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Wife

Ernie is married to Padma Patil? Did I miss something?--Rodolphus 17:33, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

No, its fanon. - Cavalier One(Wizarding Wireless Network) 17:38, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Past tense

The use of past tense with this character implies he no longer exists. I see this mistake with many articles on this wikia. On other wikis, past tense implies death, and the implication is usually right. When the character is referred to in the past tense, it implies he once existed, but lives no longer.

We have absolutely NO proof that Ernie died in the second wizarding war. As a matter of fact, since he wasn't mentioned as being among the casualties, it's likely he survived, and we should maintain this assumption unless JKR decides to come out and say, 'oh by the way, Ernie's dead now.'

I intend to go around the wiki fixing this past tense issue, and leaving it only for characters who we know died such as Sirius Black, Voldemort aka Tom Riddle, and James Potter.

Before going around the wiki as a whole, I intend for this article, as it is one of the best, and features my favorite Hufflepuff, (which is my house), to be the first edited. No major edits, just changing past tense to present. Before I fix this article, I intend to let everyone who watches this article to know of this. I am sure that once the articles in this wiki are fixed, it will become much better. Thank you.

Arculus Ambleway 16:08, December 27, 2009 (UTC)Arculus AmblewayArculus Ambleway 16:08, December 27, 2009 (UTC)

We're not implying he's died. Past tense is used to present it as if someone from the future were reading a historical document. The 24 Wiki uses this policy, and the same thing can be applied here. Past tense just cuts out a lot of subjective decisions about what is considered "current" or "recent." --Cubs Fan (Talk to me) 16:20, December 27, 2009 (UTC)

If this is indeed the case, then why are some characters such as Augusta Longbottom and Susan Bones used in present-tense, implying they lived. Susan has the same significance as Ernie. It doesn't seem a fixed policy, or there are several articles openly disobeying it. If Susan is present-tense, why isn't Ernie?

As there are several other characters like Ernie who are mentioned in present tense, and don't seem to be following this set policy, and there are wiki's under this rule that only use past tense when a character has died, (literally, i noticed that,) i still intend to change this article.

Arculus Ambleway 17:08, December 27, 2009 (UTC)Arculus AmblewayArculus Ambleway 17:08, December 27, 2009 (UTC)

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