Talk:Clan McDuck

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Why the "The"? Why isn't it just "Clan McDuck"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zoe (talk • contribs) 22:46, 6 July 2002 (UTC)

Now moved. Angela. 19:57, May 9, 2005 (UTC)

Problem: Family Tree

The Family tree states that Scrooge is dead in 1967, but however, Carl Barks stated in 1997 that Scrooge was alive and well. Please explain this error... JP 16:31, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

See image of Scrooge's grave stone at reference 10 The Lives and Times in Duckburg, Chapter IX (1967-) The dawn of a new age. 209.169.85.18 (talk) 01:02, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Hortense

I think Hortense went to Africa to help the African people and to undo the harm Scrooge had done to some Africans. Das Baz, aka Erudil 23:37, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

The two Scrooge McDucks

According to the Italian wiki, Scrooge's twin half-brother in Paperino e l'uomo del West (Donald and the Man from the West) is named Manibuche, which is the Italian name for Pothole McDuck.

I would just fix it, but then we'd have two Pothole McDucks, which really wouldn't help. And maybe there is an English translation, and it does claim that the twin McDucks are both named Scrooge. But being named after an uncle makes more sense than having the same name as your half brother.

(And, yes, a twin half brother makes sense--two eggs from the same mother can be fertilized by two different fathers. It's rare, but it happens.)

— trlkly 10:55, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

Ludwig and Matilda

Don Rosa said Ludwig Von Drake must have married Matilda because that is the only way he could be Donald's uncle. If so, the marriage must have ended in divorce. Professor Von Drake being an absent-minded know-it-all, Matilda got sick and tired of him. When we meet Matilda, she is Matilda McDuck, not Matilda Von Drake (as she would be if still married, or widowed). Das Baz, aka Erudil 17:55, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

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Fergus McDuck's age

If Fergus McDuck was born in 1835 and died in 1902, then he was 67 (or 66), not 72 as stated in the article. Is this inconsistency found in the comics? Koro Neil (talk) 00:03, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

In his private notes, Don Rosa gave provisional birth and death dates for his characters, noting that he could change them at any time: the birth date for Fergus was 1830. In his story The Old Castle's Other Secret or A Letter from Home he showed 1835 as his birth date, and this should be regarded as the official birth date. --Newblackwhite (talk) 16:47, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

WTD - What the duck? Major undue weight problems

Why is William Van Horn's Rumpus McFowl listed before Scrooge McDuck? This is a McDuck Clan article.

Also, why do Italian characters that have only appeared in a few stories in Italy (and hardly, if at all, in English language print), such as Gideon McDuck, and that also contradict the original duck universe (that has Scrooge as the last of the Clan McDuck) have priority over Scrooge's canonical sisters who are listed afterward? There is an Italian language Wikipedia site where this wouldn't be such undue weight.

I tried to brush this up and reprioritize the list according to English language publication, and now for some reason Rumpus in before Scrooge! Is this spite? Is there a Scrooge hater? This isn't even logical.

If we must have a picture of Gideon, can it at least be by Romano Scarpa who created him, and can he be listed after Scrooge's Barks/Rosa canonical sisters? Plus, mention needs to be retained about the contradiction, not in a negative way, but matter-of-fact. Don Rosa has filled in a lot of gaps in Scrooge's history based on Barks' timeline and with due respect to Barks, who basically created the duck comic book universe.

I wanted to help improve these articles for the next generation of fans, but if this sort of unrealistic prioritization is going to happen, it makes Wikipedia seem rather futile. I know there's a lot of people who agree with me. This is an English language Wiki site, and historically, the original canonical American characters should be listed first, without undue weight placed upon the characters from the alternate Italian duck universe, while they could certainly still be mentioned.

Anyone care to chip in on this? I think it strange that this is even an issue, as an encyclopedic approach would take the historical and canonical priority into consideration. 72.220.73.191 (talk) 00:14, 9 August 2022 (UTC)

This is the English language Wikipedia, not the American Wikipedia. The article should cover all notable members of the Clan McDuck regardless of where they were invented. As Rumpus McFowl is Scrooge McDuck's cousin, I think he belongs to the Clan McDuck. JIP | Talk 11:01, 6 September 2022 (UTC)