Talk:South Hadley High School

Comment by 208.113.241.59 (talk) removed, see explanation below.--Opus 113 (talk) 00:47, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

If it has been reported in reliable sources, such as the Boston Globe, Daily Hampshire Gazette, or Springfield Republican, then perhaps, but see the biographies of living persons policy, specifically the section on privacy of names. If they have not appeared in such sources, and are therefore not verifiable, then they should be removed from the talk page and not put in the article. After reading several articles in the Republican and Globe, it sounds like school officials have declined to release the names, which would make me inclined to remove them.--Opus 113 (talk) 23:21, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

I've removed the original comment per the biographies of living persons policy, because it contains unreferenced negative material about several living people. If and only if reliable sources are found and referenced should it be re-posted, and even then a discussion about the benefits and costs of posting such information, with the presumption of exclusion of the information because the people in question are not notable in their own right and are minors, would be warranted before it was put in the article or on the talk page.--Opus 113 (talk) 00:47, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

when someone pleads GUILTY the privacy doesnt apply! DUh! typical wikipedia crap —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.76.64.117 (talk) 17:45, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

Statutory rape?

Is there a proper citation for this charge of statutory rape? I don't understand the charge, she hung herself. When did the evidence of rape come into play? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.32.48.250 (talk) 21:41, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

The phrase statutory rape is a term used in some legal jurisdictions to describe sexual relations that occur when one participant is below the age required to legally consent to the behavior. If two people consent, but one is under the legal age of consent, then it can be considered statutory rape. --67.184.204.90 (talk) 22:08, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Have added more details and references to today's news articles about this sad case. The two males indicted evidently had sex with Phoebe. In some states, it is specifically codified as being legal for two underage people to have consenting sex with each other if their age differences are less than a certain amount. Massachusetts law does not have this allowance. Here is a 2003 reference listing the different state laws regarding statutory rape: http://www.cga.ct.gov/2003/olrdata/jud/rpt/2003-R-0376.htm Sex between underage people rarely if ever get the attention of a district attorney, but in this case, DA Scheibel must have felt that the sexual behavior of the two males also contributed to Phoebe's death. This NY Times article briefly comments on the statutory rape aspect of the case: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/us/30bully.html DarthRad (talk) 00:50, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

Length of Phoebe Prince section

The section South Hadley High School#Bullying incident is too long, and duplicates much of the information at Death of Phoebe Prince. I may shorten it eventually, but I am putting this, and the template message, up first so that people can comment if they disagree. --Opus 113 (talk) 20:19, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

Is this an article about Phoebe or South Hadley High School?

According to the infobox on this article, the school is over 140 years old. Everything that matters that ever happened at this school occurred in a few week long period in 2010? I am in total agreement with the above editor; the girl's suicide already has an article. Anyone care to help make one for this school? The suicide incident might warrant a sentence or two in a history section, but it is definitely WP:UNDUE now. Gtwfan52 (talk) 05:44, 17 December 2012 (UTC)