Talk:2012 University of Pittsburgh bomb threats

Timeline needed
This article could use a timeline of all the threats. I may compile one at some point, but I encourage anyone who's interested to add this. Dar-Ape 05:40, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Update: I just found This chart of the bomb threats. Could be useful, but needs to be verified. Dar-Ape 06:06, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

I think you did a great job here. I'm not completely sure where this fits notability-wise for news stories since it really hasn't gotten any attention outside of Pittsburgh yet, but I guess that depends where the story goes from here. I wouldn't bother with a timeline at this point unless you want to update it daily, which seems like a pain. One note: I believe the phrase from the Trib about targeting "40 buildings" is misleading, as it suggest 40 different buildings which is not the case. I think that count has to be repeating several of the same buildings. CrazyPaco (talk) 08:31, 9 April 2012 (UTC)


 * I wonder if this article falls under a terrorism category, or perhaps that is premature? CrazyPaco (talk) 08:58, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, and I think you're right-- that article probably meant "buildings have been threatened 40 times" not "40 different buildings", so I'll remove that. I wouldn't mind the updating so much as the initial research/citation: I'm just too busy to verify and cite dozens of separate bomb threats right now. It would help quantify the number of threats and buildings exactly, but I don't suppose this is strictly necessary. As for terrorism, I'm not really sure yet. Dar-Ape 14:40, 9 April 2012 (UTC)


 * BTW, the situation is now starting to get national news...CNN, MSNBC, Fox, WSJ, CBS all had articles today, so I retract that previous question about where it lands regarding notability of a news story. CrazyPaco (talk) 01:48, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

'Transgender couple'
I'm just wondering why this information is relevant? The other person mentioned is an alumnus, which is obviously relevant biographical information ... but I don't see any reason to highlight this one unrelated biographical detail of the couple. Nobody would say 'so and so, a couple who have not chosen gender reassignment, are connected with...' because gender assignment in this context is unrelated. So, it smacks a bit of someone highlighting an exotic detail and, implictly, giving it more weight than it should in the context of terrorism. I am sure it's clear how problematic that can get. If nobody objects in the next day or two, I will edit this detail out until a more extensive biographical subsection is considered necessary (in which case it might become more important as this sort of section would include many kinds of personal data). 41.232.117.220 (talk) 13:08, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

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