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April 2021: Does article need a lead sentence?

WWGB removed the lead sentence I added to the lead paragraph of the article. I maintain that articles need a lead sentence along the lines of [article title] is/was [description], even for events, rather than simply launching into a narrative of the event. WWGB has not given an explanation for their removal of the lead sentence. I would like to discuss this here. Please respond.--Quisqualis (talk) 19:39, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

WWGB not having replied, I'm putting a lead sentence at the head of the lead paragraph.--Quisqualis (talk) 02:00, 7 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I think that was an accidental rollback. Carry on. WWGB (talk) 02:06, 7 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This article is utterly out of date

911 calls have been released. Video of Wortman execution released. Where is Banfield? Cops knew it was Wortman immediately. The article is fantasy.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.138.33.183 (talk) 01:43, 5 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

So update it? Ben MacLeod (talk) 03:25, 5 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Spouse or Partner?

A ‘partner’ is like a common law wife, someone you live with and are in a relationship either but are not married to. It’s not interchangeable with spouse. ElleBlair (talk) 16:50, 8 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The OED has an interesting blog post on this here^[1], using "partner" to mean a spouse is a long established meaning dating back to at least the 16th century, and is in wide use today. SomerIsland (talk) 17:53, 31 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Victim naming conventions

Why do the police officer victims get named in the article, but none of the other victims do? It makes it seem like the officer killed and the officer injured are more important than the other victims of this massacre.

^ https://public.oed.com/blog/another-find-shakespeares-world-startling-antedating-partner-meaning-spouse/

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 A ‘partner’ is like a common law wife, someone you live with and are in a relationship either but are not married to. It’s not interchangeable with spouse. [[User:ElleBlair|ElleBlair]] ([[User talk:ElleBlair|talk]]) 16:50, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
 : The OED has an interesting blog post on this here<ref>https://public.oed.com/blog/another-find-shakespeares-world-startling-antedating-partner-meaning-spouse/</ref>, using "partner" to mean a spouse is a long established meaning dating back to at least the 16th century, and is in wide use today. [[User:SomerIsland|SomerIsland]] ([[User talk:SomerIsland|talk]]) 17:53, 31 March 2022 (UTC)
+== Victim naming conventions ==
+Why do the police officer victims get named in the article, but none of the other victims do?  It makes it seem like the officer killed and the officer injured are more important than the other victims of this massacre.