Talk:Marcia Trimble

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In regards to the speedy deletion suggestion, a Google search for "Marcia Trimble" and "Nashville" brings up several hits. Ask any long time resident of Nashville and many will remember the Marcia Trimble case a full 30 years after it happened. The case is highlighted on the anniversary of her death on many Nashville TV and radio stations. I'd like some input on why this is not significant enough for a wiki article. -Ichabod 00:48, 10 May 2005 (UTC)

It's not a speedy delete candidate, don't worry. I removed the header and I'll remove it again if someone puts it back up. Mike H 01:49, May 10, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Just added more information 01/15/2007

I just added some additional information to the original article which will hopefully provide more details to the public. Never give up. JournalWriter

Thank you for your contributions. However I must ask if you just cut and pasted those sections? Be advised that extensive cutting and pasting sections could be considered plagiarism if not attributed properly. Also it is not within Wikipedia's scope to have entire sections quoted from other sources. --Ichabod 23:58, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Reply to Ichabod: The added information is not copy/pasted. It is sourced at the end of the article: The Nashville Scene, April 25 - May 1, 2002. The only information that is copy/pasted is the statement released by the Davidson County Metro Police, with the date of release inclusive. The police statement, as all police statements, should not be altered into a synopsis, as they are given by Authorites for public consumption and to generate leads in the case. I live in south Nashville and I do hope they solve this crime...I believe (and hope) the DNA evidence will eventually bring this atrocity to a close. One good thing - it's believed that police will release a new statement next month.JournalWriter

[edit] Many writers

Great work with the article. However, could you clarify who the "many writers" are in the sentence Many writers have commented that the Marcia Trimble murder was when Nashville lost its innocence.

Sources are key in an article like this staying, especially since it's quite evident that other people think this is not a notable subject. Mike H 20:16, May 10, 2005 (UTC)

Also, bring up the impact of the murder on Nashville today, so people don't think it's just a random child murder from the '70s. Mike H 20:17, May 10, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Will work to help you keep Marcia Trimble

This deal almost brought Nashville to a halt in a way that previous child/adolescent murders did not (remember Paula Herron?). I can't name the writers, but this was more when Nashville lost its innocence than at any other point, and along with the Janet March case is still Nashville's #1 unsolved crime (maybe even a bit ahead of Janet). Rlquall 03:30, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Now that the Janet March case is solved, with husband Perry doing what is essentially life for her killing, this is again definitely Nashville's #1 unsolved crime. However, the media and general public fascination with it is still somewhat unsettling to me. As I noted above, it is not even close to unique —there was another unsolved murder of a little girl who rode the bus that used to go to the old "All Weather Rollerdrome" on Thompson Lane (the building where H. H. Gregg is now); despite her definitively having been raped and brutally murdered, with an old sock shoved down her throat and her body left across the road from the Roller Drome in what was then a vacant field, very little about this is ever said. It is also arguable more famous than the far more recent disappearance of a 11 year old girl waiting for the school bus in East Nashville about three years ago. All that I can gather is that the social classes of the three are different; Marcia was from an affluent, Green Hills family rather than working class like the other two. But the story remains so strongly that when Marcia's mother recently remarried, even that became a story. Rlquall 16:14, 6 November 2006 (UTC)