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Discussions on this page often lead to previous arguments being restated. Please read recent comments, look in the archives, and review the FAQ before commenting, and read through the list of highlighted discussions below before starting a new one: J.K. Rowling's ethnicity/nationality has been discussed here, here and here. The topic of her middle/full name has been discussed here, here, here, here and here. Her full, legal name is simply Joanne Rowling. The pronunciation of her name has been discussed here, here and here. She has commented that her name is pronounced like bowling and not like howling. The topics of her political values and communism in the series have been discussed here, here, here (whole page) and here. She has not publicly espoused any particular political views and any attempt to uncover such views in her works is very likely to violate WP:OR.

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External link to ZotFish?

Hi, I was wondering if it would be appropriate for someone to add an external link to the ZotFish page for J. K. Rowling?. I believe it's of genuine interest to readers, but I want to make sure I follow Misplaced Pages policy and not post it myself -- more info on the site can be found at Mashable.

Zotman (talk) 03:29, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Sounds like that site could work some day, but until it establishes itself I don't think linking to it it qualifies on notability grounds. Otherwise it's really just advertising. Serendious 05:57, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

The site violates WP:ELNO, WP:NOT#REPOSITORY, and does not enhance the article. It should not be added. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 15:30, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

The Church she's a member of

http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/1999/1099-atlanta-hulbert.htm —Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.241.245.34 (talk) 00:10, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, what's your point? faithless () 02:15, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Beedle The Bard

Can someone add to this page the fact that Rowling WILL be publishing Beedle The Bard in December 2008? I'd add a link to a news page, but I haven't the foggiest how. Just do a quick search in Google News: it's all there. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.143.54.6 (talk) 19:27, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Done. :-) Serendious 07:45, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

Pronunciation (yes, I know, but please read)

Yes, I know this has been discussed there, there and there (see box at top of page) but as Rowling is British, why is the US pronunciation of the vowel in the first syllable being used instead of the UK pronunciation; that is, why /oʊ/ rather than /əʊ/? Is it Misplaced Pages policy to use US pronunciation in all articles, or is UK pronunciation supposed to be used in articles on UK topics? Either is POV, of course, but in this case, using the US pronunciation seems more POV to me than using the UK one. — Paul G (talk) 07:08, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

Done. :-) Serendious 07:46, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

Ethnicity.

The fact the article seems to fail to mention she’s English (I accept the "British in the opening sentence) really seems very strange. Scottish nationalist twits ruling this article like they try to with every other English related article? (Butters x (talk) 01:20, 9 August 2008 (UTC))

Groan. Didn't you read the notice at the top of the board? This has been done to death. Rowling is British. That's her nationality. Her ethnicity doesn't mean anything. She's not Sir Walter Scott. Serendious 06:07, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

And i don't see people like you going around to every Scottish people’s article and trying to assert they are "British" and that there Ethnicity is not important. (Butters x (talk) 12:19, 9 August 2008 (UTC))

I don't edit those articles. I edit this one. And in my estimation, since Rowling's ethnicity has little or no bearing on her or her work, it isn't worth getting flustered over. Serendious 13:49, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

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