Talk:Ridgmar Mall

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This is a good start, but more information is needed. Ridgmar was indeed an important regional mall when it opened. A little mollusk (talk) 03:32, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

I had started a list of other tenants with attribution, but it was deleted. Anyone see something wrong with that? A little mollusk (talk) 19:10, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Per the mall MOS and Wikipedia guidelines, a full listing of stores/tenants is not appropriate as we are not a directory. In general, in the mall's historical prose, you can mention some of the first stores if they were noteworthy and sourceable. Also any major/important stores that leave or join the mall (generally demonstrable by news articles covering the closing/opening). Other than that, a list of current anchors should be the only store list in the article, though you can also include a basic summary of the mall stores. See Wikipedia:WikiProject Shopping Centers#Structure and Wikipedia:WikiProject Shopping Centers/Anchors and tenants for further guideance on what kind of content would be good for the article. Also feel free to take a look at Post Oak Mall, which is one I did. Its not ready for GA yet, but otherwise a decent article for a mall that is of a similar size to this one. Hope that helps some. Collectonian (talk) 19:20, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the information. I'd been having issues with finding any significant information about the mall and thought that might be appropriate, so I appreciate the links provided. Wiki'mation is a bit of a jungle. I plan to eventually scour a couple of databases to see if there's anything useful to be gleaned. Best ... A little mollusk (talk) 20:35, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Trust me, I know the feeling! With its age, maybe check some historical books for the county or Fort Worth. That's where I found some for Post Oak, since it was the first mall here. Might help some. Good luck! Collectonian (talk) 20:38, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

One of the perks at work is access to a database with newspapers online back to '85. The trick is getting the right search terms. Just tried it and got some hits. Finding the time to incorporate the info is the beeeeyouknowhat. And, ahem, but age is relative, my friend. :D A little mollusk (talk) 21:02, 11 March 2008 (UTC)