Talk:Killing of Kirsty Bentley

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On 6 August 2024, it was proposed that this article be moved from Death of Kirsty Bentley to Killing of Kirsty Bentley. The result of the discussion was moved.

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I moved this to Murder of Kirsty Bentley but @HTGS has moved it to Death of Kirsty Bentley as per WP:DEATHS. Cause of death as per the coroner was several blunt force trauma to the back of the head. Shouldn't this at least be Killing of Kirsty Bentley? Darrelljon (talk) 04:29, 5 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

Several of the references also refer to it as murder in their titles. Darrelljon (talk) 04:40, 5 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

Killing would also be fine, and probably more in line with DEATHS. I think the consensus has generally been to avoid “murder” without a trial, because it is technically a crime with requisite legal status. Personally I prefer “death” just because in cases like this it more accurately reflects the scope of the situation; that is, we care about the circumstances of her death and disappearance, which includes the act of the killing itself.

If you want to move it to Killing of Kirsty Bentley I will be happy enough, as the best thing of this was to move it from being about her as a person. I don’t have a major issue with “Murder” personally—given the circumstances as you point out—but I think we should have an WP:RM if that’s what you prefer. — HTGS (talk) 20:47, 5 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

Requested move 6 August 2024

Latest comment: 2 months ago6 comments6 people in discussion

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: moved. Moved to Killing of Kirsty Bentley. (closed by non-admin page mover) Frost 14:45, 13 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

Death of Kirsty Bentley → Murder of Kirsty Bentley – Several of the articles titles reference murder and the coroners report stated it was blunt force trauma to the back of the head. Darrelljon (talk) 08:41, 6 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

Move to Killing of Kirsty Bentley per WP:DEATHS. 162 etc. (talk) 16:10, 6 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
Oppose; it should be Killing of Kirsty Bentley as per the flowchart at Wikipedia:Naming conventions (violence and deaths) (which is the same page that WP:DEATHS points to). Schwede 66 09:20, 7 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
Support Death of Kirsty Bentley → Killing of Kirsty Bentley per 162 etc. and Schwede66. —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 07:57, 8 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
Oppose as per others the flowchart at WP:DEATHS indicates Killing of Kirsty Bentley. When I originally created the article I did not know this was a convention.David Palmer//cloventt ^(talk) 08:44, 8 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

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