Talk:List of rampage killers (religious, political, or ethnic crimes)

Not homegrown as defined on linked page
Looking randomly at these entries, a large number are not 'homegrown' in the sense that is in the linked article (ie they are often/usually residents, but not citizens, nor even 'raised' in the country attacked). This appears to be especially true of modern 'terrorist' attacks in Europe. Pincrete (talk) 15:19, 22 August 2017 (UTC)
 * The list originally used the descriptor "lone-wolf terrorists" as shown here but was changed to "homegrown perpetrators" over concerns about WP:TERRORIST. Should something more similar to the original term, like "lone-wolf perpetrators" or just "lone wolves", be used instead?-- Millionsandbillions (talk) 18:20, 22 August 2017 (UTC)
 * I've gone ahead and rewrote it into "lone-wolf perpetrators" as the previous description of "homegrown perpetrators" was clearly wrong. -- Millionsandbillions (talk) 18:30, 22 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Most appear to be long-term residents (ie not wholly 'foreign'), but I don't know what the best term would be, it doesn't necessarily have to be a single criteria. Pincrete (talk) 19:00, 22 August 2017 (UTC)
 * If multiple criteria can be used, how about This section of the list of rampage killers contains mass murders, committed by homegrown perpetrators, lone wolves and other individuals who are violent non-state actors, that have a foremost religious, racial or political background. I think that should cover all possibilities. -- Millionsandbillions (talk) 16:45, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

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I don't think that ranking it by number of victims is a good idea
I know that Wikipedia is not censored, but I think ranking these killers by number of victims (by default, at least) might encourage people to try to kill as many people as possible, or at least "celebrates" the accomplishments of the killers. Perhaps ordering by date of the killing would be better? --Alexschmidt711 (talk) 17:54, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
 * I doubt would-be terrorists think about wikipedia much whenever they do their attack. Alex of Canada (talk) 02:47, 13 December 2018 (UTC)
 * I also doubt ...that they think about wikipedia much. They DO however, think about numbers. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/10/ominous-messages-left-on-4chan-day-before-oregon-college-killings/ was all I could easily find with a quick google search. I could've sworn I'd seen something about a social media post where a young man was hoping to get a high score or kill as many as possible. Either case, I support deleting the column, as it provides essentially a morbid scoring list that serves little to help inform the public in any useful or educational regard. Researchers or students writing papers can easily click through to individual pages if they have need of such numbers.Oathed (talk) 11:21, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

I agree with this but how else could it be efficiently done to show the scope of these horrid things. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:19D:301:9970:919C:7D6D:FD5:9716 (talk) 06:34, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

Perpetrator unknown, seriously?
I think that a flight hijacked by UNKNOWN is not suitable for this list. What do you think? FiloMJ (talk) 11:45, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

Oklahoma?
User:Unknown4321unknown deleted the addition of the Oklahoma City bombing, but the terrorist definitely had a political motive so shouldn't it be listed here? --83.245.235.18 (talk) 18:40, 18 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Timothy McVeigh used only explosives, so he's on a different list. Unknown4321unknown (talk) 18:48, 18 October 2020 (UTC)

#5 Orlando
Orlando shooting has been outranked. Stated in first paragraph of suspects page.

More sources needed
The article is already tagged, so I'll just reiterate what the tagger meant: every single one of these entries needs to be cited to a reliable secondary source that explains the details listed in the table and why it qualifies to be in this article (scope: rampage killers committing religious, political, or ethnic crimes.) Any list item found without a reliable secondary source is subject to removal, especially those which in any way cover living persons. Thank you! Elizium23 (talk) 00:59, 15 June 2021 (UTC)

Mikenskaya shootings
The 1999 Mikenskaya shootings incident is missing from the article. Yodabyte (talk) 05:18, 24 September 2021 (UTC)

The table is broken on mobile
pretty self explanatory. no table just the text. I don't know how to fix it unfortunately. Shcmilly (talk) 18:38, 23 October 2021 (UTC)

Still a problem as of March 2022 Tankpiggy18 (talk) 22:58, 27 March 2022 (UTC)

Still an issue as of August 2022. I do not know how to fix it either. AshCat (talk) 07:56, 25 August 2022 (UTC)

2021 Atlanta spa shootings
Should it be added? It is often considered to have religious and/or racial motivations. Fastfoodfanatic (talk) 23:46, 6 November 2022 (UTC)