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I removed the claim that Liu Pengli was a serial killer as I regard it as original research. That edit was reverted because of the presence of a citation to Sima Qian's The Records of the Grand Historian. However, since that text was written in the Han dynasty, Sima Qian unfortunately does not use the term "serial killer" or any equivalent. For Sima Qian, Liu Pengli is simply a murderer. As for the interpretation of Liu Pengli as a serial killer, that was first added in 2007. No source on google books or google scholar calling Liu Pengli a serial killer exists before this date, and all the works that do are popular texts that appear to have just copied from wikipedia. As it stands at the moment, the claim that Liu was a serial killer is original research. Retinalsummer ( talk) 15:26, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
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I think the start of the etymology and definition section is unclear:
″The English term and concept of serial killer are commonly attributed to former FBI Special agent Robert Ressler, who used the term serial homicide in 1974 in a lecture at Police Staff Academy in Bramshill, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom.[10] Author Ann Rule postulates in her 2004 book Kiss Me, Kill Me, that the English-language credit for coining the term goes to LAPD detective Pierce Brooks, who created the Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (ViCAP) system in 1985.[11] There is ample evidence the term had been used in Europe and the United States earlier.[citation needed]″
The next paragraph lists several earlier examples. I suggest we delete the first paragraph or move it to later in the section. Whowhywhenwhere ( talk) 13:22, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
Is it still a serial killer if the person is killed multiple people but under different circumstances 2601:40F:4000:66F0:A87B:2173:B958:F83E ( talk) 21:01, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
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I removed the claim that Liu Pengli was a serial killer as I regard it as original research. That edit was reverted because of the presence of a citation to Sima Qian's The Records of the Grand Historian. However, since that text was written in the Han dynasty, Sima Qian unfortunately does not use the term "serial killer" or any equivalent. For Sima Qian, Liu Pengli is simply a murderer. As for the interpretation of Liu Pengli as a serial killer, that was first added in 2007. No source on google books or google scholar calling Liu Pengli a serial killer exists before this date, and all the works that do are popular texts that appear to have just copied from wikipedia. As it stands at the moment, the claim that Liu was a serial killer is original research. Retinalsummer ( talk) 15:26, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
I am very new to wikipedia editing, please let me know any tips you have
I think the start of the etymology and definition section is unclear:
″The English term and concept of serial killer are commonly attributed to former FBI Special agent Robert Ressler, who used the term serial homicide in 1974 in a lecture at Police Staff Academy in Bramshill, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom.[10] Author Ann Rule postulates in her 2004 book Kiss Me, Kill Me, that the English-language credit for coining the term goes to LAPD detective Pierce Brooks, who created the Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (ViCAP) system in 1985.[11] There is ample evidence the term had been used in Europe and the United States earlier.[citation needed]″
The next paragraph lists several earlier examples. I suggest we delete the first paragraph or move it to later in the section. Whowhywhenwhere ( talk) 13:22, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
Is it still a serial killer if the person is killed multiple people but under different circumstances 2601:40F:4000:66F0:A87B:2173:B958:F83E ( talk) 21:01, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 11 March 2024 and 17 May 2024. Further details are available
on the course page. Student editor(s):
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article contribs). Peer reviewers:
Jasmeen.Kaur88.
— Assignment last updated by Jktmiami ( talk) 16:10, 29 April 2024 (UTC)