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What is the <!-- S --> for beside some names? How are we supposed to use it in this article? EvergreenFir ( talk) 16:59, 2 December 2013 (UTC)
As you can see on the article, I added a section titled "Unknown dates in December", with names of the deceased filed in that do not have a set date of death. I feel this is beneficial not just for accurately depicting what we know about their passing, but to weed out the entries that are lacking important content. Someone's death is important, so it's our duty to make sure we dig around for info in regards to their passing, which includes the day. I feel it's incorrect to list an entry like this:
Now, Mr. Roberts death has only been announced this day. But he could've died the 4th of July. But until we realize this, people can make the presumption that the 12th was his death date. What are other editors thoughts? Rusted AutoParts 04:20, 16 December 2013 (UTC)
For me, anyway, it's quite hard to locate that footnote while its hidden amongst a lengthy list of entries who have the sources backing up the person's death as December 1. So it would be harder for someone to look into the person missing the accurate DOD as the viewer is scrolling through, that footnote text could easily be overlooked, and therefore it remains a mystery. Rusted AutoParts 05:45, 16 December 2013 (UTC)
Is it acceptable to put "natural causes" as cause of death (assuming the source states it as such)? Just curious. EvergreenFir ( talk) 04:08, 29 December 2013 (UTC)
Just a heads-up to contributing editors that the seven-day "overlap" period at the end of each month does not usually apply at the end of December.
The reason is that Recent Deaths on the front page of Wikipedia is pointed to Deaths in 2014 from January 1. This means that deaths from that date need to be reported on Deaths in 2014, rather than staying on Deaths in 2013 for the first seven days (which does not make sense in a new year anyway). I hope all of this makes sense. I just remembered that some editors were surprised/annoyed in the past when January deaths had no overlap with December deaths. WWGB ( talk) 11:28, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
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What is the <!-- S --> for beside some names? How are we supposed to use it in this article? EvergreenFir ( talk) 16:59, 2 December 2013 (UTC)
As you can see on the article, I added a section titled "Unknown dates in December", with names of the deceased filed in that do not have a set date of death. I feel this is beneficial not just for accurately depicting what we know about their passing, but to weed out the entries that are lacking important content. Someone's death is important, so it's our duty to make sure we dig around for info in regards to their passing, which includes the day. I feel it's incorrect to list an entry like this:
Now, Mr. Roberts death has only been announced this day. But he could've died the 4th of July. But until we realize this, people can make the presumption that the 12th was his death date. What are other editors thoughts? Rusted AutoParts 04:20, 16 December 2013 (UTC)
For me, anyway, it's quite hard to locate that footnote while its hidden amongst a lengthy list of entries who have the sources backing up the person's death as December 1. So it would be harder for someone to look into the person missing the accurate DOD as the viewer is scrolling through, that footnote text could easily be overlooked, and therefore it remains a mystery. Rusted AutoParts 05:45, 16 December 2013 (UTC)
Is it acceptable to put "natural causes" as cause of death (assuming the source states it as such)? Just curious. EvergreenFir ( talk) 04:08, 29 December 2013 (UTC)
Just a heads-up to contributing editors that the seven-day "overlap" period at the end of each month does not usually apply at the end of December.
The reason is that Recent Deaths on the front page of Wikipedia is pointed to Deaths in 2014 from January 1. This means that deaths from that date need to be reported on Deaths in 2014, rather than staying on Deaths in 2013 for the first seven days (which does not make sense in a new year anyway). I hope all of this makes sense. I just remembered that some editors were surprised/annoyed in the past when January deaths had no overlap with December deaths. WWGB ( talk) 11:28, 30 December 2013 (UTC)