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:I disagree. She clearly tried to keep her online and offline personas separate, and went public only because she was outed. At least for now I believe we should err on the side of privacy as the ] says, and simply see how this matter develops. ] - ] 21:28, 7 March 2014 (UTC) |
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:I disagree. She clearly tried to keep her online and offline personas separate, and went public only because she was outed. At least for now I believe we should err on the side of privacy as the ] says, and simply see how this matter develops. ] - ] 21:28, 7 March 2014 (UTC) |
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*I also disagree with using the name stated in the articles. The problem is that none of those places have really said how they identified her. Without Knox herself or one of her family members identifying her, all we have is an alleged name. Some of the stuff I've seen as far as evidence go is fairly convincing, but there have been a lot of people making fake accounts for her so we can't guarantee that this is her name because it could easily be someone who created a fake account based upon something someone else said. It's extremely likely that the media outlets are all using information taken from one of the various anonymous forums or websites that decided to try to find and dox Knox. Those sites are not infallible and there have been incidents where even the best internet sleuths and trolls have gotten information wrong. Basically, we can't automatically assume that because it was printed somewhere in the news, that an identity is automatically that person. For example, the media ran with the idea that Ryan Lanza was the identity of the Sandy Hook shooter... only for it to be that it was his brother Adam, who had stolen his ID card. There are a lot of ways as to how someone can be mistaken for someone else, so until we have a more official confirmation, we shouldn't add Knox's suspected real name. That's just not how it works here. That Knox has been exceedingly careful to NOT release her own name in the media is something that we should also respect on here. ]] 22:33, 7 March 2014 (UTC) |
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*I also disagree with using the name stated in the articles. The problem is that none of those places have really said how they identified her. Without Knox herself or one of her family members identifying her, all we have is an alleged name. Some of the stuff I've seen as far as evidence go is fairly convincing, but there have been a lot of people making fake accounts for her so we can't guarantee that this is her name because it could easily be someone who created a fake account based upon something someone else said. It's extremely likely that the media outlets are all using information taken from one of the various anonymous forums or websites that decided to try to find and dox Knox. Those sites are not infallible and there have been incidents where even the best internet sleuths and trolls have gotten information wrong. Basically, we can't automatically assume that because it was printed somewhere in the news, that an identity is automatically that person. For example, the media ran with the idea that Ryan Lanza was the identity of the Sandy Hook shooter... only for it to be that it was his brother Adam, who had stolen his ID card. There are a lot of ways as to how someone can be mistaken for someone else, so until we have a more official confirmation, we shouldn't add Knox's suspected real name. That's just not how it works here. That Knox has been exceedingly careful to NOT release her own name in the media is something that we should also respect on here. ]] 22:33, 7 March 2014 (UTC) |
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*I've removed someone's post that gives what '''the media''' is reporting her IRL name to be. Please do not post any assumptions about who you believe it to be. The media has very, very frequently gotten things wrong and until Knox herself has reported her name, '''do not''' post anything that you believe to be the real name. We need more than just someone online claiming that she is Sally Smith of Everytown, USA and we cannot go by what the news is reporting because again- they have gotten identities wrong. ]] 13:51, 8 March 2014 (UTC) |
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Nah, everyone knows it is Miriam Weeks of Spokane Washington.... <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 12:47, 8 March 2014 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> |
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