Knowledge

Talk:Murder of William Robinson

Source đź“ť

287: 221: 307: 441: 420: 527: 509: 537: 110: 92: 211: 180: 61: 32: 356: 335: 120: 618:
Robinson's murder is set in the context of BC of the time, and has become the subject of varous studies/publications because of its import for inter-racial history in BC; yes, there were lots of murders even in BC in the 1860s....but many of them, also, will ahve articles as noteworthy in some way or
607:
What is the context or importance of this article? While a murder in 1868 is perhaps interesting, this article has no context to put it into. There are hundreds of murders a year, and presumably many dozens in 1868. Why is this murder notable or significant that it should be included in Knowledge?
708:
I'd forgotten this discussion when I made the just-now dab change to "murder victim". Also as it was 1860, and this wasn't yet Canada, the other dab would/should have been "British Columbian settler". The degree to which this page is really a pastiche of its source website should also be
693:
states that the initial disambiguation should be to "Person (occupation)", and if necessary due to naming conflict (which exists here as there is a William Robinson settler in New Zealand) then to "Person (Canadian occupation)".
723:
And actually, Saltspring was not part of the Colony of British Columbia, but rather part of the Colony of Vancouver Island, so the said dab would have been "Vancouver Island settler"; "murder victim" seems more apt in any
42: 402: 619:
other. "It's an issue in modern historiography", i.e. Robinson's murder, although yes there are more notable murders like that of James Barry and the Poole family; but I can't see a reason to
807: 367:, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Crime and Criminal Biography articles on Knowledge. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join 368: 363: 340: 777: 767: 267: 802: 392: 787: 772: 762: 797: 637:
I suspect that the subject is notable, but we should have more sources to demonstrate that he has been subject of more than just one secondary source.
782: 827: 579: 757: 277: 138: 817: 752: 491: 481: 296: 190: 792: 585: 142: 812: 316: 194: 146: 832: 243: 137:, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Knowledge's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to 822: 457: 133: 97: 686: 660: 234: 185: 72: 448: 425: 664: 550: 514: 38: 554:, an attempt at providing a comprehensive, standardised, pan-jurisdictional and up-to-date resource for the 60: 699: 642: 78: 17: 31: 456:
on Knowledge. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join
242:
on Knowledge. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join
729: 714: 690: 672: 628: 286: 695: 638: 125: 306: 733: 718: 703: 676: 646: 632: 612: 609: 440: 419: 746: 725: 710: 668: 624: 226: 526: 508: 536: 109: 91: 542: 532: 216: 210: 179: 115: 239: 145:. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the 453: 355: 334: 555: 54: 26: 305: 285: 452:, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of 238:, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of 584:This article has not yet received a rating on the 377:Knowledge:WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography 808:WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography articles 380:Template:WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography 667:; but definitely not what it's currently called. 8: 503: 414: 329: 174: 86: 58: 778:Low-importance British Columbia articles 364:WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography 505: 416: 331: 176: 88: 768:Low-importance Canada-related articles 803:Low-importance Crime-related articles 709:considered; are there other sources? 18:Talk:William Robinson (murder victim) 7: 788:Low-importance Canadian law articles 773:Stub-Class British Columbia articles 548:This article is within the scope of 446:This article is within the scope of 361:This article is within the scope of 232:This article is within the scope of 131:This article is within the scope of 687:William Robinson (Canadian settler) 661:William Robinson (Canadian settler) 558:and the subjects encompassed by it. 77:It is of interest to the following 763:Stub-Class Canada-related articles 41:on 21 October 2020. The result of 25: 798:Stub-Class Crime-related articles 783:Stub-Class Canadian law articles 659:Not sure of what to dab it as - 535: 525: 507: 439: 418: 354: 333: 219: 209: 178: 118: 108: 90: 59: 30: 828:Unknown-importance law articles 486:This article has been rated as 397:This article has been rated as 272:This article has been rated as 155:Knowledge:WikiProject Biography 37:This article was nominated for 758:WikiProject Biography articles 665:William Robinson (Salt Spring) 158:Template:WikiProject Biography 1: 818:Low-importance Death articles 753:Stub-Class biography articles 734:14:26, 22 February 2009 (UTC) 719:14:25, 22 February 2009 (UTC) 460:and see a list of open tasks. 371:and see a list of open tasks. 314:This article is supported by 294:This article is supported by 246:and see a list of open tasks. 793:All WikiProject Canada pages 613:23:42, 8 December 2005 (UTC) 374:Crime and Criminal Biography 341:Crime and Criminal Biography 297:WikiProject British Columbia 252:Knowledge:WikiProject Canada 143:contribute to the discussion 704:19:25, 28 August 2008 (UTC) 677:14:08, 27 August 2008 (UTC) 647:19:25, 28 August 2008 (UTC) 633:14:08, 27 August 2008 (UTC) 466:Knowledge:WikiProject Death 255:Template:WikiProject Canada 849: 586:project's importance scale 492:project's importance scale 469:Template:WikiProject Death 403:project's importance scale 278:project's importance scale 813:Stub-Class Death articles 583: 564:Knowledge:WikiProject Law 520: 485: 434: 396: 349: 313: 293: 271: 204: 103: 85: 833:WikiProject Law articles 567:Template:WikiProject Law 317:WikiProject Canadian law 823:Stub-Class law articles 258:Canada-related articles 383:Crime-related articles 310: 290: 67:This article is rated 655:Move/rename/dab issue 309: 289: 134:WikiProject Biography 685:with page move to 311: 291: 235:WikiProject Canada 161:biography articles 73:content assessment 600: 599: 596: 595: 592: 591: 502: 501: 498: 497: 449:WikiProject Death 413: 412: 409: 408: 328: 327: 324: 323: 173: 172: 169: 168: 53: 52: 16:(Redirected from 840: 689:, as proposed. 623:this article.... 572: 571: 568: 565: 562: 545: 540: 539: 529: 522: 521: 511: 504: 474: 473: 470: 467: 464: 443: 436: 435: 430: 422: 415: 385: 384: 381: 378: 375: 358: 351: 350: 345: 337: 330: 260: 259: 256: 253: 250: 229: 224: 223: 222: 213: 206: 205: 200: 197: 191:British Columbia 182: 175: 163: 162: 159: 156: 153: 139:join the project 128: 126:Biography portal 123: 122: 121: 112: 105: 104: 94: 87: 70: 64: 63: 55: 34: 27: 21: 848: 847: 843: 842: 841: 839: 838: 837: 743: 742: 657: 605: 569: 566: 563: 560: 559: 551:WikiProject Law 541: 534: 471: 468: 465: 462: 461: 428: 382: 379: 376: 373: 372: 343: 257: 254: 251: 248: 247: 225: 220: 218: 198: 188: 160: 157: 154: 151: 150: 124: 119: 117: 71:on Knowledge's 68: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 846: 844: 836: 835: 830: 825: 820: 815: 810: 805: 800: 795: 790: 785: 780: 775: 770: 765: 760: 755: 745: 744: 741: 740: 739: 738: 737: 736: 656: 653: 652: 651: 650: 649: 604: 601: 598: 597: 594: 593: 590: 589: 582: 576: 575: 573: 547: 546: 530: 518: 517: 512: 500: 499: 496: 495: 488:Low-importance 484: 478: 477: 475: 472:Death articles 458:the discussion 444: 432: 431: 429:Low‑importance 423: 411: 410: 407: 406: 399:Low-importance 395: 389: 388: 386: 369:the discussion 359: 347: 346: 344:Low‑importance 338: 326: 325: 322: 321: 312: 302: 301: 292: 282: 281: 274:Low-importance 270: 264: 263: 261: 244:the discussion 231: 230: 214: 202: 201: 199:Low‑importance 183: 171: 170: 167: 166: 164: 130: 129: 113: 101: 100: 95: 83: 82: 76: 65: 51: 50: 43:the discussion 35: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 845: 834: 831: 829: 826: 824: 821: 819: 816: 814: 811: 809: 806: 804: 801: 799: 796: 794: 791: 789: 786: 784: 781: 779: 776: 774: 771: 769: 766: 764: 761: 759: 756: 754: 751: 750: 748: 735: 731: 727: 722: 721: 720: 716: 712: 707: 706: 705: 701: 697: 692: 688: 684: 681: 680: 679: 678: 674: 670: 666: 662: 654: 648: 644: 640: 636: 635: 634: 630: 626: 622: 617: 616: 615: 614: 611: 602: 587: 581: 578: 577: 574: 557: 553: 552: 544: 538: 533: 531: 528: 524: 523: 519: 516: 513: 510: 506: 493: 489: 483: 480: 479: 476: 459: 455: 451: 450: 445: 442: 438: 437: 433: 427: 424: 421: 417: 404: 400: 394: 391: 390: 387: 370: 366: 365: 360: 357: 353: 352: 348: 342: 339: 336: 332: 319: 318: 308: 304: 303: 299: 298: 288: 284: 283: 279: 275: 269: 266: 265: 262: 245: 241: 237: 236: 228: 227:Canada portal 217: 215: 212: 208: 207: 203: 196: 192: 187: 184: 181: 177: 165: 148: 147:documentation 144: 140: 136: 135: 127: 116: 114: 111: 107: 106: 102: 99: 96: 93: 89: 84: 80: 74: 66: 62: 57: 56: 48: 44: 40: 36: 33: 29: 28: 19: 682: 658: 620: 606: 570:law articles 549: 487: 447: 398: 362: 315: 295: 273: 233: 132: 79:WikiProjects 46: 696:Skeezix1000 691:WP:CANSTYLE 639:Skeezix1000 556:legal field 747:Categories 543:Law portal 69:Stub-class 663:maybe or 610:Lendorien 152:Biography 98:Biography 726:Skookum1 711:Skookum1 669:Skookum1 625:Skookum1 603:Untitled 39:deletion 621:exclude 490:on the 401:on the 276:on the 249:Canada 240:Canada 186:Canada 75:scale. 724:case. 683:Agree 463:Death 454:Death 426:Death 730:talk 715:talk 700:talk 673:talk 643:talk 629:talk 141:and 47:keep 45:was 580:??? 561:Law 515:Law 482:Low 393:Low 268:Low 195:Law 749:: 732:) 717:) 702:) 675:) 645:) 631:) 608:-- 193:/ 189:: 728:( 713:( 698:( 671:( 641:( 627:( 588:. 494:. 405:. 320:. 300:. 280:. 149:. 81:: 49:. 20:)

Index

Talk:William Robinson (murder victim)
Articles for deletion
deletion
the discussion

content assessment
WikiProjects
WikiProject icon
Biography
WikiProject icon
Biography portal
WikiProject Biography
join the project
contribute to the discussion
documentation
WikiProject icon
Canada
British Columbia
Law
WikiProject icon
Canada portal
WikiProject Canada
Canada
the discussion
Low
project's importance scale
Taskforce icon
WikiProject British Columbia
Taskforce icon
WikiProject Canadian law

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.

↑