Talk:María Isabella Cordero

A fact from María Isabella Cordero appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 28 December 2012 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that María Isabella Cordero, a former Mexican anchorwoman on Televisa, was killed in Mexico's most violent state in 2010? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2012/December. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/María Isabella Cordero.

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I know there are three references (only one in English) but the statement "The shell casings found at the crime scene belonged to an assault rifle, which is a weapon often used by organized crime. But the motive behind the assassination remains unknown." is misleading. Even though stated in the English reference, "The shell casings found at the crime scene belonged to an assault rifle" is ambiguous and should be removed from the article. "Assault rifle" cannot be defined properly. Also "which is a weapon often used by organized crime" is more emotion than fact and is even more ambiguous given that "assault rifle" cannot be defined properly. I recommend that the above quote be shortened to just "The motive behind the assassination remains unknown" Stretch0069 (talk) 16:22, 28 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Here's where I got that from, "Bullet casings from assault rifles were found at the crime scene, but the motive for the killings has not been determined, the officials said." In other words, the weapons used in the attack leads the investigation to another direction – pointing out that it was an organized crime attack from the drug cartels. What do you think? ComputerJA (talk) 16:55, 28 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • I guess my issue with the statement is that it just seems that it was thrown in there. Saying that they were casings from an assault rifle is ambiguous and just seems an attempt to make "assault rifles" look bad. I know that is all the reference says, but that doesn't mean it has to be put in the article. The term "assault rifle" is just a term used by those with an agenda to create fear. To me, it just doesn't add anything to the article. The reader can go to the references and determine for themselves what the writer was trying to say. I'm not saying it has to be changed, just thought it seemed out of place. Cheers :) Stretch0069 (talk) 09:21, 30 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You may be right. I didn't see the term assault rifle as an agenda for fear... I guess it depends from what background we have and how they say it. Here in Mexico they use the term a lot because the cartels use all kinds of "assault rifles," and it's easier and more practical to call it that than listing them. Most people aren't even familiar with all the kinds of guns, so the term may probably be fit.

In my opinion, the authors wrote that assault rifles were involved because that would mean that organized crime is probably behind the killing. Regular citizens in Mexico cannot own assault rifles legally. Good day :) ComputerJA (talk) 21:28, 30 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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