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Ted Cruz and the Zodiac Killer
I've seen a lot of edits involving Ted Cruz being the zodiac killer. I've even tried to add something about how it is a rumor, and not simply "Ted Cruz is the Zodiac Killer." But out of all the edits, not only did I get a warning (reasonable), but nobody can see my edit? It seems the way I put the rumor caused such type of edit revert. I just don't know why it was hidden. I didn't mean to vandalize for fun, and I only added rumors of him if anything. Obviously, I'm not the only one adding this information. What are the reasons for removal? I just have questions about this. -Coolcam6578 (talk) 15:12, 17 May 2016 (UTC) Coolcam6578 (talk) 15:12, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
- How could Ted Cruz (born in December 1970 in Canada) be the Zodiac Killer (who's only confirmed kills were in the 1960s-September 1970) in the first place? This is just some silly joke going around the Internet. Guy1890 (talk) 21:24, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
- I agree that a suggestion that a person is a murderer who's final victin died months before he was born should not be entertained even as a rumor.--67.68.163.254 (talk) 01:27, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
- ANY mention of Cruz being the Zodiac killer should be reverted on sight. It is not a rumour, but a silly internet joke that we should not even be entertaining here. Resolute 18:20, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
Removal of BLP from the recently deceased
I often change the BLP status of people who have just died. I add a note to the talk page as follows:
BLP status change
Due to the death of this person, the BLP status of this article has changed. This does ‘’’not’’’ mean that unsourced material that would contravene the Biography of Living Persons rules can be added to articles. Capitalistroadster (talk) 21:27, 21 May 2016 (UTC)
In this, this and this case, Permstrump removed mention of bipolar disorder, stating "rm bipolar disorder→only passing mention and not self-disclosure WP:EGRS [...] Rm bipolar disoder→passing mention in questionable sources not sufficient for BLP WP:EGRS [...] Rm bipolar disorder, passing mention and speculative, WP:EGRS." I reverted in the Mary Kay Letourneau case, stating, "I'm not sure about this removal. Discuss on the talk page? WP:EGRS is about article categories."
Opinions? Should we be removing mention of bipolar disorder in all these cases? I'll alert WP:EGR and WP:Med to this discussion. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 03:57, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
The WP:BLP noticeboard as well. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 04:00, 25 May 2016 (UTC)