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A news item involving Christchurch mosque shootings was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the In the news section on 15 March 2019.

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A fact from this article was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the On this day section on March 15, 2021.

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Refer to Elizabeth II as "Queen Elizabeth II, New Zealand's head of state" in the Reactions section. (link)
Do not link to copies of the livestreamed video of the crime.

Section sizes

Section size for Christchurch mosque shootings (51 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	20,820	20,820
Background	17	25,901
Locations	2,185	2,185
Perpetrator	23,699	23,699
Preparation	3,636	48,409
Weaponry	18,624	18,624
Manifesto	26,149	26,149
Events	13	20,982
Al Noor Mosque	10,384	10,384
Linwood Islamic Centre	6,132	6,132
Tarrant's arrest	4,453	4,453
Legal proceedings	24	34,545
Arraignment	5,574	5,574
Initial plea and pre-trial detention	5,072	5,072
Guilty plea and sentencing arrangements	4,132	4,132
Sentencing	12,293	12,293
Imprisonment	7,450	7,450
Victims	3,641	3,641
Aftermath	16	71,553
Governmental response	11,721	11,721
Media response	2,068	2,068
Other responses in New Zealand	18,511	19,683
Operation Whakahaumanu	1,172	1,172
Fundraisers and philanthropy	5,645	5,645
Related arrests and incidents	38	32,420
New Zealand	9,773	9,773
Outside New Zealand	7,267	7,267
Inspired incidents	15,342	15,342
Reactions	17	20,808
World leaders	6,988	6,988
Far-right	3,603	3,603
Islamic groups	4,611	4,611
People and countries mentioned by Tarrant	5,589	5,589
Livestream	3,561	27,805
Video distribution	3,724	3,724
Arrests and prosecutions	8,515	8,515
Media outlets	4,563	4,563
Social media companies	7,442	7,442
Legacy	13	46,888
Gun laws	10,376	10,376
Royal commission of inquiry	6,493	6,493
He Whenua Taurikura	6,996	6,996
Coroner's inquiry	6,436	6,436
Centre of Research Excellence	3,268	3,268
Film	12,130	12,130
Awards	1,176	1,176
See also	637	637
Notes	16,942	16,942
References	44	44
Further reading	512	512
External links	2,180	2,180
Total	341,667	341,667

Linking

Should we make all "New Zealand Police" mentioned in the article into New Zealand Police ? Kiwiz1338 (talk) 16:40, 7 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Usual rules would have just the first mention hyper-linked. No need to link every mention. OrewaTel (talk) 07:44, 10 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

See overlinking Roger 8 Roger (talk) 07:49, 10 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Islamophobia

The Islamophobia Template has been added. This results in an intrusive infobox that interrupts reading of the article without adding any new information. It is arguable that Tarrant was a racist rather than an Islamophobe. The template was the subject of a deletion debate [1] which collapsed into 'No Consensus'. I prefer the article without this template. Should it be removed? OrewaTel (talk) 19:53, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I collapsed the template before I saw this talk page post. I have no objection to anyone removing it.-gadfium 20:20, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, remove it. Roger 8 Roger (talk) 23:03, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Removed as per consensus. OrewaTel (talk) 22:07, 16 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]