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There is additional commentary to be found at Talk:Arthur Leigh Allen (article is now a redirect).

Questionable links in "See Also"

Why are the Texarkana Moonlight Murders and Monster of Florence linked to in "See Also"? The similarities between the cases are superficial at best. -- Jimbonator (talk) 21:24, 4 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 19 June 2017

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Under the section "Arthur Leigh Allen", there is an error of spelling wherein "San Francisco" is spelled "San Fransisco", in the sentence: " In September 1972, San Fransisco police obtained a search warrant for Allen's residence." While this is minor, it should still be fixed. Richardroe (talk) 06:20, 19 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Done Izno (talk) 12:35, 19 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Theories

Could some explain why Arthur Leigh Allen gets his own section called "Theorized culprits within published books" while other suspects who are very much "within published books" are tucked away in a totally different section called "Theories"? Surely the former should be a sub-section of the latter? I would have submitted a protected edit request but no doubt this will require consensus first. 2A02:C7D:3CAF:D900:F983:16C6:8862:B1F0 (talk) 17:15, 22 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 26 November 2017

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Per the section above titled "Theories", please merge the sections Zodiac Killer#Theorized culprits within published books and Zodiac Killer#Theories. In my opinion this would be best accomplished by merging the Zodiac Killer#Arthur Leigh Allen subsection into "Theories", but I am happy for you to use your discretion if you can do it in a better way. 2A02:C7D:3CAF:D900:9198:A342:8469:37C6 (talk) 15:49, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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 Could some explain why Arthur Leigh Allen gets his own section called "Theorized culprits within published books" while other suspects who are very much "within published books" are tucked away in a totally different section called "Theories"? Surely the former should be a sub-section of the latter? I would have submitted a protected edit request but no doubt this will require consensus first. [[Special:Contributions/2A02:C7D:3CAF:D900:F983:16C6:8862:B1F0|2A02:C7D:3CAF:D900:F983:16C6:8862:B1F0]] ([[User talk:2A02:C7D:3CAF:D900:F983:16C6:8862:B1F0|talk]]) 17:15, 22 November 2017 (UTC)
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+Per the section above titled "Theories", please merge the sections [[Zodiac Killer#Theorized culprits within published books]] and [[Zodiac Killer#Theories]]. In my opinion this would be best accomplished by merging the [[Zodiac Killer#Arthur Leigh Allen]] subsection into "Theories", but I am happy for you to use your discretion if you can do it in a better way. [[Special:Contributions/2A02:C7D:3CAF:D900:9198:A342:8469:37C6|2A02:C7D:3CAF:D900:9198:A342:8469:37C6]] ([[User talk:2A02:C7D:3CAF:D900:9198:A342:8469:37C6|talk]]) 15:49, 26 November 2017 (UTC)