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Rémi Enigma

died in the summer of 2023 after falling from a high rise 2A02:8440:4314:8ED9:0:5B:C98C:7D01 (talk) 14:08, 10 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

length conversions

Can we please get all the distances listed in the article auto-converted? There's a lot of measurements in feet, while some are in metres. I don't mind the mix (as sources often list one or the other), but there should always be a fitting metric/imperial conversion. Electricmaster (talk) 15:24, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Rare?

This source (Slate, "There’s a Very Modern Way to Die on a Hike. It’s a Dark Trend." by Anna Gibbs), says, "Selfie deaths are quite rare, with a peak of 68 in 2019." Sadly, this is a incorrect. An in-depth Google search will find far more than 68. The real number is likely 2 to 10 times as high. The deaths are not rare, they are routine. There are other factors 1) the word "selfie" is loosing currency because it's so common 2) spectacular events get news coverage more than mundane deaths, the novelty has worn off, so has the reporting. -- GreenC 02:46, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Generally speaking, at least on the List of unusual deaths, we go by what sources say. You or I or anyone could go "oh this happens all the time" or "wow I've never heard of this happening before", but you and I (and anyone) are just randos on the internet; we're not exactly unimpeachable sources. Given that, and to keep things from devolving into "is not/is too", going by what sources say is the best option for compromise. Is it perfect? Oh heck no. It's just better than nothing.

If you'd like, feel free to wander over to the unusual deaths talkpage and have a browse through the archives - there's tons of this over there. NekoKatsun (nyaa) 16:13, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oh yeah, didn't want to imply the article is indiscriminate, it's a very small number of cases vs other causes of death, for Wikipedia purposes this is a notable and discriminate topic. We even have a source that asserts it, saying "rare". -- GreenC 17:31, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requested split 11 December 2024

The split request can be found at Wikipedia:Proposed article splits#New requests. 67.209.129.129 (talk) 02:24, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In the news again

This article made the news again. From The Telegraph (archive):

For a time, Wikipedia kept a running total, estimating 379 people have died in selfie-related accidents between 2008 and 2021, with hundreds more sustaining serious injuries.Since then, other sources suggest the toll had risen to as many as 480 fatalities by the end of 2024. By way of comparison, far more people die from taking selfies than from shark attacks. A read of Wikipedia’s page listing worldwide selfie-related deaths and injuries is startling – everything from accidental shootings to drownings and even death by hand grenade

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379 documented on this page is way under-counted. Between 2015-2017 I spent considerable time researching it using sophisticated Google searching techniques, and in India alone, there are at least double that number. Just in India. I gave up searching because the amount of time was too much. That's why the numbers drop off after about 2018. Not because of fewer deaths.
It's good to see this page is noticed by the press. It really is "startling" as The Telgraph says. I'm glad all the work we did here has "paid off" in some way. It started as a lark, then became a horror show. -- GreenC 03:43, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]