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Cause

Time to change that cause of death 66.170.198.39 (talk) 21:33, 23 September 2022 (UTC)A[reply]

Ref please Sectionworker (talk) 22:22, 23 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Background section reads like an autobiography

The background should be strictly education, job, no criminal background. Now it looks like a puff piece. Tallard (talk) 15:24, 24 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Please see the George Floyd article which includes a great deal about his private life. Sectionworker (talk) 02:27, 25 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed Title Change

Per Wikipedia's naming conventions, the title of this article should be changed to "Killing of Elijah McClain" as his death was ruled a homicide. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(violence_and_deaths) Waterfire (talk) 23:07, 24 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

If you read this article you can see that it's too soon for us to say he was killed. Sectionworker (talk) 02:45, 25 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The article was updated since I made this statement. Yesterday the article and some early news reports indicated that the legal manner of death was updated, but subsequent reports show this was not the case. As the manner officially is still undetermined, it is indeed too early for a title change. Waterfire (talk) 20:52, 25 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]