Talk:Warrigal Creek Massacre

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Jun: Ronald Macalister is murdered near Port Albert. Warrigal Creek massacre "carried out in reprisal. (Some sources give date as July)."

from "Steps in Time: A Gippsland Chronology to 1899" Rich Farmbrough 01:24, 6 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Rename article[edit]

It strikes me that this article should be renamed to “Warrigal Creek Massacre”, as the creek is otherwise not noteworthy and would not merit a Wikipedia article.

Can anyone think of a good reason not to do this? ollee (talk) 22:36, 7 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support. It seems like a reasonable idea to me, although WP:NCE is not entirely clear on this. It gives one example (Babi Yar) where only the place is used as the name of the article. I think it's a judgement call – but looking at the others in the List of massacres of Indigenous Australians article, most seem to have "massacre" appended, and it would be in sync with. e.g. Waterloo Plains massacre and others in the Australian context. Laterthanyouthink (talk) 03:26, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the context Laterthanyouthink, I've made the change and also updated the article to reflect the change of focus ollee (talk) 06:29, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oops, I forgot to mention, "massacre" should begin with a small letter... Might only be possible via a request on the Technical moves page - but give it a whirl and see, Ollee? Or perhaps you can undo the move and do it again? Laterthanyouthink (talk) 06:35, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]