Talk:Mason Verger

This article was nominated for deletion on 8 October 2023. The result of the discussion was keep.

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Picture[edit]

I'm not a fan of the gruesome pic right on the top of the page. KellaghKellywatchthestars

Me neither. Any chance that someone who knows how could change the page link to a 'disturbing picture warning' linking to it? I mean, who wants to get a face full of faceless-ness? --Anoma lee 05:46, 3 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia is not Censored --MasterA113 03:57, 13 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think the picture is perfect.

-G

Anyway, the new picture depicts the actor in a situation completely unrelated to the character and the movie, which is certainly no solution Viktor Crowford (talk) 15:40, 16 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Picture is now completely unrelated to article. Fix please. -24.131.168.209 (talk) 01:47, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

About his nose[edit]

In the article says he ate his own nose, but in the book it says the nose was found in one of his dog's stomach. --elandy 02:24, 19 April 2008

The article states that Verger is one of two surviving Lecter victims. It also say that the other is unknown. Is the 2nd victim not Will Graham? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.67.120.234 (talk) 12:15, 30 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Merge discussion[edit]

This article (Mason Verger) is unsourced and lacks any indication that the character is notable in its own right. Because of that, I redirected it to the novel in which this character appeared (Hannibal (novel)) with this edit. That was reverted with this edit and an edit summary noting "Didn't see any consensus". I'm not sure whether that editor actually disagreed with the redirect or thinks the character is itself notable, or just thought a notation and, if any disagreement, a discussion should appear here. In any case, I am now proposing the merger. However, since the entire article is unsourced and is almost entirely written in-universe and violates WP:PLOT, I do not think much, if anything, can actually be merged into the book's or film's article. I propose redirecting to the book (Hannibal (novel)) instead of the film (Hannibal (film)) because that is where the character was first and best developed. Anyone actually seeking info about the character's portrayal in the film can quickly click to the film from the book's article. That said, I don't have strong feelings about which of the two to redirect this to, though. Novaseminary (talk) 19:41, 18 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Unless somebody objects, in the next few days I will redirect Mason Verger to Hannibal (novel). I don't think there is anything in the character's article worth pasting into the article on the book or film, especially since it is entirely unsourced, but the history will be there is anyone else would like to. Novaseminary (talk) 14:27, 21 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Done I have now redirected Mason Verger to Hannibal (novel). The article for Hannibal (film) is actually better developed, but if both were to be FAs, the novel would seem to be the most appropriate place for the redirect target. Since the film article is so much better developed now, though, I wouldn't object to Mason Verger redirecting there in the interim instead if others would prefer it. Novaseminary (talk) 19:19, 24 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Would it not be more appropriate to link to a disambiguation page allowing people to choose whether they want the film/book/film series? I would also suggest that 'merging' the article by effectively deleting it and redirecting to an equally poorly sourced 'start class' article seems kind of disproportionate, there appears to be enough interest in the characters of the Hannibal series (e.g. Francis Dolarhyde) to leave it up in the hope of improvements? just my two cents 82.23.192.190 (talk) 01:29, 16 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Either way, a reader is one link from the movie (the movie is linked in the first paragraph of the book). And now the book article is in much better shape than it had been when this was first redirected. And it seems odd to do a disamb for a fictional, non-notable character that would point to two articles, neither of which is a varient of the name neing disambiguated. Deletion would make more sense to me. Novaseminary (talk) 16:36, 17 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]