Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rapids 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 redirect. It seems that the nominator has sufficiently merged the content already, so a simple redirect will do. Singularity 06:05, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rapids Mall

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Non-notable mall in Wisconsin, fails WP:RS. Tagged for notability and references since September with no improvement. Ten Pound Hammer • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 21:13, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 13:31, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Wisconsin-related deletions. —User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 13:38, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. While I don't see references in this article and a one minute google search didn't find any independent sources, I believe that the main mall in a city of this size should have easily have multiple independent sources. All of the anchor stores listed are notable national chains. A good candidate for expansion in my humble opinion. Royalbroil 17:29, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
  • I added the corner stores comment to show that it is larger than some strip mall. I change my comment to weak delete since you did research to find sources. I did notice that you nominated the Forest Mall for deletion which is more notable than this mall. I do disagree with the Forest Mall deletion. Que sera sera (translates to "whatever will be will be"). Royalbroil 21:45, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
  • A merge, as suggested below, is a better way to deal with this article. Royalbroil 14:34, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Slim Merge→Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin—In the context of the city, this is a notable venue; therefore, I would suggest the creation of an "Economy" section in the city article, according to the guideline related at Wikipedia:WikiProject Cities/Guideline and have mention (with reference(s)) of the mall therein. One of the places to look for online pieces related to a mall is in the local newspaper; in the present case that would be the Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune. Searching recent news there shows that most "mall" related mentions are to the Fox River Mall, which appears to be by far more notable. Searching the archives of this newspaper shows that by far the most common pieces are "event x to happen at Rapids Mall", which goes to verify the role of the venue in the community, but does not establish its notabilty. There are a couple of newspaper articles specifically about the mall in the Archives of this newspaper, such as "Two years after sale, Rapids Mall fills up" (2004-08-27), "Post-Christmas crowd keeps Rapids Mall alive" (2005-12-27) and "Rapids Mall loses anchor" (2003-05-17). --User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 00:54, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete as another small US mall. If there is anything to merge to the town, do it before this AfD closes. Don't make it a condition since there is little if anything worth merging. Vegaswikian (talk) 20:36, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ten Pound Hammer • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 00:00, 17 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.