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The following discussion is an archived record of a request for comment. Please do not modify it. No further edits should be made to this discussion. A summary of the conclusions reached follows.
The consensus is that things should remain as they are now. AlbinoFerret 22:00, 14 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]


Should persons who were legally deemed or pardoned as being "wrongfully convicted of murder" be in the category "persons convicted of murder"? 22:49, 22 February 2015 (UTC)


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Except where one or more convictions remain on the books, I would suppose that being on both lists makes little sense. Collect (talk) 22:49, 22 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. Pages should be categorized on both lists. Meatsgains (talk) 01:00, 23 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I think it odd to have anyone in two subcategories of the same main category for the same event - which is why I posed the issue at a top level one. Cheers. Collect (talk) 03:13, 23 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
It's not at all unusual for this tree for someone to be in two or more subcategories. In fact, most are categorized in at least two basic ones—a subcategory of Category:People convicted of murder by nationality (for the convict's nationality) and a subcategory of Category:People convicted of murder by country (for the legal jurisdiction). Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:23, 23 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. As a former federal prosecutor, I find it confusing to include those subcategorized as wrongfully convicted in a subcategory of convicted. It would be apparent that if they were wrongfully convicted, they would have been convicted. I suggest listing them only in the wrongfully convicted category. Madeinmontana (talk) 04:23, 9 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    • Having one as a subcategory of the other is simply for ease of navigation. I don't think it should be taken as implying any particular legal status, and I don't think most readers would take it that way given the names of the categories. Good Ol’factory (talk) 04:53, 9 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Summoned here by bot. Yes, Richard Kimble and others so situated were convicted of murder, however wrongfully. Coretheapple (talk) 20:47, 5 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

  • It is not clear to me what the options under consideration are, but I support Mr. Guye's suggestion of putting wrongfully convicted people in a subcategory (which is apparently the status quo). —Granger (talk · contribs) 21:54, 20 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.