Talk:List of pharmacies

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If this wikipedia page listed all pharmacies in the world, it would go on forever. Some pharmacies are associated with national and international stores while other pharmacies are completely independent entities. In light of this, I am suggesting that some criteria be developed as to what pharmacies to include on this page and what pharmacies to not include. I suggest that this Wikipedia page only include pharmacies that have locations throughout the country that they are filed under. If there is a pharmacy that doesn't meet this criteria, add a note in this talk page advising why this pharmacy should be entered. Suggestions.DivaNtrainin (talk) 03:05, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I agree. I have removed (from the Canada section) several "Big Box" type stores that may have a pharmacy within their locations, but were not themselves (or on their Article pages) considered Pharmacies, nor were their Articles in any pharma related categories. I would suggest a guide line that includes something like "independently located, not housed within a larger company store" Exit2DOS • Ctrl • Alt • Del 01:00, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

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List of pharmacies RFC
Should pharmacies that don't have articles be delinked, deleted or should they remain as they are?, We have a few "pharmacy accounts" adding their names to the list and in reality it's now becoming one big advertisement for non notable pharmacies, Thanks, – Davey 2010 Talk 12:50, 28 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete all that don't have articles - Some may well be big however leaving them as they are means any small non notable pharmacy can add themselves to the article and as I said above it's becoming one big advertisement, Thanks, – Davey 2010 Talk 12:50, 28 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Delink - there's no point to making a bad link.   Markbassett (talk) 22:02, 28 May 2017 (UTC)
 * I notice that the redlinks are mostly from countries from which we have very few editors. I suspect that some of them could be made into plausible articles, just as the ones from the US and UK. But until we do have editors willing to do the work, there's no point in having them here, as we have no way of telling which of them might actually be notable.  DGG ( talk ) 04:29, 29 May 2017 (UTC)
 * On the whole people don't seem to like red links. My only thought is that there should be some language in the list lede to the effect that the pharmacies *include* the following, as opposed to *are* the following so that it is clear that the list is not exhaustive. Elinruby (talk) 11:56, 30 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Agreed, or people will keep trying to add to it without really having any info but a business name.  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼  22:27, 7 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete all that don't have articles This whole article truly has no raison d'être. It is one of those Wikipedia articles that conform to the typical rules about notability but serve no purpose whatsoever, and certainly not any information-offering, encyclopaedic purpose. Trimming away all red links would be a step towards making something decent out of it. -The Gnome (talk) 08:18, 6 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete all that don't have articles - Unfortunately, I don't think there's a practical way to tell which are potential new articles, which are spam, and which are just mom-and-pop shops added in good faith. Grayfell (talk) 09:06, 6 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete those without articles. It's standard operating procedure for a list of this sort to have inclusion criteria set to "entries must be notable" when spam/cruft becomes a problem. For finite sets of things, the criteria are often more permissive (by design – WP:Notability really applies to whether something can have it's own separate article not whether it can be mentioned). But there is effectively no end to pharmacies; a new one opens every day somewhere. WP:SAL allows consensus to form about whatever inclusion criteria seem best for a particular list, and notability is a common line drawn.  For something like pharmacies, this is a WP:NOT policy matter, even aside from the WP:COI/WP:SPAM/WP:SOAPBOX problem of pharmacists or pharmacy reps adding themselves.  See also WP:NOT policy, which the whole list verges on transgressing. The list's inclusion criteria could be a little more lax than straight notability, such as at least one reliable independent source with non-trivial coverage, but few pharmacies make the news other than incidentally (e.g., being mentioned in a police report about a shoplifting arrest made there, etc.).  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼  22:27, 7 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete. Obvious violations apply here, and they've already been covered by previous commenters. Of course, if a pharmacy in question is in fact Notable, it's only a matter of time before it recieves it's own article, thus allowing it to be on the list. Alt. Eno  16:35, 12 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete all entries without articles . . . Mean as custard (talk) 16:56, 12 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete all entries without articles except those that have one navigable link - Summoned by bot. Similar to WP:DABSTYLE, each entry should have a navigable (blue) link, normally as the entry itself, or in the description if the entry is red-linked or unlinked. So, even if a pharmacy name is redlinked, if its owner/parent is notable and bluelinked, it should stay.  Standalone redlinked articles should be deleted, per the good arguments above. Timtempleton (talk) 06:37, 14 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete non-notable entries - (randomly invited by a bot) Technically an entry might be notable (i.e. have reliable sources, etc.) and not have an article, but I'm okay with the expediency of requiring an article, especially on pages that are subject to persistent abuse. Jojalozzo (talk) 01:25, 15 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete entries which do not have an article — Per WP:NOTDIRECTORY. — Paleo  Neonate  - 04:35, 18 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete all that don't have articles - Summoned by bot. This is an issue I come across very frequently and I always remove the relinks from the list that are almost always non-notable. Meatsgains (talk) 16:53, 20 June 2017 (UTC)

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