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Not a bio, shouldn't present as one
This is a story about the disappearance of Natalee Holloway, and contains one section about Holloway before she disappeared. I recently moved the person infobox from the lead about the event to the section about the person and removed vital dates (which events don't have). Someone reverted and said calling an event like an event requires consensus, not just common sense. So I'll ask everyone reading this if you agree with common sense.

That is to say, not treating this event which immediately covers Holloway, her parents, her classmates, Joran van der Sloot, Deepak and Satish Kalpoe, the Aruban police, Governor Bob Riley, the FBI, fifty Dutch soldiers, a team of divers, an Aruban prosecutor and Alabaman judge Alan King as a biography of the sole person whose active involvement ended before the story ever became a thing.

For my part, I'm still absolutely convinced this version is the proper version. InedibleHulk (talk) 12:51, 30 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Hi InedibleHulk, the article is about a missing person. The infobox shows a photograph of that person, describes her a little, offers the date she disappeared, her age at the time, the area from which she disappeared, and her current status. That helps the reader who just wants the basics. It makes no sense to move it lower in the article. SarahSV (talk) 16:53, 30 September 2018 (UTC)
 * If this was an article about a missing person (as Elizabeth Smart and Amelia Earhart are), I'd agree entirely. But this is an article about a missing person case, more akin to the kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart. This is somewhat apparent by its title and categorization as a "May 2005 event" and "2000s missing person case", but more abundantly clear by its overwhelming focus (by seventy-one paragraphs to three) on the investigations, adaptations and criticism of those investigations and adaptations in the many years after 18-year-old Holloway died in Aruba on May 30. The whole plot moves forward through the various actions of dozens of people who are all decidedly not a Mountain Brook High School graduate from Clinton.
 * Readers who want those basic facts about the victim in particular (a crucial role of course, but a passive and brief one) can find all that and more in the clearly-marked Victim section (currently titled Background). I don't intend to lower or hide these quick and valid facts, just move them where they're relevant. As a bonus, the box is physically long enough to extend into the Disappearance in Aruba section, covering 100% of the material on everything Holloway affected in the case. Someone not interested in the media coverage, police pursuits, suspect confessions and all the rest could stop right there and leave happy. Meanwhile, those who appreciate those aspects as the true meat of the story can be happy knowing they're not unduly overshadowed by the one mundane girl (not an insult) who only appears in the prologue. Everyone wins, eh? InedibleHulk (talk) 19:12, 30 September 2018 (UTC)
 * I can't see what difference it makes, whether it's about a person or a missing-person case. The box gives us the basics: when disappeared, etc, and a photograph of the person. It belongs in the lead. I think you're focusing too much on the use of infobox person. That needn't mean that the article is a bio. SarahSV (talk) 19:38, 30 September 2018 (UTC)
 * A bio is about one person, so basic facts about and a photo of one person make sense in those leads. Basic facts about the actual subject. Here she's not the subject, she's just wrapped up in the event, like many people are and were. It's deceptive and confusing, as is the current lead sentence and person categories. They've already made you think this article is about a person, who knows how many others have misbelieved this? Personal information belongs in the small section about her personal life, as it does in all similar articles. If someone flatly fails the criteria for a standalone biography, it's underhanded and sneaky to twist an event article into a pseudobiography (for empathetic reasons, morbid fascination or whatever the original deal was). InedibleHulk (talk) 20:13, 30 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Would you oppose using a civilian attack infobox (like in Kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart) and keeping Holloway's face in the picture field? InedibleHulk (talk) 20:18, 30 September 2018 (UTC)
 * That wouldn't include the personal details. If you want to add extra information, we can always add a child module or whatever they're called. SarahSV (talk) 20:31, 30 September 2018 (UTC)
 * I don't know what that is. I know I don't want extra information, though. Just appropriate information. InedibleHulk (talk) 20:40, 30 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Child modules mean you can add whatever you want to any box. I can show you how to do it if there's something you want to add, such as which police force is searching for her, if any, the titles of notable books or films, and so on. As for what's there now, it's appropriate too. SarahSV (talk) 21:22, 30 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks, but no thanks. I'll just leave what's there now there for now. Or forever, if later opiners think like you do. InedibleHulk (talk) 15:51, 2 October 2018 (UTC)

American woman vs American teenager
Should the article read was an American woman or was an American teenager. Though she was eightteen, she was a legal adult according to U.S. federal law and Dutch law (though she was still considered a minor child in her state of residence, Alabama, where the age of majority is 19 years old). Adult females are women. Should it be women since she was an adult, or teenager, since she was 18? Pinging who made the change from woman to teenager. This is also a question for similar articles regarding 18- and 19-year-olds, which is inconsistent. Some use man/woman and some use teenager.  CookieMonster755 ✉  02:33, 5 August 2019 (UTC)

"American teenager" is more specific than "American woman." "Teenager" runs from age 13 thru 19. "Woman" runs from age 18 thru 106. "Teenager" immediately lets everyone know that Natalee Holloway was a YOUNG woman. Natalee proved that travelling to a foreign country involves risk and danger, especially when it is mixed with copious amounts of alcohol. RIP Natalee.Anthony22 (talk) 11:32, 5 August 2019 (UTC);
 * I like the compromise with eighteen year old American women.  CookieMonster755 ✉  04:25, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

Given names Natalee
No one seems to notice the occurance of the givenname Ann and Holloway pretty much do seem to match Holiday and Inn to me. Isn't that a little bit awkward here?
 * Please don't clutter the article TP's with such tripe. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.111.5.65 (talk) 20:09, 30 May 2020 (UTC)

Footnote 26
Footnote 26 seems like a disreputable source. It also contradicts the statement in the introduction - and global opinion - that the case is unsolved. Nelsonbt (talk) 13:22, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

It isn't unsolved though. It's pretty much certain that Van der Sloot killed her. They got him to confess in private for christs sake. Prinsgezinde (talk) 12:39, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

"Pretty much certain" is "unsolved". Britmax (talk) 13:01, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

This article is not like others I've edited, so not entirely sure where to put that van der Sloot is due to be extradited, but it should be put in, as he is the prime suspect
See here: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/suspect-natalee-holloway-disappearance-extradited-us-rcna83884. Phil of rel (talk) 16:27, 11 May 2023 (UTC)

Title Change
Joran Van Der Sloot has recently admitted that he killed Natalie Holloway. Therefore, it may be possible to change the title of the page to "Death of Natalie Holloway" or "Murder of Natalie Holloway" since she is likely no longer missing. TheJay123 (talk) 15:48, 18 October 2023 (UTC)


 * He has made numerous conflicting confessions over the years. Let's wait a bit. SQB (talk) 16:33, 18 October 2023 (UTC)

Consequences of Joran van der Sloot's latest confession
Privately, yeah, I think he did it. But this confession is the latest one in a long string of conflicting statements and confessions throughout the years. One of which was the basis of the current extortion case against him, which is the reason for his extradition from Peru. Note that this confession was carefully crafted to look like manslaughter, on which the statute of limitations has already run out on Aruba. And he can't be prosecuted for it in the USA.

So he stands to gain a lesser sentence in the current (extortion) case against him, without actually losing anything by confessing.

Let's wait until we have more than just a confirmation that he confessed. There will likely follow an official statement. SQB (talk) 19:49, 18 October 2023 (UTC)


 * I lean towards agreeing with this (over changing the article's title prematurely), although based on the contents of his confession, it sounds less like manslaughter, and more like a murder committed during the commission of an attempted sexual assault.
 * You have a great point about the numerous conflicting statements, confessions, and lies throughout the years, as well as the fact that the United States cannot prosecute him for murder. The article reflects this, and it is difficult to tell what the truth is when so many of his statements seem to follow what is most self-serving at any particular moment.
 * Either way, because "Murder" is a word with a strict legal definition, I would think "Killing of" or "Death of" would be an OK change, but only after an official statement comes out. Afddiary (talk) 01:09, 19 October 2023 (UTC)