Talk:Orangeburg massacre

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The linguistic similarity is the reason for the inclusion of the term, which I failed to redirect in the first edit. However, the term "massacre" implies POV and so is properly handled (which should serve as a useful model in cases such as this article but of course this asks too much from the romanticists). --TJive 22:20, 24 May 2005 (UTC)

I am reverting the scare quotes (as you term them, too) and changing the link to the name of the page.DJ Silverfish 14:43, 25 May 2005 (UTC)

Changed my mind. Shootings doesn't look right. Massacre is the more common term for killing unarmed people. DJ Silverfish 14:48, 25 May 2005 (UTC)

I was being ironic. And it doesn't matter what you think "looks right". If it doesn't conform to NPOV (much less the actual name of the link) it needs changed. --TJive 21:40, 25 May 2005 (UTC)

Your irony was not "very obvious". Anyway, the link is fine as it is. DJ Silverfish 19:45, 26 May 2005 (UTC)

I don't recall saying my irony was "very obvious".

Anyway glad we agree. --TJive 23:52, 26 May 2005 (UTC)

Can't bear the slightest possibility of equivocation, eh? --TJive 05:59, Jun 4, 2005 (UTC)

Contents 1 Critisism 2 All college students? 3 Blanking? 4 School Shooting 5 27 or 28?

[edit] Critisism

Moved here from page - needs references, better writing, etc. Jack Bass needed to ask some of the people that were involved in the massacre. Even though I haven't read his book.I think that the book is a some what false account of what happened that night. My teacher told us that there was a platform in front of a building and that an Orangeburg police officer went onto the platform and took out his revolver and shot at the building. To make it seem like the students at SCSU shot back at them. Shortly after,the building was torn down. The goverment didn't want anyone to do a forensic test and see that the angle the shots came from that it couldn't have came from the campus. Pollinator 00:00, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Seems like pure speculation that can't really be validated in my opinion. - Deron Dantzler 03:35, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] All college students?

The article says the three students killed were college students, but wasn't one of those killed a high school student? Badagnani 00:05, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

You are correct, Delano Middleton was a 17 year old high school student. [1] and [2] Thanks. --Knulclunk 16:45, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

The article should state what kinds of students each was, and their ages. Badagnani 17:01, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Yes.--Knulclunk 17:54, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Done. Will add more soon. --Knulclunk 02:57, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Blanking?

It appears that this article was blanked at some point without explanation. Everything including categories was deleted. Somebody really wants to censor this article. Skywriter 00:36, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] School Shooting

"School shooting" seems like the wrong description for "attack type". Is there a non-POV term for "heavy-handed police response to violent yet unarmed protesters"?--Knulclunk (talk) 03:58, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 27 or 28?

The article text states that 27 people were injured in the massacre, but the info box says 28. Which is it? I recall being recently taught in a high school Vietnam War class that the injury count was 27. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cornman7001 (talk • contribs) 12:55, 24 April 2008 (UTC)