# Talk:Cheshire murders

On August 18, 2016, Joshua Komisarjevsky attempted to hang himself in his prison cell.  Here is a newspaper article about it.
https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/prison-says-joshua-komisarjevsky-tried-committing-suicide/61952/  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1702:CC4:20F0:6E8B:1252:DCA2:9116 (talk) 04:15, 2 November 2023 (UTC) 

Hello! I've just asked a question as to the meaning of GENDERID at WT:MOS/BIOGRAPHY that would affect this article, and, specifically, whether Linda Hayes's deadname is included.--Jerome Frank Disciple 01:15, 24 June 2023 (UTC)

On a related note, I'm confused as to the policy on pronouns. I understand Wikipedia's formatting policy is to abide by preferred pronouns, but does this extend to quotes as well? The quotes cited in this article have also had pronouns modified or omitted as indicated by the bracketing. Shouldn't those remain as they were at the time? Hhtesntwr (talk) 21:01, 19 October 2024 (UTC)
Yes. Transgender people are commonly referred to by their current name and pronouns for their entire life, and it is common practice to also retroactively "correct" quotations like this. Wikipedia has also adopted this practice by consensus, see WP:GID: "Paraphrase, elide, or use square brackets to replace portions of quotations to avoid deadnaming or misgendering, except in rare cases where exact wording cannot be avoided, as where there is a pun on the notable former name, etc." -- Maddy from Celeste (WAVEDASH) 21:06, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

Cheshire murders → ? – This is a crime that took place in a town in Connecticut but Cheshire is also the name of a ceremonial county in England. Someone moved the page to this title a few years ago but I think this title doesn't follow guidelines, especially conventions for locations in the United States. Killuminator (talk) 00:51, 15 November 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. Jeffrey34555 (talk) 18:46, 21 November 2025 (UTC)

Suggest Murders in Cheshire, Connecticut, which specifies the fact that the murders took place in the US town and not the country in England. Thanks, 1isall (he/him) (talk | contribs) 20:12, 16 November 2025 (UTC)
Suggest 2007 murders in Cheshire, Connecticut there inevitably will have been other murders in the town's history. In ictu oculi (talk) 21:12, 18 November 2025 (UTC)
Even though the ceremonial county is primary for the base title Chester unless there are other notable murders called this then per WP:SHORTFORM the current title may be fine. Crouch, Swale (talk)  23:32, 19 November 2025 (UTC)
Restore previous Cheshire home invasion murders. The "Murders in..." formulations sounds like a list of events rather than one specific event. CBS uses "Petit family murders" but "Cheshire home invasion murders" and "Cheshire murders" appear more common. –RoxySaunders 🏳️‍⚧️ (talk • stalk) 00:16, 20 November 2025 (UTC)
restore previous title per RoxySaunders. "murders in ..." makes it seem like it is covering all the murders that have ever happened there, and 2007 just makes it seem like the year. PARAKANYAA (talk) 02:41, 22 November 2025 (UTC)
Move to 2007 murders in Cheshire, Connecticut, as stated "Cheshire" is vague, there have been Murders in the English Cheshire, so it needs to specify to Cheshire, Connecticut. I find the year as more informative rather than how the murders occurred, and less likely to imply the general topic of murders in Cheshire, Connecticut. Don't think SHORTFORM applies as "murders" alone does not imply one Cheshire over the other, as the English one has had them too. DankJae 02:07, 23 November 2025 (UTC)