Talk:Hardesty Public School District

I changed "...harassed Smalkowski and her family because of her religious beliefs..." to "...harassed Smalkowski and her family because of her lack of religious beliefs..." because atheism is not a religious belief. Just like "bald" isn't a hair color.

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This article is ostensibly about a school district. In reality, this article is about a lawsuit against the district. By sentence count, the article is over 85% about the lawsuit. The "See also" section is entirely packed with articles that editor(s) feel are related: Discrimination against atheists in the United States, Religious discrimination in the United States, Religion in the United States#Agnosticism, atheism, and humanism and Anti-atheist sentiment in the United States. Additionally, the categories are quickly being overrun by similar entries: [[:Category:Education in Texas County, Oklahoma[[, Category:School districts in Oklahoma, Category:Religious discrimination, Category:Religious discrimination in the United States, Category:Religious persecution, Category:Persecution of atheists, Category:Discrimination against atheists, Category:Persecution by Christians.

The first issue is WP:WEIGHT. For comparison's sake, let's consider Richardson Independent School District. It's not until we get to the linked article Richardson High School that we read about Jeremy Wade Delle's suicide in front of his class there. It got a lot of press coverage, even before the Pearl Jam single "Jeremy".

The Richardson High School article does not have see also's or categories related to suicide, bullying, violence in schools, gun control, the Seattle sound, Pearl Jam, etc. because the article is about the school, not the suicide and topics related to it. Likewise, this article is -- supposedly -- about the school district, not the lawsuit.

Next is balance. Two of the four sources in the section are from American Atheists, who filed the case. We also have a blog, "Blasphemous Blogging: The Blog of Edwin Kagin". After a fairly detailed account of the allegations, we are told, "The school district disputes these claims."

This suit merits perhaps two sentences. It needs independent reliable sources. Of the four present, that's the one from ABC. If you feel the case is notable and deserves further coverage on Wikipedia, you might consider starting an article about it. Notability and WP:NOTNEWSPAPER will be concerns. If you feel particularly strongly about the issue, please consider WP:RGW and WP:STRONGVIEWS.

I will be making the changes that, IMO, are needed here. If I am reverted, I will point the editor(s) to this discussion and talk it out. If no discussion follows the revert, I will restore my edits at my leisure. Thanks. - SummerPhD^v2.0 22:01, 16 October 2016 (UTC)