Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Shopping malls
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Shopping malls
edit- Midway Mall (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Non-notable mall. All the referencing is WP:ROUTINE coverage of stores opening/closing. WP:NOTEVERYTHING JMWt (talk) 20:21, 29 July 2025 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: United States of America and Ohio. JMWt (talk) 20:21, 29 July 2025 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Shopping malls-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 20:39, 29 July 2025 (UTC)
- Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Left guide (talk) 20:05, 5 August 2025 (UTC)
- Keep I don't consider multi-column articles about the opening, redevelopment or sale of a mall to be routine coverage. You have to stretch the definition way too far for that, routine coverage is like "annual fashion show at the mall tonight" or maybe the articles about the closure of stores, although with the anchor stores that's relatively big news. The problem with routine coverage is it doesn't really tell us anything encyclopedic about the mall, a Wikipedia article wouldn't really be concerned with the fact that the annual fashion show was on a given night in 2015. But the longer articles about major milestones in the mall's history and its financial status are the kind of things a Wikipedia article should cover. It's not of much interest to people outside of the region, sure, but that's not an issue with Wikipedia. We have space for endless articles on minor malls, if the sourcing is there to write about them encyclopedically. --Here2rewrite (talk) 21:01, 7 August 2025 (UTC)
- Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Left guide (talk) 20:39, 12 August 2025 (UTC)- I am going to see what research I can find to improve the article with more varied resources and expanding the narrative about the history. I don't know what is out there yet, but I'm willing to give it a try. Ophelia.forest (talk) 14:34, 14 August 2025 (UTC)
- Comment - This leads to a Disambiguation page, was that the original goal or does this AFD need to be restarted for one of the specific articles? Esw01407 (talk) 12:20, 18 August 2025 (UTC)
- Someone unhelpfully moved it since the nom. I’m not entirely sure what the best course of action is, maybe a passing admin can advise? JMWt (talk) 14:18, 18 August 2025 (UTC)
- The original article nominated for deletion was Midway Mall (Ohio). The dab page isn't being considered for deletion even though it's tagged. Yeah it does muddle things, hopefully a AFD closer looks at this soon. --Here2rewrite (talk) 14:34, 18 August 2025 (UTC)
- Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Final relist, I've reverted the page move to restore order to this; the intent of the nomination is to adjudicate the notability of the Ohio mall. Please wait until this is resolved before worrying about page moves and disambiguations, let's take care of things one at a time, thanks.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Left guide (talk) 00:46, 20 August 2025 (UTC)
- Weak Keep Appears to meet the minimums to keep as an article. Does need more work. Esw01407 (talk) 01:57, 20 August 2025 (UTC)
- Keep – The expected coverage for a mall is events and store openings. The historical aspect of the space's creation seems to be covered in the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Svartner (talk) 16:40, 24 August 2025 (UTC)
Proposed deletions
edit- Uptown Scottsbluff (via WP:PROD on 28 January 2024)