Talk:List of individuals executed in Texas

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This page needs Wikifying. Texas might be a good link, for a start. Wetman 16:31, 16 Jan 2004 (UTC)

WHY, WHY, WHY, I beg of you, WHY is lethal injection mentioned over 200 times on the page>!?!?!>/!/!?!? ::has a mental breakdown:: ugen64 23:33, Mar 17, 2004 (UTC)

  • Well, I am not going to do it all in one sitting :). I am not the glutton for mental punishment. -Two Halves, who has just given himself a long-term project...
    • Copy and paste into Microsoft Word, Find and replace all instances of "by [[lethal injection]] for" with "for", and paste back into your browser :-). ugen64 04:00, Mar 18, 2004 (UTC)
    • I can't do that because my Linux clipboard seems to be too small to allow that much text to be copied and pasted... :-( ugen64 04:01, Mar 18, 2004 (UTC)
      • I think I just saved you the pain. Now all that remains is to go through and record the method of murder used on each victim....just for balance.... -- Nunh-huh 04:05, 18 Mar 2004 (UTC)

When I did the lists of executed individuals for each state, I wiki-linked every means of execution because in some states, it varied quite a bit. That's why it was the way it was. By me, it's fine either way. -- Seth Ilys 04:41, 18 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Wouldn't this make more sense all in a big table? - Booyabazooka

John Penry a mentally retarded person was scheduled for execution in ? Nov 2000 but not on your listing. Was he executed ?

[edit] Table entries

Why does the table include a column for victims? How is this relevant? It seems to me that it would be much more informative to list the crimes for which they were convicted instead.

Furthermore, it should be kept in mind that while these people may have been conviceted of murder, there is no absolute certainty that they were guility. An example is Ruben Cantu (see http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/3474407.html). --Filur 08:53, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

That would just be to repeat murder over andf over. And while that would have a psychological impact, it is less informative than listing the names of the people that they murdered. The vicitms and the courts certainly think that the names of the victims (and their lives) are relevant - and much of society would agree. Rmhermen 17:55, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Table error

There is something wrong with the table. All the individuals after Leonel Herrera don't appear on the page.

Yup. There was some sort of problem with the reference. Fixed.

[edit] Problem

There's a problem with some of these linked names -- at least two (so far) that are blue links, link to articles about someone with the same name, but not the executed person. I'm going to unlink those, since I'm not sure how to clarify here (Joe Smith (executed)? doesn't sound right...) Dina 00:49, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Well following the format that some of the disambiguted links on criminals have I put (murderer) after those names that link to someone who is not the criminal in question. Since I'm not familiar with all of these crimes, that may not be the correct disambig. However, it seems kind of important in view of WP:BLP to not have innocent people linked in from a list of executed criminals. Cheers Dina 01:03, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
They are all convicted murderers. There is no problem with that. Rmhermen 23:49, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
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