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On 3 August 2022, it was proposed that this article be moved. The result of the discussion was moved to 2022 San Antonio migrant deaths.

ITN candidate

In The News Candidate given the loss of life, which exceeds both the East London Tavern disaster and Oslo LGBT shooting (current ITN articles). Rainesa (talk) 13:29, 29 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Number of fatalities

Most sources have 46 bodies found in the trailer, and a further four dying in hospital on 27-28 June. The number of dead by nationality (27+14+7+2) also sums to 50. However, by the end of 28 June, Reuters, San Antonio was reporting "at least 51", and the Lead references this, though subsequently increased, without source, to 53. Is the difference accounted for by later deaths amongst the hospitalized? Or others who had escaped the scene (so not in the original 46 + 16 migrants), but who later succumbed? Davidships (talk) 21:55, 3 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

With no response and "Fifty-three migrants are found dead in a tractor-trailer" still unreferenced, and still appearing on the WP Main Page, I drew attention to this in the Talk age there. A source for the "53" was added today to the infobox, but there has still not been any editing of the article itself. To me it is amazing that there remains so much uncertainty over the number of fatalities. Initially it seemed that there was a general understanding that 46 bodies were found in and around the trailer, and that 16 injured migrants were taken to hospital. Thereafter it becomes very confused as what appears to be a rise in the stated death toll rises through 48, 49, 50, 51 to 53. Some of those additional seven (maybe all) have been reported as dying in hospital, so presumably from the 16 who were hospitalised. Yet some sources continue to state at each stage that they all died in the trailer, as if the police kept going back to the trailer over several days, finding more bodies that they missed before. That beggars belief.

Can any editor, who is more familiar with local official and media sources (and which sources can be considered more reliable) than I am, find their way through this? Davidships (talk) 21:43, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Has anyone even tried to help with this? It is not often that an article is pulled from the WP main page because it is so flawed. Twice as many deaths of Hispanic people as at Uvalde, just down the road, and almost the only editing is multi-reverts over whether victims were "migrants" or "people". Just saying. Davidships (talk) 17:04, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I agree it's troubling that the counts don't line up. Many sources state the death toll rose to 53; presumably that means additional persons died in the hospital. However, I don't see a source for that. Assambrew (talk) 19:46, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"2022 Texas Trailer Truck" listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect 2022 Texas Trailer Truck and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 July 26#2022 Texas Trailer Truck until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. MB 04:11, 26 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 3 August 2022

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved to 2022 San Antonio migrant deaths. (closed by non-admin page mover) Vpab15 (talk) 12:47, 29 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

2022 San Antonio trailer deaths → ? – For reasons to follow, the name should include one or more words such as migrant; human trafficking; trafficked migrants; smuggled migrants; illegally smuggled migrants; or omitting migrants for something like 2022 Texas human trafficking mass deaths. I think it would be respectful to not make this about trucks, and remember this was a collective human tragedy where illegal migrants died in an outcome of human trafficking. Before this is about trailers or lorries, it's also an article about human trafficking. The true subjects aren't represented in the redirects or article name.
I'm sure this outcome is one they must have knowingly risked; of course the actual horrors were unknowable, but staking life and death must have been the regret. More important than what I suggest is respectful, is that there are real human stories here with high-stakes, high-risk, decisions of ultimate consequence and other human topics about societies, but not about trucks. Louis Waweru Talk 00:17, 3 August 2022 (UTC) — Relisting. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 03:18, 10 August 2022 (UTC) — Relisting. – robertsky (talk) 14:38, 17 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Regardless of any concerns about "respect", the article name does not make it clear that it is talking about a single event.--Eldomtom2 (talk) 17:05, 10 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - the common name amongst sources not mentioning the trailer seems to be to use "migrants".[1][2][3] So I'd suggest 2022 San Antonio migrant deaths. — Amakuru (talk) 15:11, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

County's of origin

Shouldnthencountries of origin be used by this source because it is different than the older ones.https://sanantonioreport.org/mission-county-park-mural-honors-53-migrants-2022-tractor-trailer-tragedy/ 208.84.93.25 (talk) 19:50, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]