Talk:1976 California State University, Fullerton massacre

Verifiable Sources for Future Expansion

The CSUF Wikipedia article has information regarding this incident from The Daily Titan. There are also numerous references to the criminal case against Allaway and his attempts at being released on the search engine Google. T.E. Goodwin 10:23, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Further Info

Further info on the perpetrator's status and attempts at parole is necessary to improve the article as it does not mention anything related to his legal status after 2003, other than the fact that he is still incarcerated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Writerchic99 (talk • contribs) 11:42, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Comma

Why is there a comma between "Fullerton" and "massacre"? Seems wrong to me. Matuko (talk) 18:48, 17 March 2019 (UTC)

Looks like an undiscussed move, so I'm going to request that this page be moved back to its previous title. --Walk Like an Egyptian (talk) 23:14, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

Yes, it was an undiscussed correction of a grammatical error. The title makes no sense with Fullerton offset by a comma on only one side. How would you parse it? Dicklyon (talk) 01:53, 28 March 2019 (UTC)

Requested move 31 May 2019

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The result of the move request was: Not moved. No support. Consensus is to not move. (non-admin closure) В²C ☎ 18:33, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

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California State Fullerton massacre → Cal State Fullerton massacre – More conventional name. Dicklyon (talk) 15:52, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

This is a contested technical request (permalink). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:38, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

• @Dicklyon and BarrelProof: queried move request Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:39, 31 May 2019 (UTC)
• That seems potentially too informal. —BarrelProof (talk) 19:44, 31 May 2019 (UTC)
  • The most recent stable title was California State University, Fullerton, massacre (stable for about a year), so that is what this should revert to in the event of a lack of consensus. —BarrelProof (talk) 23:20, 31 May 2019 (UTC)
    • Another recent title has the mismatched comma error: California State University, Fullerton massacre. And editor fixed it, and later another reverted that, and then I tried avoiding the question via Cal State Fullerton massacre, which worked for a while, but then an editor who was digging up old moves of mine to revert after I opposed a couple of his technicals decided to go back to the one with the mismatched-comma error. Dicklyon (talk) 01:22, 1 June 2019 (UTC)
  • I do notice that there are six other titles of the form "Cal State Fullerton X", although all of them are sports teams. —BarrelProof (talk) 00:02, 1 June 2019 (UTC)
• Note: the university is very commonly referred to as "Cal State Fullerton" and "California State Univerity at Fullerton"; much less often "California State University, Fullerton"; like most others in the Cal State system. Dicklyon (talk) 01:17, 1 June 2019 (UTC)
• Oppose – I have to agree with BarrelProof that in most (i.e., non-sport) contexts, this particular abbreviated nickname is not in an encyclopedic register. The stable title "California State University, Fullerton, massacre" doesn't seem inappropriate here. 142.160.89.97 (talk) 02:42, 1 June 2019 (UTC)
• Oppose. I remember this topic from having participated in related Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ernest Becker (athletic director). "Cal State Fullerton" or "Cal State Titans" or similar are good for referring to baseball teams. But "California University State, Fullerton" is the formal name. Formal should be used here. See CSUF entrance signage in Google streetview: shows "CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY FULLERTON" in the concrete (looks to me without a comma, so i wonder if the university is moving towards dropping that), and seal above is bordered by "CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY * FULLERTON". In my opinion ""California State University, Fullerton, massacre" is definitely fine. If further evidence of a change in formal usage about comma is provided, i.e. if main article "California State University, Fullerton" is moved to drop the comma, then in future "California State University Fullerton massacre" MIGHT be okay. --Doncram (talk) 03:26, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

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Footnote: The resulting title was California State University, Fullerton, massacre. —BarrelProof (talk) 17:47, 17 June 2019 (UTC)

Requested move 28 May 2022

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The result of the move request was: moved. —usernamekiran (talk) 16:59, 16 June 2022 (UTC)

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California State University, Fullerton, massacre → California State University, Fullerton massacre – Per other articles such as 1993 Aurora, Colorado shooting, 2012 Aurora, Colorado shooting, and Aurora, Illinois shooting, all of which had a shared RM discussion that came to the consensus that a second comma was unnecessary. Love of Corey (talk) 20:18, 28 May 2022 (UTC) — Relisting. — Ceso femmuin mbolgaig mbung, mellohi! (投稿) 16:24, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

• Support strongly per nom. There's a VAST, WIDE collection of articles already in this format – e.g. "Sandy, Utah attack", "2012 College Station, Texas shooting", "St. Cloud, Minnesota mall stabbing", "Crandon, Wisconsin shooting", "2003 Abbeville, South Carolina right-of-way standoff", etc. ...The extra comma does technically make grammatical sense, but looks odd to many editors. It seems to be a regional thing. For many editors, the version of the title with one comma is perfectly fine. And for examples with U.S. states, a large percentage of Americans tend to subconsciously internally think of the "XCity, YState" format as a full name, and not as a grammatical qualifier or explanation (as opposed to MOS:GEOCOMMA). It's an odd debate, as both sides have a point (well, a comma in this case). Paintspot Infez (talk) 04:50, 30 May 2022 (UTC)
• Support: As Paintspot noted above, I believe a comma after the state is technically correct. If a consensus already exists for this, which it appears there may be, then this talk page likely isn't where this discussion would be most impactful. I support the move only to bring the current article in line with what appears to be the existing consensus. GauchoDude (talk) 00:52, 1 June 2022 (UTC)
• Oppose: The provided rationale seems based on the idea that MOS:GEOCOMMA is simply wrong and should be disregarded in favor of consistently following a different punctuation convention. This does not seem like the right way to reach such a conclusion. If we think the guideline is wrong, we should change the guideline, not decide to use a different rule in individual RM discussions. Also, as far as I can tell, the statement above that there was "consensus that a second comma was unnecessary" is incorrect. The referenced RM was withdrawn by the nominator and followed by another one, which had a "no consensus" result. There was no consensus declaration that the second comma is unnecessary in such phrasings. Beyond that, I'm not sure this is really the same sort of case as the others that have been mentioned. This isn't "XCity, YState", like all the other provided examples – instead it's "general university type, specific university in the system", which is a bit different. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 19:29, 1 June 2022 (UTC)
• Support move. I'd also support the shorter Cal State Fullerton massacre, but that was shot down three years ago and is unlikely to get wide support now. O.N.R. ^(talk) 12:18, 9 June 2022 (UTC)

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