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Title of Shooting of Rekia Boyd

That innocent girl was murdered. All too often i see articles of victims of police murders not calling it what it is: Murder. "Shooting of" is weird and dodgy, purposely avoiding calling it what it really is. I dont know how to change wikipedia article titles so can you please do it for me? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Karma x irelia (talk • contribs) 20:28, 21 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Karma x irelia: Thank you for leaving a message. The article titles policy states that good titles should be neutral; there is also a neutral point of view policy. In this case, Dante Servin was found not guilty of involuntary manslaughter. While I agree that this verdict is highly questionable, there is a living persons policy with a section on people accused of crime which states that a living person accused of a crime is presumed innocent until convicted by a court of law. Changing the article title would imply that Servin murdered Boyd, which would be neither neutral or compliant with policy. As such, I will not move the article for you. However, I can point you to the requested moves process, where you can propose that the article be moved. The instructions on requesting a move are here. Sincerely, Tol | Talk | Contribs 20:53, 21 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Natural Born Citizens

The entire natural born citizen article on wikipedia article talks about how natural born citizens have to be born in the usa or to usa parents. Lafayete is indeed an obvious example of the fact that this is false. However, because of how small that note is: it is not obvious. Therefore, I do not believe it goes against any "style" to point out that it should be noted, since the entire wikipedia article contradicts that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.196.126.78 (talk) 01:47, 22 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@151.196.126.78: In your edit (diff #1019200159), you used It should be noted that, which is against MOS:EDITORIAL, part of the manual of style. You also repeated what the quote and preceding text said — that Lafayette was French-born, but he and his male heirs were taken to be natural born Citizens. Tol | Talk | Contribs 01:55, 22 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

so "natural born citizens" means french-born? the entire premise is that the united states said that people are not "born into servitude." or "born into french etc" it literally said "all men are created with liberty under the natural rights of man and any government that threatens this right should be altered or abolished." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.196.126.78 (talk) 03:05, 22 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I fail to understand your point. The quote and preceding text clearly stated that although Lafayette was French-born, he was given natural-born status. The sentence which you added was unnecessary and against the Manual of Style. Tol | Talk | Contribs 15:48, 22 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

the point there is that lafayete wasn't "given" natural citizenship. in the united states, you aren't "given" something that you have naturally. that's why i was trying to draw attention to the fact that the founding assembly stated that all of mankind has an equal station and inalienable natural right to liberty under nature's god. it's in the first paragraph of when the country was announced: at the top of the declaration of independence. i think lafayette's case might be a good example for why you can't be "given" your natural right, since it had nothing to do with parents, landmarks, or lineage... and yet a "natural born citizen" was found to exist. sorry if it took so long to explain.--151.196.126.78 (talk) 05:16, 23 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I understand that you were trying to draw attention to this and emphasise that even though Lafayette was given natural born citizenship, he was not born in the country. However, Wikipedia articles are written from a neutral point of view. Others may disagree with you, although it may seem clear to you that Lafayette's case is ridiculous. If you can find consensus among reliable sources that support your point, you can add those sources' opinions. Tol | Talk | Contribs 16:07, 23 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

huh? i said exactly the opposite of that. i said that lafayette's case may be a good example and i added emphasis to point this out, since it contradicts the entire nature of the article. are you projecting yourself onto me or did you misread what i said? --151.196.126.78 (talk) 16:14, 23 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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	:::::I understand that you were trying to draw attention to this and emphasise that even though Lafayette was given natural born citizenship, he was not born in the country. However, Wikipedia articles are written from a [[WP:POV\|neutral point of view]]. Others may disagree with you, although it may seem clear to you that Lafayette's case is ridiculous. If you can find consensus among [[WP:RS\|reliable sources]] that support your point, you can add those sources' opinions. [[User:Tol\|Tol]] \| [[User_talk:Tol\|Talk]] \| [[Special:Contributions/Tol\|Contribs]] 16:07, 23 April 2021 (UTC)		:::::I understand that you were trying to draw attention to this and emphasise that even though Lafayette was given natural born citizenship, he was not born in the country. However, Wikipedia articles are written from a [[WP:POV\|neutral point of view]]. Others may disagree with you, although it may seem clear to you that Lafayette's case is ridiculous. If you can find consensus among [[WP:RS\|reliable sources]] that support your point, you can add those sources' opinions. [[User:Tol\|Tol]] \| [[User_talk:Tol\|Talk]] \| [[Special:Contributions/Tol\|Contribs]] 16:07, 23 April 2021 (UTC)
			huh? i said exactly the opposite of that. i said that lafayette's case may be a good example and i added emphasis to point this out, since it contradicts the entire nature of the article. are you projecting yourself onto me or did you misread what i said? --[[Special:Contributions/151.196.126.78\|151.196.126.78]] ([[User talk:151.196.126.78\|talk]]) 16:14, 23 April 2021 (UTC)