Talk:Richard Wayne Snell

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I can find no citation that Richard Snell bombed the Oklahoma City Federal Building in 1983; he merely planned to but was arrested on unrelated murder charges. He was indeed executed on the day of the bombing. Timothy McVeigh had as his motive revenge for Ruby Ridge and Waco, not the death of Snell specifically; cite sources to verify the claims made in this article.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.178.101.32 (talk) 04:42, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

I find it to be a lame conspiracy theory (that McVeigh did the boming out of retaliation). Either way, it definitely does not belong in the lead section of the article. I've moved it to the bottom. If he was indeed planning to bomb that same building, find a source, please. hbdragon88 02:58, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Agreed. Especially the bit "The two men did know one another, and ran in many of the same circles." How could this be? McVeigh joined the army less than three years before Snell's arrest and got out of the army only a few years before Snell's execution. I'm putting a citation needed tag on it and if no one fixes it, I'll edit that sentence. --Ossipewsk 03:46, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Domestic terrorist

Does planning to commit a terrorist act make a person a domestic terrorist? NatusRoma | Talk 15:03, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

It is my fault. When a new editor added some data about Snell in the article about the other Snell. I moved it to a new article and copyedited it. The "domestic terrorist" was my addition and borrowed from the McVeigh article. Please change this as you see fit. Sorry. The cats aren't mine. Tintin (talk) 15:13, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

I've removed the terrorists category for now, but that doesn't mean that it has to be removed permanently if someone can argue persuasively for its inclusion. NatusRoma | Talk 22:31, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Last Words

I'm the Executed Today blogger cited for Snell's last words. I have to note that a commenter claiming to be Snell's daughter alleges that his last statement was misquoted, and that he said not "Hell has victories" but "Hail His victories," presumably referring to God. I'm not a primary source for the last words, so I'm in no position to judge it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.137.202.24 (talk) 01:26, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Requested move 18 June 2025

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. – robertsky (talk) 00:06, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

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Richard Snell (criminal) → Richard Wayne Snell – Per MOS:CRIMINAL simply "criminal" is considered a poor disamb. Using his full name forms a WP:NCDAB which is preferred over parenthetical disambs, and his name with the middle name is the WP:COMMONNAME for him anyway (used in many sources including other encyclopedias, e.g. Kaplan's); even if he was the only Richard Snell we should still probably have the Wayne. PARAKANYAA (talk) 23:13, 18 June 2025 (UTC)

• Support per nomination. Almost all sources refer to subject by his full name. Analogous to another middle-name "Wayne" sharing Category:20th-century executions of American people — John Wayne Gacy, not simply John Gacy. —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 02:26, 19 June 2025 (UTC)

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