Talk:Bath School disaster/FAQ
 | Below are answers to frequently asked questions about the corresponding page Bath School disaster. They address concerns, questions, and misconceptions which have repeatedly arisen on the talk page. Please feel free to change this material in light of new discussion. |
Q1: Why is this article called the "Bath School disaster"? Shouldn't it be called a "massacre" or maybe "bombings", "attacks" or something else?
A1: "Disaster" is a historic term in this title. "Bath School disaster" is what the event's survivors called it, as did contemporaneous news accounts, historic documents, state markers, and memorials. Dictionaries and other reliable sources include man-made disasters alongside natural disasters in their definitions. Note that this topic has been discussed on this talk page many times since 2008: here, here, here, here, here, and here. A 2014 RfC re: "Bath School bombings" or "Bath School disaster" resulted in a consensus to keep the present title of Bath School disaster. Please review these discussions and prepare new reliable sources for consideration before initiating a new talk page discussion.