Category talk:Massacres in Canada

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Inclusion requirements

What constitutes a "massacre"? What are the inclusion requirements of this category? I looked at List of massacres in Canada and saw a murder/suicide listed there as a massacre, which seems like a gross exaggeration and mischaracterization of a "murder/suicide" as massacre. That said, 19 victims were injured but survived. I think we need to establish the parameters of this category before applying it to anything where there were two or more victims. Right now it is too subjective and ambiguous. Hwy43 (talk) 05:11, 16 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note an attempt to explain inclusion criteria has since been added, though I'd appreciate discussion to see if that is appropriate. I'm finding this ambiguous, especially due to there being categories for spree killings and mass murders out there as well that are overlapping with this category. Cheers, Hwy43 (talk) 05:34, 16 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I added the definition to help with inclusion criteria, but Hwy43 is correct. It's ambiguous, both spree killings and mass murders are similar in name, the definitions are more ambiguous. Homicides by method from Statistics Canada defines differently than American sources. In the Canadian Criminal Code neither names are stated. Spree killings/shootings A spree killer is someone who kills two or more victims in a short time in multiple locations (Rampage killings to Spree Killings). Mass murders the act of murdering a number of people, typically simultaneously or over a relatively short period of time; are both found here (FBI), but the definition still seems to overlap each other. Kyle1278 (talk) 11:18, 16 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I have removed the Mayerthorpe tragedy, 2014 Calgary stabbing, and 2014 Edmonton killings from the List of massacres in Canada, since they don't fit the definition of a Massacress since they are not indiscriminate.Kyle1278 (talk) 11:26, 16 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Isn't it when people look for 'List of massacres in Canada', they are looking for a list of mass murder events? Wikipedia itself claims there is no 'objective definition', only a killing, usually with multiple victims. See: Massacre Idiacanthus 18:07, 20 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]