Talk:Murder of William Robinson

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What is the context or importance of this article? While a murder in 1868 is perhaps interesting, this article has no context to put it into. There are hundreds of murders a year, and presumably many dozens in 1868. Why is this murder notable or significant that it should be included in Wikipedia? --Lendorien 23:42, 8 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Robinson's murder is set in the context of BC of the time, and has become the subject of varous studies/publications because of its import for inter-racial history in BC; yes, there were lots of murders even in BC in the 1860s....but many of them, also, will ahve articles as noteworthy in some way or other. "It's an issue in modern historiography", i.e. Robinson's murder, although yes there are more notable murders like that of James Barry and the Poole family; but I can't see a reason to exclude this article....Skookum1 (talk) 14:08, 27 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I suspect that the subject is notable, but we should have more sources to demonstrate that he has been subject of more than just one secondary source. Skeezix1000 (talk) 19:25, 28 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Move/rename/dab issue

Not sure of what to dab it as - William Robinson (Canadian settler) maybe or William Robinson (Salt Spring); but definitely not what it's currently called.Skookum1 (talk) 14:08, 27 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Agree with page move to William Robinson (Canadian settler), as proposed. WP:CANSTYLE states that the initial disambiguation should be to "Person (occupation)", and if necessary due to naming conflict (which exists here as there is a William Robinson settler in New Zealand) then to "Person (Canadian occupation)". Skeezix1000 (talk) 19:25, 28 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'd forgotten this discussion when I made the just-now dab change to "murder victim". Also as it was 1860, and this wasn't yet Canada, the other dab would/should have been "British Columbian settler". The degree to which this page is really a pastiche of its source website should also be considered; are there other sources? Skookum1 (talk) 14:25, 22 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

And actually, Saltspring was not part of the Colony of British Columbia, but rather part of the Colony of Vancouver Island, so the said dab would have been "Vancouver Island settler"; "murder victim" seems more apt in any case.Skookum1 (talk) 14:26, 22 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]