Talk:Assassination attempts on Benito Mussolini

Churchill
Collected some sources on the claim that Winston Churchill ordered Mussolini's assassination over some letters. Strikes me more as conspiratorial sensationalism, so planning to leave it out until the claims are affirmed by, you know, evidence. Until then:



czar 20:54, 13 October 2018 (UTC)

Was Anteo Zamboni likely innocent?
1. YES ... according to this article (on the English language Wikipedia).

2. No ... according to the Anteo Zamboni article (on the Italian language Wikipedia).

Of course, it is not the duty of an encyclopaedia to determine guilt or innocence. But a brief statement derived from a consensus of reliable sources does seem to me to be appropriate. helpful and informative. But The two cited Wikipedia articles have diametrically opposing conclusions.

1. The only sentence on the matter in this [English] article states:


 * Terrorism specialist J. Bowyer Bell wrote that the boy was likely innocent.

2. The Italian article puts it slightly differently:


 * Anteo Zamboni was an Italian anarchist (and) the author of a failed attempt (to kill) Benito Mussolini. He died at the age of 15 when he was lynched immediately after the attempt to kill Mussolini.

I would expect the Italian article to be better informed, and I am inclined to at least quote the Italian article. But I have no obhective way of determining that.

Any thoughts? ChrisJBenson (talk) 17:20, 8 August 2022 (UTC)


 * Each language Wikipedia has its own rules and own stardards for quality. It's been commonly noted, for example, that some language Wikipedias carry the biases of its dominant culture. Not sure if that's the case here but to my eye both articles are underdeveloped. I'd encourage you to check out the sources and boldly edit with your findings. What matters most, though, is not quoting Wikipedia but directly checking the source for both its reliability and to confirm that the written claim matches the source.  czar  12:48, 9 August 2022 (UTC)