Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Belvidere Mall
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- 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 Keep - Peripitus (Talk) 05:01, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Belvidere Mall
Non-notable mall in Illinois, claims to be first mall in its county but no sources can be found to verify this. Ten Pound Hammer • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 16:37, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of Malls-related deletions. —Ten Pound Hammer • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 16:47, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
- Comment I was trivially able to find this developer obit which confirms it was " Lake County's first indoor shopping Mall". I'm not sure if that's enough for inclusion even if citeable; it was never really expanded and is a fairly small mall by today's standards. The virtual tour confirms that it's basically a strip mall with some cul-de-sac hallways. I guess despite the claim I'm leaning delete. --Dhartung | Talk 19:30, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
- Delete. Very weak claim to notability. Not likely strong enough to meed WP:ORG. Vegaswikian (talk) 22:42, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
- Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, The Placebo Effect (talk) 17:34, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
- Keep, as it now has 3 cites. Proof now exists in the article that it was the first mall in Lake County, and one of the first in the Chicago area. Bearian (talk) 17:56, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
- Keep per Bearian -Drdisque (talk) 19:30, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
- Weak Keep, I can't read the full text of the CS Times article, so I can't verify if the article indeed states the mall was the first in the county. I'll lean towards keep as long as the claims in the article are supported by the citation. Justin chat 19:32, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
- Keep Claims in article and sources provided satisfy the Wikipedia:Notability standard. Alansohn (talk) 01:27, 13 December 2007 (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.
