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This attack is one of the deadliest terrorist attacks on US soil in years. 15 people including the attacker were killed, and 57 more were injured. For it to be named "2025 New Orleans truck attack" seems a little too specific when it could just be "New Orleans truck attack" or as the FBI calls it, the "Bourbon Street attack." But as for the common name, "New Orleans truck attack" is most popular in the media. Wikipedia does have an unusual habit with putting a year before an already specific enough title and only in cases where it seems just specific enough will they. Remember, before we came-up with the name "Attempted assassination of Donald Trump" back in July 2024 (now under a different name because of a second attempt), we called it the "2024 shooting at a Donald Trump rally" when that was an awful name. It was the only mass shooting at a Presidential candidate's rally in US history yet we still added the "2024" part. That's sorta how I feel about this. Wikipedia needs to stop doing this "distinguishing an already specific enough title" thing. What other truck attack may "New Orleans truck attack" refer to? The only result in Google is for the incident here. - MountainJew6150 (talk) 18:48, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The name of page needs to be updated to "2025 New Orleans Islamist truck attack", as the current name implies the truck itself was doing the attacking. Itsmejames (talk) 16:25, 5 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

"January 1, 2025 New Orleans attack" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect January 1, 2025 New Orleans attack has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 September 11 § January 1, 2025 New Orleans attack until a consensus is reached. WWGB (talk) 08:05, 11 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Prior security assessment mentioned in reporting

This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest has now been answered.

Conflict of interest disclosure: I have a conflict of interest because I conducted the prior security assessment referenced in the reporting cited below.

Proposed addition (Background or bollards discussion): The New York Times reported that a 2019 security assessment commissioned by the French Quarter Management District (FQMD) warned that Bourbon Street was vulnerable to a vehicular-ramming attack and identified vehicle access from nearby streets, including Canal Street, as a security concern.

Source: The New York Times, “Could Better Security Have Stopped the New Orleans Terror Attack?” (January 2, 2025).

I am leaving it to uninvolved editors to decide whether and how to incorporate this information, consistent with Wikipedia’s sourcing and weight policies. CivicHistoryNotes26 (talk) 14:43, 6 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I've updated the template to {{COI request edit}} based on your disclosed COI. meamemg (talk) 19:19, 18 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Done Spencer^T•C 17:46, 31 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]