Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Elan School


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The result was keep per unanimity of responses (non-admin closure). Skomorokh 00:51, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Elan School

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The article does appear to meet the school notability standard. I see one instance where classmates of the school testified in a murder case against someone who went to the school, but that doesn't really have anything to do with the school. —  Dæ dαlus[mailto:Daedalus969@gmail.com →]quick link / Improve 22:04, 12 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Speedy keep - This school is notable. This is not a garden-variety school, but rather a boarding school with a one-of-a-kind program for teenagers with behavioral issues. It has been in business for 37 years, and was formerly very controversial. The incident in which "classmates of the school testified in a murder case against someone who went to the school" was a highly celebrated case involving a murder that had remained unsolved for many years. The man who was eventually convicted of the murder (which he had committed as a teenager, before being sent to Elan) was a relative of the Kennedy family, and testimony from Elan School classmates was important in getting him convicted (they testified that he had talked about the murder). The sentence in the article about the murder case (which I wrote) is a short and mild fraction of what could be written, but I felt that more extensive discussion of it would be undue emphasis in an article about the school, particularly in such a short article. The cited reference is part of an article in the The Atlantic magazine; that section of the article is mostly about Elan. Additionally, the Michael Skakel article states that a book about Elan School (book is not identified) figured in the murder trial. --Orlady (talk) 00:38, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Maine-related deletion discussions.   —• Gene93k (talk) 01:07, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.   —• Gene93k (talk) 01:07, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - plainly notable. When you get a highly publicised murder case involving a number of pupils testifying it clearly involved the school. In addition there are a whole bunch of other controversies, for example here, here, and here. Sure the page needs work but sources are available for it to sail through WP:N. TerriersFan (talk) 01:17, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:ORG. This school has years and years of WP:RS coverage. It is a controversial institution even beyond the Skakel case. • Gene93k (talk) 01:26, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep per Orlady. This is a notable school. Mizu onna sango15 / 水 女 珊瑚15  02:43, 13 April 2008 (UTC)


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