Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hall Garth School

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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. John254 00:42, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hall Garth School

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Article deprodded with little improvement. Notabilty in and of itself is not established and the new ref is minor and relates to the incident, not the school. Only the town links there. Reywas92Talk 23:57, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. -- DoubleBlue (Talk) 03:43, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep. How doesn't the 1994 intrusion and classroom killing not relate to the school? A Google News search indicates that the incident shocked the UK, got worldwide coverage, and cast a long shadow over the school for years. It may not be Columbine, but the school and its issues plenty of WP:RS coverage. High schools tend to be notable. • Gene93k (talk) 04:38, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep. The Hall Garth stabbing is very notable. School stabbings in the UK are very rare, especially multiple random stabbings with no apparent motive. As Gene93k said, this shocked the UK. I was about 9 years old when this happened,and had no interest in the news, but I remember it vividly. The stabbing also had implications for other schools, including mine, which increased security. Andrew Duffell (talk) 08:41, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
Maybe we should have an article on the stabbing then, if had so much impact. Andrew, as you created the page, added the info, and removed the prod, It would really be helpful if you added an infobox or some other useful information. Reywas92Talk 16:45, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep - apart from the stabbing plenty of news items here including a notable anti-bullying initiative. TerriersFan (talk) 17:40, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep - notable incident even if it was before the majority of news sources were online and/or archived. Plutonium27 (talk) 17:44, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep, we usually consider schools notable anyway. The incident just adds to that. -- Naerii · plz create stuff 22:52, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep as per TerriersFan's improvements. DoubleBlue (Talk) 22:55, 12 March 2008 (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.