Talk:Fennville High School

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Multiple issues[edit]

Wow, thanks for jumping all over this new stub before anyone even has a chance to expand it. Jesus. --Ashershow1_{talk•contribs} 00:52, 8 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You're quite welcome, Ashershow. The faster you or someone else get the issues rectified, the quicker the tags can come off it :) They're valid, perfectly reasonable, and until they're dealt with, they stay. And there's no point calling for Jesus either, you're stuck with me :) Barking Fish 03:34, 8 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Haha, it's quite amusing considering I only started this article so that my edit to 'High school basketball star dies after making game-winning shot in overtime' would be correct. But can we at least agree that the "lead is too short tag" comes off. Remember that the multiple issues tag is not supposed to be a badge of shame. --Ashershow1_{talk•contribs} 04:01, 8 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, dude, no problem! I saw the article over at WN anyway, I assume you were just trying to knock a red link on the head from there, right? The lead too short I notice has already come off, so that's not a problem, and thank you for taking my comment with the good aplomb it was intended with :) Barking Fish 11:45, 8 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This article seems useless. The article about Fennville, Michigan states that there is a Fennville High School. That seems sufficient. There is not really a need for a separate article about the high school. None of the high schools where I live are given there own article. They are just listed on the article about the city in the education section. Can we tag this for deletion? A. Z. Colvin • Talk 01:51, 8 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

According to WP:NHS, highschools are notable articles. And while this article may be somewhat "useless" right now, I plan to expand it soon enough. Also, if you know of highschools that don't have articles about them, then please make one; they are notable. --Ashershow1_{talk•contribs} 01:59, 8 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ok. I added two schools. Pueblo West High School and Pueblo County High School. A. Z. Colvin • Talk 02:41, 8 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent. I especially like how you tagged the issues yourself :) --Ashershow1_{talk•contribs} 02:47, 8 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Stub?[edit]

I'm not sure if I should remove the stub tag from this article yet. Any thoughts? --Ashershow1_{talk•contribs} 23:21, 11 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

BLP1E[edit]

Recently, a name has been added to the notable people's list on this article that does not belong. Guidelines are quite clear that to be in a notable person's list on a school article, the person must be notable. Someone who is only noted for their death simply does not qualify, per WP:BLP1E. John from Idegon (talk) 01:38, 9 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Ok how about reaching a compromise? Instead of having his name among the list of notable alumni, write a section about his death during the game? I mean, the death itself was notable enough to get coverage from ABC, CBS and ESPN to name a few...Antonio Tricky Antonio Martin (talk to me) 11:14, 12 March, 2017 (UTC)

That would be WP:NOTNEWS. Outside of routine coverage of his funeral in local media, there was no ongoing coverage of his death. Wikipedia is not a memorial, and as unfortunate as his death was, it simply isn't noteworthy. Somewhere between 5 and 10 high school athletes die either in practice or events each and every year. It's sad, it impacted the community, but nowhere beyond the community, and we simply do not write political geography articles for the locals. John from Idegon (talk) 14:23, 12 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

That being said, if there were a history section in the article, a brief mention of the event without using the boy's name (as we do not name non notable students per guidelines), in the context of a single event amongst a larger history of the school may be appropriate. John from Idegon (talk) 14:34, 12 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]