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I expect few if any English language sources or readers use the diacritic in Mỹ Lai. Moving to My Lai, to conform with English language usage. CAVincent ( talk) 07:50, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
The cited source offers no insight into exactly the meaning of the phrase "who has been the subject of pointed blame" with regard to Widmer. Nothing is mentioned on that point in the cited source, so is this someone's personal view somehow incorporated in this article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.24.239.172 ( talk) 23:03, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
Willbb234 has twice deleted a well sourced and accurate description in the caption of the third image in this article. I am undeleting now and explaining why. Here is the discussion between Willbb234 and myself on the subject:
Deletion from My Lai article.[edit]
I undid your deletion. The soldiers actually committed a sexual assault, not even attempted, by trying to rip her blouse off.JohnKent (talk) 00:19, 5 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@JohnKent: I read the source in the caption and couldn't see any mention of this sexual assault. Please provide a reference for this. Willbb234 10:35, 5 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Here's the quote from the cited reference. "In one incident, a group of 7-12 women and children were herded together, and members of the 3d Platoon attempted to rip the blouse off a Vietnamese girl. They halted their attempts after observing that the PI0 photographer was near their location and had taken a picture of the scene (see exhibit P-40). The women and children were then killed." I will improved the citation so it points to the exact page. JohnKent (talk) 15:55, 5 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for helping to improve the article. JohnKent (talk) 16:03, 5 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@JohnKent: my exact point - the source doesn't actually say a sexual assault occurred. Unless you're trying to infer that the action of ripping her blouse of was a sexual assault, but that's not how Wikipedia works. We also don't know a motive - perhaps they were searching for weapons. This isn't for us to decide. Willbb234 16:46, 5 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
/info/en/?search=Sexual_assault: "Sexual assault takes many forms including attacks such as rape or attempted rape, as well as any unwanted sexual contact or threats. Usually a sexual assault occurs when someone touches any part of another person's body in a sexual way, even through clothes, without that person's consent." JohnKent (talk) 17:17, 5 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@JohnKent: "unwanted sexual contact or threats" "touches any part of another person's body in a sexual way". This is not indicated in the source, so we cannot say that it is sexual assault. Willbb234 17:58, 5 October 2023 (UTC)[reply] "members of the 3d Platoon attempted to rip the blouse off a Vietnamese girl" - This is absolutely "unwanted sexual contact". JohnKent (talk) 18:22, 5 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@JohnKent: okay, seeing as this isn't getting anywhere, you will need to find consensus to include this. Per WP:ONUS, it is on you to find this consensus. Thanks, Willbb234 18:27, 5 October 2023 (UTC)
JohnKent ( talk) 20:14, 5 October 2023 (UTC)
Recently, an IP user change the first sentence of the article to replace "war crime" with "massacre", stating it does not fit the definition of the former. I believe it does, but as I'm not a regular contributor, I thought to get some feedback before undoing the change. - Bkid Talk/ Contribs 17:12, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
I probably will not come back to this talk page ever again, so I am asking this question specifically for the use of fulfilling the above questions?
Are there any Wikipedia articles or definitive, cite-able sources that can give an adequate differentiation? 67.214.195.184 ( talk) 19:16, 6 February 2024 (UTC)
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I expect few if any English language sources or readers use the diacritic in Mỹ Lai. Moving to My Lai, to conform with English language usage. CAVincent ( talk) 07:50, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
The cited source offers no insight into exactly the meaning of the phrase "who has been the subject of pointed blame" with regard to Widmer. Nothing is mentioned on that point in the cited source, so is this someone's personal view somehow incorporated in this article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.24.239.172 ( talk) 23:03, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
Willbb234 has twice deleted a well sourced and accurate description in the caption of the third image in this article. I am undeleting now and explaining why. Here is the discussion between Willbb234 and myself on the subject:
Deletion from My Lai article.[edit]
I undid your deletion. The soldiers actually committed a sexual assault, not even attempted, by trying to rip her blouse off.JohnKent (talk) 00:19, 5 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@JohnKent: I read the source in the caption and couldn't see any mention of this sexual assault. Please provide a reference for this. Willbb234 10:35, 5 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Here's the quote from the cited reference. "In one incident, a group of 7-12 women and children were herded together, and members of the 3d Platoon attempted to rip the blouse off a Vietnamese girl. They halted their attempts after observing that the PI0 photographer was near their location and had taken a picture of the scene (see exhibit P-40). The women and children were then killed." I will improved the citation so it points to the exact page. JohnKent (talk) 15:55, 5 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for helping to improve the article. JohnKent (talk) 16:03, 5 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@JohnKent: my exact point - the source doesn't actually say a sexual assault occurred. Unless you're trying to infer that the action of ripping her blouse of was a sexual assault, but that's not how Wikipedia works. We also don't know a motive - perhaps they were searching for weapons. This isn't for us to decide. Willbb234 16:46, 5 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
/info/en/?search=Sexual_assault: "Sexual assault takes many forms including attacks such as rape or attempted rape, as well as any unwanted sexual contact or threats. Usually a sexual assault occurs when someone touches any part of another person's body in a sexual way, even through clothes, without that person's consent." JohnKent (talk) 17:17, 5 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@JohnKent: "unwanted sexual contact or threats" "touches any part of another person's body in a sexual way". This is not indicated in the source, so we cannot say that it is sexual assault. Willbb234 17:58, 5 October 2023 (UTC)[reply] "members of the 3d Platoon attempted to rip the blouse off a Vietnamese girl" - This is absolutely "unwanted sexual contact". JohnKent (talk) 18:22, 5 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@JohnKent: okay, seeing as this isn't getting anywhere, you will need to find consensus to include this. Per WP:ONUS, it is on you to find this consensus. Thanks, Willbb234 18:27, 5 October 2023 (UTC)
JohnKent ( talk) 20:14, 5 October 2023 (UTC)
Recently, an IP user change the first sentence of the article to replace "war crime" with "massacre", stating it does not fit the definition of the former. I believe it does, but as I'm not a regular contributor, I thought to get some feedback before undoing the change. - Bkid Talk/ Contribs 17:12, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
I probably will not come back to this talk page ever again, so I am asking this question specifically for the use of fulfilling the above questions?
Are there any Wikipedia articles or definitive, cite-able sources that can give an adequate differentiation? 67.214.195.184 ( talk) 19:16, 6 February 2024 (UTC)