Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark Evans (Harry Potter)

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The result of the debate was merge/redirect. This action has been taken. Joyous 00:18, Jan 22, 2005 (UTC)

Mark Evans (Harry Potter)

This "character" is a name who is mentioned once in the entire Harry Potter series, and who J. K. Rowling has apparently (according to the article) said that he "will at no point later in the books be of importance." I can't see how this article offers anything even mildly important for any person to know, ever. Delete. - Vague | Rant 04:00, Jan 5, 2005 (UTC)

Abstain. Would liked to see this information merged/redirected. Neutrality^talk 04:22, Jan 5, 2005 (UTC)

Let's go for a merge and redirect first, but if it hasn't got anyplace to go, delete. P M C 04:24, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Delete. No relevance at all. Just fans would speculate about this character. If it was a more relevant character, it should be merged with a general minor character article. — Kieff | Talk 04:26, Jan 5, 2005 (UTC)

Why is it on some article about Potter's relatives now? It plainly says he isn't a relative, so that's absurd. Either find somewhere more appropriate to merge it or keep it, or maybe even delete it, but definitely don't put it on the "relatives" page. Everyking 06:44, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Merge; this character is mentioned in the article about the sixth Harry Potter Book, and there it was speculated that he could be a relative Lectonar 08:39, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Extremely minor character who was mentioned in book 5 (IIRC) which fans thought to be important because he accidentally shared his last name with Harry's mother. I'm kinda torn on the issue, he had a major impact on fan speculation which is kind of important, but I think it's better served as a section in the related book. Merge. Mgm|^(talk) 13:08, Jan 5, 2005 (UTC)
Comment: Happy with the current redirect, but to add some evidence. All the Harry Potter Lexicon wrote on the subject was: "Evans, Mark

Child who lives near Privet Drive. Dudley beat him up on 31 July 1995 (OP1) for "cheeking him." At that time, Mark was ten years old. Despite having the same last name as Harry's mother, Mark is nothing more than a "walk-on" character, according to Rowling. (JKR)". Mgm|^(talk) 13:44, Jan 5, 2005 (UTC)

Merge with the relatives page and explain he's not really a relative, or significant. This character is perceived to be important so people will attempt to look him up, and probably create new articles about him. Kappa 17:16, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Split off a list of minor Harry Potter characters and merge+redir to that. --fvw * 18:33, 2005 Jan 5 (UTC)
Merge and redirect as a fancruftian misconception. hfool/Roast me 01:39, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)

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