Talk:Death of Tito Traversa

Expansion needed
He climbed, he died. Surely there is more than that! WWGB (talk) 00:04, 29 July 2013 (UTC)
 * I helped a little. Kind of an interesting facet of the case: the manufacturer that made the equipment that failed as well as the store that sold it are being charged criminally with manslaughter. The American system may be effed up, but can you imagine going to prison for failing to provide an instruction booklet with a product you've made? For selling an item that someone used incorrectly? More than a little screwed up if you ask me. I'm a little annoyed that this editor keeps making articles without putting forth any effort to research them or write them. Bali88 (talk) 00:41, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

Renaming This Page
I'm grateful to the article's creator for the observation that this article was originally titled "Tito Traversa", and I can see that another editor decided to rename it. I think we might find it useful to examine where the notability is in this case: is it in Tito's tragic death, or is it in his earlier life? I see from the references that Tito had reached a high level of accomplishment in climbing at a very young age, and seems to have generally been described as a "prodigy" in the field. It's not clear that his death, on its own, is notable - climbers do fall, and even if there is a court case as a result it's not obvious that this is per se notable, unless it has broader consequences (a change in the law, for example). But as a young, competition-winning climber it may be that Tito was notable in his own right. We may need to take some time sorting the wheat from the chaff in this if we are to reach a fair conclusion. I'll be interested to hear your comments. RomanSpa (talk) 01:44, 19 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Agreed that it should just be his name — Omegatron (talk) 03:15, 21 July 2017 (UTC)