Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mineral Gap


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was delete.  A  Train talk 07:35, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

Mineral Gap

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Non-notable building created by a non-notable company. There is some press out there, but not enough in my opinion to justify an article. If the owner of the building were notable enough for its own article, a merge might be justified, but that is not the case here. The coverage is either trade press or primary source based interviews, etc. that are excluded by WP:ORGIND and WP:CORPDEPTH. Finally, I think regardless of analysis of sourcing, this article is a perfect example of the type of article that WP:NOTDIRECTORY is intended to prevent: there is not enough sourcing in existence to expand the article beyond a simple directory listing. Deletion is the best option in this case. TonyBallioni (talk) 16:31, 24 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions.  M assiveYR   ♠  18:33, 24 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Virginia-related deletion discussions.  M assiveYR   ♠  18:33, 24 September 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep - The parent company, DP Facilities, is a notable data center construction firm. Their is sufficient sourcing for the topic. With regards to article expansion, the facility will be expanding in the near future which will likely generate additional coverage. The facility is the only one of it's kind in the area in southern Virginia, and was in part funded by the government to encourage technology growth. Articles may exist as stubs.Fundon1 (talk) 21:39, 25 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete -- a WP:directory listing for an unremarkable data center. That the facility is "the only one of it's kind in the area in southern Virginia" is hardly a claim of significance. The coverage is routine, and the expected coverage of the expansion will likewise be routine. I don't see how this meet WP:NCOPR & WP:CORPDEPTH. K.e.coffman (talk) 22:23, 30 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete The facility has only been open for a few months, and there is no reason to think that the facility is currently of interest to the world at large.  But notability is likely to be increasing, including in the plan to triple floor space.  It looks like it is already a bit of a landmark given its remote location, which will also likely increase.  Unscintillating (talk) 00:49, 2 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I'd be ok with redirecting it to Wise County, Virginia for now, but for a standalone article, it might need several years to show WP:SUSTAINED coverage. Unscintillating (talk) 20:05, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  MBisanz  talk 02:23, 2 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete - Pretty much everything is about the thing being built, which is routine coverage, and only really establishes that the thing was going to exists, and now exists. There's nothing wrong with stubs, but if a stub is all that can possibly be written, then it's likely the subject doesn't meet WP:GNG. No prejudice against userfying if Fundon1 would like to save their work and maybe try to expand the article over the next few months if more news comes out including more in-depth coverage.  G M G  talk   17:25, 2 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Please userfy the article if a delete is the outcome.Fundon1 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 16:31, 3 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete - this appears top be a very ordinary office park. How is this even remotely notable? Bearian (talk) 20:54, 9 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Its a data center in an office park, not an office park, btw. Unscintillating (talk) 01:28, 10 October 2017 (UTC)
 * This is a Tier 3 secure data center with "anti-ram fencing, wedge barriers, a perimeter blast berm...counter-IED protective measures...[a]...dedicated force of armed security personnel, [and] an advanced tactical command center". "[A]s the state’s next secure technology corridor, [Southwest Virginia region] offers: affordable power, connectivity, an ideal climate, a location away from population centers and flood zones, with room for growth."  It is currently the 16th largest data center in Virginia, in a state through which 70% of the world's internet traffic passes, in a county of population 41000 in the Appalachian mountains.  Unscintillating (talk) 02:23, 10 October 2017 (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.