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The article has been nominated for WP:ITN Wikipedia:In the news/Candidates#London, Ontario car attack.VR _talk 21:11, 7 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'm going to move this page to "London, Ontario truck attack" because that's what the sources are calling it (eg NYT). Since I'm the one who original created the page at "London, Ontario car attack", I don't expect this to be controversial and am skipping the WP:RM process.VR _talk 00:21, 8 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Agree with title, but should be clear it was a pickup truck[1] and not a larger truck.VikingDrummer (talk) 09:00, 8 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"Truck attack" is concise enough. Details on the specific vehicle involved don't need to be in the title, they'll be elaborated in the article. Ivanvector (^Talk/_Edits) 10:55, 8 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. What's more important is the larger picture - it's rightly identified as a "vehicle-ramming attack" in the attack type, and it's this larger context that is more noteworthy, especially as coupled with the motive, which is hate-related. OughtThoughts (talk) 18:35, 9 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

On second thought, is the vehicle type important, or distracting? There is a Wikipedia article (which is referred to in this article) called "vehicle-ramming attack" that covers all these vehicles and any others that may spring up. Arguing about car vs. truck vs. pickup truck may be missing the larger point - the tactic of

a) using a vehicle to attack

b) people who are usually

i) random

ii) defenseless

iii) not expecting the attack, and

c) which is perpetrated as some expression of an ideology.

We should not miss the forest while obsessing over the trees. Maybe all future article titles of this unfortunate ilk should simply include "vehicle-ramming attack" to put focus on the larger problem. OughtThoughts (talk)

Too long. Per the Rule of Three, Toronto machete attack and Toronto van attack, I'd go with London truck attack. But I appreciate how many would claim disambiguation from the "real" London is probably needed. InedibleHulk (talk) 22:13, 9 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

And yeah, there are big differences between getting hit by a truck and a car, like weight and angle of impact. "Vehicle" is simply not precise, at all, beyond less concise. Hard to find it in an actual common name for any mass casualty event (unlike how "London truck attack" easily dominates today's RS headlines and leads). InedibleHulk (talk) 22:20, 9 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

London can't be used alone, it commonly refers to London, England.VikingDrummer (talk) 06:18, 10 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]