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Notability[edit]

A school does not become notable for a shooting occuring at it; the shooting may be notable, but that doesn't make the school itself notable. That said, a lot of random high schools seem to have Wikipedia articles, so I'm unsure as to the level of notability. Titanium Dragon 18:43, 10 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

But there are no links to an article on the shooting. Its not in the news section.

maybe the school name could redirect there?

anyhow can you show me how to get to the shooting article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.140.165.62 (talk) 18:50, 10 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Follow the link in the "Shooting" section to get to the SuccessTech Academy shooting page. DMacks 19:02, 10 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think current WP guidelines are that any school at the level of high-school or higher is notable, while lower-level schools need explicit supported notability. That said, I think having so much discussion of the shooting here is undue weight (hopefully the school is more than just "the place a shooting happened"). Better IMO to off-load shooting details to a separate page and keep the school page a more balanced one about the school itself (as a stub if that's all anyone feels like writing). DMacks 19:05, 10 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, DMacks. I am thinking the way it is now is fine. If more school-related (not shooting-related details become available. They should be put here.Starsfan32 22:22, 10 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I believe if any school has a shooting where more than one person dies it merits an article.--English836 02:29, 11 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

From my reading in the WikiProject Schools, while it's not a rule in general practice most high schools are passing AfD tests, I guess on the basis of "surely it's notable in some way, even if the (often-stubbed) article doesn't yet indicate how," whereas primary schools (elementary, middle) or lesser-known private schools are tending to fail the notability requirement. Notability need not be something like a school shooting...it could be for its academic record, or athletic prowess, or age of the school (oldest in district, etc.) - Ageekgal 22:36, 11 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Apologies to DMacks; I just noticed I basically just repeated what s/he'd posted. - Ageekgal 01:33, 12 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Exactly which is why i believe it was not in best interest to even suggest that this school is not notable.--English836 22:54, 11 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Caption in Education Template?[edit]

FWIW, there's supposed to be a caption showing under the image but I can't seem to make the Education template behave. I'm not skilled with template edits to see what might need to change; some of the other templates support captions, such as Template:Infobox US school. Anyway, the text is there if you need it. Or if it disappears, the caption text is on the image's description page. I feel the image, if left in the article (it's the only freely usable'gov't source one I could find), must have a caption since it's just of people vs. the campus, school building(s), or school logo/mascot, as is typically used on these type pages. - Ageekgal 22:36, 11 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think it's the "motto" field that appears as a line of text below the image in that infobox template…not really an "image caption" as you would like. DMacks 00:44, 12 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]