User talk:Nathan Qri

Lín Jùn
Hello Nathan Qri, and welcome to Wikipedia.

You may have noticed that the article you wrote, about Lín Jùn, has been turned into what we call a redirect. That is, when someone types Lín Jùn into the Wikipedia search function (or also certain search engines), they will be directed to the article about Luka Magnotta. We thank you for pointing out this alternate spelling of Mr. Lin's name - it is not one that has normally appeared in print.

I will take a moment to explain why there is no Wikipedia article about Mr. Lin. At the time that his name was released to the public by the police, and was promptly linked to Luka Magnotta, Wikipedia editors had a long discussion about the appropriate way to write an article about Mr. Lin's murder. One of the key factors they discussed was the title of the article. Some of the factors that were considered in deciding the title were:
 * the fact that Mr. Lin was a private individual as opposed to be well-known public figure. For example, he was not a television personality or a famous blogger. If not for his tragic death, the circle of people who knew his name would likely be about the same size as is typical for most university students: his family and friends, his classmates, his employer. As a matter of policy and practice, Wikipedia will rarely title an article with just the name of a victim of crime, even if the victim is murdered. (The relevant practices are described using the acronyms WP:BLP1E (notable for only one event - in this case his death) and WP:CRIME.)
 * the fact that what made the murder sufficiently unusual were the actions of Magnotta (international fugitive, history of other criminal or anti-social activities, and many other details that I'll not repeat here but which are documented in the article)

The Wikipedia community did recognize that Mr. Lin's murder did meet the requirement that the event be notable in accord with our policies; there was no question that an article would be written about this tragedy. Our editorial community decided the most appropriate title was Luka Magnotta. However, the community also created a lot of redirects using different spellings of Mr. Lin's name, and also possible alternate titles, so that anyone looking for the article about Lín Jùn would be able to find it. There has been no change in this decision, even through Magnotta's trial, although some further information about Mr. Lin was added at around that time. If you feel strongly that there really should be an article about Mr. Lin specifically, you could seek the opinion of the editorial community by posting on Talk:Luka Magnotta.

I hope this information is helpful. Risker (talk) 02:16, 5 October 2015 (UTC)