Talk:Kermit Gosnell: Difference between revisions

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This article features images showing two of the victims’ corpses. They’re highly disturbing, especially to sensitive readers. I’m requesting that they be removed ASAP 96.239.30.100 (talk) 07:05, 5 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please read Wikipedia is not censored.–☾Loriendrew☽ ☏(ring-ring) 22:04, 5 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I tend to agree with OP, these images are highly disturbing and do little to enhance the quality of the article (the text does this fine) and is disrespectful to the victims. I don’t believe that it is censorship to suggest that graphic crime scene photography is not necessary for each murderer on Wikipedia. 49.199.197.91 (talk) 03:47, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think according to the manual of style, removal is justifiable as the do not add anything informative to the article that is not already mentioned in the text. True crime Wikipedia articles usually do not contain graphic close up images of victims. Oddbard (talk) 01:32, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia is not censored. The image serves useful encyclopedic value considering it was a prominent topic of discussion at the trial and in the media. Images should not be removed simply because they may be offensive or disturbing to some viewers. DocZach (talk) 18:56, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

DocZach: This article says he was convicted of three counts of first degree murder and one of involuntary manslaughter, making four victims in total. There may have been more, but we have no proof of this and so cannot claim it with certainty. We should report the facts and we may report speculation in so far it’s relevant, but we must not misleadingly change mere speculation into proven fact.

You say that “Ted Bundy was only convicted of three murders, but his victim count is 20”, but that’s a very different case, because he confessed even more than those and in 20 of those cases his responsibility could be proven by independent reliable sources – the victims are all listed in his article, with names and circumstances of their murder.

That’s not the case in this case where there were additional, but lesser crimes (such as 21 illegal late-term abortions), and others suspected, but not proven. Gawaon (talk) 08:59, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]