Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wilton 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 of the debate was keep. Mailer Diablo 00:54, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wilton Mall

This article is full of unverified information about some mall. There's nothing to indicate any significance of the mall in question, it just exists. Most of the article content consists of a list of stores. Wikipedia is not a phone book. Friday (talk) 15:24, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

There are an awful lot of malls in Category:Shopping malls in New York that just exist. (Not to mention all the other states which I didn't examine.) Where should the line be drawn? Thatcher131 16:40, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Well, that's sorta what Afd decides, isn't it? Personally, I don't think we need to worry too much about where to draw the line- we let our sources draw that line for us. If reliable sources aren't saying much about this mall, we won't have much to say about it either. But, for those that want a firmer guideline, we do have WP:CORP for inclusion of companies. I see nothing in the article to indicate the mall company meets the guidelines. (The guideline more or less says what I'm saying- it depends on reliable sources to establish significance. ) Friday (talk) 17:04, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

As stated on the article's talk page, I think that there is enough here that a reasonable article could be built including historical information, etc. my default action would be to label it as a stub and move on. However, I would not vote against deletion. cmh 17:15, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

• Keep. The nom should know that we have tags for unreferenced content. Article contents can also be improved through editing. Participants here should see Category:Shopping malls in the United States for some of our excellent mall articles. Wilton is not "some mall" for the folks in Saratoga Springs, New York. Of course, Saratoga is just "some town" that just "exists" and maybe we just shouldn't talk about it at all. -- JJay 20:07, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. What is notable about the article that merits an entry in an encylopedia? While Saratoga Springs, New York is a nice place to vist or stay in, that fact alone does not make the mall notable. The fact that other articles may be similar does not mean that this article is OK. The significance of the mall could be noted om those articles or it may be that no one has really looked at the article to see if it belongs. Vegaswikian 00:22, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep The article needs work, but this is a valid topic for an article. RayGates 22:46, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, important to the economy of the northern portion of the greater Albany, New York region. Kappa 12:12, 6 March 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.