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|J.K. Rowling's ethnicity/nationality has been discussed [[Talk:J. K. Rowling/Archive 02#Rowling's ethnicity|here]], [[Talk:J. K. Rowling/Archive 07#Scottish?|here]], [[Talk:J. K. Rowling/Archive 08#Nationality|here]] and [[Talk:J. K. Rowling/Archive 10#Ethnicity.|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/full name has been discussed [[Talk:J. K. Rowling/Archive 01#Middle name|here]], [[Talk:J. K. Rowling/Archive 02#Her name|here]], [[Talk:J.K. Rowling/Archive 03#Name|here]], [[Talk:J.K. Rowling/Archive 03#Middle Name|here]], and [[Talk:J. K. Rowling/Archive 07#Her "middle name"|here]]. |
|J.K. Rowling's ethnicity/nationality has been discussed [[Talk:J. K. Rowling/Archive 02#Rowling's ethnicity|here]], [[Talk:J. K. Rowling/Archive 07#Scottish?|here]], [[Talk:J. K. Rowling/Archive 08#Nationality|here]] and [[Talk:J. K. Rowling/Archive 10#Ethnicity.|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/full name has been discussed [[Talk:J. K. Rowling/Archive 01#Middle name|here]], [[Talk:J. K. Rowling/Archive 02#Her name|here]], [[Talk:J.K. Rowling/Archive 03#Name|here]], [[Talk:J.K. Rowling/Archive 03#Middle Name|here]], and [[Talk:J. K. Rowling/Archive 07#Her "middle name"|here]]. Her full, legal name is simply ''Joanne Murray'' - she writes under her maiden name Joanne Rowling, abbreviated to J.K. Rowling. Kathleen is not her name, it was her grandmothers and selected as a middle initial, the reason for the contraction was to remove the gender association from her name. |
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|The pronunciation of her name has been discussed [[Talk:J. K. Rowling/Archive 01#name pronunciation|here]], [[Talk:J.K. Rowling/Archive 03#Rowing or rolling|here]], [[Talk:J.K. Rowling/Archive 06#Pronunciation|here]], and [[Talk:J. K. Rowling/Archive 10#Pronunciation (yes, I know, but please read)|here]]. She has commented that her name is pronounced like ''bowling'' and not like ''howling''. |
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|The topics of her political values and communism in the series have been discussed [[Talk:J.K. Rowling/Archive 03#JKR's political views|here]], [[Talk:J.K. Rowling/Archive 03#Politics again|here]], [[Talk:J.K. Rowling/Archive 04|here (whole page)]], [[Talk:J. K. Rowling/Archive 07#Mitford's Communism|here]] and [[Talk:J. K. Rowling/Archive 10#Philanthropy or personal views|here]]. She has not publicly espoused any particular political views and any attempt to uncover such views in her works is very likely to violate [[WP:OR]]. |
|The topics of her political values and communism in the series have been discussed [[Talk:J.K. Rowling/Archive 03#JKR's political views|here]], [[Talk:J.K. Rowling/Archive 03#Politics again|here]], [[Talk:J.K. Rowling/Archive 04|here (whole page)]], [[Talk:J. K. Rowling/Archive 07#Mitford's Communism|here]] and [[Talk:J. K. Rowling/Archive 10#Philanthropy or personal views|here]]. She has not publicly espoused any particular political views and any attempt to uncover such views in her works is very likely to violate [[WP:OR]]. |
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|Topics relating to accusations of plagiarism against Rowling, in court or otherwise, are discussed in [[Legal disputes over Harry Potter]] and [[Harry Potter influences and analogues]]. |
|Topics relating to accusations of plagiarism against Rowling, in court or otherwise, are discussed in [[Legal disputes over Harry Potter]] and [[Harry Potter influences and analogues]]. |
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JK Rowlings Nationality is ENGLISH
What's all this discussion about JK's nationality? She is English. Fact. End of. Her CITIZENSHIP is British. Fact. End of. The UK of GB & NI passport is the only one in the world that ansers the "Nationality" question with a different answer - hence it always says "British Citizen". No other passport in the world answers the question with "citizen" and that's because every other county states the nationality, eg French, German etc. The UK is a political union of four nationalities, but in the Wikipedia question, it asks "nationality", therefore JKR is English. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.110.2.102 (talk) 02:43, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
Please read the archives regarding here nationality/Ethnicity. It's been discussed to the death. We don’t need another. 88.109.238.194 (talk) 19:11, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
Can I also add JK, has stong connections with Scotland, where she lives. This makes her more BRITISH than English. Does any one agree?
No. If you use that line of argument then Oscar Wilde was British. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.155.64.202 (talk) 14:11, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
Légion_d'honneur
JKR has been awarded with the Légion_d'honneur by the French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
Sources: http://www.elysee.fr/documents/index.php?mode=view&lang=fr&cat_id=8&press_id=2290
http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1095823
189.4.250.18 (talk) 20:22, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
- I confirm it, but I can't see where it would fit in the article. -- lucasbfr talk 20:27, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
Her name
Her real name is Mrs Joanne Murray. I quote from the Guardian "The author - suing under her real name, Mrs Joanne Murray ", the full version of which can be found here (http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/aug/07/pressandpublishing.privacy). Any concerns, please discuss here before making changes. I think this source is very clear. Also here (http://www.schillings.co.uk/news/private-client-news/JKRowling%E2%80%99ssonwi/), a source which is all of clear, reliable and respected. Barrabhoy (talk) 15:21, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
Joanne, herself, mentions that the Gaurdian rarely gets facts straight about her life in fact she dispises them). She has gotten into debates with them about it. But when she began writing her name was Rowling. After marriage it changed. to Murray. the only real part of her pen name that is false is the "K". this is just for clarification (24.22.195.180 (talk) 00:24, 16 June 2009 (UTC))
After Harry Potter, a matter of tense
In the section, After Harry Potter, the line "Rowling has stated that she plans to continue writing after the publication of the final Harry Potter book" suggests that the final Harry Potter book has not yet been published. 74.70.106.13 (talk) 03:59, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
Picture of JK Rowling
The picture is certainly not attractive. It needs a fix. 58.174.49.225 (talk) 08:05, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
SHE HAS THREE CHILDREN
Why is her eldest daughter, Jessica, not mentioned in this article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 118.208.195.70 (talk) 04:49, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
- She is. Serendipodous 10:52, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
- Yeah, but why is she not mentioned in the "Personal Life" section, while her other two children are? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.151.169.128 (talk) 01:44, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
- Because the personal life section covers events after Harry Potter. Serendipodous 14:49, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
- Why would a "Personal Life" section only cover a time period after a certain event? I think this is misleading, because someone reading only the Personal Life section might conclude, incorrectly, that she only has two children. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.151.169.128 (talk) 17:49, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
- Because the personal life section covers events after Harry Potter. Serendipodous 14:49, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
- Yeah, but why is she not mentioned in the "Personal Life" section, while her other two children are? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.151.169.128 (talk) 01:44, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
Jo has a Twitter now. http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2009/9/25/jk-rowling-opens-twitter-account --Parodist (talk) 22:19, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
flogging the ground beside a dead horse
Looking at the pronunciation controversy of a couple of years ago, and the subsequent archives — Can I be the only one to wonder what the heck rohwling is meant to represent, and how it differs from rolling? —Tamfang (talk) 05:21, 12 October 2009 (UTC)