Talk:Sylvia Seegrist

The 1960 trap
I didn't see her actual DOB mentioned, and debated adding her year of birth as 1960 (given she was 25 in 1985), but decided against it because if her birthday is between October 31 and December 31 her year of birth would have been 1959. Did you happen to see it in a source? Anynobody 10:10, 9 June 2007 (UTC) I'm pretty sure I saw it too, but I remember it saying something like "...around 1960 when she was born..." and then thinking that they must not have known her DOB either. If not 1960 it'd have to be 1959 so I added both and put the article in the appropriate categories of missing info. I also added an image of the type of weapon she used, articles without images seem oddly "bare" to me. Anynobody 03:30, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I thought I saw it in a source, but at this point I'm not sure. I'll defer to your judgement on this one, your analysis seems most accurate here.  Smee 06:47, 10 June 2007 (UTC).

Mini-14?
Reading the Crime Library's article, it implies that the weapon was a Ruger 10/22, not a Mini-14. Additionally, that articles listed price of $107 is much closer to a modern retail 10/22's price instead of a Mini-14 (when adjusted for inflation).

Additionally, it says that "she had 10 bullets [rounds] left in one of her clips [magazines]". The Wiki articles differs slightly by saying "She had ten rounds left in her weapon's magazine.", implying she only had one magazine. --UnneededAplomb (talk) 06:12, 11 December 2007 (UTC) Very Correct the weapon was a .22 caliber 10/22 and not a mini 14. Had the weapon been a mini 14 there would have been many more casualties. Photos of the bullet holes clearly indicate a .22 and not a .223 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.59.153.182 (talk) 20:24, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

Good source
The cited New York Times article has a good amount of information about Seegrist's mental health history and quotes from letters she wrote to the newspaper. momo ricks  02:56, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

Category:American murderers of children
I noticed that an IP user removed "Category:American murderers of children" from this page's categories, but it seems like this woman should fit under that category since she murdered a child as one of the victims. --Apollo1758 (talk) 18:43, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Never mind, the issue was resolved. The category "American murderers of children" is for murders targeted specifically at children. --Apollo1758 (talk) 16:36, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Added citation needed on 10 rounds in magazine
The information has no citation, nor does it have a citation on size of her magazine or number of magazines she had brought to the site.Wzrd1 (talk) 06:47, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

Footmote does mot provide support for assertion in article.
There's a reference in the article to Seegrist having become the butt of jokes when she was asked out on a date as a prank. The footnote attached to this statement says nothing about this. Ileanadu (talk) 05:54, 13 June 2016 (UTC)