Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shopping in Hong Kong


 * 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   keep. (non-admin closure)  →TSU tp* 10:58, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Shopping in Hong Kong

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This article has been around for awhile but doesn't seem very encyclopedic to me. I find it more or an advertisement or promotion but I'm putting it out for AFD to seek other opinions. Eeekster (talk) 04:52, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Articles for deletion/Log/2012 June 27.  Snotbot   t &bull; c &raquo;  18:49, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Hong Kong-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 19:58, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 19:58, 27 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep This article, while it may be written like an advertisement or promotion, is still for a perfectly valid topic - Shopping in Hong Kong - and there are other similar articles, for example Shopping in Leeds. Therefore, keep.  Theopolisme TALK 21:32, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep The topic is notable, being covered in sources such as Born to Shop Hong Kong. In any case, our editing policy would be to merge into the main article Hong Kong, rather than deleting. Warden (talk) 12:21, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep The topic has the references to support it as a stand alone article. Its major problems, as pointed out by the nom, is that certain portions of the article are unreferenced and sound promotional (such as a lot of the "Highlights" section), but that material can either be removed or referenced through a standard cleanup.  Rorshacma (talk) 18:16, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep and clean up.--Charles (talk) 09:17, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep per Rorshacma. KTC (talk) 12:11, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:PRESERVE, the topic itself is notable and covered in independent WP:RS sources, the Lonely Planet guide and Consuming Hong Kong book show the topic meets notability requirements. The article has problems but fix rather than delete.    15:32, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep per above comments. Shopping is a major pastime, industry and tourist attraction for Hong Kong.  Vertium   (talk to me)  01:22, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
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