Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/South Dekalb Mall


 * 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. ---J.S (T/C) 23:55, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

South Dekalb Mall

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Contested PROD Yank sox  20:09, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Fails WP:CORP and Wikipedia is not a mall directory. Tarret 20:46, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete as per WP:CORP Bec-Thorn-Berry 21:05, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete There is apparently a Wikiproject - Dead Malls, and this is one of their articles. All I have to say is, Stop this madness before it goes any further! Non notable. --Brianyoumans 21:08, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Neutral, but having a Dead Malls wiki seems like a logical way to handle this sort of thing, because it could determine its own rules for inclusion while still allowing multiple contributors. --Dhartung | Talk 21:55, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I have since looked at the project page and at a few of the articles; the better ones are quite detailed, and manage to squeeze some notability out of their subjects. I think the dangers are making lots of unsupported statements about why a mall failed, and also encouraging people to post articles about every failed mall they can find, regardless of how interesting or notable its story is. If people see an article on a failed mall, they will assume that every failed mall should have an article. --Brianyoumans 00:58, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete No claim of notability, no sources. Unsourced statements insinuating racism on the community's part are particularly troubling. Shimeru 22:09, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep Mall account is accurate and based on personal knowledge, which can be verified if needed. The mall is not failed, but is weak and the accounts on white flight are very accurate in regards to southern DeKalb County and this mall.  Every attempt was made to avoid racism, and the information here is common local knowledge.  Only the date that mall opened is not certain.  I have personally visited this mall on more than one occassion and can confirm the information.  JCPenney did indeed leave the mall when the Mall at Stonecrest opened five years ago and sat vacant until very recently.  The mall was never expanded, and was not updated since the 1970's until very recently when it was renamed this.  There was very little information out there, and I gathered this on visits to the mall and asking people who lived in the area about it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.11.147.73 (talk) 10:17, 13 December 2006 (UTC).
 * Comment That would be original research, then. Shimeru 10:21, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Article does not assert that the topic meets WP:CORP, the relevant notability standard for businesses, including malls. Article is unsourced, so it definitely does not establish notability to the standards.  GRBerry 03:39, 15 December 2006 (UTC)


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