Talk:List of rampage killers in the United States

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Gonzales & Burke

Francisco Paula Gonzales & David Augustus Burke don't fit it with the other cases. Their attacks occurred on planes, both of which shot the pilots causing them to crash. That to me belongs in the other incidents Rampage Killers list.

Omar Mateen - Pulse Nightclub Shooting in Orlando, Florida

It seems that this would be high on the list of notable rampages on US soil though is conspicuously absent. Could there be a reason for this that I have overlooked? If not, I would suggest including this incident.

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https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/List_of_rampage_killers_(religious,_political,_or_ethnic_crimes) Unknown4321unknown (talk) 16:50, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

References

Cleanup

It's going to take me a bit, but I'm working on cleaning up the bare URLs in this monstrosity, the dead links, and whatnot. I'll do as much verification as I can along the way b/c there's no point in fixing the things if they don't actually support the claims.

Anyway, is there an order to this list that I'm not understanding, or is it just "first come, first serve"? Because I can reorder it alpha by state, then last name alpha to make it easier to peruse. Or I could do years, then state alpha, then last name alpha. But this is really hard to go through if you don't know exactly what you're looking for to begin with, or you're just reading a random article for fun.

~~Tag me (@ brings up the Find user window) in replies, please to let me know if there's a preference.~~

~~OIM20 (talk) 10:19, 28 March 2024 (UTC)~~[reply]

Nevermind - I see the sort buttons now. OIM20 (talk) 13:47, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Adding Donald Harding?

I started to add Donald Harding to the list, but honestly, I'm not sure if he fits the criteria. (For a very short summary, he murdered at least 6 people between December 10, 1979, and January 25, 1980; three of the murders took place within a 24-hour span in Arizona, and two were in the same hotel room, but other murders took place in California and Texas. He also likely murdered someone else in Arkansas in May 1979, but that one seems to be a bit more in dispute compared to the ones connected to his 1979-1980 month-long crime spree. I don't know if that timeline or geographical spread qualifies him as a spree killer, since all the others currently included in the list seem to have taken place over less than a month, and most within the same state.) I don't know if he would qualify as a serial killer, either, based on the short amount of time he was active; with the exception of an involuntary break caused by his imprisonment in May 1979, there were no considerable breaks between his other 6 murders.

So would Harding qualify for this list? If not, would he qualify for a list of American serial killers? Or would he just be best left uncategorized at all?

I don't feel strongly one way or the other if his crime spree categorizes him as any particular kind of murderer at all; I do care, however, to know what exactly Harding would be so I can have a better idea of what his categories and lead section should reflect. His current lead section identifies him as a spree killer and possible serial killer. As it stands, I'm not 100% confident about what would be accurate for him, and I do care to make sure his categories and lead section are as accurate as possible. Afddiary (talk) 21:11, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[1] ttps://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Orlando_nightclub_shooting

[2] ttps://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Omar_Mateen

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