Talk:2026 White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting

"Political violence"

Not a single mention of that in --Trade (talk) 18:17, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

I am sure you are referring to this edit you made. While there are things said in the citation that could be paraphrased as political violence, I am not sure it really needs a citation anyways. Richard-of-Earth (talk) 05:09, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

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Green light for a separate wiki page on Cole Tomas Allen?

A grand jury has indicted Allen just a short time ago. Is it okay to give the green light to make a Wiki page on Cole Tomas Allen? ImVeryStupid (talk) 23:00, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

It's a judgment call, but my preference would be to wait until the trial. An indictment isn't proof. In a sense, WP:GNG would say yes, but WP:BLP might say no. --Tryptofish (talk) 23:04, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

Sounds good. If we wait for trial, then we'll decide. ImVeryStupid (talk) 23:11, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

I don't see the need. Marcus Markup (talk) 23:12, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

if he's convicted, sure PublicDomainFan08 (talk) 23:40, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

Move discussion in progress

There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:2026 White House security incident which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RMCD bot 08:52, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

With all due respect to the bot, I think that's about a different incident than what this page is about. --Tryptofish (talk) 20:29, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

Requested move 9 May 2026

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: not moved. per discussion and WP:NCWWW (closed by non-admin page mover) Yacàwotçã (talk) 07:21, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

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2026 White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting → White House Correspondents' Dinner shootingWhite House Correspondents' Dinner shooting – Year may not be needed per WP:NOYEAR. AnthonyTheGuy (talk) 18:57, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

• Comment. (I haven't yet made up my mind.) In some ways, I agree that the year might not be needed for disambiguation purposes. But I can also see an argument that "White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting" hasn't yet attained the status of WP:COMMONNAME, and given the incongruence of the last word ("shooting") with the rest of the title, including the date might help readers with "Ah, yes, that's what this is about." --Tryptofish (talk) 23:33, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

• Oppose per BarrelProof, below. That argument has tipped me over to this side. --Tryptofish (talk) 20:09, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

Oppose the year is necessary for context WP:NCWWW Hotrodguy84 (talk) 01:35, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

I agree on the basis of common sense; there's probably a policy that supports me, but I'm too lazy to find one. Given that there has only been one attempted assassination there (so far, and as well as we know), it makes little sense to make the name longer, as if we were to propose to change Donald Trump's article to "Donald J. Trump (President of the United States of America)".

Support. Wikipedian12512(alt) (talk) 00:36, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

• Oppose. WP:NCWWW says to generally include the year for articles about events. This one seems special only because it's fresh in our minds. It just happened a couple of weeks ago. Ultimately, it is not a major thing that people will instantly recognize in ten or twenty years, and including the year in the title can give it some historical context. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 18:46, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

  Or maybe we should include the fact that Trump was shot? I think that if our goal is to remind people with the page title, that would be better. Wikipedian12512(alt) (talk) 20:27, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

  He wasn't shot (at this event). --Tryptofish (talk) 20:59, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

  Sorry, I confused my assassination attempts for a bit. What I'm trying to say is that someone could maybe find a way to add Trump's name into the title while removing the year. I think the problem with the above discussion is that nobody could figure out the ideal way. Wikipedian12512(alt) (talk) 11:47, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

support! what you might do, it's a free estate! Annoying Anonymous8999 (talk) 17:48, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

...What? Wikipedian12512(alt) (talk) 18:12, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

• Oppose per BarrelProof, using the year places the event in context for future readers. Randy Kryn (talk) 12:34, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

Oppose. WP:NCWWW. The examples of the constitutional crisis and tsunami on that page set helpful precedent. TheChestertonian (talk) 17:51, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

Oppose Not to pick on Wikipedian12512(alt), I think their confusion is perfectly understandable, but I do think it’s reasonable to assume that other readers may also get their security incidents mixed up as has been demonstrated here, and therefore I think it’s helpful to include the year for contextualization. It may be reasonable to revisit the other two article titles and add the year to the them. Mikewem (talk) 18:34, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

Don't need to add "alt" to my name. I just use this account as sometimes I can't use my regular. Long story. Wikipedian12512(alt) (talk) 19:42, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

Support There has been no other shooting there. ButteyFelicity (talk) 17:50, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

Oppose per WP:NCWWW. Year is a useful identifier. Cfls (talk) 02:55, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Oppose. Year is useful. - Shearonink (talk) 23:29, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Post-closure comment:

oppose :( year is very very very USEFUL (sorry shearon if I copied yours) Annoying Anonymous8999 (talk) 18:53, 16 May 2026 (UTC)