Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of casinos in Maryland


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The result was   The result was withdrawn by nominator and rename to Gambling in Maryland. As suggested, an article with that title is more appropriate. Sebwite (talk) 14:11, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

List of casinos in Maryland

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Wikipedia is not a directory. Presently, there is only one casino in Maryland. The other ones are yet to have opened. At most, there are only two more that will likely open any time soon. Articles on those two would be appropriate at this point, since they have received a huge amount of media coverage, and one was just approved via a voter referendum. But this is insufficient for a list. Sebwite (talk) 21:24, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment From its racetracks to its lottery to its casinos, there's room for someone to write an encyclopedic article about gambling in Maryland, of which this would be a part. I think the nominator is correct, though, that this is no more than a directory (to Perryville, Maryland), so it would seem.  Mandsford 22:36, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I do believe there are grounds for there to be multiple articles on gambling in Maryland at this point, just not a limited list like this. There are two more casinos slated to open in the future, and there is enough definitive information about them out there that they would pass the crystal ball criteria. There was recently a referendum called "Question A" in Anne Arundel County that was followed by media around the whole country on whether or not to build a casino at Arundel Mills. Two years ago, the statewide referendum was passed, allowing up to five casinos to be constructed in the state (Yes five is the maximum; according to the state consitution now there cannot be any more without a referendum). It may be possible to write an article about this. The issue of slots in Maryland has been a hot political topic in recent years, so there is probably more beyond that. Sebwite (talk) 22:58, 3 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Maryland-related deletion discussions.  --  Jujutacular  talk 00:55, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia is a directory of its own contents, so a list of casinos that have articles or merit articles is appropriate and not the kind of directory WP:NOTDIR disdains. I don't know how many casinos are enough for a standalone list of casinos by state, but it's probably best just to point to List of casinos in the United States (which is sortable by state) as capable of handling that information, at least until someone can develop an article on gambling in Maryland generally as suggested above.  postdlf (talk) 03:59, 4 November 2010 (UTC)


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