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I don't want to get into an edit war on the article itself... I know that many media organizations have reported the death toll as seven, but at a 7:00am press conference, Kalamazoo Public Safety clarified that six are dead. A 14-year-old girl who was hospitalized was falsely reported to have died, but is actually alive. See Kalamazoo Public Safety posting on Facebook clarifying the death count: https://www.facebook.com/KalamazooPublicSafety/posts/710564742419230 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chidoelrey ( talk • contribs) 12:37, 21 February 2016 (UTC)
Would this person be described as a serial killer given the number of victims? - Knowledgekid87 ( talk) 22:17, 21 February 2016 (UTC)
If someone eventually writes critical articles about the shoddy journalism that allowed this story to be printed in the first place, perhaps a mention of this might be appropriate in the article's about the news organisations involved. It has no place here. It has 0 zilch nada to do with this story. People pull crap like this to get attention. Although this involves a troll in general, not a troll on Wikipedia, our essay DENY still applies. John from Idegon ( talk) 05:06, 18 March 2016 (UTC)
Was there a special reason to address this man as, "a 45-year-old Uber driver, Jason Brian Dalton..."? I'm not an Uber driver but why identify him as that in the summary? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jtpaladin ( talk • contribs) 00:52 22 May 2016 (UTC)
The Brian Dalton article used to redirect to this page. This is inappropriate because there is more than one Brian Dalton. I have changed the redirect page to a disambiguation page. If Dalton is convicted and his status changes from suspected to convicted, the disambig page will need to be edited too. Shhhnotsoloud ( talk) 15:00, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: Not moved.Clear consensus.The title Kalamazoo shootings may be tried at a new RM.( non-admin closure) Winged Blades Godric 16:06, 22 November 2017 (UTC)
2016 Kalamazoo shootings → Kalamazoo County spree shootings – Multiple reasons:1) The title is ambiguous. There were multiple shootings in Kalamazoo in 2016, just like every year. It's a typical urban area. People get shot on a regular basis. 2)It's imprecise. Of the three crime scenes involved in this event, only one was in the city of Kalamazoo (I doubt it is in any way controversial that the prime topic for "Kalamazoo" is Kalamazoo, Michigan). 3)Another editor has expressed (through a reverted bold move to Kalamazoo shootings) that 2016 is unneeded as this is the only mass killing associated with this geographic area. That being said, and to avoid another discussion at a later time, I believe the sources have born out a contention I made above that the association with Uber is quite primary to this topic. A possible even better title might be Kalamazoo County Uber shootings or some variant of that. John from Idegon ( talk) 16:26, 6 November 2017 (UTC) --Relisting. — MRD2014 Talk • Edits • Help! 01:35, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
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I don't want to get into an edit war on the article itself... I know that many media organizations have reported the death toll as seven, but at a 7:00am press conference, Kalamazoo Public Safety clarified that six are dead. A 14-year-old girl who was hospitalized was falsely reported to have died, but is actually alive. See Kalamazoo Public Safety posting on Facebook clarifying the death count: https://www.facebook.com/KalamazooPublicSafety/posts/710564742419230 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chidoelrey ( talk • contribs) 12:37, 21 February 2016 (UTC)
Would this person be described as a serial killer given the number of victims? - Knowledgekid87 ( talk) 22:17, 21 February 2016 (UTC)
If someone eventually writes critical articles about the shoddy journalism that allowed this story to be printed in the first place, perhaps a mention of this might be appropriate in the article's about the news organisations involved. It has no place here. It has 0 zilch nada to do with this story. People pull crap like this to get attention. Although this involves a troll in general, not a troll on Wikipedia, our essay DENY still applies. John from Idegon ( talk) 05:06, 18 March 2016 (UTC)
Was there a special reason to address this man as, "a 45-year-old Uber driver, Jason Brian Dalton..."? I'm not an Uber driver but why identify him as that in the summary? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jtpaladin ( talk • contribs) 00:52 22 May 2016 (UTC)
The Brian Dalton article used to redirect to this page. This is inappropriate because there is more than one Brian Dalton. I have changed the redirect page to a disambiguation page. If Dalton is convicted and his status changes from suspected to convicted, the disambig page will need to be edited too. Shhhnotsoloud ( talk) 15:00, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: Not moved.Clear consensus.The title Kalamazoo shootings may be tried at a new RM.( non-admin closure) Winged Blades Godric 16:06, 22 November 2017 (UTC)
2016 Kalamazoo shootings → Kalamazoo County spree shootings – Multiple reasons:1) The title is ambiguous. There were multiple shootings in Kalamazoo in 2016, just like every year. It's a typical urban area. People get shot on a regular basis. 2)It's imprecise. Of the three crime scenes involved in this event, only one was in the city of Kalamazoo (I doubt it is in any way controversial that the prime topic for "Kalamazoo" is Kalamazoo, Michigan). 3)Another editor has expressed (through a reverted bold move to Kalamazoo shootings) that 2016 is unneeded as this is the only mass killing associated with this geographic area. That being said, and to avoid another discussion at a later time, I believe the sources have born out a contention I made above that the association with Uber is quite primary to this topic. A possible even better title might be Kalamazoo County Uber shootings or some variant of that. John from Idegon ( talk) 16:26, 6 November 2017 (UTC) --Relisting. — MRD2014 Talk • Edits • Help! 01:35, 14 November 2017 (UTC)