Talk:Education in Cork

Point of article
Is such an article necessary or useful? Perhaps a List of Educational Institutions in Cork  or appropriate subsections of same, but as another experienced editor has just commented, there is a lot of junk, and limited value in the non-list bit here. SeoR (talk) 22:39, 22 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Hi SeoR. I think it's my (probably overly irritable) comment that you're referring to :) As you note, in its current form, I agree that this article has very limited value. If it dealt with (perhaps) a progressive history of education in Cork (from St. Finnbarr, to the foundation of the "Queen's College", to the rise of the Christian Brothers, to the capital of culture, etc) and it's current state in a COHESIVE way, then I could see a place for it. However I don't think that "education" as a concept in Cork is any more unique or distinct than elsewhere in Ireland. And so trying to describe it as a unique subject would be based on very tenuous or OR links. So, I think (as is the case here) that any article which tries to deal with it will be full of stretching arguments and fluffy speculation. I may be wrong however, and if someone can restructure the article in this way (or at the very least provide sources for the uncited essay style crap stuff that's already here), then maybe it should stay.
 * I would suspect however that that is not possible, and so I would support the recommendation that this be either:
 * Converted and renamed to "List of schools in Cork" (like List of schools in Cumbria). But ONLY if some inclusion criteria can be established and it doesn't become a link farm.
 * Or redirected to Education in the Republic of Ireland.
 * Or just deleted.
 * Cheers. Guliolopez (talk) 14:58, 23 July 2008 (UTC)