Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sex abuse cases in American public schools (Massachusetts)


 * 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 Delete. The precedent has also been solidified by the deletion of the other, similar articles that were on AFD. Danaman5 06:38, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Sex abuse cases in American public schools (Massachusetts)

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As Sex abuse cases in American public schools (Iowa) this is a WP:COATRACK for WP:BLP and WP:NOTNEWS violations.
 * Delete - as nom. 1of3 22:39, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete as a coatrack and per nom.  NA SC AR Fan 24 (radio me!) 22:41, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. Pretty much the same stuff as List of Roman Catholic priests accused of sex offenses.Student7 23:55, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. A person doing research on sex abuse will find many news articles and wikipedia pages about this issue in the Catholic Church. However, even though a US Dept of Education Study in 2002 revealed that between 6-10percent of public school students are subjected to the same abuse from teachers each year on a much wider scale, there is relatively little news coverage of this serious issue.  Wikipedia would be serving a public need by providing a place where these cases could be accumulated for use by researchers or those who are curious about the issue.  I think it would be a tremendous disservice to eliminate this effort to bring the whole truth to light.NancyHeise 02:09, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment - the study said 6-10% suffered abuse or harassment. 1of3 22:57, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per NF24.--Voxpuppet (talk • contribs) 03:23, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. Although the information might be useful somewhere, none of these cases are particularly notable. Unfortunately. humblefool&reg; 03:34, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. This article describes several notable cases.Biophys 23:43, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete as unfair. an indiscriminate  list, in the true sense--includes some random cases. The notable ones that meet BLP standards should get articles. The ones that don't, should not. I consider this is an  attempt to evade WP:N and BLP.  An article could be written about Sex abuses in Massachusetts schools focusing on the legal or public opinion issues, not the individual cases, but that's not what this does. Though names are not mentioned in the article, there is still in my opinion implied BLP and NPOV concerns. DGG (talk) 11:53, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment. This article has been anonymized since it's nomination. Student7 12:21, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete the whole series. This article is one of a series of similar articles.  I found Sex abuse cases in American public schools (Florida), Sex abuse cases in American public schools (Iowa), and Sex abuse cases in American public schools (Texas), all of which are similar in tone and style (and are already on AFD).  I could see somebody writing a useful article on sex abuse in american schools, but these indiscriminate (or perhaps specifically chosen?) lists of cases are not appropriate encyclopedia articles.  -- RoySmith (talk) 12:56, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:NOTNEWS, WP:BLP1E. WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS is not a valid keep criterion.  Corvus cornix 22:11, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete even were anonymity possible to everyone's satisfaction, listing every person of a particular type who has committed a particular crime just isn't encyclopedic - it's the basis of original research and does nothing to reflect the significant opinions of experts on the subject. We're not a database of cases from which to build theories or launch campaigns. -- SiobhanHansa 00:21, 9 October 2007 (UTC)


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