Talk:My Lai massacre

message: I expect few if any English language sources or readers use the diacritic in Mỹ Lai. Moving to My Lai, to conform with English language usage. CAVincent (talk) 07:50, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I may not have done the move correctly.  If a waatcher can fix the error, please do. CAVincent (talk) 07:56, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I've gone ahead and corrected the page back to article namespace. In the future, if you need attention towards a malformed page move, consider visiting WP:RMTR. Aidan9382 (talk) 09:41, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you, for the fix and the tip for help! CAVincent (talk) 03:25, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Mỹ Lai" v. My Lai 

message: The cited source offers no insight into exactly the meaning of the phrase "who has been the subject of pointed blame" with regard to Widmer. Nothing is mentioned on that point in the cited source, so is this someone's personal view somehow incorporated in this article?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.24.239.172 (talk) 23:03, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Clarification needed

message: Willbb234 has twice deleted a well sourced and accurate description in the caption of the third image in this article. I am undeleting now and explaining why. Here is the discussion between Willbb234 and myself on the subject:
Deletion from My Lai article.[edit]
I undid your deletion. The soldiers actually committed a sexual assault, not even attempted, by trying to rip her blouse off.JohnKent (talk) 00:19, 5 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not sure why you are so intent to add this to the caption. Is there any way to know that the woman in the photo is the "girl" referred to in the quote? Assuming not, the addition doesn't belong. It's not like the massacre seems less horrifying without this addition. CAVincent (talk) 06:22, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with CAVincent. This detail is unnecessary and not clearly supported by RS. Mztourist (talk) 09:05, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: OK. I agree with you and @CAVincent. I actually contacted the photographer Ron Haeberle and he confirmed the woman was assaulted by the soldiers, but I can't find documentation of this other than his verbal statement. I will let it go for now.JohnKent (talk) 17:32, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

text: I spoke with the Army photographer Ron Haeberle and he referred me to the correct pages of the Peers Army report on My Lai. I have improved the citation below the photo accordingly.JohnKent (talk) 21:34, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photo Caption for Image #3 

message: Recently, an IP user change the first sentence of the article to replace "war crime" with "massacre", stating it does not fit the definition of the former. I believe it does, but as I'm not a regular contributor, I thought to get some feedback before undoing the change. - Bkid Talk/Contribs 17:12, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  War Crime or Massacre? 

message: I probably will not come back to this talk page ever again, so I am asking this question specifically for the use of fulfilling the above questions?
Are there any Wikipedia articles or definitive, cite-able sources that can give an adequate differentiation? 67.214.195.184 (talk) 19:16, 6 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: It was both a war crime and a massacre. Massacres can happen outside of war, and thus not be war crimes; and war crimes include things other than massacres. But since you're not going to come back to this talk page ever again, why waste our time with questions you don't want to know the answer to? --jpgordon𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇 20:24, 6 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  What counts as a war crime vs massacre?