Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/College Square Mall


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The result was   keep. this is a fairly weak keep, but the citations seemed to have expandwed enough for that. (non-admin closure) NuclearWarfare  contact me My work  21:01, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

College Square Mall

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Not the subject of any reliable sources. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 01:16, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Malls-related deletion discussions.   --  Ten Pound Hammer  and his otters • (Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 01:17, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Tennessee-related deletion discussions.
 * Comment. The article mentions "an article from the local newspaper, the Citizen Tribune" of Morristown, Tennessee. Despite the lack of a full citation, there has been some coverage of the mall in the Citizen Tribune - there would have to be - and probably enough to pass the general notability guideline. Unfortunately, the newspaper's website at http://www.citizentribune.com/ doesn't include full archives, so I wasn't able to find the newspaper article mentioned. The mall is located in Tennessee, and most of the Google News archive hits are for the mall by the same name in Cedar Falls, Iowa. -- Eastmain (talk) 02:03, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge/Redirect to Morristown, Tennessee. -- brew crewer  (yada, yada) 02:38, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep or merge/redirect. Merging to Morristown would be a good option, as this is a major commercial center for Morristown and the surrounding rural region. Other 3rd-party coverage I have found online (not all of it WP:RS) includes DeadMalls.com, a different version of the local newspaper story cited in the article, this short description of the mall, this Knoxville newspaper article about a planned store closure, and an item about the county clerk's branch office in the mall. Also, here's a Google cache link to another article in the local newspaper. --Orlady (talk) 03:32, 18 October 2008 (UTC) PS - I added two of those sources to the article. --Orlady (talk) 03:45, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment Redirecting is probably not a good idea, as there's another mall in iowa with the same name. Ten Pound Hammer  and his otters • (Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 19:58, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
 * In that case, redirection might not be such a good idea. (Disambiguation would make sense, although I think the Disambiguation Wikiproject participants would discourage creation of a disambiguation page when only one of malls has an article.) My main point was that information about this mall should be a part of the article about Morristown, either as a link to this article or as content in the Morristown article. --Orlady (talk) 23:28, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Just because there is another mall without an article doesn't necessarily mean that ideally there should be no redirect. -- brew crewer  (yada, yada) 23:40, 18 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep. Looks like a fairly large, regional mall.  And per above, published sources may be on the way. Squidfryerchef (talk) 02:11, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep - notability is asserted by the statement of being the only one serving 8 counties... but it needs to have verifiability. I think that this would do that if we could get a copy of it. Exit2DOS2000   •T•C•  01:59, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
 * This source (not currently cited in the article) says it's "the dominant shopping center in an eight county" area (not exactly what the article claims, but close). FWIW, my personal knowledge leads me to believe it's probably the only mall for many miles around, as Morristown is the commercial center for a large rural region. --Orlady (talk) 02:08, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - thats enough for me to convert away from weak to Keep. Exit2DOS2000   •T•C•  23:39, 20 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep. The building of College Square Mall was very important for Morristown.  It helped spark an economic boom in Morristown, one which is still being felt today.  I remember how important it was, as growing up in Greene County, it meant not having to travel to Johnson City, Kingsport, or Knoxville, same for folks in Hawkins, Cocke, Grainger, Hancock, and other neighboring counties. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DodgeRT360 (talk • contribs)


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