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Alex Pasternack (2021-01-14). "As a mob attacked the Capitol, Wikipedia struggled to find the right words". Fast Company. Archived from the original on 2021-01-15. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
Alex Hern (2021-01-15). "Wikipedia at 20: last gasp of an internet vision, or a beacon to a better future?". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2020-01-15. Retrieved 2020-01-15. At 6.34pm UK time on 6 January this year, one Wikipedia editor, with the username Another Believer, decided that events in Washington looked important enough to warrant an article. Tentatively titled "January 2021 Donald Trump rally", the initial entry was brief: "On 6 January 2021, thousands of Donald Trump supporters gathered in Washington DC to reject results of the November 2020 presidential election." {{cite news}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 2021-01-15 suggested (help)
Heather Kelly (2021-01-15). "On its 20th birthday, Wikipedia might be safest place online". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2021-01-15. Retrieved 2021-01-15. This month, the online encyclopedia's strengths and quirks were on full display as hundreds of volunteers furiously worked to create a page for the Capitol riots as events unfolded Jan. 6. As it transitioned from a protest to something more violent, Wikipedia's volunteer editors added key details while debating the article title, as shared by editor Molly White. Was it a protest, an insurrection or a riot? It ended up the "2021 storming of the United States Capitol." Hundreds of people were working on the ballooning document at a time, which has now been touched by nearly 1,000 editors, is more than 10,000 words long and has been viewed nearly 2 million times.
Stephen Harrison (2021-01-15). "To Celebrate Wikipedia's 20th Birthday, Try Editing It". Slate. Archived from the original on 2021-01-16. Retrieved 2021-01-15. Take the recent debate over the nomenclature that Wikipedia should use to describe last week's frightening events. Should that destruction and violence be described as President Donald Trump's supporters "storming" the United States Capitol, an "insurrection," or a "coup attempt"? Is it "terrorism"? "The long-standing consensus is that article titles on events, such as this, should reflect how reliable sources have described the event," said Chet Long, one of Wikipedia's long-term volunteer administrators, who edits under the username Coffee. The issue here was that reliable sources have covered the event using all of that nomenclature. At publication time, the Wikipedia article is named "2021 storming of the United States Capitol" based on the consensus of editors that the majority of media sources have also characterized it as a "storming." Of course, reasonable minds can disagree on that decision, which developed after spirited, reasoned debate. One thing is clear: That's not a boring issue. The language that the world's most popular internet encyclopedia uses to describe the events of Jan. 6, 2021, will affect how that day will be perceived by the public in both the short and long term.
Grace Gedye (2021-02-04). "When the Capitol Was Attacked, Wikipedia Went to Work". Washington Monthly. Retrieved 2021-02-04. As protestors at the Capitol turned violent, one major debate among Wikipedia editors was how to describe the event in the page's title. Was it a protest? A riot? An insurrection? A coup attempt?
Stephen L. Carter (2022-08-02). "Are We in a Recession? Don't Ask Wikipedia". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2022-09-02. And nobody will be surprised to learn that the page designated "2021 United States Capitol Attack" is also partly locked. Fierce argument rages even over what the page should be called.

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Current consensus on size and organization:

The specific subjects of international and domestic reactions, the aftermath, the death of Brian Sicknick, the law enforcement response, and the events at state capitols and other cities, are not covered in full detail here but in the linked articles. Portions of those articles are transcluded here, if opportune, per WP:SYNC.
As long as the article is too long (true as of Nov 5) it should be shortened, but the Very long tag should not be used (for the whole article); instead, Very long section tags could be used. An idea to use more refined methods of managing length (copyediting, moving information to notes, refining/trimming transcluded sections, etc.), instead of further splitting and more routine removal was agreed on here and here.

Current consensus on naming and terminology:

The page's title was moved to 'January 6 United States Capitol attack' after this move request.
The decision to not use the word "urge" in the lead, in reference to Trump's actions, was agreed in this subsection.
There is no consensus to call this event Terrorism as per this RFC

WP:ACDS actions:

~~Under ACDS, starting Jan 16, a move request cannot be opened nor be closed to move to a title using the word "insurrection" for a month. See the Arbitration enforcement log (diff) for details.~~ Expired since Feb 16, 2021
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This article has previously been nominated to be moved. Please review the prior discussions if you are considering re-nomination.

Discussions:

RM, 2021 United States Capitol protests → 2021 United States coup d'etat attempt, Not moved, 6 January 2021, discussion
RM, 2021 United States Capitol protests → 2021 storming of the United States Capitol, Moved, 6 January 2021, discussion
RM, 2021 storming of the United States Capitol → United States Capitol insurrection, Procedural close, 7 January 2021, discussion
RM, 2021 storming of the United States Capitol → 2021 breach of the United States Capitol, Procedural close, 8 January 2021, discussion
RM, 2021 storming of the United States Capitol → The Trump insurrection, Procedural close, 9 January 2021, discussion
RM, 2021 storming of the United States Capitol → 2021 breach of US Capitol, Not moved, 15 January 2021, discussion
RM, 2021 storming of the United States Capitol → Storming of the United States Capitol, Procedural close, 16 January 2021, discussion
RM, 2021 storming of the United States Capitol → Insurrection at the United States Capitol, Not moved, 16 January 2021, discussion
RM, 2021 storming of the United States Capitol → 2021 Terrorist Attack on the United States Capitol, Not moved, 21 January 2021, discussion
RM, 2021 storming of the United States Capitol → 2021 United States Capitol riot, Not moved, 23 January 2021, discussion
RM, 2021 storming of the United States Capitol → 2021 United States Capitol attack, Not moved, 4 February 2021, discussion
RM, 2021 storming of the United States Capitol → Storming of the United States Capitol, Procedural close, 16 February 2021, discussion
RM, 2021 storming of the United States Capitol → January 6 United States Capitol attack, Moved to 2021 United States Capitol attack, 31 May 2021, discussion
Move Review initiated 1 June 2021. Overturned, moved to 2021 storming of the United States Capitol, 1 August 2021, discussion
RM, 2021 storming of the United States Capitol → 2021 United States Capitol attack, Moved to 2021 United States Capitol attack, 2 August 2021, discussion
RM, 2021 United States Capitol attack → January 6 attack, Not moved, 7 November 2021, discussion
RM, 2021 United States Capitol attack → January 6 United States Capitol attack, No consensus, 8 January 2022, discussion
RM, 2021 United States Capitol attack → January 6 United States Capitol attack, Moved, 28 July 2022, discussion
RM, January 6 United States Capitol attack → 2021 United States Capitol attack, Not moved, 9 January 2023, discussion
RM, January 6 United States Capitol attack → 2021 United States coup d'état attempt, Not moved, 31 January 2023, discussion
RM, January 6 United States Capitol attack → January 6, 2021 United States Capitol attack, No consensus, 21 January 2024, discussion
RM, January 6 United States Capitol attack → January 6 insurrection, No consensus, 26 January 2024, discussion

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Section sizes

Section size for January 6 United States Capitol attack (60 sections)
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(Top)	98,393	98,393
Background	35	64,421
Attempts to overturn the presidential election	9,049	9,049
Planning of January 6 events	14,319	26,432
Seditious conspiracy by Oath Keepers and Proud Boys	12,113	12,113
Predictions of violence	16,221	16,221
Law enforcement and National Guard preparations	12,684	12,684
Trump supporters gather in D.C.	14,858	50,294
January 5 meetings	3,724	3,724
Bombs placed	5,160	5,160
January 6 Trump rally	13,201	26,552
Trump's speech	13,351	13,351
Attack on the Capitol	4,219	84,342
Proud Boys march to Capitol as mob assembles	4,065	4,065
Bombs discovered near Capitol Complex	181	181
Attack begins near Peace Monument, led by Proud Boys	14,355	14,355
Attackers on west terrace breach Senate Wing hallway	16,492	16,492
Evacuation of leadership amid Capitol lockdown	27,522	27,522
Oath Keepers arrive and breach Rotunda	2,458	2,458
Ashli Babbitt killed by police while attempting to breach Speaker's Lobby	7,498	7,498
Attack on the tunnel	5,919	5,919
Police clear the Capitol and Congress reconvenes	1,633	1,633
Federal officials' conduct	31	51,913
Trump's conduct	11,521	31,650
Inflammatory speech while knowing of weapons	2,931	2,931
Allegation of assaulting a Secret Service driver	4,650	4,650
Endangering Mike Pence	9,619	9,619
Failure to end the attack	2,929	2,929
Capitol Police leadership's failure to prepare	2,769	2,769
Department of Defense leadership's refusal to send Guard	12,156	12,156
Congressional conduct	2,885	2,885
Deletion of Secret Service and Homeland Security text messages	2,422	2,422
Participants, groups, and criminal charges	6,738	64,225
Proud Boys	4,107	4,107
Oath Keepers	6,207	6,207
QAnon	9,263	9,263
White supremacists, neo-Nazis, and neo-Confederates	12,415	12,415
Others	8,210	8,210
Police and military connections	6,169	6,169
Analysis	11,116	11,116
Results	12	26,872
Casualties and suicides	14,741	14,741
Damage	8,244	8,244
Laptop theft and cybersecurity concerns	3,875	3,875
Aftermath	16	21,415
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Domestic reactions	3,488	3,488
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14th Amendment disqualification	3,401	3,401
Sarbanes–Oxley Act prosecutions	2,362	2,362
2025 pardons and commutations	2,001	2,001
Analysis and terminology	1,767	12,332
Historians' perspectives	10,565	10,565
See also	1,400	1,400
Notes	31	31
References	14,544	14,544
External links	964	10,427
Federal government	3,127	3,127
Video	2,140	2,140
Timeline	4,196	4,196
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split Attack on the Capitol section

NOT MOVED

Not split: Per community consensus. (non-admin closure) Valorrr ^{(lets chat)} 23:43, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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request to split Attack on the Capitol section (with the Bombs discovered near Capitol section left out) into January 6 Capitol breach to aid in reducing length which is 14788 words

many of the subsections in this section already refer to this event as a "breach", so i don't think i will run into naming issues Cognsci (talk) 18:27, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You want to split out the Capitol attack section from the article on the Capitol attack? – Muboshgu (talk) 18:35, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

the capitol breach, you know the smashing of the reinforced windows, the police officer getting crushed by the tunnel breachers

~~maybe~~ on second thoughts, the Bombs discovered near Capitol Complex section should be left out Cognsci (talk) 18:41, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

In agreement with Muboshgu, I think that it makes more sense to split out side attacks like the pipe bombings than the main subject. Per the prior move discussions rejecting names with "breach" in them, this descriptor neutralizes the violent nature of the breach. The greatest opportunity for shrinking the prose size seems to be further shrinking portions of the final third of the article that are redundant with the existing aftermath of the January 6 United States Capitol attack article. ViridianPenguin🐧 (💬) 21:22, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

ok i'll trim the Political, legal, and social repercussions section, merge some subsections of the aftermath section and revisit this discussion Cognsci (talk) 23:02, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

To be clear, I do prefer trimming than splitting this article. I think the entire thing needs to be in one page. – Muboshgu (talk) 23:33, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I reverted the large number of trims. Per BRD. I think that we should discuss whether it is for example important what Congress, the Biden admin, and Smith did. I think it is. Andre🚐 23:49, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

ok I'll close this split discussion and start another discussion for trimming the aftermath section, I'll see you in 12 hours because I need to sleep Cognsci (talk) 00:05, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No rush, no deadline. Andre🚐 00:09, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

oh yeah right forgot about that Cognsci (talk) 00:10, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reverted. Do not close your own discussion Andre🚐 00:15, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

why? i'm not aware of any policy or guideline against this and since i was the only one in favor of this proposal and changed my mind, it should be closed

if someone does want to go through with the proposal they can just reopen it like you did Cognsci (talk) 09:54, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

nevermind i saw bullet point 4 of wp:WHENCLOSE

seems like the point of closing a discussion is to provide closure and summary of long and controversial debate, and closing in other circumstances is either unhelpful or unnecessary Cognsci (talk) 10:16, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

trimming aftermath section

proposal 1 revision 1 remove Domestic reactions section

proposal 2 revision 1 remove International reactions secton

proposal 3 revision 1 remove 14th Amendment disqualification section

proposal 4 revision 1 remove Sarbanes–Oxley Act prosecutions section

proposal 5 revision 1 remove 2025 pardons and commutations section

proposal 6 revision 1 remove non excerpt text in Political, legal, and social repercussions section

pre-discussion objections user:AndreJustAndre obejected to proposal 6, specificallv the removal of these sections (paragraphs):

The 117th Congress passed and President Joe Biden signed legislation related to the Capitol attack, including the Capitol Police Emergency Assistance Act of 2021, the Electoral Reform Act, and a bill granting awards to Capitol Police officers for their bravery during the insurrection.^[1]

On July 16, 2023, Trump was notified that he was officially a target in the Smith special counsel investigation.^[2] On August 1, 2023, Trump was indicted on four charges. These were conspiracy to defraud the United States under Title 18 of the United States Code, obstructing an official proceeding and conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding under the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002, and conspiracy against rights under the Enforcement Act of 1870. Trump pleaded not guilty,^[3] while his attorney Sidney Powell later pleaded guilty to conspiring to interfere with the election.^[4] Following Trump's reelection to the presidency in November 2024, Smith filed a motion to dismiss the case without prejudice, citing the DOJ's policy of not prosecuting sitting presidents. Judge Chutkan approved the request and dismissed all charges.^[5] Smith submitted his final 137-page report to the Justice Department on January 7, 2025 and resigned three days later.^[6]^[7] The part of the report about election obstruction was made public on January 14. The part about the mishandling of government records was not released at the same time because it was related to an ongoing criminal case.^[8]

Cognsci (talk) 10:34, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

proposal 7 revision 1

split Evacuation of leadership amid Capitol lockdown section into Evacuation of Senate leadership amid Capitol lockdown and Evacuation of House leadership amid Capitol lockdown sections (it's way too long) Cognsci (talk) 17:40, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, trim does not mean wholesale removal. It should mean removing excessive details. Andre🚐 20:50, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

And yes I object to all of your poorly discussed wholesale removals of sourced material. And my revert means that, but to make it explicit, please trim as in remove excessive detail, and when you wholesale remove sourced material you are not improving the article. Andre🚐 20:52, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

what do you mean "wholesale" i didn't remove the entire aftermath section? Cognsci (talk) 20:54, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

is there any unsourced material in the aftermath section i should be removing? because it's pretty well sourced... Cognsci (talk) 21:04, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You can trim excessive details that are better handled at a sub article about that topic. And summarize key facts. Deleting a whole section at once about the pardons for example I object to. Andre🚐 21:07, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

well i would argue that the pardons are pretty excessive detail but i guess i'll just wait for a 3rd opinion to prevent an edit war Cognsci (talk) 21:40, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The pardons are a pretty important part of this. Andre🚐 21:42, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

well actually i meant the 2025 pardons and commutations section Cognsci (talk) 21:46, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

including the pardons in passing is fine but a whole section with the commutations, i disagree Cognsci (talk) 21:47, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

For what reason? Andre🚐 21:54, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

for the reason that they are one of the least related parts of the article to the the topic of the article Cognsci (talk) 22:15, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Why? It seems directly relevant to the aftermath. Andre🚐 22:19, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

we can't include every little detail that is somewhat relevant to the aftermath, that's what the subarticle is for Cognsci (talk) 22:21, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

this conversation is ultimately just a tug of war between relevancy and article size Cognsci (talk) 22:24, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You can summarize the main points and then link to the main article. Not removing all of it Andre🚐 22:42, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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^ Shabad, Rebecca; Reilly, Ryan J. (July 18, 2023). "Trump says he's received target letter from special counsel Jack Smith in Jan. 6 probe". NBC News. Archived from the original on July 18, 2023. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
^ Kunzelman, Michael; Tucker, Eric; Merchant, Nomaan (August 3, 2023). "Trump pleads not guilty to federal felonies related to the 2020 election". PBS NewsHour. WETA. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
^ Lowell, Hugo (October 19, 2023). "Trump's ex-lawyer Sidney Powell pleads guilty in Georgia election case". The Guardian. Archived from the original on October 20, 2023. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
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^ Heuer, Mike (2025-01-11). "Federal prosecutor Jack Smith resigns ahead of Trump's inauguration". United Press International. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
^ Cheney, Kyle; Gerstein, Josh (January 11, 2025). "Jack Smith resigns from DOJ". Politico.
^ Wendling, Mike (January 14, 2025). "Trump would have been convicted of election interference, DoJ report says". BBC. Retrieved January 14, 2025.

[Williams-1] Williams, Jordan (December 22, 2021). "Biden signs bill streamlining emergency support for Capitol Police". The Hill.

[2] Shabad, Rebecca; Reilly, Ryan J. (July 18, 2023). "Trump says he's received target letter from special counsel Jack Smith in Jan. 6 probe". NBC News. Archived from the original on July 18, 2023. Retrieved July 18, 2023.

[3] Kunzelman, Michael; Tucker, Eric; Merchant, Nomaan (August 3, 2023). "Trump pleads not guilty to federal felonies related to the 2020 election". PBS NewsHour. WETA. Retrieved August 4, 2023.

[4] Lowell, Hugo (October 19, 2023). "Trump's ex-lawyer Sidney Powell pleads guilty in Georgia election case". The Guardian. Archived from the original on October 20, 2023. Retrieved October 20, 2023.

[:12-5] Cite error: The named reference :12 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[:13-6] Heuer, Mike (2025-01-11). "Federal prosecutor Jack Smith resigns ahead of Trump's inauguration". United Press International. Retrieved 2025-01-11.

[7] Cheney, Kyle; Gerstein, Josh (January 11, 2025). "Jack Smith resigns from DOJ". Politico.

[8] Wendling, Mike (January 14, 2025). "Trump would have been convicted of election interference, DoJ report says". BBC. Retrieved January 14, 2025.

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