Category talk:Assassinated politicians

message: I would like to propose that the name of this Category be changed to a more neutral term: 'Slain Politicians'. Thoughts?
:Michael David 19:03, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Slain is for headline writers.  When the bigman goes down, it merits a big word. Ghosts&empties 18:16, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  'Assassinated'>'Slain' 

message: This list is too long to be easily browsed.  If a user had a vague idea of the name of an assasinated president or emperor, it'd be very difficult to find in this long list which could grow much longer. Subcategories by nationality would be helpful. Ghosts&empties 18:14, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I disagree.  If someone wanted to do a study and compare different assassinated politicians, now that person would have to individually go through 200 subcategories to compile this list.  Seems to be this is now way too specific, without providing the kind of quick reference that can be useful in an encyclopedia.  What if you don't know the nationality?  This must be happening in categories all across Wikipedia.  Help!!  Bruxism (talk) 23:10, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Subcategories by nationality 

message: Folks,
I have been working on ‘dead politicians’ (Assassinated v. Murdered) for a while now [and, believe me, they are not a happy bunch to spend much time with]. The discussion had gotten murky with no clear consensus as to how to proceed; so I went ahead on my own. I stopped working on it because I did not want to complete the long task, only to have someone come along and want to reverse it.
My belief is that the Category the person is placed in should depend on the circumstances of the their death. The Leo Ryan example User Ghosts&empties gave is an excellent one. Also, if a wife kills her husband who happens to be a US Senator – did she assassinate him? If so, that would make her an assassin. I don’t think so!
* This is what I propose: To go through both Categories, ‘Assassinated Politicians’ & ‘Murdered Politicians’; separate out, by the circumstances of their death, those killed for political reasons from those not. Those politicians killed under other than political circumstances become categorized as ‘Murder Victims’ (a Category which already exists). Those remaining in the Assassinated Category can be further subcategorized by nationality (e.g., “Assassinated American Politicians”)
This issue has been unresolved for some time now; can we reach a consensus here?
Be healthy,
:Michael David 11:51, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Solution? 

message: For the record, various categories have been deleted following Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2023_May_30#Assassinated_American_county_and_local_politicians_by_time, Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2023_June_21#Category:1960s_assassinated_Argentinian_politicians and Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2023_June_22#Assassinated_Central_American_politicians. Now there is also Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2023_July_3#Category:1960s_assassinated_Nigerian_politicians. – Fayenatic London 14:46, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Category intersections by place and time