Talk:Centennial Olympic Park bombing

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Contents 1 Security Measures 2 Number killed 3 Format 4 This "cheesecake" Person 5 Right-Wing Extremism

[edit] Security Measures

I removed the following subsection added today because I can't figure out what the author was trying to say. (maybe missing words or perhaps a whole sentence)

The IOC tightened security as a result of incident. However, it would not be until the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City when security was very stringent at the Olympics, since they were the first since September 11, 2001.

If you can make this more understandable, add it back. AUTiger ʃ ^talk/_work 06:20, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Number killed

Is the number of people killed one or two? The first paragraph says two, but the body and other pieces on Wikipedia about the bombing state only one. 12.36.152.153

I made the same mistake myself. I'm not sure why we both missed it, but the article specifically mentions two people. Broadfootp 17:22, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

It's a problem, because some people don't think the cameraman should be included (not just on Wikipedia). I've never actually sat down and addressed it in the article(s). I personally apply the 9/11 rule, i.e. you don't draw the line at the people killed by the crash, or by the fire, or by the smoke, or by the collapse. You would count a firefighter who had a heart attack fighting a fire, so somebody dying doing his job in the middle of a disaster seems to be a victim of the disaster. On the other hand you can just never summarize the total, but then you always have to explain the cameraman with the approximate same text. I prefer to do that in the body of the article. --Dhartung | Talk 20:18, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

What is this 2nd WTC attack rule you speak of? Is this a formal Wiki policy? Seems to me that there is a single death to be counted here. Unless there's a citation that this heart attack was a result of the bombing (shock, fright, etc.), and not something that had been building up gradually and was going to happen soon one way or another, it's not encyclopedic to attribute that death to this bombing. Alvis 05:50, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

I guess the reasoning would be more of an emotional connection to the disaster than anything else. After all, anyone at the park that night could be considered a "victim" of the bombing. I myself would draw the line at the person who was actually killed as a direct result of the blast, either by the blast itself or the debris or shockwave. But there is the emotional connection thing too, I suppose. Here in Guam, we had an 8.1 earthquake in 1993. After the quake, someone was driving a friend to the hospital for a non-quake related infirmity, crashed the car, and the friend died (resulting from the infirmity, not the crash). For a time, that person was listed as a "quake fatality". Later on, however, that inaccuracy was corrected. It's all a matter of wanting to be identified with a newsworty item, in some cases.Jlujan69 21:18, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Format

I have broken the "investigation" section into two sections because it's very unfair to have an investigation section with two headings -- "Richard Jewell" and "Eric Rudolph" -- when Jewell was cleared. I changed the headings so that the reader will immediately see that there was "the wrong man" and then "the right man." If you think there's a better way to present it, that's fine, but please do not simply revert to "The Investigation" with just the two men's names as sub-sections. Jewell does not deserve that. CoramVobis 04:41, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] This "cheesecake" Person

Would someone please warn or do the appropriate action to 207.69.18.16? This user has now vandalized the "Reaction" section of this article, particularly references to Bill Clinton, three times now, and three times someone has had to go back and undo it. It's a shame we have such idiots on the web who have nothing better to do with their time, but we do, and need to deal with them. Webmacster87 03:17, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Any editor can warn a vandal using the standard user talk messages. Start with a good-faith notice and escalate. If you've reached level 3, take the issue to WP:AIV. --Dhartung | Talk 03:37, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Right-Wing Extremism

"The problem of right-wing extremism"? That is definitely POV, so I am going to remove it. It doesn't even have a cite. Entbark 13:57, 11 September 2007 (UTC)