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Quark's best customer

So just who is the plump alien who is always sitting at the bar at Quark's? PrometheusX303 13:20, 27 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

His name is Morn. Ironically, he never had any lines, but was referred to by a host of other characters as extremely talkative. One episode, 'Who Mourns for Morn?' was even all about him. See memory Alpha for more info on him: [1] -- Bakabaka 09:32, 29 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the reply. I recently heard his name mentioned in an episode and went to Memory Alpha. Seems he has quite a background. PrometheusX303 12:59, 29 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

An interesting bit of trivia about Morn is that his name can be rearranged to spell Norm, a character from "Cheers" who also spent most of his time at a bar. TJ Spyke 03:33, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

External link

Is there any reason why "Promenade" links to an external site? Seems kind of odd... The_Irrelevant_One 00:49, 10 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Level and Section Info

I added information into the intro paragraph from the episode "Playing God" about what level and section Quark's is located on DS9. I couldn't think of a better way to include this information, so if someone has a better way to add this info to the article, then go for it. OranL 21:37, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Alas, it is probably a too-trivial bit of in-universe information, particularly for the lead. --EEMeltonIV 21:39, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Where Quark's bar is on the station is, I believe, something very noteable. Should be in the article somewhere. Lots42 (talk) 15:49, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Looking back on this, I don't really think that the specific location information is relevant to the article, particularly due to the fact that the authors didn't feel that that information was important enough to include it in more episodes. However, they did often say that Quark's bar is located on the Promenade, which is specific enough for most intents and purposes. — OranL (talk) 20:51, 26 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Novels

I think a little section about the DS9 novels, whatever their canon, should be added. I hestitate to add it myself because I am not sure if they -are- considered canon. But heck, Quark gets his romance on with Ro Laren, a well known Bajoran. Go Quark! Lots42 (talk) 15:48, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Assessment

I have added a quality assessment rating and importance rating to this article. Feel free to change them as the article improves! Also, feel free to add more issues to the list below, and strike them out (~~strike~~) when they're completed. — OranL (talk) 21:25, 26 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Notable issues

The lead section needs expansion.
There needs to be more real-world information about the development of the character or about the actor that portrayed him.

Pronunciation

I remember that his name was always pronounced to rhyme with fork, not mark, while the elementary particle quark can be pronounced like either. Correct? --Florian Blaschke (talk) 03:06, 25 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Quark was never a Captain

The information box lists Quark's position as Captain. As far as I'm aware, Quark was never a captain. This should be charged to Bartender.

137.125.148.100 (talk) 23:32, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Sources

Potential sources:

Cinefantastique October 1993 interview with Armin Shimerman

Will try and come back to add this later but if anyone else can make use of the sources before then please do go ahead. -- 109.76.200.100 (talk) 00:18, 24 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Last word

Quark gets the last word, the final line of Deep Space Nine.

Behr, Ira Steven. "Ira Steven Behr (Executive Producer)" (Interview). Archived from the original on January 2, 2010. Retrieved July 4, 2021. it was always joked about by Rick Berman and myself that Quark would have the last line</ref>

"it was always joked about by Rick Berman and myself that Quark would have the last line. It just seemed that as the barkeep on the station he is the one continuity we could not overlook, so what started out as just a kind of joke basically evolved into, it's the only possible ending we could have. I thought it worked nicely."

(Incidentally Patrick Steward as Locutus of Borg has the first line of the series.[2])

Not sure where to put it, but I think it would be a good detail to include somewhere. -- 109.78.196.125 (talk) 09:08, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Deep Space Nine absences

Past Prologue Battle Lines Paradise Tribunal Past Tense, Part II Improbable Cause The Die is Cast Paradise Lost Return to Grace For the Uniform Soldiers of the Empire Rocks and Shoals Waltz Prodigal Daughter Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges Tacking Into the Wind Extreme Measures Goojrr (talk) 02:33, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]