) a while back on this wiki and was just checking if there was more than one character with that surname before putting it away. Was it renamed or deleted? Will delete this post once I get an answer. Thanks in advance. (Vaudree (talk) 03:09, March 21, 2016 (UTC))

I have reinstated the above discussion because another user deleted it on the grounds of his unilateral decision that this page is no longer to be used for deletion discussions, a decision which has since been overruled. Furthermore, the stated reason for deleting it (that this kind of thing "is best discussed on the article talk page") is plainly absurd, since this discussion is asking if/why the article was deleted, meaning that there isn't (as far as is known) an article talk page on which to discuss it. — RobertATfm (talk) 18:20, March 22, 2016 (UTC)

FYI, it wasn't a "unilateral decision", blame everyone for not even bothering to post in the discussion thread I made and bumped over and over again: after nearly a month of doing so and receiving zero community response, then usual practice is to assume that nobody cares or they're fine with the decisions, this is how it works every where else. Don't call decisions "absurd" simply because you don't understand how a wiki feature works.

Furthermore, article talkpages are not places to ask random questions. This doesn't even belong on a talkpage, the user could just make the effort to search and find the page. Talkpages are not forums for asking questions like this. --Sa ju uk 18:24, March 22, 2016 (UTC)

The article wasn't renamed or deleted. It's at M. Dudziac (note the period) and has been since I created it. ★ Starstuff ^{(Owl me!)} 18:54, March 22, 2016 (UTC)

[[:Category:Fathers]] et al.

The following discussion is an archived discussion. Please do not modify it.

Deleted ★ Starstuff ^{(Owl me!)} 01:18, March 28, 2016 (UTC)

I honestly don't see the utility in [[:Category:Fathers]], [[:Category:Uncles]], [[:Category:Aunts]], etc. I think these are designations that probably apply to most characters within the Harry Potter world, and I don't see value in categorizing along these lines. ★ Starstuff ^{(Owl me!)} 18:14, March 22, 2016 (UTC)

I agree with this. The point of categories is to make navigation easier by making it easy to find pages in which a user might be interested, hence categories which are too broad or too narrow are pointless. Before I gave the Coasterpedia wiki a thorough scouring with AutoWikiBot, it had such gibberish categories as "Coasterpedia". How does a category which includes every single article on the wiki do anything to aid navigation? — RobertATfm (talk) 18:26, March 22, 2016 (UTC)

I wasn't even aware those existed. Delete. -- Seth Cooper owl post! 18:35, March 22, 2016 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page, such as the current discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

American Wizarding Currency

We already have an article for the only known unit of American wizarding currency (the Dragot). All this article does is regurgitate the information from that article. It's redundant and unnecessary. ★ Starstuff ^{(Owl me!)} 21:00, April 6, 2016 (UTC)

I agree. If anything, it should be merged with Wizarding currency. -- Seth Cooper owl post! 00:50, April 7, 2016 (UTC)

I suppose you're right; the idea was that it could be added to when we found out about the other notes/coins they use. Sorry for causing trouble,

Felix Scamander (talk) 15:14, April 7, 2016 (UTC)

American Wizarding Society

Another redundant and unnecessary attempt to stretch scraps of information from other articles into a new article. ★ Starstuff ^{(Owl me!)} 21:08, April 6, 2016 (UTC)

Deletion candidates

Talk:Alex Brock and Talk:Antidote to Veritaserum, please discuss these deletion candidates at the respective article talkpage, thanks. (leaving a note here since it is clear that regulars of this wiki do not read article talkpages about deletion candidates). --Sa ju uk 08:40, April 7, 2016 (UTC)

I've removed the deletion template from the Alex Brock article. There is no precedent for deleting sourced articles on actors who appeared in Potter films simply because they feature no images. The article is currently a stub and could always be expanded. ★ Starstuff ^{(Owl me!)} 08:49, April 7, 2016 (UTC)

Okay (would've preferred this on the article talkpage, so it's all centralised there, like I requested...) then what about the antidote? --Sa ju uk 08:54, April 7, 2016 (UTC)

We've been over the having-deletion-discussions-on-article-talk-pages thing before, and the idea failed to receive community support, so frankly I find your attempt to do an end run around established practice and force us to do things the way you'd prefer very disrespectful. ★ Starstuff ^{(Owl me!)} 09:16, April 7, 2016 (UTC)

It's not disrespectful, it is common practice on just about every wiki I have edited: if you could name any other wiki on Wikia that discusses deletion candidates on a category talkpage (that is marginally successful), then please do link them and I'll be happy to stop using article talkpages for the purpose that they were designed for.

Just because one wiki does it a different way than is standard doesn't mean I should change how I discuss articles that I believe should be deleted, which is to use the article talkpage. If the article talkpages aren't going to be used for their intended purpose, we might as well just enable article comments and get rid of talkpages.

And we both know that there is hardly a community here to care about discussing changes, unless the user canvasses on talkpages to garner opinions. --Sa ju uk 09:24, April 7, 2016 (UTC)

The way we currently handle article deletion discussions is an established process. How other wikis operate is immaterial to this fact. We can, of course, change how we do things, but that requires community consensus. Disliking our current article deletion procedure isn't license to ignore it, any more than disliking laws against jaywalking is license to cross the street wherever one wishes. There's a couple of policies I don't like (the policy that disallows honorifics in article titles, thus requiring we use the clunky construction "Hermione Granger's father" over the simpler "Mr. Granger"), but I respect them all the same. ★ Starstuff ^{(Owl me!)} 09:45, April 7, 2016 (UTC)

Curious Raven

Please delete this article. A curious raven is a raven that is curious, not a special type of raven. And we do already have a raven article. --Rodolphus (talk) 09:12, April 16, 2016 (UTC)

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-*[[Category talk:Candidates for deletion/Archive 1|Archive 1]] {{Comment|2007}}
+* [[/Archive 1|Archive 1]] {{Comment|2007}}
-*[[Category talk:Candidates for deletion/Archive 2|Archive 2]] {{Comment|2008}}
+* [[/Archive 2|Archive 2]] {{Comment|2008}}
-*[[Category talk:Candidates for deletion/Archive 3|Archive 3]] {{Comment|2009}}
+* [[/Archive 3|Archive 3]] {{Comment|2009}}
-*[[Category talk:Candidates for deletion/Archive 4|Archive 4]] {{Comment|2010}}
+* [[/Archive 4|Archive 4]] {{Comment|2010}}
-**[[Category_talk:Candidates_for_deletion/Minister_for_Magic_individual_infobox|Minister for Magic individual infobox]]
+** [[/Minister for Magic individual infobox|Minister for Magic individual infobox]]
-*[[Category talk:Candidates for deletion/Archive 5|Archive 5]] {{Comment|2011}}
+* [[/Archive 5|Archive 5]] {{Comment|2011}}
-**[[Category_talk:Candidates_for_deletion/Johnpaul Castrianni|Johnpaul Castrianni]]
+** [[/Johnpaul Castrianni|Johnpaul Castrianni]]
-**[[Category_talk:Candidates_for_deletion/Tsunami|Tsunami]]
+** [[/Tsunami|Tsunami]]
-**[[Category_talk:Candidates_for_deletion/Unidentified_lethal_curse|Unidentified lethal curse]]
+** [[/Unidentified lethal curse|Unidentified lethal curse]]
-**[[Category_talk:Candidates_for_deletion/Magical_familiar|Magical familiar]]
+** [[/Magical familiar|Magical familiar]]
-**[[Category_talk:Candidates_for_deletion/Robert_Ripley|Robert Ripley]]
+** [[/Robert Ripley|Robert Ripley]]
-*[[Category talk:Candidates for deletion/Archive 6|Archive 6]] {{Comment|2012}}
+* [[/Archive 6|Archive 6]] {{Comment|2012}}
-*[[Category talk:Candidates for deletion/Archive 7|Archive 7]] {{Comment|2013}}
+* [[/Archive 7|Archive 7]] {{Comment|2013}}
+* [[/Archive 8|Archive 8]] {{Comment|2014 to 2015}}
+==Was M Dudziac (FB) deleted==
-==Current discussions==
+I had come across [[M Dudziac]] (FB) a while back on this wiki and was just checking if there was more than one character with that surname before putting it away. Was it renamed or deleted? Will delete this post once I get an answer. Thanks in advance. ([[User:Vaudree|Vaudree]] ([[User talk:Vaudree|talk]]) 03:09, March 21, 2016 (UTC))
-{{Talk}}
+:I have reinstated the above discussion because another user deleted it on the grounds of his unilateral decision that this page is no longer to be used for deletion discussions, a decision which has since been overruled. Furthermore, the stated reason for deleting it (that this kind of thing "is best discussed on the article talk page") is plainly absurd, since this discussion is asking if/why the article was deleted, meaning that there isn't (as far as is known) an article talk page on which to discuss it. — [[User:RobertATfm|RobertATfm]] ([[User_talk:RobertATfm|talk]]) 18:20, March 22, 2016 (UTC)
+::FYI, it wasn't a "unilateral decision", blame everyone for not even bothering to post in the discussion thread I made and bumped over and over again: after nearly a month of doing so and receiving zero community response, then usual practice is to assume that nobody cares or they're fine with the decisions, this is how it works every where else. Don't call decisions "absurd" simply because you don't understand how a wiki feature works.
+::Furthermore, article talkpages are not places to ask random questions. This doesn't even belong on a talkpage, the user could just make the effort to search and find the page. Talkpages are not forums for asking questions like this. --'''''[[User:SuperSajuuk|Sa]][[User talk:SuperSajuuk|ju]][[Special:Contributions/SuperSajuuk|uk]]''''' 18:24, March 22, 2016 (UTC)
+:::The article wasn't renamed or deleted. It's at [[M. Dudziac]] (note the period) and has been since I created it. <span style="color: green">&#x2605;</span> [[User:Starstuff|<span style="color: green">S</span><span style="color: dimgrey">t</span><span style="color: green">a</span><span style="color: dimgrey">r</span><span style="color: green">s</span><span style="color: dimgrey">t</span><span style="color: green">u</span><span style="color: dimgrey">f</span><span style="color: green">f</span>]] <sup>[[User talk:Starstuff|<span style="color: darkgreen">(Owl me!)</span>]]</sup> 18:54, March 22, 2016 (UTC)
+== <nowiki>[[:Category:Fathers]]</nowiki> et al. ==
-== Cane ==
-Is this worthy of an article? I realize that we have articles on numerous generic things that appear in canon, but surely this is pushing it? Harry once threw a stick at either Crabbe or Goyle (can't quite recall which). Should we have an article on sticks? A line should be drawn somewhere. -- [[User:1337star|1337star]] <sup>([[User_talk:1337star|Drop me a line!]])</sup> 01:35, January 11, 2014 (UTC)
-:I think it should be redirected to "Walking stick", but wanted to ask someone/anyone else before doing so. --[[User:Hunnie Bunn|Hunnie Bunn]] ([[User talk:Hunnie Bunn|talk]]) 01:56, January 11, 2014 (UTC)
-:If you think that's unworthy, just notify there's random stuff like [[Unidentified bluebird]] and [[Unidentified Black Death Eater at the Battle of Hogwarts (II)]]. [[User:Donut4|<b><font face="Arial Bold" size="4" color="Black">Donut4</font></b>]] || [[User talk:Donut4|<font face="Arial" size="4" color="Green">TALK PAGE</font>]] 14:00, January 12, 2014 (UTC)
-:Yeah, this is definitely not worthy of an article. It's not even a real object appearing in the book, and is only mentioned when Harry ''thinks'' Wood is a cane. [[User:Flabshoe1|Flabshoe1]] ([[User talk:Flabshoe1|talk]]) 19:40, March 23, 2014 (UTC)
-==The Existential Adulteration of Harry Potter==
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+I honestly don't see the utility in <nowiki>[[:Category:Fathers]], [[:Category:Uncles]], [[:Category:Aunts]]</nowiki>, etc. I think these are designations that probably apply to most characters within the Harry Potter world, and I don't see value in categorizing along these lines. <span style="color: green">&#x2605;</span> [[User:Starstuff|<span style="color: green">S</span><span style="color: dimgrey">t</span><span style="color: green">a</span><span style="color: dimgrey">r</span><span style="color: green">s</span><span style="color: dimgrey">t</span><span style="color: green">u</span><span style="color: dimgrey">f</span><span style="color: green">f</span>]] <sup>[[User talk:Starstuff|<span style="color: darkgreen">(Owl me!)</span>]]</sup> 18:14, March 22, 2016 (UTC)
-The Existential Adulteration of Harry Potter should be taken off the candidates for deletion list because, although not an official part of the canon, it does add an interesting element to the Potter series.
+:I agree with this. The point of categories is to make navigation easier by making it easy to find pages in which a user might be interested, hence categories which are too broad or too narrow are pointless. Before I gave the Coasterpedia wiki a thorough scouring with AutoWikiBot, it had such gibberish categories as "Coasterpedia". How does a category which includes every single article on the wiki do anything to aid navigation? — [[User:RobertATfm|RobertATfm]] ([[User_talk:RobertATfm|talk]]) 18:26, March 22, 2016 (UTC)
+::I wasn't even aware those existed. Delete. -- <small><span style="border:2px solid #333333;">[[User:Seth Cooper|<font style="background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;">&nbsp;'''Seth Cooper'''&nbsp;</font>]][[User talk:Seth Cooper|<font style="background:#333333;color:white;">&nbsp;'''owl&nbsp;post!'''</font>]]</span></small> 18:35, March 22, 2016 (UTC)
-It is, in essence, Book 3.5. I found this book while browsing Potter books on Amazon, read it, and enjoyed it so much that I thought other Harry Potter fans should know about it. One should at least read the book before deeming it unrelated to Harry Potter and unworthy for this site.
-Perhaps a special consideration should be made for this title due to its unique content and growing popularity.
-Thank you for reading.
-'''[[User:Dmoriarty|Dmoriarty]] ([[User talk:Dmoriarty|talk]]) 12:18, February 23, 2014 (UTC)'''
-'''D. Moriarty'''
-:It is still a fanon piece with no place in this wiki in and for itself. A page listing the most important fanons out there might have some merits, though. [[User talk:MinorStoop|<font face="French Script MT"><font size="6" color="red">MinorStoop</font></font>]] 13:00, February 23, 2014 (UTC)
-::I also think that, interesting though it is, it doesn't warrant its own separate page. --[[User:Hunnie Bunn|Hunnie Bunn]] ([[User talk:Hunnie Bunn|talk]]) 23:00, February 25, 2014 (UTC)
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-== [[Tom Marvolo Riddle's Horcruxes]] ==
+== [[American Wizarding Currency]] ==
+We already have an article for the only known unit of American wizarding currency (the [[Dragot]]). All this article does is regurgitate the information from that article. It's redundant and unnecessary. <span style="color: green">&#x2605;</span> [[User:Starstuff|<span style="color: green">S</span><span style="color: dimgrey">t</span><span style="color: green">a</span><span style="color: dimgrey">r</span><span style="color: green">s</span><span style="color: dimgrey">t</span><span style="color: green">u</span><span style="color: dimgrey">f</span><span style="color: green">f</span>]] <sup>[[User talk:Starstuff|<span style="color: darkgreen">(Owl me!)</span>]]</sup> 21:00, April 6, 2016 (UTC)
-Whilst I admit that as it currently stands this page is just a duplicate of another page, and thus will need a rename, conjecture tag and rewrite, I feel that if we can have a page for [[Herpo the Foul's Horcrux|one single Horcrux mentioned obscurely in one interview]], there should perhaps be a page for seven notable, if not crucial, Horcruxes seen throughout the series. A link could go on the Horcrux page to this page and all information pertaining to Voldemort's Horcruxes can be summarised on that page and expanded upon in this one. [[User:Hunnie Bunn|Hunnie Bunn]] ([[User talk:Hunnie Bunn|talk]]) 12:57, March 1, 2014 (UTC)
+:I agree. If anything, it should be merged with [[Wizarding currency]]. -- <small><span style="border:2px solid #333333;">[[User:Seth Cooper|<font style="background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;">&nbsp;'''Seth Cooper'''&nbsp;</font>]][[User talk:Seth Cooper|<font style="background:#333333;color:white;">&nbsp;'''owl&nbsp;post!'''</font>]]</span></small> 00:50, April 7, 2016 (UTC)
-:That's what I was thinking more or less. Why does it need a rename? Where is there conjecture on the page? If it was okay on the previous article, what's wrong with it on this one? Why does it need a rewrite? [[User:Jdogno7|Jdogno7]] ([[User talk:Jdogno7|talk]]) 13:09, March 1, 2014 (UTC)
+:I suppose you're right; the idea was that it could be added to when we found out about the other notes/coins they use. Sorry for causing trouble,
+: [[User:Felix Scamander|Felix Scamander]] ([[User talk:Felix Scamander|talk]]) 15:14, April 7, 2016 (UTC)
+== [[American Wizarding Society]] ==
-::It needs a conjecture tag because "Tom Marvolo Riddle's Horcruxes" isn't a name used directly in the series for the things. Therefore, it's something called a "conjectural title" - the title was made by a user on the wiki so that it'd be easier to find. The rename is because the "Marvolo" in the title is unneccessary. I'm pretty sure the article is all right as is and thus probably won't need a rewrite at all, but some other editors might be tweaking little things along the way as seen fit by them. [[User:Hunnie Bunn|Hunnie Bunn]] ([[User talk:Hunnie Bunn|talk]]) 13:18, March 1, 2014 (UTC)
-Well since Tom Riddle's Horcruxes linked to the main Horcrux article page, that was the closest name I could use that wasn't used by another article. Is there a way to fix that? [[User:Jdogno7|Jdogno7]] ([[User talk:Jdogno7|talk]]) 23:36, March 1, 2014 (UTC)
-:If it's decided that the article can stay, I'll fix that. [[User:Hunnie Bunn|Hunnie Bunn]] ([[User talk:Hunnie Bunn|talk]]) 23:41, March 1, 2014 (UTC)
-::Thanks. [[User:Jdogno7|Jdogno7]] ([[User talk:Jdogno7|talk]]) 00:44, March 2, 2014 (UTC)
-:::What could be done is keep the page [[Horcrux]] with general information about the horcruxes and move the informations about Voldemort's horcruxes that is in the text [[Horcrux]] to mix with the text [[Tom Marvolo Riddle's Horcruxes]] and make it better to doesn't be deleted. So the wikia would have following pages: 1) [[Horcrux]]: a page with general information about the horcruxes; 2) and pages with information about the wizards who created horcruxes which are: 2a) [[Tom Marvolo Riddle's Horcruxes]] and... 2b) [[Herpo the Foul's Horcrux]]. [[User:Andre G. Dias|Andre G. Dias]] ([[User talk:Andre G. Dias|talk]]) 08:36, March 2, 2014 (Brazil)
-::::What happened to my page? When was it deleted?
-[[User:Jdogno7|Jdogno7]] ([[User talk:Jdogno7|talk]]) 06:59, March 3, 2014 (UTC)
-:::::I thought pages weren't to be deleted until a consensus was reached unless the pages were fanonical; this page, while currently little more than a duplicate of another page, serves the potential to be a very erstwhile and useful page if the suggestions listed above were taken. However, others seem to disagree, so this is the place to provide reasons why the page should be outright deleted. [[User:Hunnie Bunn|Hunnie Bunn]] ([[User talk:Hunnie Bunn|talk]]) 01:08, March 8, 2014 (UTC)
-::::::"Erstwhile" means "past, former". If this page gets deleted it will indeed thereby become erstwhile. — [[User:RobertATfm|RobertATfm]] ([[User_talk:RobertATfm|talk]]) 07:42, April 9, 2014 (UTC)
-==Possibly fanonical pages about Anne and Alysha==
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-Though there is a link to Pottermore on one of them, these pages refer to individuals born in 2003. I strongly suspect them to be fanonical, so I've tagged them for deletion. Since the author seems to disagree, I brought it here. [[User talk:MinorStoop|<font face="French Script MT"><font size="6" color="red">MinorStoop</font></font>]] 07:17, March 2, 2014 (UTC)
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-==A category of uncertain relevance==
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-There is an ongoing discussion between user [[User:Jdogno7|Jdogno7]] about the category '''Magic invented by Fred and George Weasley'''. Jdogno7 maintains that this category and the one for [[:Category:Fred and George Weasley's inventions]] have both relevance, I maintain that "Inventions by..." suffices. Opinions? [[User talk:MinorStoop|<font face="French Script MT"><font size="6" color="red">MinorStoop</font></font>]] 07:51, March 7, 2014 (UTC)
-Finally.
-[[User:Jdogno7|Jdogno7]] ([[User talk:Jdogno7|talk]]) 09:09, March 7, 2014 (UTC)
-:At present time, I would tend to agree with {{U|MinorStoop}} that "Inventions by" renders "Magic invented by" rather redundant, and the latter category should be deleted or merged with the former. [[User:Hunnie Bunn|Hunnie Bunn]] ([[User talk:Hunnie Bunn|talk]]) 01:06, March 8, 2014 (UTC)
-I'm differentiating between an original piece of magic as opposed to a new use for an already existing piece of magic. [[User:Jdogno7|Jdogno7]] ([[User talk:Jdogno7|talk]]) 06:27, March 18, 2014 (UTC)
-}}
-== [[Chicken and ham sandwich]] ==
-* Chicken and ham sandwiches are not noteworthy as such, but the plate magically refilling itself when empty is noteworthy. [[User:Anthony Appleyard|Anthony Appleyard]] ([[User talk:Anthony Appleyard|talk]]) 23:15, March 19, 2014 (UTC)
-* Rename the page to "Self-refilling plate" or similar? [[User:Anthony Appleyard|Anthony Appleyard]] ([[User talk:Anthony Appleyard|talk]]) 05:10, April 9, 2014 (UTC)
-==Draco Trilogy==
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-The trilogy is a notable fanfiction. [[User:Flabshoe1|Flabshoe1]] ([[User talk:Flabshoe1|talk]]) 02:34, March 23, 2014 (UTC)
-: That's right! It is a fanfiction and not cannon. So, why to delete the page if it can be added to the [[:Category:Fandom|Category: Fandom]]? [[User:Andre G. Dias|Andre G. Dias]] ([[User talk:Andre G. Dias|talk]]) 00:05, March 23, 2014 (Brazil)
-:Reading the page, this series is "notable" mainly for being stolen wholesale from numerous other works. As such it doesn't deserve recognition, here or anywhere else. '''Delete'''. — [[User:RobertATfm|RobertATfm]] ([[User_talk:RobertATfm|talk]]) 03:05, March 23, 2014 (UTC)
-::The [[James Potter series]] page is on the same mould. [[User talk:MinorStoop|<font face="French Script MT"><font size="6" color="red">MinorStoop</font></font>]] 05:52, March 23, 2014 (UTC)
-:::The main reason why I tagged "Draco Trilogy" for deletion and not "[[James Potter (series)]]" was that Rowling responded to the James Potter series, as can be seen in the "Response by Rowling" section of that page; she fully endorsed the novel and was even accused of writing it herself. The Draco Trilogy, however, is, as said above by RobertATfm, notable chiefly for breaking copyright laws and being taken off the web. --[[User:Hunnie Bunn|Hunnie Bunn]] ([[User talk:Hunnie Bunn|talk]]) 11:31, March 23, 2014 (UTC)
-::::I can accept that - I've therefore removed the deletion templates. [[User talk:MinorStoop|<font face="French Script MT"><font size="6" color="red">MinorStoop</font></font>]] 13:07, March 23, 2014 (UTC)
-:::::Our [[HPW:NG|notability guidelines]] allow for the coverage of fan fiction works which have been  "subject to intense media attention" or are of "lasting, widespread popularity to a large segment of the ''Harry Potter'' community." The ''Draco Trilogy'', I think, fits both of these criteria: it's popular within HP fandom and its author, Cassandra Clare, is a now a ''New York Times'' best-selling author whose origin as a writer of fan fiction has been covered in the media. -<font color="Green">&#x2605;</font color> [[User:Starstuff|<font face="Times" color="green">S</font color><font face="Times" color="dimgrey">t</font color><font face="Times" color="green">a</font color><font face="Times" color="dimgrey">r</font color><font face="Times" color="green">s</font color><font face="Times" color="dimgrey">t</font color><font face="Times" color="green">u</font color><font face="Times" color="dimgrey">f</font color><font face="Times" color="green">f</font color>]] <sup>[[User talk:Starstuff|<font face="Times" color="darkgreen">(Owl me!)</font>]]</sup> 02:24, September 1, 2014 (UTC)
-}}
-==[[Ravenclaw House]]==
-Please! Delete this page which I have wrongly created when I tried to do a "<u>'''Redirect page'''</u>" but it didn't work. [[User:Andre G. Dias|Andre G. Dias]] ([[User talk:Andre G. Dias|talk]]) 01:54, April 9, 2014 (UTC)
-Looks like it was fixed by [http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/User:Cubs_Fan2007 Cubs Fan2007] (as can be seen in the [http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Ravenclaw_House?action=history History Log page]), so I think we can forget about and remove the Category "Candidates for deletion" of the redirect page [[Ravenclaw House]]. [[User:Andre G. Dias|Andre G. Dias]] ([[User talk:Andre G. Dias|talk]]) 14:10, April 21, 2014 (UTC)
-==Deletion category going-over==
-It might be worth to go over the items tagged for deletion - many of them are redirects to talk pages or tagged a few months ago with no discussion. Thanks! [[User talk:MinorStoop|<font face="French Script MT"><font size="6" color="red">MinorStoop</font></font>]] 09:08, April 28, 2014 (UTC)
-:To my mind, "Candidates for deletion" (or whatever it's called on any particular wiki) should be a strictly temporary category; pages should be in it for two weeks at most, after which either the delete tag or the article itself (whichever is warranted) should be deleted. That's my take anyway. — [[User:RobertATfm|RobertATfm]] ([[User_talk:RobertATfm|talk]]) 10:42, April 28, 2014 (UTC)
-==Filius McGonagall==
-{{archive
-|result=Deleted
-|sig=[[User:Nick O'Demus|<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="4" color="FF8000">Nick O'Demus</font>]] 10:29, September 24, 2014 (UTC)
-|discussion=
-I don't think Filius McGonagall should be a candidate for deletion as it is a good page and it has a lot of things which are true in it. Also there is a lot of good things on the page whch could increase popularity of this wikia!
-[[User:FiliusMcG|FiliusMcG]] ([[User talk:FiliusMcG|talk]]) 15:55, May 17, 2014 (UTC)
-:It's unfortunately very fanonical and rightfully deleted. [[User talk:MinorStoop|<font face="French Script MT"><font size="6" color="red">MinorStoop</font></font>]] 16:19, May 17, 2014 (UTC)
-}}
-== "Harry Potter and the Sorcer's''[sic]'' Stone" and its talk page ==
-{{archive
-|result=Deleted
-|sig=[[User:Nick O'Demus|<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="4" color="FF8000">Nick O'Demus</font>]] 10:29, September 24, 2014 (UTC)
-|discussion=
-These are both redirects, artefacts of someone moving "[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]" to the given title (in violation of wiki policy). I can understand why "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" might be a desired redirect, but this one is a misspelling, so I don't see what purpose it could possibly serve. '''Delete.''' — [[User:RobertATfm|RobertATfm]] ([[User_talk:RobertATfm|talk]]) 23:37, May 17, 2014 (UTC)
-:I don't know whether the search engine would be able to deal with this kind of misspelling even without redirects, but wouldn't be surprised if somebody entered it. Keeping them as redirects is unhurtful at best and useless at worst. [[User talk:MinorStoop|<font face="French Script MT"><font size="6" color="red">MinorStoop</font></font>]] 07:26, May 18, 2014 (UTC)
-}}
-==Page W.A.D.A==
-{{archive
-|result=Deleted
-|sig=[[User:Nick O'Demus|<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="4" color="FF8000">Nick O'Demus</font>]] 10:29, September 24, 2014 (UTC)
-|discussion=
-STOP TRYING TO DELETE MY PAGE W.A.D.A {{Unsigned|W.a.d.a}}
-:WADA, if you're smart, you'll wait until your page has been discussed and a consensus has been reached, or even better you'll start a blog. [[User talk:MinorStoop|<font face="French Script MT"><font size="6" color="Blue">MinorStoop</font></font>]] 11:35, September 22, 2014 (UTC)
-::The fact is it does not meet the Notability standards. I'll give WADA one day from now to move the content they wish to save to either a blog or their userpage, then this article will be deleted. - [[User:Nick O'Demus|<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="4" color="FF8000">Nick O'Demus</font>]] 11:43, September 22, 2014 (UTC)
-}}
-==[[Exploding Snabberwitch]] / [[Dabberblimp]]==
-{{archive
-|result=Kept.
-|sig=-- <small><span style="border:2px solid #333333;">[[User:Seth Cooper|<font style="background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;">&nbsp;'''Seth Cooper'''&nbsp;</font>]][[User talk:Seth Cooper|<font style="background:#333333;color:white;">&nbsp;'''owl&nbsp;post!'''</font>]]</span></small> 18:15, November 11, 2014 (UTC)
-|discussion=
-I don't know if either one or both texts are true. If anyone knows, please tell us about it. Assuming that both are true, I suggest that they be [[:Category:Articles to be merged|merged]] to only one text. [[User:Andre G. Dias|Andre G. Dias]] ([[User talk:Andre G. Dias|talk]]) 15:30, November 11, 2014 (Brazil)
-:The articles are properly referenced, and I can personally vouch that they are indeed mentioned in ''Half-Blood Prince'' (video game). No need for merge. -- <small><span style="border:2px solid #333333;">[[User:Seth Cooper|<font style="background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;">&nbsp;'''Seth Cooper'''&nbsp;</font>]][[User talk:Seth Cooper|<font style="background:#333333;color:white;">&nbsp;'''owl&nbsp;post!'''</font>]]</span></small> 18:15, November 11, 2014 (UTC)
-}}
-== Game Boy Color (console) ==
-A page for the [http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Game_Boy_Color?action=history Game Boy Color] was created in the past, but deemed to be unnecessary and redirected to [[Game Boy]] (which is an in-universe article). Unless circumstances have changed, I think this decision should be upheld here as well. (I would like to note, however, that I fully support the idea of splitting the video game pages up by console, as what appears to be currently happening. Many of the different adaptations of the series are completely different games from console to console. If nothing else, this will allow us to get rid of the cumbersome noting of which version applies in the "Appearances" section of articles by simply linking directly to the correct version of the game.) -- [[User:1337star|1337star]] <sup>([[User_talk:1337star|Drop me a line!]])</sup> 19:44, April 27, 2015 (UTC)
-I think in turn this page in disambuguation page.{{unsigned|Thiago752|15:08, May 30, 2015 (UTC)}}
-==What was intended to be the 7th Horcrux?==
-{{archive
-|result=Speedy deleted.
-|sig=-- <small><span style="border:2px solid #333333;">[[User:Seth Cooper|<font style="background:#FFFFFF;color:#333333;">&nbsp;'''Seth Cooper'''&nbsp;</font>]][[User talk:Seth Cooper|<font style="background:#333333;color:white;">&nbsp;'''owl&nbsp;post!'''</font>]]</span></small> 22:48, June 19, 2015 (UTC)
-|discussion=
-This article is to my mind a clear candidate for speedy deletion, on two grounds:
-) It's a blog post in the main article space.
-) It's nonsense; Voldemort only intended to split his soul into seven parts (that being the most magical number), hence there were only ever meant to be six horcruxes, no more.
-'''Delete.''' — [[User:RobertATfm|RobertATfm]] ([[User_talk:RobertATfm|talk]]) 16:42, June 8, 2015 (UTC)
-}}
+Another redundant and unnecessary attempt to stretch scraps of information from other articles into a new article. <span style="color: green">&#x2605;</span> [[User:Starstuff|<span style="color: green">S</span><span style="color: dimgrey">t</span><span style="color: green">a</span><span style="color: dimgrey">r</span><span style="color: green">s</span><span style="color: dimgrey">t</span><span style="color: green">u</span><span style="color: dimgrey">f</span><span style="color: green">f</span>]] <sup>[[User talk:Starstuff|<span style="color: darkgreen">(Owl me!)</span>]]</sup> 21:08, April 6, 2016 (UTC)
-== Harry Potter and the Misadventures of the Muggle ==
-:(''discussion moved to [[Category talk:Non-notable articles]]'')
-== Kredan ==
+== Deletion candidates ==
+[[Talk:Alex Brock]] and [[Talk:Antidote to Veritaserum]], please discuss these deletion candidates at the respective article talkpage, thanks. (leaving a note here since it is clear that regulars of this wiki do not read article talkpages about deletion candidates). --'''''[[User:SuperSajuuk|Sa]][[User talk:SuperSajuuk|ju]][[Special:Contributions/SuperSajuuk|uk]]''''' 08:40, April 7, 2016 (UTC)
+:I've removed the deletion template from the Alex Brock article. There is no precedent for deleting sourced articles on actors who appeared in ''Potter'' films simply because they feature no images. The article is currently a stub and could always be expanded. <span style="color: green">&#x2605;</span> [[User:Starstuff|<span style="color: green">S</span><span style="color: dimgrey">t</span><span style="color: green">a</span><span style="color: dimgrey">r</span><span style="color: green">s</span><span style="color: dimgrey">t</span><span style="color: green">u</span><span style="color: dimgrey">f</span><span style="color: green">f</span>]] <sup>[[User talk:Starstuff|<span style="color: darkgreen">(Owl me!)</span>]]</sup> 08:49, April 7, 2016 (UTC)
+::Okay <small>(would've preferred this on the article talkpage, so it's all centralised there, like I requested...)</small> then what about the antidote? --'''''[[User:SuperSajuuk|Sa]][[User talk:SuperSajuuk|ju]][[Special:Contributions/SuperSajuuk|uk]]''''' 08:54, April 7, 2016 (UTC)
+:::We've been over the having-deletion-discussions-on-article-talk-pages thing before, and the idea failed to receive community support, so frankly I find your attempt to do an end run around established practice and force us to do things the way you'd prefer very disrespectful. <span style="color: green">&#x2605;</span> [[User:Starstuff|<span style="color: green">S</span><span style="color: dimgrey">t</span><span style="color: green">a</span><span style="color: dimgrey">r</span><span style="color: green">s</span><span style="color: dimgrey">t</span><span style="color: green">u</span><span style="color: dimgrey">f</span><span style="color: green">f</span>]] <sup>[[User talk:Starstuff|<span style="color: darkgreen">(Owl me!)</span>]]</sup> 09:16, April 7, 2016 (UTC)
+::::It's not disrespectful, it is common practice on just about every wiki I have edited: if you could name any other wiki on Wikia that discusses deletion candidates on a category talkpage (that is marginally successful), then please do link them and I'll be happy to stop using article talkpages for the purpose that they were designed for.
+::::Just because one wiki does it a different way than is standard doesn't mean I should change how I discuss articles that I believe should be deleted, which is to use the article talkpage. If the article talkpages aren't going to be used for their intended purpose, we might as well just enable article comments and get rid of talkpages.
+::::And we both know that there is hardly a community here to care about discussing changes, unless the user canvasses on talkpages to garner opinions. --'''''[[User:SuperSajuuk|Sa]][[User talk:SuperSajuuk|ju]][[Special:Contributions/SuperSajuuk|uk]]''''' 09:24, April 7, 2016 (UTC)
+:::::The way we currently handle article deletion discussions is an established process. How other wikis operate is immaterial to this fact. We can, of course, change how we do things, but that requires community consensus. Disliking our current article deletion procedure isn't license to ignore it, any more than disliking laws against jaywalking is license to cross the street wherever one wishes. There's a couple of policies I don't like (the policy that disallows honorifics in article titles, thus requiring we use the clunky construction "Hermione Granger's father" over the simpler "Mr. Granger"), but I respect them all the same. <span style="color: green">&#x2605;</span> [[User:Starstuff|<span style="color: green">S</span><span style="color: dimgrey">t</span><span style="color: green">a</span><span style="color: dimgrey">r</span><span style="color: green">s</span><span style="color: dimgrey">t</span><span style="color: green">u</span><span style="color: dimgrey">f</span><span style="color: green">f</span>]] <sup>[[User talk:Starstuff|<span style="color: darkgreen">(Owl me!)</span>]]</sup> 09:45, April 7, 2016 (UTC)
+== [[Curious Raven]] ==
-According to J.K. Rowling, [https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/619563964469522433 Kredan is quite literally nobody]. Her comment that "they got the name wrong" is rather vague (who is "they", exactly?), and I therefore think the article should just be deleted until whatever substance this character may have materializes. -- [[User:1337star|1337star]] <sup>([[User_talk:1337star|Drop me a line!]])</sup> 20:53, July 13, 2015 (UTC)
+Please delete this article. A curious raven is a raven that is curious, not a special type of  raven. And we do already have a raven article. --[[User:Rodolphus|Rodolphus]] ([[User talk:Rodolphus|talk]]) 09:12, April 16, 2016 (UTC)
-:Further proof: Ezra Miller, who was rumoured to be in talks for the role, has [http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2015/07/ezra-miller-michael-angarano-stanford-prison-experiment-interview?utm_campaign=complexmag%2Bsocialflow%2B07%2B2015&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social confirmed] (warning, interview contains foul language) that he has not been approached for ''Fantastic Beasts''. -- [[User:1337star|1337star]] <sup>([[User_talk:1337star|Drop me a line!]])</sup> 18:54, July 17, 2015 (UTC)