Talk:W. R. Myers High School shooting

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Why not put the killer's name on here now that has been released? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.4.181.243 (talk) 18:07, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I think it is a legal quagmire, more than anything. Smith's name was briefly released when he escaped as a public safety issue.  However, once he was recaptured, the press was no longer legally allowed to release his name becuase of the YOA.  Of course, that is a patently ridiculous aspect of this case, given you really can't put the genie back in the bottle once you release it, but that doesn't stop the government from trying, does it?  I personally don't think that having his name on the article is a problem, but others do, so so be it.  It does kinda suck that an encyclopedia has to hide common knowledge becuase of some legal stupidity, but that's life. Resolute 19:35, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
 * The issue of the legality of Wikepedia publishing the name of a Canadian youth offender has been discussed on at least one other page: Lethbridge murders and on that page all attempts to remove the name of the young murderer were reverted. The Talk page took the line that since Wikipedia isn't hosted in Canada it's not subject to Canadian laws. I believe it might be illegal for anyone in Canada to edit a page that does identify a Young Offender, but I'm not a lawyer. It certainly is odd to see 2 pages come to opposite conclusions about what is allowed. Meters (talk) 00:07, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
 * For that matter, since this article (Myers High School) contains at at least one link to a site that does directly identify the killer, who are we kidding? His name may not be in the Wikipedia article, but we're sure making it public. Meters (talk) 00:16, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I would suggest re-adding it then, per the other article you mentioned, and it's DRV case. As I said, you can't put the genie back in the bottle.  I would, but just in case you are right in it being illegal for a Canadian to add it, it's best that I do not. ;o) Resolute 00:20, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Sometimes you just have to laugh. Now this page (Myers High School) has changed back to listing the Canadian juvenile offender's name but after a very lengthy discussion Lethbridge murders has now removed the Canadian juvenile offender's name from that page. Meters (talk) 20:24, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

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