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Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment
This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 2 April 2020 and 11 June 2020. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): AndrewLung.
Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT (talk) 03:33, 18 January 2022 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 29 October 2020
Jbattle123 (talk) 17:16, 29 October 2020 (UTC)
I want to view the source for a project for school.
Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ‑‑ElHef (Meep?) 17:26, 29 October 2020 (UTC)
Requested move 30 December 2020
- The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The result of the move request was: No consensus to move after relist (non-admin closure) (t · c) buidhe 20:36, 11 February 2021 (UTC)
Shooting of Michael Brown → Killing of Michael Brown – Per now established WP:CONSISTENT titles: [1]. Brown was killed and did not just get shot. The fact that he was killed is the most notable aspect of this subject. Albertaont (talk) 23:07, 30 December 2020 (UTC) —Relisting. Jack Frost (talk) 13:35, 16 January 2021 (UTC)
- Comment. It should be noted that moving only this main title header would not establish consistency since the WP:CONSISTENT titles, as listed above under prefix "Killing of...", include killings by use of a firearm or by other means, while other WP:CONSISTENT titles, as listed under prefix "Shooting of...", include killings solely by use of a firearm. A small number of entries under "Shooting of..." also includes those listed under Category:Non-fatal shootings. —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 05:16, 31 December 2020 (UTC)
- Comment – Also note that the OP has today created some of the precedent they are using as a basis, without discussion. I have reverted two of their moves at articles where I have been involved. Unless and until there is a clear community consensus for this naming convention site-wide, none should be done without prior RM consensus for each article. Pending that, the OP should self-revert the remainder. ―Mandruss ☎ 21:49, 31 December 2020 (UTC)
- Keep per WP:COMMONNAME. Sure shootings are often not fatal, but the article makes the fatality clear, in the first sentence. Personally I would prefer Fatal shooting of... but that's not the established practice (see above), or WP:COMMONNAME. Redirect already exists, so no issues over searchability, internal or external linkability. All the best: Rich Farmbrough 08:49, 4 January 2021 (UTC).
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- Strongly support for the reason you gave. Cpotisch (talk) 01:55, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
- Oppose. The current title is the more common term for this incident. Rreagan007 (talk) 20:04, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
- Oppose. I think the idea of an intentionality of killing is hotly contested. While Michael Brown was killed, I think using the term "killing" in the title gives it the connotation that was the intention of the act. I am unable to speak of it was intentional or not (I am not commenting about the justness or any of the moral/racial issues associated with, purely semantics) and I think the term "shooting" is more neutral (the title of the article should not get into the debate). I do think "Death of Michael Brown" would be an appropriate title however.
Superdadsuper (talk) 04:28, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
Correction to Witness Accounts
Dear mighty gatekeepers of free information, I appreciate what you do (and I do send $ not just lip service). The first sentence of the second paragraph of the sub topic Witness Accounts has the word probably spelled as "provably". Can this be corrected? If not, I suggest providing the remark (sic), the Latin indication of "thus" it was written? Your call. Thanks for all you do. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ccgleason (talk • contribs) 00:52, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
Change name to “Killing of Michael Brown”
The title “Shooting of Michael Brown” directly contradicts Wikipedia:Naming conventions (violence and deaths), as “shooting” is for non-fatal incidents. The name should be changed from “Shooting of Michael Brown” to “Killing of Michael Brown”. TheXuitts (talk) 18:20, 11 March 2022 (UTC)
- There was just a no consensus move request for this closed one month ago. If you have good justification though, you might be able to open a new one. ––FormalDude talk 18:38, 11 March 2022 (UTC)
Event Type
It incorrectly lists Homicide. It wasn't, as proven by the investigation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.236.174.11 (talk) 16:31, 27 March 2022 (UTC)
- Read the definition of homicide. That's exactly what it was. Lard Almighty (talk) 16:57, 27 March 2022 (UTC)