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The result was merge‎ to List of Harry Potter characters. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 05:22, 30 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

List of supporting Harry Potter characters[edit]

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I don't see how this list meets WP:LISTN, but I think a merge to List of Harry Potter characters might solve the problem? The main list is suprisingly short and contains a number of redrects here as well, so this is really a weird fork (who decides which character is supporting anyway?). Thoughts? _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 04:45, 23 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Fictional elements, Science fiction and fantasy, Literature, and Lists. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 04:45, 23 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
While I do contend either article title meets NLIST, I definitely agree a merge is in order here, because this is a clear WP:CONTENTFORK. —siro χ o 08:13, 23 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Merge Clear content fork, no reason for there to be two seperate lists. JML1148 ^{(talk | contribs)} 08:14, 23 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Merge as it is an obvious subset of another article that does just fine and is frankly more useful El Wikipedian (talk) 10:31, 23 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Merge: No meet to have two separate lists for this subject. User:Let'srun 14:01, 23 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy Merge per content fork. Conyo14 (talk) 18:15, 23 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Comment – it could potentially stay if we come up with objective criteria for defining what's a supporting character, by appearances or by whether the actor appears in the main creadits or not, etc. But we should also add real-world information and reduce plot details, which means a major overhaul of the article. —El Millo (talk) 21:31, 23 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Light Merge - As others have said, this is an odd fork that is pretty duplicative of the main character list. The only real bits of info on this list that would probably be a good idea to move over is the actors who portrayed them in the movies. All of the characters themselves seem to all already be present in the target list. Rorshacma (talk) 14:38, 24 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Merge selectively per Rorshacma. Does not pass WP:SIGCOV as a topic or as individual entries. Arguably a WP:CONTENTFORK of the main character list, which also shows a reasonable WP:ATD. Shooterwalker (talk) 20:57, 24 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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