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Change Gypsy & Ryan's wedding date from June 27, 2022 to July 21, 2022. Ryan stated their wedding date (and also stated that it is incorrect in many online sources) on The Viall Files podcast January 8, 2024. MEMaddux ( talk) 18:11, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
Per the outcome of the AfD, closed as no consensus since it seemed like a merger was preferred (I had nominated it for deletion primarily because there was so little content to merge back into this article that wasn't already here). So I have appropriately tagged both articles. Daniel Case ( talk) 23:09, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
You have used the term "short description"; you may, it seems, be confusing that with the intro. The short description is that short sentence in the {{ short description}} template at the top of the article code. It's only visible when you look at the drop-down menu from the search field, or on the mobile version of the site in boxes with links. "Short description" is not a command for what the first part of the article text should be. Daniel Case ( talk) 07:49, 1 February 2024 (UTC)
If you take the time to read the passage I linked and quoted in the MOS, you'll see that it also makes the point that a great deal of readers (especially on mobile, I think) read only the intro, so it is in accord with Wikipedia's purpose to write article intros that, as noted, provide a "concise overview of the article's topic".
I further commend your attention to MOS:LEADLENGTH, which says "A lead that is too short leaves the reader unsatisfied", sets guidelines for the maximum length of the intro commensurate with the article's overall text length, and notes that most of our featured articles have intros at least three paragraphs long. Daniel Case ( talk) 18:30, 1 February 2024 (UTC)
As for what you said about how it appears on your phone: I went and looked at it my phone, too, and it was the same. That's because that's how the mobile version of the site works when it detects that a phone is the viewing platform (on my iPad, the mobile version looks more like it does on a desktop) because it wouldn't work to have the phone version look exactly like the desktop (although you can choose that look at the bottom of the page if you want).
Take a look at the page on a desktop when you get the chance ... you'll see that all the four intro paragraphs are on the left with the infobox (what we call "the box with the picture and stuff") on the right. The vast amounts of whitespace that a single paragraph next to an infobox used to create before the late 2022 skin change are one of many reasons we encourage longer intros.
Perhaps in time the tech people could set things up so that there are more mobile-friendly versions of articles that would load only on phones. Of course, they'd probably tell you to get in line given all the other things people want the mobile interface to do ... Daniel Case ( talk) 03:42, 2 February 2024 (UTC)
Dee Dee had changed her name after her family, who suspected she had poisoned her stepmother, confronted her about how she treated Gypsy-Rose.
Can that bit be changed, I know her family have accused her of this but we don't know if it is true. We do know that she was committing multiple frauds and it's more likely to do with that and the family stuff if true was just an extra reason to change names.
The trial part
While the charge of first-degree murder can carry the death penalty under Missouri law or life without parole, County Prosecutor Dan Patterson announced he would not seek it for either Gypsy-Rose or Godejohn, calling the case "extraordinary and unusual"
I am not sure about this bit because he did get life without parole.
Hayleywatson971 ( talk) 02:10, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
Gypsy Rose Blanchard needs a different image rather than the girl who killed her mom 166.91.253.57 ( talk) 20:11, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
I've just come across this article now. For such a high-profile case and for such a long article, this is embarrassingly poor. Is there any way of gathering more people to work on this? I'm shocked that a page for a reasonably well-known murder could be of such low quality. Feels like it's off a WordPress crime blog. Toffeenix ( talk) 08:44, 29 March 2024 (UTC)
I agree with Daniel Case that this is supposed to be an article about the "Murder of Dee Dee Blanchard", and not about her daughter, whose notoriety was gained, after all, by being convicted of a role in her death, and who is now paroled. At this point, for instance, the Lede has gory details about the murder scene, but hardly covers when and where Godejoy and Gypsy were arrested, whether there was a trial, and what the disposition of their cases were. It was my understanding that in the case of murders, editors are encouraged to focus on the victim not the perpetrator. We should at least establish how the mother and daughter got to Missouri, how long they were there before the murder, and what was going on in relation to that event. I think the background on the pair is too long. Maybe we should deal with what was first known about their circumstances, and later introduce the material about the fabricated childhood.
Given Gypsy's difficult childhood, this is a highly unusual case, and she was also a victim. But that does not mean we have to provide endless details from all the material that has been published; it could be summarized. This is supposed to be encyclopedic and based on fact. I'm still reading the article, but it appears that no medical/psychiatric doctor ever diagnosed Gypsy as having suffered Munchausen by proxy (or its new name). It certainly sounds as if that was what her mother was doing, but editors should be more clear about what was established, versus what has been discussed and speculated.
Maybe another early step is to try to focus on content from Reliable Sources, per Wiki MOS, rather than entertainment and fashion magazines and sites: Bustle.com, Cosmopolitan, Variety, Elle, Marie Claire, E!online, and other sources that especially appear in relation to the many documentaries and TV shows produced are not generally sources for legal and medical information. See <<Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources>> for a thorough listing so that editors can check their sources, and weigh them against the content under question.
Maybe if we sort out the basics about the murder/trial/pleas, some background (limited), and incarceration, we could try to deal with the phenomenon of Gypsy's notorious profile and media frenzy about her since her release. I've started editing the article - may copy it to Sandbox to work on it.
Any thoughts? Parkwells ( talk) 20:07, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
I think this should be written from the point of view of a relatively straight summary of facts, what is known.
So, we could say Dee Dee Blanchard was murdered on June 10, in an event jointly planned by her daughter and her boyfriend, and committed by him. They also took money from her safe. Since they left town, Blanchard was not immediately noticed to be missing, and her body was not found until June 15. Details about what the neighbors noticed or thought (and their contacting police) could be in body of article.
The couple were traced to WI, arraigned and extradited to MO. The investigation and trial revealed the complicated story of the abuse suffered by Gypsy-Rose and her participation in the frauds carried out by her mother. Short overview.
Initial charges were first-degree murder, which had potential for capital sentence. Before trial she pleaded guilty to lesser charges and received a 10-year sentence. Godejohn was convicted and sentenced to LWOP.
Media response to the crime and related story gave Gypsy-Rose notoriety, with documentaries and limited TV series completed while she was still in prison, and high-profile interviews, appearances, etc soon after she was released on parole. Parkwells ( talk) 01:41, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
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Change Gypsy & Ryan's wedding date from June 27, 2022 to July 21, 2022. Ryan stated their wedding date (and also stated that it is incorrect in many online sources) on The Viall Files podcast January 8, 2024. MEMaddux ( talk) 18:11, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
Per the outcome of the AfD, closed as no consensus since it seemed like a merger was preferred (I had nominated it for deletion primarily because there was so little content to merge back into this article that wasn't already here). So I have appropriately tagged both articles. Daniel Case ( talk) 23:09, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
You have used the term "short description"; you may, it seems, be confusing that with the intro. The short description is that short sentence in the {{ short description}} template at the top of the article code. It's only visible when you look at the drop-down menu from the search field, or on the mobile version of the site in boxes with links. "Short description" is not a command for what the first part of the article text should be. Daniel Case ( talk) 07:49, 1 February 2024 (UTC)
If you take the time to read the passage I linked and quoted in the MOS, you'll see that it also makes the point that a great deal of readers (especially on mobile, I think) read only the intro, so it is in accord with Wikipedia's purpose to write article intros that, as noted, provide a "concise overview of the article's topic".
I further commend your attention to MOS:LEADLENGTH, which says "A lead that is too short leaves the reader unsatisfied", sets guidelines for the maximum length of the intro commensurate with the article's overall text length, and notes that most of our featured articles have intros at least three paragraphs long. Daniel Case ( talk) 18:30, 1 February 2024 (UTC)
As for what you said about how it appears on your phone: I went and looked at it my phone, too, and it was the same. That's because that's how the mobile version of the site works when it detects that a phone is the viewing platform (on my iPad, the mobile version looks more like it does on a desktop) because it wouldn't work to have the phone version look exactly like the desktop (although you can choose that look at the bottom of the page if you want).
Take a look at the page on a desktop when you get the chance ... you'll see that all the four intro paragraphs are on the left with the infobox (what we call "the box with the picture and stuff") on the right. The vast amounts of whitespace that a single paragraph next to an infobox used to create before the late 2022 skin change are one of many reasons we encourage longer intros.
Perhaps in time the tech people could set things up so that there are more mobile-friendly versions of articles that would load only on phones. Of course, they'd probably tell you to get in line given all the other things people want the mobile interface to do ... Daniel Case ( talk) 03:42, 2 February 2024 (UTC)
Dee Dee had changed her name after her family, who suspected she had poisoned her stepmother, confronted her about how she treated Gypsy-Rose.
Can that bit be changed, I know her family have accused her of this but we don't know if it is true. We do know that she was committing multiple frauds and it's more likely to do with that and the family stuff if true was just an extra reason to change names.
The trial part
While the charge of first-degree murder can carry the death penalty under Missouri law or life without parole, County Prosecutor Dan Patterson announced he would not seek it for either Gypsy-Rose or Godejohn, calling the case "extraordinary and unusual"
I am not sure about this bit because he did get life without parole.
Hayleywatson971 ( talk) 02:10, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
Gypsy Rose Blanchard needs a different image rather than the girl who killed her mom 166.91.253.57 ( talk) 20:11, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
I've just come across this article now. For such a high-profile case and for such a long article, this is embarrassingly poor. Is there any way of gathering more people to work on this? I'm shocked that a page for a reasonably well-known murder could be of such low quality. Feels like it's off a WordPress crime blog. Toffeenix ( talk) 08:44, 29 March 2024 (UTC)
I agree with Daniel Case that this is supposed to be an article about the "Murder of Dee Dee Blanchard", and not about her daughter, whose notoriety was gained, after all, by being convicted of a role in her death, and who is now paroled. At this point, for instance, the Lede has gory details about the murder scene, but hardly covers when and where Godejoy and Gypsy were arrested, whether there was a trial, and what the disposition of their cases were. It was my understanding that in the case of murders, editors are encouraged to focus on the victim not the perpetrator. We should at least establish how the mother and daughter got to Missouri, how long they were there before the murder, and what was going on in relation to that event. I think the background on the pair is too long. Maybe we should deal with what was first known about their circumstances, and later introduce the material about the fabricated childhood.
Given Gypsy's difficult childhood, this is a highly unusual case, and she was also a victim. But that does not mean we have to provide endless details from all the material that has been published; it could be summarized. This is supposed to be encyclopedic and based on fact. I'm still reading the article, but it appears that no medical/psychiatric doctor ever diagnosed Gypsy as having suffered Munchausen by proxy (or its new name). It certainly sounds as if that was what her mother was doing, but editors should be more clear about what was established, versus what has been discussed and speculated.
Maybe another early step is to try to focus on content from Reliable Sources, per Wiki MOS, rather than entertainment and fashion magazines and sites: Bustle.com, Cosmopolitan, Variety, Elle, Marie Claire, E!online, and other sources that especially appear in relation to the many documentaries and TV shows produced are not generally sources for legal and medical information. See <<Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources>> for a thorough listing so that editors can check their sources, and weigh them against the content under question.
Maybe if we sort out the basics about the murder/trial/pleas, some background (limited), and incarceration, we could try to deal with the phenomenon of Gypsy's notorious profile and media frenzy about her since her release. I've started editing the article - may copy it to Sandbox to work on it.
Any thoughts? Parkwells ( talk) 20:07, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
I think this should be written from the point of view of a relatively straight summary of facts, what is known.
So, we could say Dee Dee Blanchard was murdered on June 10, in an event jointly planned by her daughter and her boyfriend, and committed by him. They also took money from her safe. Since they left town, Blanchard was not immediately noticed to be missing, and her body was not found until June 15. Details about what the neighbors noticed or thought (and their contacting police) could be in body of article.
The couple were traced to WI, arraigned and extradited to MO. The investigation and trial revealed the complicated story of the abuse suffered by Gypsy-Rose and her participation in the frauds carried out by her mother. Short overview.
Initial charges were first-degree murder, which had potential for capital sentence. Before trial she pleaded guilty to lesser charges and received a 10-year sentence. Godejohn was convicted and sentenced to LWOP.
Media response to the crime and related story gave Gypsy-Rose notoriety, with documentaries and limited TV series completed while she was still in prison, and high-profile interviews, appearances, etc soon after she was released on parole. Parkwells ( talk) 01:41, 3 April 2024 (UTC)