Talk:Malmö school stabbing

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The Backround section in this article was removed because it is “original research”. The backround section discusses the fact that school attacks have become increasingly common in Sweden and that a crime of a similar nature occured two months before this crime. I don’t understand how it is original research, as one of sources used for this section is not original research but an article relating to the increase of crimes of this nature in Sweden and I personally believe the idea that other attacks of a similiar nature shouldn’t be mentioned in this article has no back to it as many other high profile crimes including the Columbine High School massacre, Trollhattan school stabbing and the Christchurch mosque shootings all have similiar cases listed along with backround sections. Salutations25 (talk) 15:37, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

:{{ping|Hameltion}} can you respond to the above? TSventon (talk) 16:02, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

::(Thanks for the ping.) "Original research" doesn't mean the facts aren't true, just that it's (marginally) original to relate them to this case without having sources specifically about the case. The articles you linked seem to be properly using sources this way; for example, {{tq|New Zealand has been considered a safe and tolerant place}} is cited to a [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13218719.2020.1770635 journal] and [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-newzealand-shootout-shock-idUSKCN1QW12N news article] about the attack. Here, [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60867754 this BBC article] already cited for facts about the event would be a good start for restoring some background info, as it says {{tq|fatal violence amongst young people in Sweden has historically been incredibly rare ... recent increase in lethal shootings ...}}, etc. Hameltion (talk | contribs) 16:19, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

:::I thought original research meant research made by the person reciting it, other articles relating to Swedish (or as a whole Scandinavian) school attacks have stated the increase of school attacks in the region. Would it not make sense for this article to do the same in order to inform the reader with some backround information? Salutations25 (talk) 18:39, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

::::As I said, by all means include background information—if that background information appears in reliable sources about this event. Hameltion (talk | contribs) 18:52, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

:::::{{facepalm|I misunderstood, I must apologize.}} Salutations25 (talk) 19:06, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

::::::Salutations25 there is some guidance on putting sources together at WP:SYNTHESIS. Articles which appear on the main page are likely to get checked more thoroughly than those that don't. TSventon (talk) 20:25, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

The article as it stands is just at Start class, and far from meeting the Good Article criteria. I have removed the nomination on that basis. Perhaps, after significant expansion in a number of areas, it will be eligible, but not at the current time. BlueMoonset (talk) 17:41, 5 November 2023 (UTC)