Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold was a Social sciences and society good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
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The lead paragraph has this:
"After killing most of their victims in the school's library, theydied by self-inflicted gunshot wounds."
They very much did die of self-inflicted gunshot wounds, but (maybe being pedantic) this seems an odd way to phrase it - it's like they already had the gunshot wounds before the shooting, and died of them afterwards. Or that they shot themselves on accident. The article for the Columbine massacre itself has it as:
"Ten of the twelve students killed were in the school library, where Harris and Klebold subsequently died by suicide."
My request is to change the sentence (in bold) of the lead paragraph to "they died by suicide", "they committed suicide" or any variation, or if we're being more specific "they committed suicide by shooting themselves" (as precedent, for an article where the last of these is the phrasing, see https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockton_schoolyard_shooting)
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Harris and Klebold have become pop culture icons, with the pair often portrayed, referenced and seen in film, television, video games, music and books. Many killers since the shooting have taken inspiration from the pair (dubbed the Columbine effect), either hailing them as heroes or expressing sympathy for them. Harris and Klebold also have a fanbase, who have coined the term "Columbiners", who write fan fiction and draw fan art of them. Others have also dressed as the duo for cosplay or Halloween.[11]
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Done —Sirdog (talk) 03:08, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
Not done: proposed text doesn't have an appropriate encyclopedic formal tone and removes key information about their impact. ObserveOwl 🎄 (talk) 00:36, 19 December 2024 (UTC)