Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dubai Hills Mall


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Spirit of Eagle (talk) 01:19, 7 June 2018 (UTC)

Dubai Hills Mall

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See Articles for deletion/Dubai Hills Estate. The closer noted that the arguments for keeping were mostly WP:ITEXISTS and WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. However, there is one problem with the former keep arguments. It doesn't exist yet.

Nothing in the article suggests any particular notability other than that it will exist. There is no in-depth discussion, e.g., of its intended economic importance, of its environmental impact, of any features that will be unique in the world, or whatever. In the absence of in-depth discussion of some sort, articles on planned malls are promotional. Robert McClenon (talk) 20:54, 30 May 2018 (UTC)
 * weak keep On reading the nomination statement I was prepared to opt for "delete" but I checked the sources first (I also combined some duplicate sources) I see that the article states, supported by a siurce, that this will be the largest mall in he world measured by total area, and the source also says that it will be the 6th largest by Gross Leasable Area (GLA). That seems significant, and it looks to me as if there are enough source to pass the GNG. Projects in progress are not barred by WP:CRYSTAL provided that there is reliable coverage. My only doubt is of the independence of the sources, some of which sound as if they are based in significant degree on press releases. Sourced in-depth discussion such as  Robert McClenon calls for would surely improve the article, but I don't see it as a requirement for the article to exist. If it were we would have very few stubs indeed. DES (talk)DESiegel Contribs 22:01, 30 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep this is not written as an advert it accurately describes one of the largest malls in the world under development. It is not some little strip mall like a million others. Such major developments are of encyclopedic interest. Major reliable sources cover this, yes using company released data as a source of course, but they cover it because it is a really big project of interest to the mews reading general public and hence of interest to our readers because this is not routine news but something long term. This topic is a hell of a lot more notable than some forgotten handball player that once was in the Olympics or other such pages that get autopasses. Legacypac (talk) 23:12, 30 May 2018 (UTC)
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 * keep: coverage shows this is a massive mall, and notability also shown via coverage.--Milowent • hasspoken 20:18, 1 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep This, inexplicably perhaps, seems to just pass muster for GNG. Chetsford (talk) 05:45, 6 June 2018 (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.