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Proposed Wikipedia Policy, Guideline, or Process Discussion

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After the recent discussions on whether the Killing of David Amess should be called killing, murder, or assassination, looked back and found similar discussions about this word choice. I believe this essay should become an official Wikipedia guideline, for a big reason. The definition of "assassination" says "The murder of prominent or important person, such as heads of state, heads of government, politicians, royalty, celebrities, or CEOs.” But as multiple discussions have shown, the common definition is not always what Wikipedia uses. Wikipedia bases the titles term (killing, murder, or assassination) based on what reliable sources are using. The discussion on October 16, just a few days ago, was fairly lengthy, and most of the !votes to change the title to "Assassination of David Amess" were about the common definition of assassination. If this guideline becomes accepted, a lot of long, and painful discussions could quickly be closed or changed just based on this guideline. Though, this is just my opinion about the essay that I created and proposed, so please, give your opinion below. Elijahandskip (talk) 01:30, 25 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Discussions

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I mean, you sort of just described exactly what this essay is. The essay just clarifies that naming is based on what RS says and not what the common English definition of “assassination” is. Elijahandskip (talk) 16:31, 25 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Your essay is pretty much redundant to Wikipedia:Naming conventions (violence and deaths). – The Grid (talk) 20:37, 28 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The Grid wait, so is your comment more like a "Move" to Wikipedia:Naming conventions (violence and deaths) !vote? (Just sort of wanting to clarify your comment, because oppose would mean Wikipedia should not have a policy anywhere for the term "Assassination".) Elijahandskip (talk) 20:52, 28 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
It's a vote to move discussion to Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (violence and deaths). – The Grid (talk) 14:20, 29 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]