Talk:List of solved missing person cases: pre-2000

Criteria - some dubious inclusions in list
Missing in action during a war is seldom notable unless there is no obvious explanation. Equally whereabouts being unknown because taken prisoner by the enemy. GraemeLeggett (talk) 10:41, 2 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Indeed, there are some dubious inclusions in the military area. And the prose here is badly in need of editing. ‘Found dead in a camp after being killed’. ‘He went missing in a sack’. ‘He was stuffed in a wooden box.’ What? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:44B8:3102:BB00:90D7:DD0B:C154:5401 (talk) 05:12, 15 January 2022 (UTC)

Just A True Crime Magazine
This is not a list of Missing Persons, where their disappearance can usually be explained as an aberration or choice on the person’s part, like Agatha Christie’s departure. This is mostly a random catalogue of abductions - and the entries are badly written.

(BTW, if a ‘body was never found’ how can it be ascertained that someone was murdered?)

This is a pretty screwy sort of article, distasteful, and in fact rather suspect, IMNSHO. 2001:44B8:3102:BB00:90D7:DD0B:C154:5401 (talk) 05:35, 15 January 2022 (UTC)


 * For an answer to your question, see Murder conviction without a body. Hoof Hearted (talk) 17:06, 25 May 2022 (UTC)

should we merge the victims of Fred and Rose West?
A lot of prolific serial killers had several victims whose disappearances were unsolved for years. I'm thinking it might make more sense to just put them under one listing. StrangeApparition2011 (talk) 06:47, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
 * How would that work exactly, when the victims listed disappeared across a wide period of time, between 1973 and 1987? Also, the Lucy Partington case has its own separate page. BarehamOliver (talk) 08:22, 24 July 2022 (UTC)

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How can I turn off your wonderful ads when I want to read an article? 2A02:908:898:9780:85B:1C88:96F6:D913 (talk) 12:02, 4 December 2022 (UTC)

Improper summaries 1960s/70s/80s
There are a series of summaries written in the same style, typically about victims of "Bundy" or other American serial killers with multiple spelling and grammar errors and extensive macabre descriptions of the crime. Is it possible to discover who was making those edits and revert them? Possibly, can we block the unknown user in question? Or: can a user edit these summaries? I'm working from a phone and cannot easily edit the page. 2A01:6502:A97:3607:A1F7:75A3:C5CD:F723 (talk) 14:52, 6 February 2023 (UTC)


 * Is it possible to discover who was making those edits and revert them? Please see Help:Page history.
 * Possibly, can we block the unknown user in question? Without specific examples, I'm not seeing anything that merits blocking.  But you can always request Help:Page protection.
 * Or: can a user edit these summaries? Please see Help:Editing
 * Hoof Hearted (talk) 20:38, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

Additions to list
Elizabeth Smart should be added to this list 2603:6080:AA00:9502:4448:36EA:2C1E:36B0 (talk) 14:46, 10 March 2023 (UTC)


 * As the article title states, this list is for people who went missing pre-2000. Elizabeth Smart went missing in 2002, and is properly listed at List of solved missing person cases: post-2000.  Hoof Hearted (talk) 20:24, 23 March 2023 (UTC)