Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Dead Malls
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This article is part of WikiProject Dead Malls, which is an attempt to better organize and unify articles relating to defunct and distressed shopping malls, otherwise known as dead malls. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion. |
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[edit] List of distressed shopping malls
List of distressed shopping malls has no criteria. Apparently any mall that isn't dead qualifies. Without a clear definition the list should be deleted. -Will Beback 00:32, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
- Yeah, that was the byproduct of an earlier AfD, back when that list was called "List of dead and distressed shopping malls". We separated out the defunct from the "distressed", leaving this "distressed" list ready for what have you. If the list can be given some objective criteria, then great. But otherwise, I agree with you that the list doesn't mean much. SchuminWeb (Talk) 08:13, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
- An objective criteria might be established, like "majority of anchor stores vacant", but it'd be so hard to maintain and verify as to be unencyclopedic. Tenants come and go. A "dead mall" is closed outright, but a "distressed mall" may recover. I suggest that we delete the list outright. Maybe someone can check if any have become "dead" since the last revision. Overall, it is not the job of Wikipedia to record up-to-the minute commercial information. We should be slow to call any enterprise "distressed" or "dead". -Will Beback 09:38, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
- Even "majority of anchor stores vacant" doesn't necessarily make for a good "distressed" criteria, as some have all their anchors or are only missing one anchor but have very little in between those anchors. I also agree with you that Wikipedia's not the place for "breaking news" on commercial ventures, and also very careful about calling a mall "distressed". I think an AfD may be appropriate now that we've filtered out the defunct from the distressed. SchuminWeb (Talk) 09:20, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
- An objective criteria might be established, like "majority of anchor stores vacant", but it'd be so hard to maintain and verify as to be unencyclopedic. Tenants come and go. A "dead mall" is closed outright, but a "distressed mall" may recover. I suggest that we delete the list outright. Maybe someone can check if any have become "dead" since the last revision. Overall, it is not the job of Wikipedia to record up-to-the minute commercial information. We should be slow to call any enterprise "distressed" or "dead". -Will Beback 09:38, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] This is a great project
I came across this by accident, but I have to say that I'm very impressed. This is exactly the sort of thing I love seeing on Wikipedia: fascinating niche topics that simply wouldn't be examined by any other mainstream reference. I don't know anything about the topic, but if there's any sort of non-specialty stuff that needs to be done- copy-editing or such- please let me know. Stilgar135 22:11, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
- We really do need to come up with a to-do list for the project, so that way we can give some more guidance to participants. Also, thank you for your kind words. SchuminWeb (Talk) 02:38, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] International examples?
1. How far has this got? Many examples worldwide? 2. What does 'anchored' mean near start of text? Not known to this English speaker/editor! - Tony in Devon
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[edit] Article Updates
This is a great project, and I'm glad it's here. I saw that the article on Regency Mall (Augusta, GA) needed some TLC...but what started out as a little rework turned into a significant overhaul with a good bit of new information. I've had access to the Augusta newspaper archives the last few weeks, and have been doing some research as I've had time. I hope it'll be a worthy contribution. I do research and editing as part of my work, so I'll be happy to help the project as needed. Thanks! Ea757grrl 18:17, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] New proposed project
On the Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals page there now is a new proposed project dealing with Malls in general. Would the members of this group be interested in merging with such a project, or possibly changing their name to expand to all malls in general? There probably aren't enough editors to be able to effectively have two separate projects going relating to the same general field, so some sort of sub-project arrangement or merger might be best. Badbilltucker 15:47, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
