Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/School punishment


 * 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. Deletion is not an issue here since the topic is valid. One may consider a merge but AfD is not a place to discuss this. Tone 22:27, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

School punishment

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Very unencyclopaeic. Should be merged into School. jftsang 16:46, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep and clean up Whilst the current article is unsourced, i can see the potential for a good article to develop, the subject would seem too long to be simply merged. --neon white talk 17:11, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep because the nominator cites no valid reasons for deletion. Nominator says "unencyclopaedic" without explaining why (cf: WP:UNENCYCLOPEDIC) and "should be merged" without explaining why.  I also agree with Neon white.-- S Marshall   Talk / Cont  18:15, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Speedy Keep Unencyclopedic content can be fixed. Also, not the proper forum for a merge discussion, which belong on the articles' talk pages. --Patar knight - chat/contributions 18:22, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Education-related deletion discussions.   -- • Gene93k (talk) 18:31, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.   --    A rbitrarily 0    ( talk ) 18:32, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment I think that the nominator means that it's unencylopedic in that it has no sources... not surprising, considering when it was written. At least nobody mentioned Bart Simpson writing lines.  We do have a category on individual punishments, and I'm not one to make the idiotic argument of "wouldn't-it-be-better-to-read-each-of-those-articles-instead" when it comes to grouping items into one place.  Sometimes, someone from the "let's-fix-it" crew is willing to make some fixes, and if it appears that it's getting some attention, it should be kept. Mandsford (talk) 21:20, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep: This article appears to be the only mention about a number of forms of school punishment including detention, writing lines, which are surely to some degree encyclopedic topics. Whilst they are currently unreferenced this must surely be fixable.  There is, however, probably a case for a merger of some sort with school discipline. Pit-yacker (talk) 21:39, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge any salvageable material to school discipline, which is the summary style split-out article from school, then delete unless someone thinks "school punishment" is a useful redirect. Article must not be kept because it is a content fork of school discipline.  Baileypalblue (talk) 23:48, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment - sorry but your recommendation cannot be actioned. If any material is merged then the page cannot be deleted for GFDL compliance. TerriersFan (talk) 19:55, 27 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep School discipline is a high quality article, but at a different level of abstraction. This article is appropriate also, and just needs fixing. If an article can be fixed, it should be kept, whether or not anyone is actually about to do so. (In this case, I agree with Mandsford that it looks like it will be worked on.) DGG (talk) 01:31, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Speedy Keep Six of the best for failure to observe school rules. Colonel Warden (talk) 10:10, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Snow keep. Notable subject with oodles of sources available. -- Banj e  b oi   10:23, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep per Banjeboi jbolden1517Talk 18:42, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. Poorly referenced, mostly synthesis, anecdotes, an OR--all material that's against policy. -- Mikeblas (talk) 02:20, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - sufficient sources to meet policy. Actually, I should like to see it merged into School discipline of which this is a sub-set but that is for post AfD discussion. TerriersFan (talk) 20:01, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep- I agree with Terriers. This was not the proper approach. Instead you should suggest a merge. See WP:MERGE. Smallman12q (talk) 22:39, 27 January 2009 (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.