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There is obviously strong bias on this subject. However, edits should not be reverted under the guise of citing "low quality sources." If a party feels that the quality of a source is not up to par, it merits a discussion on the talk page. Ducktapeonmydesk (talk) 01:06, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
Massive changes have not been made. Gary Kleck was not cited. The controversial John Lott was cited which I since reverted. Grant Duwe was cited in the published book The Wiley Handbook of the Psychology of Mass Shootings, from one of the world's leading publishers: Wiley. Ducktapeonmydesk (talk) 02:04, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
It has been reverted, per BRD policy. Please show me where I cited Gary Kleck, as I definitely missed it and am not aware of who this individual is.
And no, changing one line is not a major change. Changing an entire paragraph would be a major change. Regardless, the statistics are what the statistics are.
However, the Washington Post is hardly unbiased when it comes to gun politics, hence my citations of a neutral party, Grant Duwe. Furthermore, citations I removed were citing a study by Langford, a study which is widely regarded as dubious.
I am challenging the existing rhetoric on this article. When does it become "decided" that one source is right or one source is wrong, so I may update or refrain, accordingly? Ducktapeonmydesk (talk) 02:56, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
Disregard about the Gary Kleck, I see where I cited him. Ducktapeonmydesk (talk) 02:58, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
Edits that cited Gary Kleck have been removed. Edits that listed Grant Duwe have been reinstated. Ducktapeonmydesk (talk) 03:10, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
I thought we had consensus on removing anything with Gary Kleck? Ducktapeonmydesk (talk) 03:21, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
I am trying to bring changes to bring the article into a neutral point of view. (see WP:NPOV).
While consensus is encouraged, it is not necessary. I made bold edits that moved the discussion towards a neutral point of view. If you disagree, that's fine, revert it back. Ducktapeonmydesk (talk) 03:38, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
In reading through this it would seem that the new sources are simply a different perspective on the topic. I don't think they should replace the old sources but it would be reasonable to say that many of the statistics depend on how the information is parsed. I think adding vs replacing makes sense here. I will note that I haven't verified the claims in the sources, I'm only looking at the edits. Springee (talk) 12:19, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
I reset to last post by Acroterion during discussion. Editor added four cites to an essay removing cites by CNN, WSJ, LATimes, & WaPo. Also reverted an admin twice to force in a change. O3000, Ret. (talk) 18:34, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
I think you may have missed what I wrote, sir. I removed the references to Kleck after discovery of bias. I removed WaPo for the same reasons, particularly those pointing to Langford's study.
Furthermore, I didn't undo a revert by Acroterion 3 times. I changed "died by suicide" to "committed suicide," thought my changes didn't stick (didn't realize they were changed back, new to this, after all), so made the change again. Then I also changed "high capacity" to "standard capacity" to neutralize the language, which he reverted back. He informed me that the source stated "high capacity" so the article reads "high capacity."
Again, all consistent with my narrative of neutrality. Ducktapeonmydesk (talk) 01:38, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
Which was corrected and you and I talked. And you told me that Wikipedia articles are to state what the sources say, so I when I updated the sources, which said, "commit suicide," I updated the wikipedia article to state, "commit suicide."
I, myself, have a preference for "commit suicide" over "die by suicide." The latter is unnatural, awkward, and feels forced. It also downplays the the travesty that is the taking of one's own life. Irrespective, the source stated "committed suicide" so I wrote "committed suicide." Ducktapeonmydesk (talk) 04:13, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
What do you mean by "factual misstatement?" Genuine question. Ducktapeonmydesk (talk) 04:24, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
Further reading on the link you provided brought me to this one. See this RfC. It appears that the choice of "commit suicide" or "due by suicide" is up the editor. Please advise if that is no longer the case. Ducktapeonmydesk (talk) 04:33, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
Source stated "high capacity magazine," which is a bias term. Just trying to make it neutral.
It's a leap in logic to say we have to follow source when it says, "high capacity magazine" but not when it says, "committed suicide."
Anyways, due the apparent lack of interest in making this article neutral, I will focus my efforts elsewhere. Ducktapeonmydesk (talk) 02:40, 19 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello For anyone willing to provide input, there's an RFC tangentially related to this page here, and any input would be greatly appreciated. 1984 New York City Subway shooting is currently listed in two mass-shooting categories, and its template reads that it's "Part of mass shootings in the United States" (this page). The question is: "Should this article, concerning firearm-related violence with multiple persons injured, be included in mass-shooting categories, even though no sources directly refer to it as a 'mass shooting'?"
The key debate concerns whether "mass shooting" is a special term that requires labelling by a reliable source. Thanks in advance!--Jerome Frank Disciple (talk) 17:05, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
there is no mention to the explicit link between mental illness and shooting. our societal shortcomings also lead people to that, and the media's treatment of shootings. all well documented 68.206.97.197 (talk) 16:30, 29 July 2023 (UTC)
As the lede reads today, it does not reflect the body. The lede mainly recounts the different rates and frequencies by different observers of differing time periods, which confuses the reader. It even contains data not present in the body! Given the July 26, 2023 publication in JAMA (Characterization of Mass Shootings by State, 2014-2022) I will add these most recent findings and copy edit lede. I will remove a sentence that does not even belong there "The Federal Bureau of Investigation designated 61 events as active shooter incidents in 2021." Wuerzele (talk) 16:02, 6 August 2023 (UTC)
This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 21 August 2023 and 8 December 2023. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Stevenmadden7 (article contribs).
— Assignment last updated by Stevenmadden7 (talk) 17:24, 23 October 2023 (UTC)
@Neiltonks:@Filmssssssssssss:I could not ping the editor because of the IP address. There is a revision proposed at https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mass_shootings_in_the_United_States&diff=1182863594&oldid=1182794237 to add "(excluding perp.)" at the table capture; however, the cell value already have mentions about the perpetrators; maybe we will not enlarge the caption to make it multiline, but will add a small footnote that otherwise explicitly indicated, the amount of death does not include perpetrator(s)? The header is now ugly after the accepted change. See an example of such a table with footnotes at the table (below the table) at Intersex#Prevalence. Would you mind I will arrange the same way? --Maxim Masiutin (talk) 21:18, 31 October 2023 (UTC)