Talk:Murder of Mark Carson

Murder of Mark Carson is currently a Law good article nominee. Nominated by JJonahJackalope (talk) at 12:49, 5 September 2025 (UTC)

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A fact from Murder of Mark Carson appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 20 October 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the 2013 murder of Mark Carson, a hate crime involving the killing of an openly gay man, took place less than a quarter-mile (400 m) from the Stonewall Inn?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Did you know archive/2025/October. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Murder of Mark Carson.

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The result was: promoted by Dclemens1971 talk 02:54, 12 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

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... that the murder of Mark Carson prompted a rally of about 1,500 people in Manhattan to protest violence against LGBTQ people?

Source: Slate 2013

- ALT1: ... that the 2013 murder of Mark Carson, a hate crime involving the killing of an openly gay man, took place less than a quarter-mile from the Stonewall Inn? Source: Same as above
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Pulp era of science fiction

Created by JJonahJackalope (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 78 past nominations.

JJonahJackalope (talk) 12:48, 5 September 2025 (UTC).Reply

Article is new enough and long enough.
Hook isn't supported by the Slate source (there's no reference to the rally of 1,500 people - the final paragraph only talks about the planning of a rally - it's a different source used in the article which supports that the information is correct)
Alt 1 is supported, however, and I think is the stronger hook anyway. - SchroCat (talk) 07:28, 8 September 2025 (UTC)Reply

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