User talk:Violetnights

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You are correct that that is seen in a lot of articles. That alone is not a very good reason to do something – a lot of not-so-good stuff becomes widespread because editors believe it is. The practice is strongly opposed by some experienced editors who think it sounds fairly ridiculous to repeat the article title in the first sentence when it is not an iconic name like Oklahoma City bombing. Very few of these mass-killing events ever acquire such widely-known names, and it's not Wikipedia's job to create them via that practice. Not saying you should stop doing that, but wanted you to be aware of the controversy so you're not completely surprised when you get reverted. Happy editing. &#8213; Mandruss  &#9742;  07:19, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your comment. It was a WP:BB edit, so I was bracing for someone to revert it.

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 * Thanks so much! Violetnights (talk) 05:46, 31 May 2020 (UTC)

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