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On 28 March 2024, it was proposed that this article be moved from Death of Nex Benedict to Suicide of Nex Benedict. The result of the discussion was No consensus.

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Which bathroom should the subject used?

Understand they were non-binary, but as the state insists that people use the bathroom of their birth sex, what birth sex was Nex? It is not listed anywhere in the article, and this is needed to be stated so people can see if Nex was using the bathroom the state law says or not? 2A00:23C4:241:8C01:154F:D402:E3A0:D7E8 (talk) 11:52, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

its stated in the article already they were in the girls room Bluethricecreamman (talk) 13:08, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Please title the page "Nex Benedict" and remove "the death of "

This section in the second paragraph can match the first paragraph to avoid the redundancy in both paragraphs: "On February 7, 2024, Benedict was involved in a physical altercation in the girls' restroom at Owasso High School. The following day, Benedict collapsed in their living room and was later pronounced dead." Mention the highschool name in the first paragraph.

Add "some suspect the hospital did not provide the proper care for Nex's identity, and thus prevented them/him from getting the dignity and care they deserved."

"Nex had stopped breathing by the time emergency medical technicians arrived, and was declared dead at the hospital that evening.[6]" There is speculation that this reporting is misinformation based on the anti-trans ideology of the officials involved with Nex's death. Paxen Athena Landy (talk) 00:53, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, Wikipedia policy prevents these changes. WP:BLP1E states that if this article is about Nex themselves, they would need to be WP:NOTABLE for more than 1 event. (Not that Nex is not important, just that Wikipedia has a very specific definition of Notable). Their death and the conversation around it is the only thing folks from Wikipedia would accept as notable, as per Wikipedia policy.
We need reliable sourcing for the other changes, and using "some suspect" is prohibited by WP:SOME.
WP:LEDE suggests being short and succinct. I have no clue if it makes sense to include the highschool name. Bluethricecreamman (talk) 01:00, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Weasel

(edit conflict) [1] "physical altercation" is a weaselword, and it is important to mention that they lost consciousness, which indicates how serious the fight was, and explains why people believe(d) there was a causal link with their death. Polygnotus (talk) 20:39, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

WP:BRD User:Bluethricecreamman (Talk·Contribs) 20:40, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Assuming I am the B, will you do the R so that we can D? Or maybe we can just discuss it? Polygnotus (talk) 20:42, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I just noticed that the first sentence of the LEAD has the same problem, it may be possible to combine em. Polygnotus (talk) 20:44, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]