Template talk:Executed

Symbol
Is the skull and crossbones (or Jolly Roger) the ideal symbol for this? To my mind, it invokes the idea of pirates or poison, but not execution. In fact, according to Skull and crossbones (military): "various military units have used the Jolly Roger, usually in skull-and-crossbones design, as a unit identification insignia or a victory flag to ascribe to themselves the proverbial ferocity and toughness of pirates." So using this symbol in Infobox Military Conflict to designate a person who has been executed might actually (and quite wrongly) be interpreted to denote victory. —sroc (talk) 09:49, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Perhaps this symbol 💀 could be used instead? Pikolas (talk) 19:35, 4 February 2014 (UTC)
 * I agree with the comments above, especially since the skull and crossbones is actively used by standards organizations and government regulators to signify 'poison'. I don't think we should use Unicode though.&thinsp;&mdash; Mr. Guye (talk) (contribs)&thinsp; 23:57, 10 November 2018 (UTC)
 * I just noticed the little skull and crossbones in the Russian Civil War's infobox, and didn't understand their meaning there before clicking. Death in general, piracy, and poison do seem to be the most common associations. Where, outside Wikipedia, is this symbol used for execution? ---Sluzzelin talk  23:37, 3 January 2019 (UTC)