Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Place of safety


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep. Liz Read! Talk! 17:22, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

Place of safety

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This is a very niche and specific construct of English law which could be summarised under Mental Health Act 1983 rather than its own article which may appear confusing to people not from England.    Kadzi    (talk) 18:29, 25 July 2022 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 17:51, 1 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Law and England.    Kadzi    (talk) 18:29, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep: It's a very niche aspect of the Mental Health Act 1983 that is of crucial importance to people in mental health crisis. &mdash; The Anome (talk) 23:18, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Redirect or summarize under the Mental Health Act article. Oaktree b (talk) 22:53, 1 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep; by all means re-name/move to a name that indicates the term is being used within English law. The nomination combines two ideas: that the article is a narrow feature of law, and that it's confusing because it relates only to English law. Neither of these is appropriate: firstly Wikipedia has never shied away from articles about specific aspects of law, provided they're notable. Usually we include legal things if they are either important socially, or important legally (established precedents etc.). This one is about the right of the police to detain anyone apparently acting in a mentally-disordered way, which is of huge social relevance and widely written-about, so it's notable. Secondly, while the UK represents only a small part of the English speaking world, it is not yet such a fringe interest that it can be excluded from WP merely on the grounds it might confuse someone from the US. The world is a big place; we have to trust our readers to have some intelligence. Elemimele (talk) 07:35, 2 August 2022 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.