Talk:Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Andrew Kirke

Why is the page protected? My edits were fine!

"Andrew is not a friend and is called in the book by his surname"

How is he not "a friend"? He isn't an enemy at all, and is a Gryffindor! And just because the book uses his surname does NOT mean we have to. I mean, Draco is called by his surrnamed 90% of the time but in real life, J.K. Rowling calls him by his real name! --63.226.236.124 (discuss) 02:44, 15 August 2015 (UTC)


 * The UK standard, to which we are trying to adhere, is that casual acquaintances are referred to by their surnames. And in the book, at least the UK / Canada version of the book, Kirke is referred to much more frequently by his surname than by his first name. We're trying to be a bit consistent here, is all... and I requested that the page be locked simply because repeatedly editing and reverting is taking energy that could best be spent on other parts of the book.


 * Draco is sort of a special case, because "Malfoy" is indeterminate: both Lucius and Narcissa have reasonably large roles in the story, and they are all together often enough that we have to differentiate anyway.


 * I am open to debate on this, but I don't want to try and fight an edit war... that would be pointless. Chazz (talk) 03:27, 15 August 2015 (UTC)

OK. Sorry about that. --63.226.236.124 (discuss) 04:22, 15 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Might I suggest that you sign up for an account? They're free, you are more hidden with an account than without, and it makes it a lot easier to talk about things like this than trying to discuss things in the edit comments... and we can use the help in editing. Chazz (talk) 04:35, 15 August 2015 (UTC)