Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Resignation of Lance Hindt

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The result was delete‎ . ✗plicit 23:38, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Resignation of Lance Hindt[edit]

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Local news story fails WP:EVENTCRIT. While I have seen the viral video and find the story absolutely wild, Wikipedia is not a newspaper and should not be used as a venue to host local news content. Novemberjazz 21:53, 21 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Events, Education, and Texas. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 22:46, 21 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - it absolutely does not fail WP:EVENTCRIT; it was absolutely a national story. [1] [2] [3] [4] Reliable sources from around the country are easy to find. Reducing the notability down to a viral video is an insulting strawman. Red Slash 22:51, 21 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Fails WP:EVENTCRIT: it has no lasting effects and geographic scope is limited to one school district. Wikipedia is not for writing about news stories. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 00:31, 22 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete appears to be an attack page; the person would not be notable had the allegations been published. A non-notable functionary otherwise; it's sad that the person cheated, but that's not notable. Being a bully isn't notable either. So we're left with his employment, a run of the mill school board trustee.. Oaktree b (talk) 01:54, 22 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Most sources of the event seem to talk about the legal troubles that happened after the end of employment; it's not a notable legal case either. Oaktree b (talk) 01:56, 22 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

... even the most casual reading of the article would've revealed that he was a superintendent, not a trustee. I'm also unable to figure out what you mean by "the person would not be notable had the allegations been published". Red Slash 05:15, 23 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. This is essentially a WP:BLP1E and is adequately discussed at Katy Independent School District#Lance Hindt, from which this content has been forked without necessary attribution. No prejudice to a redirect back to the original content. --Kinu ^t/_c 20:03, 23 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete The virality made this story television-news friendly. Without social media this would've remained a localized event. Let's not make Wikipedia a place to settle old disputes by publicly shaming alleged bullies. The coverage of this story on the school district article even seems disproportionate. Yammie2009 (talk) 01:14, 27 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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.