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Typo or what?

Why, in the current events page does it say:

Four people are killed and 30 more injured after a mass school shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, United States. (CNN) It's 9 injured as of right now, can somebody fix this typo?

Jjbomb (talk) 18:39, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

According to CNN, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation has reported that 9 have been hospitalized with injuries, but an estimated 30 people have been injured in total. Rcain1993 (talk) 18:57, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Photo of downtown Winder irrelevant/inappropriate

Campus is in a mostly rural area, located several miles from downtown strip, on the other side of a major highway 12.164.202.26 (talk) 18:45, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think it's fine at least for the moment. In reviewing how this page develops, I've been comparing it to another school shooting closer to home, and its infobox picture is simply a small dot on the state in the location of the town in which it occurred. If you know of a usable image that's more appropriate and meets licensing requirements, etc. then don't hesitate to put it in or suggest it. Slidinghorn (talk) 19:55, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Article title

Has there been any other mass shootings at this high school. No. Then the year is not required in the title of the article. Isaidnoway (talk) 18:47, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Isaidnoway Some pages like 2023 Nashville school shooting have the year in which the shooting took place. Kurnahusa (talk) 19:31, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That's because the requested move was closed as no consensus. Isaidnoway (talk) Isaidnoway (talk) 19:40, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I see. In my opinion I think this disambiguation would be unnecessary but I'm on the fence here, since there are articles like Columbine High School massacre. Kurnahusa (talk) 19:43, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

WP:NCEVENTS disagrees with you. —Locke Cole • t • c 19:53, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with Locke Cole here. As I stated in another comment here, I'm using a more local incident as a reference here, and while the title and URL of the original article for it were undated, it now redirects to 2012 Chardon High School shooting - presumably to follow the convention linked above. Slidinghorn (talk) 20:00, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Demographics of suspect

A hot button point right now seems to be about the age of the suspect, right now a majority of sources are reporting that the suspect was taken in alive and is of school age but otherwise unidentified. It appears to be that those that identify the shooter as 14 are quoting a CNN update indicating that a "law enforcement source" identified him as "14-year-old boy". Is this enough to include it on the page? https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/apalachee-high-school-shooting-georgia-09-04-24#h_0347379ad2bacb3a939324d2c98be7d9 Leaky.Solar (talk) 19:44, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Apalachee massacre hatnote?

Not sure if it's relevant, but would a {{for}} template atop Apalachee massacre make sense to direct readers here? I haven't seen this event referred to as a "massacre" yet, but could see someone seeking this article out being confused by that one. —Locke Cole • t • c 19:55, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Location of the school is not in Winder, Georgia

Apalachee High School is not located within the city of Winder and it is simply located in unincorporated Barrow County. I'm aware that the standalone article for the school says that the school is located in Winder, but that is not true, and that article is currently a stub. Winder-Barrow High School is the only high school located within the city boundaries of Winder.

News articles will state that the school is located in Winder, but saying something happened in the largest or most relevant nearby city even if it did not actually occur there is very commonplace. Good examples of this behavior that are in a similar area of interest are the 2017 Las Vegas shooting and Attempted assassination of Donald Trump. In the first case the attack actually happened in Paradise, Nevada, not Las Vegas and in the second case the attack happened at a venue that was located in both Connoquenessing Township and Meridian (though the actual shooting took place within Meridian), but it was reported to have happened in Butler.

This is not original research as we know the location of the school and we know the boundaries of Winder and other jurisdictions within Barrow County. We do not need to be incorrect just because some news media are incorrect. Raskuly (talk) 20:07, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The school's own website says "940 Haymon-Morris Rd., Winder, GA 30680" ItzSwirlz (talk) 21:04, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Name of perpetrator is Colt Gray

Name has been released from press conference 2601:800:8200:5A00:40F6:4A1C:2443:FEEA (talk) 20:38, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Who is Colt Gray?

The Georgia Bureau Of Investigation has reported that the shooter was identified as 14-year-old Colt Gray (born 2009 or 2010). We don't know any information about Colt's life at this time rather than he was a student at the school and was a possible local resident. 2600:1702:5225:C010:B9A9:3F22:8DF9:D089 (talk) 20:39, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

4 Victims

2 students and 2 teachers were killed. Editor3125 (talk) 20:53, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]