Talk:Ben Davis High School

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[edit] Notable Alumni

I'm sorry for being blunt, but I doubt PFC Jesse Halling's notability. He was killed in Iraq - that alone does not look like a good claim of notability (after all, there are by now about 2,500 U.S. combat deaths in Iraq). Wikipedia is not a Memorial. Unless some explanation of Halling's notability is given, I will remove him once more. --Huon 16:15, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

The person who had edited the article prior could have been alumni of the high school. In some high schools, people who die during high school due to war are known as heroes. --Bearly541 20:37, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

But something notable to the local residents is not automatically notable on Wikipedia, otherwise the criteria for inclusion would be much more lax.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.181.63.245 (talk • contribs).

My own high school also had memorials to remember its WWI and WWII dead (although, as far as I can tell, they, like Halling, didn't die during high school, but as alumni). Nevertheless, they certainly would not constitute "notable alumni" (especially as there were several dozens of them). Even the term "heroes" seems unsuitable, since getting killed is not all that heroic in itself (compared to, say, getting killed while saving one's comrades). Thus I removed him, until some reference towards his notability can be given. --Huon 08:56, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thought I'd let people know...

I don't know how many people are interested in such a thing, or how many would think to look here if they were, but I've made a userbox for people who are graduates of Ben Davis.

If anyone is interested, then typing {{User:ONUnicorn/Userbox}} on your userpage will give you