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Paula Cracker

I added Paula Cracker as a former virtual member (as she was) but none of her contributions to the band actually appeared in any albums. So, because of this, should I remove her as a member of the band? VTnav (talk) 00:42, 18 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

No, "she" contributed to the single which was released when the band was still called Gorilla in 1998 (the fan wiki has an image of the sleeve and she appears on it). It might be an idea to add a cite for her to Rise of the Ogre, since it's a RS for the fictional characters (some editors also use it for real-world info without qualification, which is dubious at best). I'm glad the list has been revised to remove Del (he was never a member per se, but a spiritual mentor; musically speaking the real Del was a guest). It looks a lot more sensible, though I'm not sure why the former band members are listed directly underneath the fictional ones. Surely they should be lined up under the current ones.

Merge Murdoc Niccals

There is no information about the fictional bassist character in the Gorillaz article, though we have a Wikipedia:Permastub standalone article: Murdoc Niccals. If the character is notable enough to have a standalone artcile then it is notable enough to have information about the character in the article, so that information from the standalone article should be placed into the main article. If that happens then we have duplicate information in two places, which per WP:OVERLAP should be in one place. In a deletion discussion in 2010, it was proposed that the articles on the fictional band members be merged. I haven't looked at the other band members, but on reading this one (and its prolonged history of vandalism), it appears to me to be a prime candidate for merging. I would have normally have been bold and merged it, but as the outcome of the AfD was to keep the articles, I thought it best to see what the consensus is; or at least raise the issue to see if there are any objections. SilkTork (talk) 18:43, 11 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]