A fact from Murder of Pamela Werner appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 8 January 2017 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that British and Chinese officials in Beijing cooperated in trying to solve the murder of Pamela Werner, which happened 80 years ago today?
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This is a fascinating (though horrific) case and I thank whoever wrote the article. I noticed a small point of interest that's tangential to the main subject. This article states that during the Tientsin Incident "the Japanese blockaded that city after Dennis had refused to turn over two Chinese assassins." I thought it remarkable that a British police official was involved in two such noteworthy incidents, so I read the Wikipedia article on the Tientsin Incident. It mentions British Ambassador in Chongqing, Sir Archibald Clark-Kerr; "[t]he local British consul, Mr. Jamieson"; and British Foreign Secretary, Lord Halifax as being involved in the decision not to hand over the suspects (though they were handed over and executed at the end of the incident), but the name Dennis does not appear in that article. If Dennis was part of the decision making, should that be mentioned in that other article? Should I have made this note at that other article? I put it here because whoever wrote this is the person who knows where Dennis's contribution to the decision is referenced and thus could authoritatively add content to the Tientsin Incident article if appropriate. Gms3591 (talk) 12:18, 8 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@Gms3591: As the primary contributor, thank you. French is the one who mentions Dennis's role—or perhaps role as perceived by the Japanese—in that affair. I will have to look through his references and see what might support it (and yes, that would be worth adding to the Tientsin Incident article). Daniel Case (talk) 21:46, 8 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Can you please clarify in the article what date Pamela Werner was murdered on? Was she murdered on 7th January 1937 and discovered on 8th January 1937 or was she murdered on the 8th January and discovered on the 9th January 1937?
Failing that, can you clarify the last date that she was seen alive? Was it 7th January 1937 or 8th January 1937?
OK. I added "7 January 1937" to the beginning of the "disappearance and death" section. As the article shows, there is uncertainty over the exact time she was murdered, so either that day or the 8th could be the date of death (but does that really matter at this point?) Daniel Case (talk) 01:00, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
