Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Retail in Aberdeen

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. - Mailer Diablo 12:53, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Retail in Aberdeen

Fails Wikipedia:Notability, and is also an invalid article because Wikipedia is not a gazeteer or directory. – Kieran T ^{(talk | contribs)} 18:12, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

• Delete - per nom and also because Wikipedia is not a travel guide. -bobby 19:08, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Wikipedia is not a gazeteer, travel guide, or directory. Hello32020 20:08, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
• Comment -- I've heard the phrase "Wikipedia is not a gazeteer or directory" before, or a rephrasing of it. I come here to this discussion because it is the first I have seen of its kind since someone pointed out to me that Wikipedia is becoming a business listings site. They pointed to this category as an example and apparently there are many more like it (I haven't looked). I must admit, I agree with the nominator strongly in principle, but am becoming increasingly confused about what WP:ITIS and what WP:NOT. Any thoughts? Bubba hotep 20:32, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment. Well, for starters, that is a category, while this is an article listing companies, meaning that articles in the category actually exist. Any companies that have articles should also meet WP:CORP or they'll end up facing deletion, so articles in that category are (presumably) notable enough for an entry. In addition, we wouldn't have articles for, say, an individual Pizza Hut or Subway (as in this list). We would mention the national/international chain, but not the individual chapters, unless it was significant (ie largest store in the world, the first Wal-mart, etc). --Wafulz 00:33, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment -- I actually think, to the common user, whether it is a category or a straight article (with the same number of blue links) – it all looks the same. I would vote "delete" if I thought it would make a difference. And I stated my personal case on the nominator's talk page as I thought it probably isn't appropriate here. An ongoing Wiki problem, I would say. Bubba hotep 00:47, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
• Comment – not that this is quite the right place, but while we're on the subject raised by the above comment, I'd love to know what people think about these two shopping centres (malls) having their own articles: Bon Accord-St Nicholas Centre and The Mall Trinity. The latter isn't even very sizeable. I'm not keen to nominate them for deletion on top of this nomination in case anybody decides I have an axe to grind (I don't, I'm just trying to maintain WP quality) but if anybody else feels like doing so... ;) – Kieran T ^{(talk | contribs)} 00:00, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. The article is acting as a business directory and mostly lists national chains with individual stores. If someone really wants to add to this, they'd be better adding information to Wikitravel. --Wafulz 00:33, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. A useful page, why don't wikipedians spend time creating content rather than spending time arguing about deleting and censoring content. --86.137.188.157 15:34, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete At best, move this to WikiTravel. --Oakshade 02:09, 4 November 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.