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


 * 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 ɑʀкʏɑɴ 22:23, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Sex abuse cases in American public schools (Texas)

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Afd is also for a few other lists very similar to this one, so this is in the same case of the others. jonathan (talk — contribs) 21:22, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Would you link to the others so that we can actually see a rationale for deletion? i said 03:17, 7 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete - WP:NOTNEWS, WP:BLP, WP:COATRACK 1of3 22:37, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. Pretty much the same stuff as List of Roman Catholic priests accused of sex offenses. Student7 23:59, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment - I lack the knowledge of this subject to post an informed "vote", however if this article is kept it will need to be policed constantly in order to ensure that not only are all names listed are properly sourced from major news organizations, but that the links themselves are still current given that many news-related links tend to either go dead after a period of time or go behind "subscription walls". This will also have to be policed contstantly to prevent the fivolous addition of names; I recommend the article be locked to all but admin-level editors with additions approved before being added (otherwise you could have kids adding names just to be "funny"). Failure to do any of this, particularly with regards to individuals charged or alleged but not actually convicted in a court of law, would become a major libel issue. Same recommendation goes for any similar article referenced above (or below). 23skidoo 15:49, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete, Wikipedia is not a newspaper, violates WP:BLP1E. Corvus cornix 22:09, 8 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Comment. Article has been anonymized answering WP:BLP problems. Student7 22:13, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong delete No it has not been adequately anonymized.. the details remaining are quite sufficient to identify the parties, including the victims complete with ages, and the names of the schools. this is an article with an agenda, and is the very antithesis of do no harm. It matches very well the definition of an indiscriminate list. I yield to none in my feelings about the subject, but combining material that would not individually pass muster into a larger article is a clear evasion of N and BLP. As i have already expressed my views on these articles, i do not want to personally take unilateral administrative action, but i would support anyone who blanked the content, or any admin who would agree with me, and delete the entire article as BLP   An good  article can certainly be written on the subject, without focusing on a few selected individual cases. DGG (talk) 23:23, 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 00:13, 9 October 2007 (UTC)


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