Talk:General Motors ignition switch recalls

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Lauren Christian is the monther of Amber Rose. Amber was killed in a chevy cobalt.


I would have added identifying language, but I cannot determine who Lauren Christian is. No Wikipedia page and odd references to pork chops and realtors on Google. Who is Lauren Christian, cited in first paragraph, as believing that there are more deaths related to the faulty switch than GM?Janetminnj (talk) 12:57, 2 April 2014 (UTC) Probably would have been a more fruitful search if I'd used the correct name - LauraJanetminnj (talk) 12:59, 2 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Article title[edit]

Shouldn't the title of this article reflect the whole topic? The recall of millions of cars was only one consequence of this scandal. The other were over 100 deaths and several hundreds of million dollars punishment. I think the article should be called: "General Motors ignition switch scandal". According to the article General Motors had known about the problem for over a decade before the first recall.

Many news articles use scandal as headline.

https://www.google.de/search?q=general+motors+ignition+switch+scandal&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&gws_rd=cr&ei=GWoEVrndG8bgyQOf6IU4

The current title would have been suitable if General Motors had reacted in time and not one decade after. Ich901 (talk) 21:31, 24 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Good point. Yes that is a better titleGreglocock (talk) 03:37, 25 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Ich901 and Greglocock: - I'm not going to revert the move b/c I don't feel too strongly about this topic, but frankly I think that WP:COMMONNAME would dictate against the move. Whereas the media most commonly reported the Volkswagen thing as a "scandal", the GM ignition switch got reported as a "defect" or "recall". Now frankly, I think the ignition switch thing was a little scandalous, so the name seems apt. That said, we look to sources to decide what to call things. We don't pick the names that we think are best. NickCT (talk) 16:36, 5 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
It is frequently refered to as "ignition switch scandal", especially after it became known to the plublic that GM had known about the problem for a decade prior to the recall. (just google "Ignition switch scandal") Also GM was sued and found guilty and had to pay hundreds of millions of dollars. A company is not found guilty for such an issue if it was not guilty at all. I believe you that it was initially refered only as recall, because in contrast to VW scandal, GM didn't immediately admit that it had known about the problem when the public first took notice through the first wave of recalls. No wrongdoings were proven back then. Whereas in the VW case, the wrongdoings were clear shortly after the media took notice for the first time. Ich901 (talk) 17:38, 5 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
"General Motors Ignition switch scandal" - 4,540
"General Motors Ignition switch recall" - 230,000
Clearly "scandal" ain't the common name. NickCT (talk) 21:06, 5 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
You get different numbers withouth the " signs. I don't know what they are doing to the results exactly. In my opinion it should be relevant what was common AFTER General Motors was found guilty. Otherwise the quantities don't really say much. Of course alot of articles with "ignition switch recall" were published when the recalls started and there were no lawsuits against General Motors let alone a final judgement. Ich901 (talk) 22:08, 5 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Ich901: - The " is a quotation mark. Surrounding a phrase with "'s in Google searches for an exact term, rather than individual words.
re "started and there were no lawsuits against General Motors let alone a final judgement." - Ok. Fair enough. Redoing search limiting dates.
"General Motors Ignition switch scandal" w/ filter from May, 2015 to Today - 40
"General Motors Ignition switch recall" w/ filter from May, 2015 to Today - 120
You're right! The results are a lot closer. "Recall" still looks like the winner though.
Either way, if no one else objects, I'm not going to complain. ;-) NickCT (talk) 13:51, 6 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 22 March 2016[edit]

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The result of the move request was: moved. Unopposed request. Hugh, you don't have to note your support, it's given that a nominator supports it unless otherwise stated. Cheers, Number 57 19:12, 31 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

General Motors ignition switch scandal → General Motors ignition switch recalls – Article lede is "On February 6, 2014, General Motors (GM) recalled about 800,000 of its small cars..." The subject of this article is a recall campaign WP:COMMONNAME. Consistency with other recall article titles including 2009–11 Toyota vehicle recalls, Burger King Pokémon container recall, StarLink corn recall, 2007 pet food recalls, 2007 Chinese export recalls, 2010 Johnson & Johnson children's product recall, 2013 Fonterra recall, and 2012 peanut butter recall as per WP:NAMINGCRITERIA. "Scandal" is not used in article body. "Scandal" non-neutrally diminishes the historical event WP:POVTITLE. Google search results above in previous thread support move WP:SET. Add redirect from the singular General Motors ignition switch recall for convenience of search for readers unfamiliar with the plural nature. Hugh (talk) 17:06, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  • Support as proposer. Hugh (talk) 17:24, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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