Talk:Marc Dutroux

message: This article has too many section headers, and the reason for that is that the same information is repeated over and over again. Examples of this include:
* 3.4 Failure to review video tapes confiscated from Dutroux and 4.6 Promotion of René Michaux, who failed to save Julie and Mélissa: same information about mishandling of video tapes
* 3.6 Failure to analyse DNA from basement dungeon and 4.4 Failure to test hairs in the dungeon for DNA evidence: these sections are about the exact same thing, and 3.6 only includes one sentence
* 4.4 Failure to test hairs in the dungeon for DNA evidence and 4.16 The Abrasax sect with members working at the police force in Charleroi: the entirety of 4.16 is repeated word for word from 4.4
* 3.1 Failure to follow up on letter of Dutroux's mother warning of kidnapped girls being held at his house and 3.2 Failure to rescue Mélissa and Julie: the lack of action regarding Dutroux's mother's warning is a contributing factor to the failure to rescue the girls
* 3.7 Inquiry into officer De Baets handling of the police investigation, 4.5 Removal of police officers from the case, and 4.7 Arrests of law enforcement personnel believed to be connected to Dutroux: all discuss suspicions that law enforcement was mishandling the investigation
* 2 Crimes after release and 3.3 Dutroux arrest on car theft charges: word for word repetition describing car theft and the murder of Weinstein (additionally, the title of 3.3 is misleading, as the section majorly focuses of Weinstein's murder)
* 3.5 Escape of Dutroux in 1998 and 5 Parliamentary investigation and escape from custody: the headers of these sections suggest that both will discuss Dutroux's escape from custody; however, 5 doesn't mention it at all
* 4.1 Judge Jean-Marc Connerottes removal from the case and 4.3 Claims by the victims families: both discuss how the victims' families reacted to the removal of Judge Connerotte (additionally, 4.1 contains a lot of information that isn't about his removal from the case; in fact, it doesn't even mention the actual reason that he was removed)
* 3.8 Failure to properly investigate leads to Slovakia and Czech Republic and 4.1 Judge Jean-Marc Connerottes removal from the case: same information about potential trafficking operation involving Slovakia
* 4.1 Judge Jean-Marc Connerottes removal from the case and 7.5 Michel Nihoul: same statement that Nihoul is the "brains" behind the child kidnapping operation
This constant repetition makes the article extremely confusing and way too long.
Biblioklept (talk) 23:38, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree that the article is way too long. 86.45.47.123 (talk) 19:43, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Repetitive 

message: Due to the availability of better pictures more in line with the general style of depicting people like this on Wikipedia, I think it's a little odd that we aren't using at least his mugshot. I would propose that we use that instead of the pencil sketch; I wouldn't be against using it elsewhere in the article, but using it as the title picture seems wrong. Golden Oreole (talk) 04:43, 23 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why is the picture the pencil sketch when actual pictures are available?