Talk:Li Hao (murderer)

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Making a note here to remind myself to come back and try to salvage the grammar and structure of this article, as it currently reads like it has been machine translated from Chinese. It just needs some localization. Stopchewingyourcuticles (talk) 22:20, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Name

In most biographical articles, the subject is referred to by their surname for much of the article. Being unfamiliar with Chinese names, I'm posting here. Should Li Hao be referred to as "Li" throughout the article? That is his surname, correct? Thanks! JohnLaurensAnthonyRamos333 (correct me if I'm wrong) 07:29, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I did some research and believe that he should be referred to mostly using his family name throughout the article, and his family name is Li. I will make the necessary changes to the article, but please revert my edits if I'm wrong. Thanks!

JohnLaurensAnthonyRamos333 (correct me if I'm wrong) 05:06, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 7 June 2025

It has been proposed in this section that Li Hao (murderer) be renamed and moved to Luoyang sexual slavery case.

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Li Hao (murderer) → Luoyang sexual slavery case – Going through news sources reporting on the case (CCTV, RFI, China Digital Times, People's Daily, Phoenix TV), as well as the Henan High Court, this seems to be the WP:COMMONNAME, already used on the Chinese and Vietnamese language wiki articles. It is also more distinguishable than "Li Hao (murderer)", considering that A: Li Hao is an extremely widespread name and B: what made his actions notable goes much beyond murder Rubintyrann (talk) 12:52, 7 June 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. Jeffrey34555 (talk) 06:15, 14 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think "sexual slavery case" works very well for a title in English. PARAKANYAA (talk) 00:50, 13 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I think it might be OK. I don't have a better idea. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 02:32, 13 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. I have reviewed the article and came to conclusion that the article is mainly focus on a biographical profile of Li Hao and his background, crimes, court proceedings, and execution which makes it as a biographical article, not about the criminal case. Fade258 (talk) 15:22, 14 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It was written as a biographical article, but Li's personal details and trial make up less than a quarter of its content. The bulk of the article is about the crimes, the event. Of all the long-term captivity/sexual abuse articles on here, the majority are event articles (Fritzl case, Turpin case, Ariel Castro kidnappings, Kidnapping of Jaycee Dugard, Kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart, Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal). The one I could find that is a bio article is Gary M. Heidnik, but his article really does have the perpetrator as the subject. And unlike in Heidnik's case, there wasn't any interest in Li's criminal psychology, there isn't a lot of known background for Li and his trial was uneventful. The criminal case is notable, and while Li is a significant part of it as the perpetrator, this is one of those cases where media and criminologist interest is on the crime, not the criminal. WP:BIO1E applies here. Rubintyrann (talk) 22:04, 14 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]