User talk:Jim Michael

User talk:Jim Michael/Archive 1, from 2010 to June 2013.

User talk:Jim Michael/Archive 2, up to June 2018.

Edit summaries et al

Hi Jim. I see you're a prolific editor, and collaborate pretty well with people - both admirable traits. I hope you won't be offended if I offer 2 suggestions of further improving your WP work?

Firstly, I see you do the occasional Edit summary; but the guideline is for ESs on all edits (incl. Talk pages actually). Secondly, there are currently about >130 sections in this talk page. Might it be time for another archive?

Best wishes, Trafford09 (talk) 13:57, 28 June 2018 (UTC)

The large majority of my edits are self-explanatory, obvious & not controversial. I typically only leave a summary when there could be a misunderstanding or where there's a dispute.

Yes, but I don't know how to archive. Jim Michael (talk) 14:58, 28 June 2018 (UTC)

We would all be grateful if you would always leave an edit summary. It is so helpful. (Thank you for your fine edits. You are very appreciated around here.) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 00:51, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply, Jim.

Well, re archiving, I can do that for you if you like (just as User talk:Jim Michael/Archive 1 was done I guess).

Re ESs, I fully accept that the large majority of your edits are self-explanatory, obvious & non-controversial. The trouble is though that, without a brief ES, other editors don't know the nature of an edit until they've gone to the trouble of reviewing it, which adds time & effort; hence the ES guidelines of ESs on all edits.

For a helpful list of some commonly used ES abbreviations, please see this list.

And one other aspect is that: the smaller the edits (say adding or removing one character), the more it leaves a hallmark similar to vandals (though I know now you're clearly not) - and such people hardly ever leave ESs.

Cheers, Trafford09 (talk) 10:41, 4 July 2018 (UTC)

I didn't get a reply, there, although I see you've made several edits.

I've taken the liberty of creating your 2nd Archive,

to make the latest topics easier for you and other editors to access. Hope you approve.

Trafford09 (talk) 17:06, 8 July 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for archiving my talk page. I couldn't remember how the only other archiving of my talk page - 5 y ago - was done. Jim Michael (talk) 22:14, 8 July 2018 (UTC)

The archiving was my pleasure. I think editors should make life easier for others.

On that note, I do hope you took a look at the ES abbreviations - this list? Trafford09 (talk) 07:15, 9 July 2018 (UTC)

@Jim Michael — I happened to be on your talk page for another reason and noticed a discussion here about archives from a few years ago. Thought I'd let you know about ArchiveThis. I use it, though I am not as prolific an editor as you. It can be setup to automatically archive after so many days. There are loads of param options available to customize it to your liking. Hope you find it useful. Kimdorris (talk) 09:13, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

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You Me Her

I just reverted an edit you made to You Me Her -- it looks like these titles are not censored by the makers of the show, so they shouldn't be censored on Wikipedia. GorillaWarfare (talk) 03:24, 12 September 2018 (UTC)

As you can see from the article's history, the edit you mention wasn't done by me, it was done by an IP who edited the article after me. Jim Michael (talk) 04:43, 12 September 2018 (UTC)

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Diffusing Category:1960s comedy films

In December 2016 [1], you added {{category diffuse}} to Category:1960s comedy films. I don't see how or why that category should be broken in to smaller categories. Was there any rationale other than the size of the category (>1000 pages)? power~enwiki (π, ν) 22:41, 1 December 2018 (UTC)

That's one reason. The other is that this cat has several subcats; many of the articles within it should be moved to one or more of the subcats rather than being in the large parent cat. Jim Michael (talk) 04:14, 2 December 2018 (UTC)

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Hanns-Martin Schleyer

The lead for Serial killers lists them, mass murders and spree killers. I wouldn't think that four victims of a one off terrorist attack belong in any of those groups and four is a bit small to class as mass, anyway. Britmax (talk) 13:19, 11 December 2018 (UTC)

Four people killed in the initial attack is sufficient for it to be classed as mass murder, regardless of whether or not it's terrorism and/or a one-off. In any case, it wasn't a one-off, it was part of a Red Army Faction terror campaign lasting years. Jim Michael (talk) 13:30, 11 December 2018 (UTC)

Well, not to me. Let's see what others think. Britmax (talk) 13:31, 11 December 2018 (UTC)

If you disagree that 4 murdered in one incident is enough for a killing to be classed as mass murder, the place to discuss that is Talk:Mass murder. Jim Michael (talk) 13:33, 11 December 2018 (UTC)

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Seasonal Greetings

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2019!

Hello Jim Michael, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2019. Happy editing, Walk Like an Egyptian (talk) 06:38, 25 December 2018 (UTC) Spread the love by adding {{subst:Seasonal Greetings}} to other user talk pages.

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inadvertent revert

Sorry, that was inadvertent. I don't even know how I did that. Bus stop (talk) 13:02, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

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Sorry!

I didn't mean to remove the "mass shootings in California" category from Torrance bowling alley shooting; I was actually trying to re-add it after the anonymous editor removed it. My apologies! Jmertel23 (talk) 18:26, 5 January 2019 (UTC)

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Navigation

Jim, while I appreciate your enthusiasm for working on year categories, you seem to keep forgetting to add navigation templates. See Template:Year by category. Dimadick (talk) 17:39, 13 January 2019 (UTC)

I don't forget; I've never added those to categories because I don't know what to include on each cat and because I'm not aware of whether or not they're policy. I thought they were optional because most year-based cats I've encountered (even if you exclude those I've created) don't have them. A problem I've noticed with many of them is that they cause cats to be present which shouldn't be, in some cases because one of the cats present is a subcat of another. Jim Michael (talk) 18:07, 13 January 2019 (UTC)

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Africa

You recentrly created category Category:Rape in Africa, but left it mostly empty. We already had categories about rapes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Libya, Nigeria, and South Africa, so I added them as subcategories. You might want to check whether we have relevant articles for the other countries of the continent. Dimadick (talk) 19:26, 16 January 2019 (UTC)

Thank you; I'd intended to populate it with those subcats. Jim Michael (talk) 20:02, 16 January 2019 (UTC)

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2019 Dhaka fire

Thanks for this, and sorry for my bad edit. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 12:12, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

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A beer for you!

Glad to see you actively starting articles again. E.M.Gregory (talk) 16:49, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

Thanks, but you can see that 4 of the articles which I started this year have been put to AfD: Torrance bowling alley shooting (deleted), Koszalin escape room fire (merged), 2019 Paris explosion (kept) & Cancún nightclub shooting (in discussion). Jim Michael (talk) 17:15, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

• Yes, I did see. I try to be very careful about which current events I start articles on. Sometimes (2017 Halamish stabbing attack, 2018 Liège attack,) I know the instant I hear the news bulletin that a good article can be built. More often, I wait i=until I actually find INDEPTH, GEOSCOPE coverage. I know what it is like to have articles deleted, I write articles on topics that some editors WP:JUSTDONTLIKEIT. But please don't be discouraged. You might try writing some articles in your sandbox, just to be sure that when the page goes up, the sourcing is already there to keep it up. But please do keep wriiting articles on notable EVENTS.E.M.Gregory (talk) 17:35, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

Please see my proposal to speedily rename a category

• Category:Liverpool murder cases to Category:People murdered in Liverpool Hugo999 (talk) 08:34, 9 March 2019 (UTC)

C:Liverpool murder cases should be deleted & replaced by 2 cats: C:People murdered in Liverpool, which should be a subcat of Category:Murder in Liverpool. That's how it's done with Category:People murdered in London, which is a subcat of Category:Murder in London; Category:People murdered in Paris, which is a subcat of Category:Murder in Paris etc. Jim Michael (talk) 21:55, 9 March 2019 (UTC)

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Serial killers

Hi, I notice that you continually have to explain that the serial killer task force includes mass murderers. Why don't you try to have the project name changed to something like " serial and mass killer task force" to resolve this once and for all? Regards, WWGB (talk) 07:48, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

It would be a good idea, but I can't work out an accurate concise title. The project also covers spree killing. Jim Michael (talk) 08:04, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

Ministry of Multikills? We disciples could call it MoM. Not to be confused with our actual mothers, of course, just alluding to the classic tattoo on a stereotypical bad dude's arm. InedibleHulk (talk) 03:26, June 23, 2019 (UTC)

Salamanca nightclub shooting

Hello, thanks for creating Salamanca nightclub shooting. I saw the article was nominated for deletion and passed the discussion. I wasn't able to get to it on time, but I have to say the article is notable (unlike other stubs you've created). It would be good to keep an eye on this event since it is part of a tit-for-tat between Jalisco New Generation Cartel gunmen and a local oil thief gang. Please reach out if you have any questions. Cheers, MX (✉ • ✎) 16:05, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

Please don't delete other editor's posts

Please don't delete other editor's posts on AfD, whether in error or not. 97.118.129.179 (talk) 01:34, 19 March 2019 (UTC)

I didn't realise that I'd done so, and didn't intend to. That must have been caused by an error in the site or the program which operates it. Jim Michael (talk) 01:44, 19 March 2019 (UTC)

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I've only just noticed that some malfunction caused 2 comments to be deleted when I added mine. I don't know how that happened. I only intended to add my comment, not delete anyone else's. The accidentally deleted comments have been rightfully reinstated. Jim Michael (talk) 01:46, 19 March 2019 (UTC)

When

adding 'history' to items that relate to date and crime categories - is that something you acquired from a precedent somewhere, or are you doing it of your own bat? it would be useful to know... JarrahTree 05:18, 20 March 2019 (UTC)

Do you mean adding the history parameter on project banners on talk pages of cats about a particular month/year/decade and exchanging a country/continent banner for a specific history banner of that country/continent? If so, then it's clear that it's relevant. For example, cats about crime in particular years & decades in Australia are certainly of interest to the Australian crime & Australian history projects. Likewise, cats about crimes in particular years/decades in Brazil, Canada & India are of interest to their countries' history projects. In the cases of exchanging the US Project for the US History Project; the Europe Project for the European History Project & the Philippines Project for the Philippine History Project, it makes more sense to use a more specific project banner. I'm not the first WP editor to make these improvements on talk pages of cats; I copied the common sense approach from other editors in that regard. Jim Michael (talk) 05:38, 20 March 2019 (UTC)

Well common sense and relevance place your idea on it - thanks for the reply. I disagree but will not touch any of your edits or in any way hinder your approach seeing you have gone to the trouble to explain. The major problem is that there are not any specific guidelines as to why or how some projects are added, and some editors show nothing in any way that might be considered to be anything that could be even considered common sense, but then that is relative. It is I have been trying to keep up with the updating murder and crime in oceania - and knowing the relative weakness of participation in the australian history sub project for instance - to add a tag for that is like adding the 'culture' tag - fairly pointless. Thanks again, I suspect no one will ever ever resolve project tagging and related issues - it seems an untethered and misundestood area JarrahTree 05:57, 20 March 2019 (UTC)

Clearer guidelines in regard to inclusion criteria would be helpful for many projects, task forces etc. I can't see how a cat about crimes in a particular year in Australia could be outside the scope of both the Australian crime & Australian history projects, as those cats are specifically about both of those things. Jim Michael (talk) 06:10, 20 March 2019 (UTC)

Ah if it was real life and the coffee/beer/tea therein lies a complicated tale of issues re project tagging over the last ten years - thank you for your replies - and appreciate the effort - as to why and how things fit - I have said all I can on wiki - cheers JarrahTree 06:15, 20 March 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for the fixes on British Crime - JarrahTree 04:28, 22 March 2019 (UTC)

It took me a long time to find all the appropriate projects. It's surprising that there's a British crime project, but no American crime project. There's a European history project, but no Asian history project. Jim Michael (talk) 05:28, 22 March 2019 (UTC)

That's it - there is no consistency with it all JarrahTree 06:57, 22 March 2019 (UTC)

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Proposal to merge category

Please see my proposal to upmerge Category:2016 murders in Turkey. Hugo999 (talk) 20:21, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

Please see my proposal to upmerge category "March 2016 Istanbul bombing"

• Category:March 2016 Istanbul bombing which contains one article with the same title. The single article can be upmerged to Category:2016 murders in Turkey (which will probably be retained) . Hugo999 (talk) 07:59, 30 March 2019 (UTC)

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I have created some more missing persons in countries categories

Hi, I see that you have created talk pages and added images to some categories that I have created. I am impressed with what you have done. Are you able you able to create more images and and on to some talk pages that I have created. I would really like it if you would as you are very good at it. Davidgoodheart (talk) 04:57, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

I haven't created images; do you mean project banners that I've put on talk pages? Jim Michael (talk) 15:44, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

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Thought you might be interested in taking at look at the Minatitlán shooting, which happened over the weekend. Reminds me a lot of the Salamanca nightclub shooting article you made. Both involve Mexico's notorious Jalisco New Generation Cartel. Cheers, MX (✉ • ✎) 16:23, 24 April 2019 (UTC)

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I performed 3 edits to The Troubles, of which only the latter was a revert. The other 2 added new info. Hence I did not break any rule. I have no problem with the 1RR rule on Trouble-related articles, and have taken the disagreement to Talk:The Troubles. Jim Michael (talk) 20:22, 25 May 2019 (UTC)

Per WP:3RR: An edit or a series of consecutive edits that undoes other editors' actions—whether in whole or in part—counts as a revert. Adding new info does not mean that the previous user's edit is not undone, so yes, your second and third edits were reverts. You may need to know that in the future, but I'm glad that you have chosen to use the talk page. Scolaire (talk) 15:42, 26 May 2019 (UTC)

I didn't intend to break any rule, and didn't realise that my second edit would be regarded as a revert. Jim Michael (talk) 18:04, 26 May 2019 (UTC)

That's okay. It's the only reason I sent you the notice, so that you would be aware in future. Scolaire (talk) 18:31, 26 May 2019 (UTC)

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Cup of Tea

Regarding your puzzlement over my bizarre informational desires and motives, I'll remind you I already told you. Knowing who died enhances a story about people dying, for me, while I'm actively reading it. Self-contained use, important only to that sole relevant story and preferably accessible from within it, rather than in a new browser tab.

But I kind of see it your way, too. Should I meet someone in the real world who mistakenly or falsely claims someone else died in that shooting we've all heard about, I could interrupt with an "Actually...". But, in my own personal experience, correcting people makes them angry, not enlightened or thankful. Best used only when warranted and expected, like while already arguing with fellow know-it-alls over that specific subject online. Not at parties or around water coolers. Just my opinion, though, feel free to continue being yourself. InedibleHulk (talk) 22:20, June 22, 2019 (UTC)

I feel sure that you're in a very small minority in wanting to know (even for a short period) the names of people whom you'd previously never heard of who were killed in mass shootings. The chance of someone mentioning to you or me any of those names (or claiming that someone was among those killed who actually wasn't) is minuscule.

Many media sources love to give many details of people who've been murdered, so that they can sensationalise the story. They often emphasise that some victims were young, or that they recently married/graduated from university/overcame a serious illness or injury/bought a house/started a new job/were promoted, were the sole carer of an chronically ill/disabled/elderly relative or have young children. They do that to emotionally emphasise how tragic their deaths were - which is something that we shouldn't do. One editor in the discussion has stated that he not only wants to include the names of those killed in the Virginia Beach shooting - but also their ages, job titles & how long they'd been working there. I oppose that even more than adding their names only.

Famous people are a different matter in regard to knowing who has died. Each of the several people whom I corrected in 2014 to inform them that it was Philip Seymour Hoffman who'd died rather than Dustin Hoffman - whom they'd wrongly assumed had died from the stupidly vague headline Actor Hoffman dies - were pleased that I'd corrected them. I did it in a neutral way - I didn't talk down to them. There have been several other instances in which I've corrected someone who'd wrongly assumed that a particular celebrity had died recently because they mixed up that person's name with another celeb who was alive & had a similar name. Jim Michael (talk) 09:32, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

Completely agree that human interest stories take it too far (by Wikipedia standards). But basic identification isn't sensational or from a feature writer. It's dry police procedure (after diligently notifying next of kin), merely reflected by hard news reporters who attend the standard press conferences to complete their factual reports.

If only a minority gave a shit for plain facts (name, age, hometown), how would you explain the existence of this routine dissemination process that became familiar before we were born? Why would every outlet print news that only interests the fringes? Why do so many RfC participants claim this is basically useful for this article if it really isn't?

Take a temporary step outside yourself and just ponder objectively for a moment. I think you'll come around, but wouldn't bet on you admitting it. No shame in either decision. InedibleHulk (talk) 00:44, June 25, 2019 (UTC)

Why capitalize and Wikilink my header? Not offended. Just perplexed. InedibleHulk (talk) 00:48, June 25, 2019 (UTC)

Now that we're old friends in our cups and understanding each other better, I think it may interest you to know the source used to remind readers that a sad man in his 40s used to be a little boy at Newport News High School, 22 years before it stopped mattering, is USA Today. Between you and me, does that teach us anything useful? What about The Daily Beast painting him as a brave young fighting man or woman, 17 long years ago? Do you have any idea what MSA P.C. has to do with criminal profiling or engineering, or is it mere fluff from The Washington Post? InedibleHulk (talk) 01:40, June 25, 2019 (UTC)

Thanks to Wikipedia's presumed double standards of care (in conjuction with Urban One), I can now never forget that exactly one hundred years after the Edison Electric Light Company illuminated a nation, old Mrs. Craddock cast forth a terrible shadow baby. Foreshadow baby, anyway. Is foreshadowing character development? Do you want to throw eggs at her spooky house later? I don't, but some might. InedibleHulk (talk) 02:17, June 25, 2019 (UTC)

It's common for media sources to include info that only interests a minority of its readers. the large majority of people who read a newspaper will only read a minority of it. Likewise people who read online news sites.

The media frequently sensationalise stories, making them more emotive. In regard to fatal events, they often give details about their personal lives, such as that they recently bought a house/married/became engaged/started a new job or that they were the sole carer of a disabled/chronically ill/elderly family member or have (young) children, or were about to retire.

The number of editors wanting too include the names of those killed in mass death events puzzles me, but I've noticed that most of those cases are articles about mass shootings which took place in the US. Very few editors want to include the names of those killed on our articles about earthquakes in Chile, building collapses in Bangladesh, bus crashes in Portugal or car bombings in Lebanon. Perhaps it's because the US media often give the names & other info about the victims, so it's seen by many readers as usual to include such details. However, we're an encyclopedia, which should have different standards & should stick to what is relevant to the event - rather than the lives of those who were unfortunate enough to be killed.

I altered the heading for the benefit of readers of this who may not be familiar with the idiom Cup of Tea, which it links to. Cup of tea is a redirect to Tea. It would puzzle some of them if they weren't familiar with the idiom & couldn't work out what this discussion has to do with tea.

Some bad people used to be good, so I understand why many media sources point out that in some cases, people who have committed serious violent crimes used to be good students, good workers, or people who loved their families & friends.

I don't know what MSA PC is. Jim Michael (talk) 10:50, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

Nobody knows what MSA PC is, but it's deleted now, so forget it.

The article and sources don't say whether Craddock was good or bad in his ordinary life, just that he had one until he became unfortunate enough to be killed. Same for the other twelve dead from our lead. Maybe I'm dense, but still don't see how you think detailed backstory is appropriate for one, while the basics about the majority aren't, despite both being included by the same publications in covering the same topic.

Also don't know why you bring up tearjerking sensationalism again. We already agree that's no good here. Nothing sappy about names and ages, though. Even job titles merely explain why they were at the scene of the crime. Two entirely different sets of info, public and private.

You're right about Wikipedia tending to reflect only what pertinent info multiple secondary sources give us. That's a feature, not a bug. Stops editors from making it up.

And yeah, few folks read a whole paper. But the same audience that reads the crime beat reads Wikipedia's crime articles, more or less. If they do it for one-stop summaries of what most crime reporters reported, and all mainstream coverage includes all 13 dead people's identities, seems natural to include the same. If you don't care, just skip that part, exactly like you would and do in a physical paper. I skip the Reactions sections of mass death events in a second, rather than arguing for weeks that other people who don't shouldn't be able to choose, and I'm happier that way. As a fellow man, not your current opponent, I highly suggest it. InedibleHulk (talk) 01:17, June 27, 2019 (UTC)

I haven't read much about Craddock and I've read nothing about his victims; I was giving common examples of things which are often stated by the media.

There are reasons that mass killers receive more detailed media coverage than victims. The killer chose to give up his privacy, whereas the victims didn't. Studying killers is a major part of criminology, sociology etc. Mass killers tend to be more interesting than their victims. The killer is usually the centre of these events (in a fictional work about such an event, he'd be the protagonist), whereas the victims are in most cases ordinary people, each of whom is one of many who were unfortunate enough to be victims.

As I've said on Talk:Virginia Beach shooting, we should have a higher bar for inclusion than the media. We should be selective about what we state from media sources, rather than including everything that they do. Although we have some of the same readership, our readers rightly expect our articles to be significantly different to those covering the same subjects in the media. If the media specified the angle of bullets & how many hit the victims, we wouldn't include that. (I realise that we should in rare cases when it's important to do so, such as on assassination of John F. Kennedy, but not on articles about ordinary mass shooting events). Jim Michael (talk) 09:05, 27 June 2019 (UTC)

As a rule of thumb, the killer certainly is more important to the event in having created it. When he's headed to trial like Nicolas Cruz or James Holmes, he needs the bigger room for that story to develop, while the dead simply stay as they were (in a public hometown cemetery, under a rock that displays their names and ages). When buddy actively seeks an audience like Omar Mateen or Brendon Tarrant, we can learn from their messages why innocent victims die and how (perhaps) to prevent similar terrorism. But Craddock didn't grab a soapbox and wasn't charged with any crime. Just some ordinary guy who went to his ordinary job and killed his ordinary coworkers before being buried in an ordinary local cemetery under an ordinary stone, like dozens before. When the average man is pissed enough to kill and die, he's typically thinking about the problems that led him there, not tomorrow's headlines or tomorrow at all. In this case, death and prior obscurity are the great equalizers. All characters warrant basic immediate backstory only. InedibleHulk (talk) 10:35, June 27, 2019 (UTC)

Craddock received less media coverage than Cruz, Holmes & Tarrant, because - unlike them - he can't stand trial. Mateen & Tarrant also had ideological motives, whereas there's no evidence that Craddock did.

Many mass killers seek notoriety, but there's no evidence that Craddock did. However, he'd have been well aware that mass killings receive a lot of media coverage. Jim Michael (talk) 11:15, 27 June 2019 (UTC)

As is everybody, since Columbine. It's just not going to be on most people's minds when they're busy with a relatively important matter of life and death. InedibleHulk (talk) 11:24, June 27, 2019 (UTC)

Many mass killers plan it well in advance, so they would be well aware of it. The media & public reaction very likely would be on the minds of mass killers as they plan it. Jim Michael (talk) 11:28, 27 June 2019 (UTC)

You should probably tell Bus stop you aren't familiar with the subject matter you've been strenuously arguing about. It's hard to tell in text, but I think he almost snapped once or twice at your insistence on keeping it general. He deserves an explanation, I think. Even I'm a bit shocked and disappointed. From now on, either take five minutes to review a topic or be upfront about your willful ignorance before dragging it out this far. That's my advice, anyway. InedibleHulk (talk) 11:01, June 27, 2019 (UTC)

I am familiar with the mass shooting in question. Not having read details about the ordinary people who were victims doesn't mean that I don't know what I'm talking about. I never said that I had read about the victims, and I've made it clear on the article's talk page as well as here that I haven't. Like the vast majority of people, I have no interest in knowing about the lives of people who were killed together randomly in a mass killing. For you to say that you're shocked & disappointed that I don't know about the lives of the victims is bizarre, considering the fact that I have said on many occasions that those details are irrelevant to the shooting. You thought I'd read about what I've repeatedly said is not of relevance?! I've mentioned the fact that a similar discussion has taken place on the talk pages of many mass shootings (but rarely on talk pages of articles about other types of mass killings, because far fewer people want to add them to articles about earthquakes, building collapses, coach crashes & bombings) in an effort to gain a consensus on the matter in general, rather than repeating the discussion on many more talk pages in the future. I haven't misled anyone. Not knowing about the lives of ordinary people killed together randomly doesn't make me ignorant, nor does it discredit me. You don't know the angles & number of bullets (which is much more relevant to the shooting than the victims' lives) - does that make you ignorant about the shooting? I haven't dragged anything out - I joined a discussion that was already well underway with several participants. It would have continued without me. Jim Michael (talk) 11:18, 27 June 2019 (UTC)

You're not familiar with a mass shooting if you know nothing of its victims. By attempting to remove something you know nothing about, you're discredited in my books. Sorry I ever took you seriously. InedibleHulk (talk) 11:46, June 27, 2019 (UTC)

Completely untrue. Your attempt to discredit me by claiming that not knowing about the lives of the people who were shot randomly makes me ignorant about the shooting is ridiculous. I never claimed to know anything about them & repeatedly made it crystal clear that the names, ages, job titles & personal lives of them are irrelevant. I don't spend time reading about things that are obviously irrelevant. If the article in question were Victims of the Virginia Beach shooting, you'd have a good point - but no such article will ever exist. There's no possibility that finding out the names, ages, job titles, relationship statuses etc. of the victims could be of any use to me, or make me want to include those details in the article. They were ordinary workers shot at random, not a group of world leaders or a famous rock band. The details of the angles & number of bullets are of far more relevance to the shooting than the lives of the random victims were, yet no-one wants to include that info. How would you respond if someone were to say that you're ignorant of the shooting because you don't know those details about the bullets?

Talking down to me won't get you anywhere. Jim Michael (talk) 12:10, 27 June 2019 (UTC)

I can't talk to you on my level if you insist on knowing way less than I do about the topic of discussion. So I guess this is goodbye. No hard feelings when we meet again, but I will ask if you know what you're talking about upfront from here on, just to be clear. InedibleHulk (talk) 13:23, June 27, 2019 (UTC)

As you know full well, I've been entirely upfront from the start. Your accusations of dishonesty on my part are obviously unjustified. You knowing about the lives of the victims doesn't make you more informed about the mass shooting, nor does it give your comments more weight. You may have enjoyed reading about the victims lives, but it doesn't make you more important or want you want in the article more valid. If you found the info about the lives of the ordinary victims interesting & entertaining, that's bizarre & I'm certain that most people have no interest in knowing. If someone knew about the bullets (which is far more relevant to the shooting), do you think that would that make his/her comments more important than yours, mean that you're ignorant & that your comments on the article's talk page should be disregarded? Jim Michael (talk) 13:32, 27 June 2019 (UTC)

I don't know their lives. I don't want to know them. I don't want you to learn them. I want you to learn their basic post-mortem ID so we can be on the same page about what we're talking about including or excluding. Nothing sensational, nothing random, nothing hypothetical, nothing invasive. Just the definite content you assume is too useless to learn, even though I swear you could really use it to more rationally argue to exclude it. If you want to forget it after, that's fine and easy. But it's common courtesy to not knock something until you've tried it. InedibleHulk (talk) 14:45, June 27, 2019 (UTC)

I know enough about their identity in order to know that they were ordinary people - staff who were shot in their workplace. I don't need to know any more. Knowing a group of names which would mean nothing to me, along with ages, their relationship statuses & anything else that the media source I'd be reading chooses to include could not possibly be of any use to me. Even if I read that one of the victims had a PhD, bought a house recently or ran a marathon. It also definitely would not change my mind that the names should not be included in our article.

I know what info it is that you & a few others want to include - their names. Bus stop additionally wants to include their ages, job titles & length that they were in their jobs - which no-one has seconded. I don't need to know the names of those ordinary people in order to know whether they should be included. It also would not change my position, or how I'm presenting it.

I read the names of all the people killed in the 7/7 bombings, therefore I have tried reading the sort of info that you want me to. I can remember the names of the 4 suicide bombers, but I can't remember the names of any of the victims - let alone anything else about them. During the almost 14 years since, I've never been able to use any of the info about the victims that I read. I'm not going to read all the names of all the victims of hundreds of other mass death events, simply because you wrongly believe that I should & wrongly claim that I'm ignorant of important facts if I don't. Jim Michael (talk) 15:05, 27 June 2019 (UTC)

You lost me at "their identity" and I'm never coming back to this closed-minded teahouse. You and the Hoffmans are all the same. InedibleHulk (talk) 16:07, June 27, 2019 (UTC)

Jim Michael—you say "Bus stop additionally wants to include". Your concerns are personal. You are raising what are merely personal concerns to the level of that which impacts an article. Wikipedia isn't a creative enterprise. What we do is cobble together articles using material that is on the topic of an article and that is additionally adequately supported by sources. If you were writing for instance a poem or a novel you would have the creative license to omit material that you felt did not contribute to your intended purpose. But a Wikipedia article should err on the side of including a wealth of information. That information should be on-topic and supported by sources. If some of that information is superfluous to some reader's needs—that is a lesser problem in a Wikipedia article than it might be in something of a creative nature. Articles can be polished when finished. But you are attempting to amputate limbs of the article under the guise of polishing the article. Bus stop (talk) 15:57, 27 June 2019 (UTC)

You alone have mentioned on the talk page that you want the ages, job titles & number of years each was in their job - in addition to the names - added to the article. That would take up a great deal of what is a rather short article. Nowhere on the talk page has anyone seconded your suggestion. You can see that I expressed my opposition to adding the names long before you stated that you want other info about the victims' lives to be included as well. I don't recall having any disagreements with you elsewhere, so you can't honestly claim that I have any prior problem with you.

We don't include something simply because reliable sources do - we're an encyclopedia, which has different inclusion criteria to news articles. We should only include info that's relevant to the shooting. The details that you want to add aren't about the shooting - they're about the indiscriminately shot ordinary people. These issues are much more significant than 'polishing' - they're a substantial part of the article. I'll use your limbs metaphor: the names, ages etc. aren't limbs of the article - they're unnecessary luggage which the limbs would be carrying. Jim Michael (talk) 18:14, 27 June 2019 (UTC)

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I have been trying to populate the Category:Attacks on bars in the United Kingdom, which you created. The category is still rather underpopulated, with only 25 articles. I may be overlooking some incidents from The Troubles. Could you take a look on what I am missing? Dimadick (talk) 20:21, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

Loughinisland massacre is the only one I can think of that isn't in that cat. Jim Michael (talk) 21:45, 9 July 2019 (UTC)

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We absolutely need solid sources for calling events terrorist. Usually these are going to be government statements. Never headlines. --Doug Weller talk 16:28, 4 August 2019 (UTC)

This discussion should be kept at Talk:List of terrorist incidents in July 2019. It's ridiculous that the second half of the month is now missing. Jim Michael (talk) 16:30, 4 August 2019 (UTC)

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WikiProject Automobiles's scope is automobiles and their related components, technologies, etc. Just because a terror attack happened to use a car doesn't make its article fall under this scope. The editors of this project would generally not find anything about the article to be within their editing area, so there's no benefit to putting such articles under its banner. It would be akin to placing school articles under WP Buses simply because they operate them. --Sable232 (talk) 21:39, 9 August 2019 (UTC)

Where is the project's scope detailed? In the absence of it being stated, I would have thought that incidents which prominently involve cars would be within its scope. Not all schools operate buses, so that's not a fair comparison. Putting terrorist incidents which prominently involve cars in WP Automobiles is akin to putting articles about school killings in WP Schools - I can't imagine anyone saying that the Columbine High School massacre isn't within the scope of WP Schools. Are you saying that articles about vehicle collisions shouldn't be in WP Automobiles? The 2019 Cairo bombing centred on a 4-car collision. Jim Michael (talk) 03:47, 10 August 2019 (UTC)

August 2019 Philadelphia shooting Suspect section expansion

If you're feeling ambitious, there's a line about Hill's felon status in the Response section that would make far more sense cut and pasted to Suspect. InedibleHulk (talk) 15:47, August 17, 2019 (UTC)

This Way Up

How do you know what happened in the episode, what source explains it? Willbb234^Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies) 16:53, 22 August 2019 (UTC)

I watched it, just like you did - so you know that what I've written is correct. Please allow me to continue completing the description for e2, then you can adjust it based on what you remember from when you recently watched it. I'll link to the show on C4's website, which will be a good ref to prove it. Episode summaries in media sites are in most cases inadequate, which is one of the reasons that readers who want quality descriptions come to WP. Media sites often avoid giving away spoilers, twists & often miss out significant details. Their ep descriptions are often teasers to encourage people to watch, or written in a tabloidish/sensational way, rather than proper descriptions which befit an encyclopedia. I haven't considered that you might not have seen it, because you obviously wouldn't think you knew what should or shouldn't be included when describing episodes you haven't seen. Jim Michael (talk) 17:10, 22 August 2019 (UTC)

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Re: "(satire is usually a form of comedy)"

(Source) Facepalm.

I will not assume what your education is and neither I care but I learned in school there have always been three, not two, genres as old as humanity itself (and that the last one is in fact even older than the other two): Comedy, drama, and satire. Please, pick a book. ItsAlwaysLupus (talk) 21:52, 27 August 2019 (UTC)

Our article satire makes is clear that it is a form of comedy, and it's in Category:Humour. Category:Satire is in Category:Comedy genres. Jim Michael (talk) 23:17, 27 August 2019 (UTC)

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Those instructions don't say that. They say: Don't create subheaders linking to general topics or lists, which I didn't do. Many people have used the format that I did. If I didn't, how would I clearly show that the 2019 Qalat bombing is one of the 2 events on that day which are part of the War in Afghanistan (2001-present)? Jim Michael (talk) 02:06, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

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That article has been deleted due to having been created by a blocked user. However, it's useful article, which is one of a set, & was edited a lot by other people. Hence it should be undeleted. Jim Michael (talk) 17:20, 26 October 2019 (UTC)

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I am really wondering why you have to make an article with one sentence for a small attack. You keep doing this, when you know many of these attacks are irrevalant. Please put more sources and make it a longer article or don't make it in the first place. You know bombings happen in Kabul daily so a small attack is not revalant. Thanks! 11S117 (talk) 1:41, 14 November 2019 (UTC)

I believe that a car bombing which has a double-digit death toll is notable enough for an article of is own - wherever in the world it takes place. Jim Michael (talk) 08:08, 14 November 2019 (UTC)

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@Interstellarity and RHaworth: It shouldn't have been deleted, especially not minutes after the tag had been placed there, without giving a reasonable amount of time for editors to contest it. It isn't even eligible for speedy deletion - it was the suicide bombing of a mosque that had a death toll of 42. That's easily notable enough for an article, wherever in the world it happened. Its indication of importance is very clear. Jim Michael (talk) 19:12, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

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As with 2013 Tuz Khurmatu mosque bombing (which was deleted within minutes before anyone had a reasonable chance to contest it & did not meet the speedy criteria & hence should be undeleted), this clearly, easily meets the notability criteria. Both were notable terrorist bombings with high death tolls. I can't see how you can honestly claim that either bombing doesn't meet the criteria. Articles about such events are routinely created. If something like either of these were to happen today (anywhere in the world), an article would be created quickly & edited by many people. No-one would try to delete them. The death toll for each of these bombings is higher than that of the 2016 Brussels bombing; imagine the response if someone deleted - or tried to delete - that article. Jim Michael (talk) 03:03, 29 November 2019 (UTC)

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Thank you for the help

Thank you for all the help you did with editing 2019 Bagram Airfield attack. I really appreciate it.

I am into editing current events and weather events (Within the last year, so semi-current). Add my (Contributions Page) to your watchlist, and when I start a current event article, you are more than welcome to come edit with me.Elijahandskip (talk) 19:45, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

Do you think this year's floods in Europe deserve an article? Jim Michael (talk) 20:01, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

Yes, I do believe it is notable enough for an article. Sorry for not responding yesterday, I did not see any notification. I added this to my watchlist so I will get a ping from it now. So back to the floods, we could make a generic article similar to this one https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_European_floods . On the generic page, we could have individual articles for each countries flood if we could find enough sources for that individual countries flood (With weather related events, 4+ is normally required unless it had a major reason to be an article under less sources. An example is the 2019 Dallas tornado was able to be created off 2 sources, as the tornado came close to hitting a Former President of the United State's house. I will create a basic outline for the article in a draft space and I will send the link here. After we get enough sources and information down, one of us can move it into a true article spot. Hope this is useful.Elijahandskip (talk) 16:21, 12 December 2019 (UTC)

Here is the draft Link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:2019_European_Floods Elijahandskip (talk) 16:28, 12 December 2019 (UTC)

2019 England floods exists, but I don't believe we have any articles about this year's floods in continental Europe. Italy, especially Venice, was badly affected this autumn. Jim Michael (talk) 16:39, 12 December 2019 (UTC)

Then we just add info to the generic page about those countries/cities. The overall flood topic is notable, but maybe a article over Venice (or a specific country or city) might not be truly notable yet. So for now, those will just be on the generic page.Elijahandskip (talk) 19:27, 12 December 2019 (UTC)

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I didn't know about its existence until I read your comment. According to German Wikipedia, there's also one in Bolivia. We use commas rather than brackets for article titles, so if they were to exist, they would be at Cieneguillas, Argentina, Cieneguillas, Bolivia & Cieneguillas, Mexico - with Cieneguillas as a dab page. However, we only have an article for the Mexican one, which is significantly larger than the other 2 put together, so unless the other 2 articles are created, it's best for the current article to be at its current title. Jim Michael (talk) 20:27, 9 January 2020 (UTC)

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Also, any disagreements with the outcome of a deletion discussion should go to WP:DRV in nearly all circumstances. ToThAc (talk) 23:24, 9 January 2020 (UTC)

A cat shouldn't be emptied prior to deleting. You've given being empty as one of the reasons that it's eligible, which isn't justified when you emptied it. Jim Michael (talk) 23:28, 9 January 2020 (UTC)

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Thanks - I didn't realise that he's been blocked. It looks like he intended to put that on my talk page, although it's bizarre that he welcomed someone who'd been an active editor for nearly 9 y. Jim Michael (talk) 17:12, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

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A relatively minor crime in Port Hedland in the wa perspective - however much it might seem to have attracted attention in the wider virus afflicted media view somehow does not seem anything to do with history or hotels - we have massacres of lengthy and horrible duration that deserve it, but imho and where we try to not add projects like the way some eds do - I do hope we can solve this one amicably... JarrahTree 09:02, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

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Hello Jim. Because you have greatly contributed to articles about Afghanistan in the past, I suggest that if possible, please create an article about the ongoing (since yesterday) border clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan in Chaman and the deaths of at least 15 civilians and injuries of more than 50 civilians as a result. The skirmishes are being given considerable coverage in Reuters [2], The Economic Times [3], Bloomberg [4], The New York Times [5], The Oklahoman [6], Dawn [7], The News International [8], Business World [9], LatestLY [10], etc. I am unable to start the article himself because unfortunately I cannot fine enough time for it but I do look forward to edit it in the future. Thanks in advance, Khestwol (talk) 10:26, 31 July 2020 (UTC)

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Death is death, but not conspiracy

the case you present at the death project is a serious and legitimate complaint - however it fails the duck test at the death project - ANI is where that needs to go - the death project has a low status relevant to resolving issues of any sort, or watchers or involved admins or bureaucrats - what you have observed deserve the far more relevant location. Please, for wikipedia's sake - take it there... JarrahTree 11:11, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

That was about the irish conspiracy - this has been totally misinterpreted. JarrahTree 13:41, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

You're sure that their wrongdoing is serious enough for that? Jim Michael (talk) 15:25, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

Yes, I agree with JarrahTree. I do NOT understand why you are "humoring" that other editor by allowing Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Death to be littered with his recalcitrance and repeated announcements that he doesn't f***ing care what the project wants or what Wikipedia policy is. Is your reluctance to go ANI that you've never done one before? Do you actually have diffs of his prior behavior over the years (any diffs, even if not all)? Normal Op (talk) 21:45, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

That's one of the reasons - I've not taken any case to ANI & don't know what the procedure is. I don't have any diffs, but it's easy to find many of the talk pages from which he's removed the Death banner - they're mostly/solely from articles about what were at the time recent fatal incidents, most of which involved transport. The repeated removal of the Death banner has occurred very frequently for years and over 90% of it has been done by one editor. Jim Michael (talk) 08:01, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

If you can direct me to which articles, I can find the diffs. He is too prolific for me to find anything by browsing through his list of contributions. Normal Op (talk) 08:06, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

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I wasn't aware of that at the time I added the banner to the relevant talk pages. I find the exclusion of incidents to be strange, but I won't reinstate it. The project should state the project's scope, including how major/wide/long/busy a road/street has to be to qualify. Jim Michael (talk) 21:07, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

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Read the title of this[11]]. Report on the accident to Boeing 747-121. Also, false accusations of vandalism are considered a violation of WP:NPA....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 12:32, 22 December 2020 (UTC)

As you know, that title is incorrect. Despite its title, that report says it was a bombing rather than an accident. There's a clear consensus in regard to that point. You know it was a bombing, so one false title can't be used to support your claim that it was an accident. A false title in one source can be found in regard to many events - that doesn't mean you should ignore the clear, well-sourced & relevant facts. It's nothing like NPOV to describe it as an accident; it's proven to be false. In addition, you're going against the consensus of how the article should describe the bombing; none of the other editors of the article agree with you on this point. As shown by the article's edit history, you've made this same alteration of attack to accident several times on previous days in addition to several times today & it was other editors who reverted you before. You know that your repeated claim constitutes vandalism, because you're altering the lead of the article of a very well-known mass murder to say that it was an accident.

This discussion should be on Talk:Pan Am Flight 103. Jim Michael (talk) 12:59, 22 December 2020 (UTC)

You just proved my case that you're violating NPOV. You say the title is incorrect. That is an opinion....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 13:03, 22 December 2020 (UTC)

You haven't proved I'm violating anything. We know that the title of that report is incorrect. It's either a mistake or is part of a standard wording of articles about aircraft incidents that at the time was used by the people who made the reports. Are you honestly claiming it was was an accident, despite the huge amount of proof that it was a bombing? You're saying that accident is a better description than attack?

Why do you want this conversation to take place here, rather than on the article's talk page, where the article's editors will see it? Jim Michael (talk) 13:16, 22 December 2020 (UTC)

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This was withdrawn within seconds. It has never met the criteria because it isn't about an organised event. It's about an accidental explosion & fire. Jim Michael (talk) 04:15, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

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Mali wedding airstrike

This page move you carried out was very wrong, what you ought to have done instead was to go to WP:RM and start a discussion. Furthermore per WP:COMMONNAME, “Mali wedding airstrike attack” is the appropriate name per reliable sources. In any case that was a very wrong move. Celestina007 (talk) 18:57, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

There are far too few media articles for there to be a common name. Airstrike attack isn't standard, as can be seen from Category:Attacks on weddings. It's also a tautology, because an airstrike is a type of attack. For the same reason, we wouldn't usually use bombing attack or mass shooting attack in our article titles. I created it at Mali wedding attack in order to cover the initial attack as well as the airstrike which occurred minutes later. Jim Michael (talk) 19:09, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

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The ref I used is The New York Times, which is reliable. Jim Michael (talk) 15:50, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

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This massacre is notable enough for an article. When I created this article, I was unaware that, minutes earlier, an article about the same massacre had been created with a different title. I believe that the title of the article I created is more precise, so the other article should be merged to this one. Jim Michael (talk) 14:47, 4 May 2021 (UTC)

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It's a reliably-sourced, well-written article about a massacre for which police officers have been arrested & charged. It's easily notable enough for an article & doesn't fall short of any of WP's requirements. Jim Michael (talk) 12:09, 9 May 2021 (UTC)

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Hi, you seem to know a bit about cats, sorting and whatnot. The IP crisis article, there are 58,000 displaced persons in Gaza, so would it be right to add the cat for internally displaced persons in this particular article? Selfstudier (talk) 15:29, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

No, because Category:Internally displaced persons doesn't include conflicts.

There is an article, Internally displaced persons in Syria which is in the category. Syria is a "conflict" so is it because of the existence of the page ie If there were a page "Internally displaced persons in Gaza" would that go in the category? Apologies if all this is obvious to you.Selfstudier (talk) 16:32, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

Present absentee is the closest to what you mention about those in Gaza & is also in the IDP cat. They're articles about IDPs rather than about conflicts, although of course they're related. Jim Michael (talk) 17:08, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

I think I get it, you ask the question what is the page about (mainly) and that's where it goes? It could still be in multiple cats but only if there is a significant amount of detail about (some thing) in the given article, is that about right?Selfstudier (talk) 17:16, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

Basically, but it's more complicated than that. There are some cats which are subcats of others. Also, we don't put murder cats on articles about killings in which there's a trial of suspects in progress or pending. Jim Michael (talk) 23:53, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for the pointers, I should have paid more attention to cats before now, some catchup to do.Selfstudier (talk) 00:00, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

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I disagree, because I think it fits the WP:NOYEAR exception. The Devon city is the most notable Plymouth & this mass shooting appears to be the only notable shooting in any Plymouth. I think therefore that settlement & type of event is how this should be titled, like Hungerford massacre & Dunblane massacre. However, I'd be happy to take part in a discussion on Talk:Plymouth shooting should you &/or anyone else wish to start such a discussion. Jim Michael (talk) 15:10, 13 August 2021 (UTC)

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I wasn't aware that all articles relating to crime in the UK should be in the Crime proj as well as the Brit crime proj. That should be made clear on the Brit crime proj page, so that people know.

I didn't do anything in regard to the importance levels. Jim Michael (talk) 13:36, 23 September 2021 (UTC)

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