Talk:Decarie Square

Reason for adding failure to meet 'general notability guideline' tag?
A few days ago Epeefleche added tags for article notability and issues with reference sources. Perhaps an explanation is in order, as to why this article is not considered noteworthy and should be cited for removal? Granted it is classifiable as a dead mall, with far less importance than some of the other larger malls in the city, but then by that reasoning Plaza Côte-des-Neiges should be tagged too. Or several other Montreal malls listed on Wikipedia for that matter.

From my understanding, this tag is used for articles about something very common place or lacking uniqueness. Say for example, the Dollar Cinema that's found in this mall (there was an article on it at one time, but it was eventually removed for failing to meet the notability guideline). I'm also unclear on the references issue...are the existing ones considered invalid sources, or just more references needed here? At any rate, just looking for some clarification on the tag(s) so if there are any specific issues here, myself or others can fix them up. --Apple2gs (talk) 02:05, 31 December 2014 (UTC)


 * As a first step, you may find it helpful to click through to the pages noted in the tags. That makes the tags quite self-explanatory, as to the issues you raise concerning notability. The tag is for something not meeting GNG -- not as you understand for "articles about something very common place or lacking uniqueness."  As indicated, the mall may not meet Wikipedia's general notability guideline. To establish notability, please add reliable, secondary sources.  Second, there are only two refs in the entire article.  The vast majority of it is unsourced.  Completely.  It needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources, as unsourced material may be challenged and removed. See wp:burden for more on this.  There is more -- most malls this size and smaller are not notable enough to warrant wp articles.  But addressing the GNG and RS problems would go a long way perhaps to seeking to establish wp notability. Also, pls see WP:TENANTS, with regard to not listing non-anchor tenants. Best. --Epeefleche (talk) 02:52, 31 December 2014 (UTC)