Talk:Joigny coach crash

A fact from Joigny coach crash appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 3 June 2016 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the driver of a speeding coach that crashed in Joigny, France, killing 11, was finally tried 13 years after the incident?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2016/June. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Joigny coach crash.

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Issues

There are a number of issues with this article which need to be resolved:

The text closely follows the AP story, to the point that it might be a copyvio: [1]
The article still claims in the lead that the subsequent legal proceedings were the longest in French history, while no source (that I've seen) makes that claim
The article gives undue prominence to the mention in the House of Commons. It's only natural that this accident was mentioned in debate and it hardly warrants a mention in the lead.

I'd flagged some of these issues at Template:Did you know nominations/Joigny coach crash as well. I tend to think Hansard shouldn't be used as a source at all; I'd expect anything there that's relevant was picked up and confirmed in subsequent reporting. Mackensen (talk) 15:17, 8 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Differences between British and American English:

The "offside" of a vehicle in the UK is the side closest to the road, normally the 'driver's side'. ^[1] A "courier" on a UK tour performs the functions of a US 'tour guide'. ^[2] Tadchem (talk) 18:42, 3 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

References

[1] ttp://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/offside

[2] ttp://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/courier

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