This page should be deleted[]
"“There are no Harry Potter series in development at the studio or on the streaming platform,” Warner Bros. and HBO Max said in a statement to Variety," 18:29, 25 January 2021 (UTC)
- Exactly the point. This page is disingenuous and should be deleted. RedWizard98 (talk) 20:12, 25 January 2021 (UTC)
it is official now. SeichanGrey (talk) 18:36, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
Adding Character Information when New Show Releases[]
Im sure this will divide the Wiki, so I want to see what we will do -- before the first episode is released: how will we handle the information given in this new show? Level with me, with a new cast, are we going to fill the information into the already-existing articles much like how anime wikis add filler content into the existing articles, or are we going to split them separately (ex. "Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe)" vs. "Harry Potter (New Actor)"? CosmicBreakfast (talk) 02:22, 17 June 2023 (UTC)CosmicBreakfast
- According to the canon policy, the show will be tier-two canon if Rowling is involved, so anything from the show that doesn't contradict tier-one canon (anything directly written by Rowling) can go in articles as filler contents, and other information, if notable, should go in the "Behind the scenes" section. We don't create multiple articles for the same subject based on different versions of portrayal, unless the community thinks the policy should be changed. MalchonC (talk) 04:36, 17 June 2023 (UTC)
- MalchonC, what will we do if a scene from the show contradicts the films? This is an edge case scenario, but I perceive it as possible because shows often deviate from other material as directors want to put their own artistic spin on their work. Castlemore (talk) 04:48, 17 June 2023 (UTC)
- MalchonC, I fully understand the Canon Policy, this is why I'm asking as this can get tricky, very tricky, also Castlemore makes a good point in that regards. CosmicBreakfast (talk) 04:55, 17 June 2023 (UTC)CosmicBreakfast
- Yeah, this is where it gets very tricky indeed, I actually think it may occur a lot more often than what one would consider to be edge case scenario. The policy says if newer tier-one info contradicts older info then the newer info is considered the right one, but this is limited to tier-one only, so it's really unclear how to proceed if the same happens to the other tiers, though for the newest tier-three video games we may have taken the same approach for a very few cases if my memory doesn't fail me. This may warrant a forum post that focuses on an update of the policy. MalchonC (talk) 05:11, 17 June 2023 (UTC)
- I agree this could need a forum to figure out the best way to proceed. The amount of material getting produced now has made the current canon policy very crowded. The franchise will also keep producing new material in the future, so it could be worth getting ahead of it and revising our canon policy.
- The films are such a huge series that I don't know if simply replacing it with the TV series when they contradict really works for me. Ideally, every piece of content should be equally represented, but getting rid of the tier system to separate everything would require a huge overhaul of the wiki across thousands of pages. If people are interested, let's open a forum so everyone can have a chance to give their opinion, give their ideas. Hopefully a solution to suit everyone can be found. - Kates39 (talk) 10:27, 17 June 2023 (UTC)
- Yeah, it definitely doesn't work best to simply replace things from the films with things from the TV series, since they're intended to be different productions, as opposed to Rowling's writings which are all supposed to be building up a consistent fictional world. I'd be interested in a forum thread to talk this out. MalchonC (talk) 11:23, 17 June 2023 (UTC)
- What has been said so far about the TV series is that it "will be a faithful adaptation of the books". If this is literally true, then one would hope that the TV series will not give us any information that is not already present on the wiki. Anything else, truly "new" or contradictory information, would surely be non-canon.
- If division arises over which portrayal of the characters to depict in their infobox images once the series is out, we could always do both, with a tabber system. I know of other multi-adaptation franchises that do that on their wikis. - MrSiriusBlack Talk 11:31, 17 June 2023 (UTC)
- I struggle to see how anything new wouldn't be contradictory. The circumstances would have to be very specific. - MrSiriusBlack Talk 12:08, 17 June 2023 (UTC)
- And that is the kind of oddly specific circumstances to which I referred. Are there rumours that it will show that? - MrSiriusBlack Talk 12:43, 17 June 2023 (UTC)
- This became a crazy discussion. Should I create a forum post about this so we can better discuss it out? CosmicBreakfast (talk) 21:23, 23 June 2023 (UTC)CosmicBreakfast
- A forum post has already been created here. - MrSiriusBlack Talk 21:50, 23 June 2023 (UTC)