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User: Kevin McE reverted User:Plot Spoiler changes of the name this article to "honor killing." Rather than try to find a WP:consensus through WP:Bold Revert Discuss, User:Plat Spoiler just reverted them back. Plot spoiler also did this at four other articles. Elsewhere User:Plot Spoiler's excuse has been "no one had edited the articles in a while." We all can find semi-abandoned articles and make controversial changes to their names. But once someone objects and reverts, we have to discuss. That's what WP:Consensus is all about. I think it is a violation of WP:Consensus for Plot Spoiler not to revert these until consensus to change them is reached.
In that case, User:Plot Spoiler still should have reverted to the original name since User:Kevin McE had a problem with his change to "honor killing." This is a good example of why when people start changing titles, it should revert to the original while discussions are going on. Especially when they do five or six at a time. The onus remains on User:Plot Spoiler to do the right thing. CarolMooreDC04:28, 3 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
For whatever it is worth, I support the title including "Honor killing" because this spells out precisely why the event is notable and is the more descriptively specific of the two alternatives with the word "killing". Blue Danube (talk) 07:09, 31 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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The naming of other articles is not relevant. The term "Honour killing" clearly carries a bias, and while obviously there should be an article about it, that does not legitimise the use of the term in other article titles. There is an article on justifiable homicide, but you absolutely wouldn't have an article entitled "Justifiable homicide of John Smith". 200.104.245.226 (talk) 03:31, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
If there exist some articles with biased titles, that does not mean that all titles must be biased for consistency. However, given that there are 5 articles using this incorrect formulation, and something like 400 articles titled "Murder of...", I agree that this article should comply with the policy you mention. 200.104.245.226 (talk) 17:15, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
You could withdraw this and try a multi-move of all the hono(u)r killings articles, though I doubt it would be any more successful. WP:POVNAME applies. You could also begin a discussion at WT:WTW (the talk page of WP:EUPHEMISM). If you could build consensus there for the idea that "honor killing" is merely a euphemism, we could effectively scrub it from Wikipedia. Again, this is not likely to be successful, but it may be more in line with your goals than simply trying to rename one article. --BDD (talk) 18:09, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
POVNAME does not apply. The article title is not a name commonly used for the event but a description coined by wikipedia editors. The "idea" that honour killing is a euphemism? What planet are you on? Are you seriously arguing that it's not a euphemism? 200.104.245.226 (talk) 18:25, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
An "honour killing" is a murder. Clearly the article should explain that the murder was described by some as an honour killing. But it obviously flies in the face of neutrality to explicitly endorse that point of view in the article title. 200.104.245.226 (talk) 03:31, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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