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:Good idea. I'm not really sure how to handle this issue. In general, per the [[WP:BLPCRIME]], there's no problem stating that someone has admitted to and/or been convicted of a crime. But under the circumstance that there are a lot of unanswered questions in this case, and that the admission may have been elicited in a manner that would not hold up under a more....developed legal system, I think qualifiers are certainly in order here. [[User:Homunculus|Homunculus]] ([[User talk:Homunculus|duihua]]) 04:31, 12 August 2012 (UTC) |
:Good idea. I'm not really sure how to handle this issue. In general, per the [[WP:BLPCRIME]], there's no problem stating that someone has admitted to and/or been convicted of a crime. But under the circumstance that there are a lot of unanswered questions in this case, and that the admission may have been elicited in a manner that would not hold up under a more....developed legal system, I think qualifiers are certainly in order here. [[User:Homunculus|Homunculus]] ([[User talk:Homunculus|duihua]]) 04:31, 12 August 2012 (UTC) |
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I'm actually curious about why her name would be rendered as "Bo Gu Kailai" - it is probably more absurd as it appears to be. In China (or at least Mainland China), a married women pretty much ''never'' switches to her husband's surname upon marriage. Indeed, she was never known as "Bo Gu Kailai" before this incident; Calling her "Bo Gu Kailai" would be about as absurd as, say, calling [[Michelle Obama]] "Michelle-Barack Obama". Despite this, no explanations have been given so far. All we have are mere speculations, and I think they should be presented as such. <b>[[User:Blodance|<span style="color:purple">Blodance</span>]] <span style="background-color:lightblue">[[Special:Contributions/Blodance|<span style="color:green">the</span>]] [[User talk:Blodance|<span style="color:blue">Seeker</span>]]</span></b> 21:35, 20 August 2012 (UTC) |
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"Horus L. Kai"
Can someone provide a source that she was indeed known by this somewhat strange-sounding name? Colipon+(Talk) 01:28, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
- Wall Street Journal, among others:[1]. Homunculus (duihua) 01:45, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
Xinhua is not a reliable source
I don't think Xinhua should be cited as a source for a statement that is written as fact. So I'm going to change the text added by Addrigon and BrightStarSky today. Klortho (talk) 02:30, 12 August 2012 (UTC)
- Good idea. I'm not really sure how to handle this issue. In general, per the WP:BLPCRIME, there's no problem stating that someone has admitted to and/or been convicted of a crime. But under the circumstance that there are a lot of unanswered questions in this case, and that the admission may have been elicited in a manner that would not hold up under a more....developed legal system, I think qualifiers are certainly in order here. Homunculus (duihua) 04:31, 12 August 2012 (UTC)
Gu's surname
I'm actually curious about why her name would be rendered as "Bo Gu Kailai" - it is probably more absurd as it appears to be. In China (or at least Mainland China), a married women pretty much never switches to her husband's surname upon marriage. Indeed, she was never known as "Bo Gu Kailai" before this incident; Calling her "Bo Gu Kailai" would be about as absurd as, say, calling Michelle Obama "Michelle-Barack Obama". Despite this, no explanations have been given so far. All we have are mere speculations, and I think they should be presented as such. Blodance the Seeker 21:35, 20 August 2012 (UTC)