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Suicide
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- Result: Delisted. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 13:03, 25 October 2025 (UTC)
My rationale is at Talk:Suicide#GA status. I posted there first because I was hoping someone would be interested in addressing the concerns. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 00:35, 15 September 2025 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 25 January 2026
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Change the list of confirmed suicides to include Sulli / Choi Jin-ri.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulli Todayiscrashday (talk) 00:25, 25 January 2026 (UTC)
Not done Todayiscrashday this is not the correct article to make this request. Please make it at the correct article List of suicides 🇵🇸🇺🇦 FiddleTimtrent FaddleTalk to me 🇺🇦🇵🇸 00:33, 25 January 2026 (UTC)
Needs in this article
There should be some ways of prevention in suicide, please add it ~2026-11722-65 (talk) 08:03, 22 February 2026 (UTC)
Request to erase a section
Hello, I think this section at the intro of the article should be erased or at least heavily reworded: "Suicide is often seen as a major catastrophe, causing significant grief to the deceased's relatives, friends and community members, and it is viewed negatively almost everywhere around the world." Here is the []. The user was a ban-evader and the reference he did put does not indicate such things. Vouivre (talk) 20:51, 10 April 2026 (UTC)
Add in the article that suicide should be encouraged
Add at the top of the article that suicide should be encouraged, it’s something perfectly fine to do, it’s perfectly ethical to suicide. ~2026-24008-95 (talk) 12:23, 18 April 2026 (UTC)
- This is a moral belief and therefore unfit for Wikipedia. - coolgurl5555 ✈︎ (she/her) ✈︎ 02:26, 19 April 2026 (UTC)
Requested move 18 April 2026
- The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The result of the move request was: Not Moved. Unanimous opposition. WP:SNOW close as suggested in several comments. Station1 (talk) 10:49, 19 April 2026 (UTC)
Suicide → Killing yourself – While Suicide is the traditional and most common term in academic and clinical contexts, the phrase “killing yourself” is widely used in everyday language and may be more immediately recognizable and understandable to general readers, particularly those with lower familiarity with formal terminology. Wikipedia’s article title policy emphasizes recognizability and naturalness for a broad audience, and this phrasing reflects how the concept is commonly expressed in plain English. Additionally, using more direct language could improve accessibility and searchability for readers who are more likely to use conversational terms when seeking information. The current title could be retained as a redirect, preserving consistency with existing usage in reliable sources while allowing the article title to better align with natural language. ~2026-23834-76 (talk) 12:30, 18 April 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose. Titles should not address the reader directly. Srnec (talk) 16:45, 18 April 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose per Srnec but I would also oppose a more to "Killing oneself". Encyclopedias are formal by nature - switching to low-brow language in the name of "understandability" as proposed here is silly. * Pppery * it has begun... 16:51, 18 April 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose: Suicide is the more recognizable and common term, even nowadays. The proposed title also seems informal. Babin Mew (talk) 16:58, 18 April 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose we don't generally use descriptive names when a common formal term exists, Britannica uses suicide. Crouch, Swale (talk) 18:28, 18 April 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose per Srnec (see MOS:YOU) and wanting a formal tone for encyclopedic content. I suggest a speedy close, as this has been rapidly universally opposed and seems to have no chance and is wasting people's time and attention. — BarrelProof (talk) 18:53, 18 April 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose per above. We already have this redirect. - coolgurl5555 ✈︎ (she/her) ✈︎ 02:25, 19 April 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose "Suicide" is the most concise, formal, and recognizable option. This isn't going anywhere. DiscoursesonLivvy (talk · contribs) 03:16, 19 April 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose per above. Snow close perhaps? Mellk (talk) 04:34, 19 April 2026 (UTC)