Talk:List of murdered American children

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Section size for List of murdered American children (8 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	496	496
Before 1950	1,868	1,868
1950s–1960s	3,857	3,857
1970s–1980s	25,815	25,815
1990s–2000s	11,812	11,812
2010s–2020s	12,841	12,841
See also	116	116
References	381	381
Total	57,186	57,186

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Jon Benet Ramsey, murdered 12/26/1996, 2601:645:4300:BCE0:D815:30D1:EA30:731A (talk) 13:19, 23 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Changes made: Thanks for contributing! (List of murdered American children § 1990s)
— Urro^{[user][talk][edits]} 15:14, 24 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Removal of many cases that had citations

I’m noticing that in fall 2023 many, many children were removed from this page. I do think there is logic behind removing uncited cases as was done, but why only include cases that have full specific pages? There are notable cases of child-killings that do not have full pages on Wikipedia and which were included here with citations. I personally always viewed this page as a great resource to find a list of them. I see no discussion of this anywhere, so felt obligated to bring up. Is it really best to make this list a fraction of its initial size? Appreciate any response. La rodman (talk) 21:42, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]