Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Oakland Mall

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was no consensus. --Sam Blanning^(talk) 12:48, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Oakland Mall

The article has no discussion about the mall's notability. It's just a run of the mill mall. User:Zoe|(talk) 03:04, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

• Neutral or Weak Delete Not too sure how to go with this one. Many malls have articles, including some in my city which are I do not think could be considered unique or important (North Star Mall). I would delete, but there seems to be a precendent to include malls. will381796 05:21, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy Delete, unless comeone can come up with a good reason why this mall is so special. There are hundreds of malls in every town and city these days. Ohconfucius 07:27, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Malls do not come under the purview of CSD A7. Kimchi.sg 08:50, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
• Merge and redirect to Troy, Michigan. It's probably quite a significant place in that town but probably doesn't need a separate article based on the article's current contents. JYolkowski // talk 15:43, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
• Weak keep, or at least merge with Troy, Michigan. I think sizeable indoor shopping malls are borderline notable, given the important roles they play in their communities. Zagalejo 18:21, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Looks to be a fairly large mall in the Detroit area. Malls of significant size are notable enough as important community landmarks. Needs expansion desperately though. Kirjtc2 23:14, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep A mall is a significant place of employment and community activity. If a redirect was given from Oakland to Troy, Michigan, that may be okay. Nlsanand 18:23, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
  • So is a Wal-Mart. Should we have an article on every one of those? User:Zoe|(talk) 20:54, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
    • Wal-Marts are all pretty much the same, but each indoor shopping mall has its own distinctive architecture and ambience. Also, the larger shopping malls often play host to mini-concerts, celebrity appearances, and assorted games and tournaments, so they tend to be more versatile than the standard big-box stores. Just my two cents. Zagalejo 21:08, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Malls are businesses that rent space to retail stores, the way office towers rent space to companies needing an office. There is no evidence of this mall meeting the standards at WP:CORP. GRBerry
• Keep. After looking at Category:Shopping malls in Michigan, I think this needs to stay. A project-wide consensus on all these articles needs to be reached, not the deletion of this one article. Rmhermen 15:49, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete or Merge but do not keep. There is nothing notable asserted in the article. Vegaswikian 19:18, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, this is a very notable mall in the metro Detroit area that has been around since the 1960s. --musicpvm 02:02, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• keep please it is notable in the detroit metro area we need project wide consensus first Yuckfoo 22:09, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.