Talk:The Cheshire murders
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A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on November 26, 2010. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the 2007 home invasion murders in Cheshire, Connecticut, have been called 'possibly the most widely publicized crime in the state's history'? |
2016 suicide attempt
editOn August 18, 2016, Joshua Komisarjevsky attempted to hang himself in his prison cell. Here is a newspaper article about it.
https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/prison-says-joshua-komisarjevsky-tried-committing-suicide/61952/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1702:CC4:20F0:6E8B:1252:DCA2:9116 (talk) 04:15, 2 November 2023 (UTC)
Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 31 May 2023
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Steve was his name and changing it is an insult to the victims by letting this POS hide behind an identity established after words do NOT let this monster hide behind the LGBTQ community as an insult 149.142.201.42 (talk) 20:06, 31 May 2023 (UTC)
- I don't know if I'm in the right place to make a comment, but here goes...
- Steven (now Linda) Hayes was male, not female, at the time the Cheshire home invasion murders were committed, as well as during the arrest, charging, trial and sentencing for the crimes. Editing the details to show Hayes as female throughout the timeline of this heinous atrocity is totally confusing, misleading - and wrong.
- While Hayes had been diagnosed with a gender identity disorder at 16, it had never been treated. Hayes did not start undergoing feminizing hormone therapy as part of a gender transition until incarcerated - approximately 10 years following the murders.
- I checked to see how they handled the gender situation with Bruce (now Caitlyn) Jenner during an impressive athletic career. Instead of using "he" or "she, they simply used "Jenner" throughout the article to avoid any transgression (no pun intended).
- In this case, I feel "Hayes" would also be less confusing to the reader than "she". You could also use "they", but then the reader might think you are referring to both Hayes and Komisarjevsky.
- Thank you. 178.189.236.53 (talk) 17:25, 5 August 2023 (UTC)
Not done:—this is covered by the second and third paragraphs of MOS:GENDERID, as the subject is a living person.--Jerome Frank Disciple 20:40, 31 May 2023 (UTC)
Question at WT:Manual of Style/Biography relating to this page
editHello! I've just asked a question as to the meaning of GENDERID at WT:MOS/BIOGRAPHY that would affect this article, and, specifically, whether Linda Hayes's deadname is included.--Jerome Frank Disciple 01:15, 24 June 2023 (UTC)