Talk:Richard Reid (shoe bomber)

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[edit] Proposed deletion of related article

Deletion of Religious conversion and terrorism is proposed.

For discussion see: Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Religious_conversion_and_terrorism

--ISKapoor 22:21, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

According to an unpublished report Reid was a member of the conservative party. I'm going to add this information to the article.Reinoe (talk) 18:37, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Clarification of sentence

I find this rather confusing:

He was sentenced to life imprisonment on each of the three charges, 20 years imprisonment on four other charges, and 30 years on four other counts, to be served consecutively, followed by five years of supervised release.

When is this "supervised release" supposed to take place? Are they expecting him to die and be reincarnated three times, and then live to the age of 200? -- Sakurambo 桜ん坊 17:04, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

It's partially bureaucratic, but it's in part so even if one sentence gets overturned or reduced, the others are still there.--Prosfilaes (talk) 23:15, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
And it's partly to make sure he will not be paroled in the foreseeable future, even if he behaves perfectly in jail. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 05:49, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Name of page

To conform with naming conventions, i.e., use the name person is known by most commonly and then use a disambiguator in parentheses if necessary, shouldn't this page be renamed Richard Reid (shoe bomber) or Richard Reid (terrorist)? I've never heard him referred to by his full name, except in court documents, of course Good Ol’factory (talk) 00:12, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Requested move

The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the proposal was move. JPG-GR (talk) 06:37, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

My comment above failed to generate any discussion, so I'm formally proposing the move, which will likely be better at producing some. My reasoning is that Reid's full name is not the name he is most commonly known by; he is known as "Richard Reid" and is usually referred to in sources as "shoe bomber Richard Reid", with or without "attempted" at the beginning of this phrase. The only time I have ever seen his full name used is in court documents and in WP. Richard Reid (shoe bomber) already redirects. Good Ol’factory (talk) 02:12, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

I think there would be a fairly strong argument for calling this the primary topic of "Richard Reid" and just moving the article to the plain title. Dekimasuよ! 02:51, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
Agree with User:Dekimasu. This Richard Reid seems to be the primary topic. — AjaxSmack 04:38, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
As do I; the others at the dab are already disambiguated. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 05:47, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
As nom, I would be fine with that too and agree that it seems like the primary usage. Good Ol’factory (talk) 21:43, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
You think he's not the primary topic? Dekimasuよ! 03:18, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Support - shoe bomber. Do what you wish with the disambig - maybe it should be another RM. The Evil Spartan (talk) 16:59, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Support, but keep the dab page where it is. This Richard Reid may be the primary topic at present, but he's unlikely to be in a few years time. Dan1980 (talk ♦ stalk) 18:10, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.