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unclear name, unclear list[edit]

"Killed in Syria"... When? Why? Seems like the person who created this list is blinded by recent events... --Guillaume2303 (talk) 16:23, 27 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

As they say, it takes a village! Thanks for your changes, Crtew (talk) 00:09, 28 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Missing journalists[edit]

So far we have only been listing missing journalists after their recovery and taking a historical approach. There are several good reasons for that.

Policy: Wikipedia is not a newspaper, although it is an up-to-date encyclopedia.
Verification problems: While we may be able to verify that a journalist is missing through news reports and we can cite that information as verification, the situations are often so fluid that the sources within the articles are wrong most of the time. Often, sources in the articles claim to know a fact when it is only based on their beliefs. An historical approach allows the contributor of the article to evaluate verification issues.
Reliability issues: The problem of verification will create a reliability problem. This could be exacerbated by other factors. A good essay to clarify potential problems is Wikipedia:Assessing reliability.
Safety issues: There are times when raising awareness about the missing, especially in political kidnapping case, could endanger the person who is missing. The case of David Rohde and Wikipedia is instructive:

See: [Keeping news off of Wikipedia]

Crtew (talk) 14:16, 3 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Surviving journalists listed[edit]

As I was browsing the page, I couldn't help but notice a small list of surviving journalists, "Professional journalists and citizen journalists/media activists who were missing and then freed". Either the list needs to be moved, or the article title needs to be changed for clarity.Ruukasu2005 (talk) 20:32, 24 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Knowing who survived can later help determine the missing who did not make it. We have been avoiding listing any journalist missing per the point above. Crtew (talk) 14:34, 13 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Suhail Mahmoud Al-Ali[edit]

/* Professional or citizen journalists/media activists killed in Syria */ Suhail Mahmoud Al-Ali (some sources say Damascus and others say Aleppo) Crtew (talk) 14:34, 13 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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