Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Compton Fashion Center

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 delete. Kurykh 01:12, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Compton Fashion Center

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Non-notable mall in California, page hardly gives any context. Only sources are unreliable and/or primary; a search for better refs found none; this place actually appears to be an indoor swap meet. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 21:49, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Malls-related deletions. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 21:50, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. Does Wikipedia have a guideline for swapmeets? This isn't a mall. It does not have 170 "stores", as the article attests, but 170 places to buy stuff. There is a significant difference. If you go to the webpage, then go to the "Services and Vendors" link, you'll see that you could quite easily add yourself to their "store" list. Keeper | 76 22:02, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
• Keep - Compton, California has been at the focal point of urban decay in the Greater Los Angeles Area for decades and this city was where many flash points of the Los Angeles riots of 1992 took place. This mall, along with its swapmeet, was one of the few retail pillars of this troubled community for many years and especially after the riots. The Los Angeles Times wrote at least one story about it [1] and Google News has many other stories about it (generally from the Long Beach Press-Telegram), mostly due to its economic significance in the poverty stricken area. [2] Heck, even Snoop Dogg gave a charity performance there [3] --Oakshade (talk) 06:26, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Comment. Oakshade, would you be willing to add to the stubby article (while this process is ongoing) with your research? I can honestly say I did not find what you found in my own searches, so I hesitate to add "history" myself. I can't read your LA times article without subscription or the Long Beach Prss-Telegram. It would seem that the "fashion center" has significance beyond "the mall standard" for its community stature and I would readily change my opinion to keep if the article was brought up to par. Keeper | 76 16:13, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

• Delete. Simply put, there is no assertion of notability or of meeting WP:CORP. Vegaswikian (talk) 04:25, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

• Claiming to be the largest swapmeet under one roof is an assertion of notability. --Oakshade (talk) 16:28, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

• ...but it still has to be verified, which so far has proven fruitless. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 23:47, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Phoenix-wiki ^{talk · contribs} 17:44, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

• Delete article that lacks sufficient notability per WP:N. Mh29255 (talk) 17:52, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
• Delete - fails WP:N Macy's123 review me 18:32, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. Shiva_eVolved 19:57, 24 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.