What do we do if we find illegitimate profiles (e.g. fictional movie characters)?

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My mom asked me if there really was a guy named George McFly (name from a character in Back to the Future movies). I looked the name up on WikiTree here and found an old profile from 2013. Well, needless to say, this one isn't real and isn't listed so. What do we do when we find profiles like this?

McFly-2
WikiTree profile:
in Policy and Style by Jennifer Fulk G2G6 Mach 6 (61.5k points)

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Best answer
For future finds, alert the Team (email info [at] wikitree.com) and the profiles will be deleted.

I'll delete these.
by Jamie Nelson G2G6 Pilot (643k points)
selected by Jennifer Fulk

Thank you!

Which team? ...Wait. I think I found it. WikiTree Team, in general. Is that correct?

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:WikiTree_Team

info @ wikitree . com

without spaces.

Yep, correct.
+5 votes
I like Back to the Future and all, but c'mon people!
by Steven Greenwood G2G6 Pilot (123k points)
Did they make another sequel in which his parents never met? That explains why you think he didn't exist. Just kidding ;)
See the TellTale series for the closest thing to a sequel.

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