Talk:Abeer Qassim Hamza

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[edit] Merge suggestion

Against:

  1. This is an article about an individual. It is in no way less notable than other victims of the Iraq War like Miguel Terrazas. Socafan 23:15, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
  2. Each victim or alleged defendent is warranted a seperate article prime example Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse --Bnguyen 19:58, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
  3. I have withdrawn my "FOR" point. I agree with the above. Abeer Qassim Hamza must be warranted a seperate article, in addition to the main article in place --Mo77787 22:48, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
  4. --Anchoress 05:35, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
  5. This was a significant incident. If her killer is notable, so is she. nut-meg 06:44, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
  6. I agree with the above posters. Jonas Liljeström 18:01, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
  7. I agree with the above posters. Do not merge. Darkmind1970 10:33, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
  8. This incident haunts me... please, keep her memory. Don't merge... Bj1966 12:00, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Seems to be a broad consensus, but consider this: This article should describe the person, and should mention the incident only by reference. What would be left from this article if everything was removed that is already mentioned in Mahmudiyah incident? Not much, I think; this article (and Wikipedia as a whole) is meant to be infomative, not commemorative. The fact that there is little information about her (and many other victims of many other wars) is part of what makes wars tragic, but should not lead to include redundant information in Wikipedia. It should be merged. --193.254.155.48

[edit] revert poorly explained edit -- see talk

Another wikipedian excised an external link with the edit summary -- rv addition of unnecessary link.

I checked out the link they excised. It seemed to be a very useful link, with further links to news articles, showing the timeline of how the press covered the story. I couldn't imagine why the other wikipedian excised it, unless they didn't read past the first couple of paragraphs.

So I restored it.

Cheers! -- Geo Swan 01:53, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

They probably read the URL and decided it wasn't NPOV without looking at it first nut-meg 06:15, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
I reviewed the page, almost none of it is original content but it DOES have a very good compilation of very well cited and documented information on this case. It should never have been deleted. Any link deletions are to be discussed on the talk page first. nut-meg 06:40, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Contradiction with other wiki article

There is an error in reporting in either this or the James Barker article. This article states that Hamza's sister was seven, the other claims she was five. Which is it? Shantron 00:18, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, and the BBC and Guardian articles say she was six. Anchoress 05:32, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Allegedly

Considering that legal proceedings are not over in this case, I think that "who was gang-raped, burned and killed, by American troops." should read "who was gang-raped, burned and killed, allegedly by American troops." Isn't this normal procedure for an ongoing case?

I already made this change once, and someone changed it back without comment. If you are going to remove it again, please explain why. 24.91.126.96 23:41, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

I like how the only doubt in your rephrasing is whether or not it was Americans who killed her. If you're going to dispute the prevailing account of the story, why not dispute the fact that she was raped or burned as well, i.e. move the "allegedly" in front of the "was".
Myself, I think the burden of proof is established here. --Saforrest 01:50, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
I believe some of the men have already plead guilty. If this is true, "allegedly" is not appropriate nut-meg 06:12, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
They've also been sentenced - I believe that a second man confessed in court recently and was convicted. I think that the article should reflect this as it is no longer sub rosa. Darkmind1970 10:35, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
Allegedly?they are already sentenced,and confesed it--Andres rojas22 19:01, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] This Page

This page really needs a lot of cleanup. I'm not going to have time in the next week or so, but I'll come back to it if nobody else does. nut-meg 06:47, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

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