Talk:Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Merope Gaunt

A note on the name
Recently editors have taken it upon themselves to change Merope's name to Riddle from Gaunt. This change will be reverted.

It is not necessarily true that Merope and Tom Riddle were ever married. Children can, and do, happen without benefit of clergy. But married or not, the name "Merope Riddle" never appears in the ten Potter books written directly by J. K. Rowling, which are the canon reference we use for this work. And while their being married is implied, no character in the books who would have knowledge of that marriage ever comes out and says that. So we have to assume that the name "Merope Riddle" will be foreign to our readers.

If there is overriding rationale for changing the name, please place it on this page; if it is reasonable, it may be acted upon. Chazz (talk) 15:28, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

I should also note that the most recent instance created a new page which replicated the existing Merope Gaunt page, with the Merope Riddle name; then requested that the Merope Gaunt page be deleted. This is frowned upon because it loses the edit history. If there is reason, the Merope Gaunt page can be renamed / moved, which keeps the edit history. Chazz (talk) 14:31, 15 September 2018 (UTC)