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J. K. Rowling's ethnicity/nationality has been discussed here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here. Current consensus is that she is British, and that whether she is also English, Scottish or Welsh has no bearing on her work or her biography, and is best not discussed.
The topic of her middle name has been discussed here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. Her full name is simply Joanne Rowling; she contracted the first name and chose the middle initial K from her grandmother's name, Kathleen, in order to remove the gender association from her own name.
Her married name has been discussed here, here, here, here, here and here. She uses her married name, Murray, for private business, but her maiden name, "Rowling", is used here, as it is the one by which she is most widely known.
The pronunciation of her name has been discussed here, here, here, here and here. She has commented that her name is pronounced like bowling and not like howling.
Allegations that she supports communism in the series have been discussed here, here, here, here, here and here. She has not publicly espoused any such views; attempts to describe such views in her works have been rejected as original research of published material.
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The FAQ on this page tells editors to call her British, not English or Scottish. "Current consensus is that she is British, and that whether she is also English, Scottish or Welsh has no bearing on her work or her biography, and is best not discussed." Yet the article is in "English" people categories.
This means the FAQ are not being followed. Either the categories should be changed to British, or the FAQ should be changed. Kk.urban (talk) 07:14, 7 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I was assuming the FAQ was intended for the text body, not necessarily categories. The practice in categories is to be as specific as possible, i.e., place subjects in a sub-category rather than a super-category, when possible. BastunĖġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ! 11:00, 7 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
If the consensus is that it's not clear whether she's English, then she shouldn't be in English people categories. Kk.urban (talk) 17:08, 7 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I find our categorization erratic at best, and haven't the stamina to deal with it unless there's an egregious error. I'm sorry, but I can't be bothered to investigate why the British/English categorization matters here. Vanamonde (Talk) 22:06, 7 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
It looks fixable, all of the English categories seem to have a British parent category. I can do a quick replacement of them if we want, I'd also suggest doing a WP:PARENTCAT cleanup as well, as there's some cases where she's been categorised twice, like Category:British women philanthropists and Category:English women philanthropists, where the English women category is a subcategory of British women. Sideswipe9th (talk) 22:18, 7 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Also can't be bothered. Any duplicates should be removed, but otherwise... Johnbod (talk) 23:15, 7 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Does anyone know why the Smith biography is no longer available at the Open Library, or does anyone have a copy? I am quite certain this content was supported by Smith, but I don't know why I can no longer access the book. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 15:30, 11 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
All right, so I purchased the Kindle book, which means I don't have the same pagination, but there is no doubt that content is supported. I don't know why we've had such a sudden rash of new accounts at this article, but I am planning two funerals for best friends at once, so it would be helpful if others would issue the contentious topic warnings to these new accounts. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 15:51, 11 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
level-5 vital article is rated FA-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
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