Talk:2013 Sparks Middle School shooting

This article was nominated for deletion. Please review the prior discussions if you are considering re-nomination:

keep, 1 December 2015, see discussion.
keep, 26 November 2014, see discussion.

This page was proposed for deletion by 173.3.79.101 (talk · contribs) on 23 November 2014 with the comment:
Tragic event, but does not meet WP:EVENT or WP:CRIME due to lack of persistent coverage or long term impacts in the school industry, unlike Sandy Hook, Columbia, or Virginia Tech
It was seconded by Bearian (talk · contribs) on 24 November 2014 with the comment:
Horrible event, but very sadly, run of the mill nowadays.
It was contested by Necrothesp (talk · contribs) on 26 November 2014 with the comment:
deprod; not an uncontroversial deletion; take to AfD

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I am editing this page as part of a class project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/University_of_Mississippi/Writing_with_Wikipedia_(Fall_2016) I created this page because I saw the need for it when looking through the school shootings within the last ten years. This page was very simple and just touched the basis of the shooting when I first looked at it. I believe that my edits are within the guidelines of the editing community, but welcome feedback either here on this discussion page or on my talk page Mackbishop (talk) 21:05, 18 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Explained undo reasons on editor's talk page. Meters (talk) 23:04, 18 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Recent edits 10/27/2016[edit]

I again have reverted additions from the above editor.

A search result cannot be used as a source (abcnews.com). You must cite the specific story that verifies the specific fact.
It appears you are drawing conclusions from your sources rather than paraphrasing them. This is an encyclopedia, not a term paper. We draw no conclusions, we simply report on what facts others have published and possibly on the conclusions they have drawn, although you certainly should have a concensus to add any conclusions in this instance. It doesn't appear there are any firm conclusions so speculation on what they might be is not appropriate.
The style you are using is not encyclopedic. I'm referring to the word followed by a colon, then a line space followed by your text. Look at some other articles.
The secret service report has no place in this article. It isn't about this event, and any use of it would be WP:OR.

Finally, this is a collaborative project. Multiple editors have contacted you and you have yet to respond. Pretty hard to collaborate if you don't communicate, eh? John from Idegon (talk) 17:34, 27 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]