Talk:Murder of Stuart Tay

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Chinese names[edit]

I want to get the Chinese names of Stuart Tay and Robert Chan.

Chan's full name is "Robert Chien-Nan Chan" and a website for a professor showed "Chien-Nan" as 建男 jiànnán and "Chan" could be 成 Chéng or 陈 Chén

"Tay" seems to be Zheng (surname) 郑/鄭 Zhèng

But I need a website that confirms that this is the case. WhisperToMe (talk) 04:30, 18 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Inflation[edit]

Is it really necessary to show the inflation value of something that was just a couple of decades ago? A hundred dollars is a recognizable amount whether it's 20, 50, or 100 years ago, or now. Martin Blank (talk) 02:38, 14 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, because prosecutors charged Acosta for killing for financial gain because he took the money from the wallet (jurors acquitted him of that charge). The value of money changes drastically. The value of $100 as it is in 1994 won't be recognizable even in 2014 (it's already 20 years ago!) let alone 2044 or 2094 unless something drastic happens. Also, Wikipedia is forever. We shouldn't remove it now and put it back 20 years later. Keep the inflation values in, and whistle and go on our merry ways. WhisperToMe (talk) 07:23, 23 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

But, You need to include the base year of adjustment. If you continue to insist that it is relevant then you need to include which year you are adjusting for ex: "in 2009 US Dollars". It only makes sense to adjust to the year the verdict was rendered as that would be the value that the jury is considering. An adjustment without context is equally confusing as no adjustment at all. Selfexiled (talk) 05:25, 30 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Selfexiled: I hadn't seen this, so I'll reply now. Sorry for the wait! Anyway, I intentionally did *not* specify a base year because I wanted the current time (now) to be the "base" of inflation. The intention is to use the most current year, and have the figure automatically change as time passes (as Wikipedians will adjust the inflation template year to year). I honestly would like to specify a specific base year when appropriate (perhaps if the sources compare changes from one year to another or something), but in this case I would have to constantly go back and change the base year to keep making it current. WhisperToMe (talk) 16:47, 8 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Acosta[edit]

First off, is it is a misinterpretation of the source. He was acquitted NOT because "he took money from Tay's wallet." If you read the source, it is saying that the jurors found the fact that Acosta took $100 from Tay's waller was not a convincing evidence to say that he killed him for "financial gain." And I personally believe this is extra, minor, unnecessary information to include in an encyclopedia. The readers only need to know the fact that he was acquitted of financial gain related charge. If the readers want to know more, they can always read at the references. 146.151.96.202 (talk) 06:19, 9 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@146.151.96.202: The problem would be solved by adding content: Saying that despite the fact that Acosta took $100 he was not convicted of theft because it not a convincing evidence to say that he killed him for "financial gain." It is true that he took $100, and Wikipedia articles can and do, and should, go into great detail about its subjects. WhisperToMe (talk) 05:39, 31 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Is see. What I meant to say was that the charge of "killing for financial gain" was filed because Acosta had taken $100, but despite that jurors acquitted him. I guess it was poor wording on my part. WhisperToMe (talk) 05:44, 31 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ethnicity[edit]

@Yedaman54:

Hi! About this edit, "Chinese American" is often defined to mean any American with Han Chinese ancestry, even if they immigrated from another country or territory, such as Singapore (the majority of Singapore's population is of Chinese ancestry)

"Young, Well-to-do, Intelligent - And Charged With A Brutal Murder" from the Chicago Tribune does state: "Stuart Tay was a 17-year-old Chinese-American honor student[...]" and so it would be fair enough to describe him as a "Chinese American" on the basis of his ethnic origins. At the same time he was also a Singaporean American, on the basis of his national origins.

WhisperToMe (talk) 04:05, 29 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]