Talk:Davao Death Squad

Page started
Im just starting this page as I was developing this over at the page on death squads but I believed it was getting too big and needs a page on its own. Ill be expanding this page significantly over the next few days.Susanbryce 17:50, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

A start on the clean-up
I've made an edit that makes a number of changes that hopefully address the clean-up and NPOV issues. Please detail any further problem here and i will be glad to help-- Cailil  talk 22:26, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 11 December 2015
210.4.11.162 (talk) 16:46, 11 December 2015 (UTC) Copypaste of entire article removed

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Vandalism
This article is in severe need of cleanup due to extensive vandalism throught. Sanm20w (talk) 23:58, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

Vigilante group active?
Did we not prove this yet? I believe that it should be changed to rumoured to have. Regginator729 (talk) 01:50, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

Requested move 10 May 2016

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The result of the move request was: move per WP:SILENCE. SST flyer 05:43, 26 May 2016 (UTC)

Davao death squads → Davao Death Squad – The group's proper name is WP:COMMONNAME, see for example, , or. -- PanchoS (talk) 01:49, 10 May 2016 (UTC) --Relisted. &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 15:16, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
 * If there is one centrally organized group, not several de-facto independent of each other. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:41, 11 May 2016 (UTC)
 * I've no idea how they are internally organized. All I know (or actually found out) is that English-language WP:RS overwhelmingly refer to them as singular "Davao Death Squad". --PanchoS (talk) 12:26, 11 May 2016 (UTC)


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"Supposedly" "allegedly" in lede
Why? I don't think this is the regular way this would be written about. Human Rights Watch, I would have thought, is generally viewed as a credible source. I guess I might change it if I don't hear anything much here.

P.S. - not that it makes that much difference here in this article - the (appalling) fact of the murders by "death squads" is not really questioned. (whoever it is in detail - I've read articles on the murders under the Duterte Presidency where people where interviewed that basically operated ~ as individuals, and received bounties or something along those line)

Sean Heron (talk) 10:33, 20 June 2018 (UTC)
 * I agree that "supposedly" in the lede is out of place, and comes with a connotation that may even not have been intended. I have made a go at updating the lede to strike a more neutral tone. Magic1million (talk) 18:54, 30 January 2019 (UTC)

Duterte's "constant denial" of involvement?
There's a paragraph in section 5.1 that reads:

"However, despite his earlier statements of support for the extrajudicial killing of criminals, Duterte has constantly denied any involvement in the death squad.(reference)"

I suppose there isn't enough context in this video to link Duterte to the death squad? Icedwater (talk) 08:44, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

Duterte accused of Killing peace activists
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/w/philippine-president-duterte-accused-of-ordering-summary-execution-of-peace-activists

In this allegation the Davao death squad is accused of killing peace activists.2601:640:C600:3C20:ECC5:D6A3:4AC7:53AA (talk) 20:41, 31 May 2021 (UTC)