Wikipedia:WikiProject Shopping Centers

WikiProject Shopping Centers, formerly WikiProject Dead Malls, is a project to better organize information in articles related to shopping centers. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list there.

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Scope
WikiProject Shopping Centers exists to better coordinate efforts to enlarge and improve Wikipedia's coverage of notable shopping centers. Specifically, it deals with all articles relating to indoor shopping malls, outdoor shopping centers, and also dead malls.

Parent projects

 * WikiProject Architecture

Essays

 * WikiProject Shopping Centers/Anchors and tenants

Related WikiProjects

 * WikiProject Retailing
 * WikiProject Deletion sorting/Malls
 * WikiProject Brands

How you can help
To build the community:
 * Join this project by adding your name to the list below.
 * Add this page to your watchlist, and keep up with what needs doing.

To identify and improve shopping center pages:
 * Locate pages that need attention, then add them to the list below.
 * Have a go at editing a page from the list below.
 * To provide guidelines for writing about dead malls.

Join in the discussion

To Do
Main Priority
 * Get at least 1 shopping mall to featured article status.
 * Our easiest way to do this is to try and improve an article in the Good Article list, I would suggest Southdale Center, the first modern "shopping mall" in America!

In Related Areas:

'''In terms of shopping malls in particular, as of June 22, 2020, I have found three malls that have directly attributed the pandemic to the permanent closure of their business. These malls are Northgate Mall in Durham, North Carolina, Metrocenter Mall in Phoenix, Arizona, and Cascade Mall in Burlington, Washington.'''

Malls
'''Let's start with our stubs. We have 1,321 stubs within the scope of our project! Help where you can!'''
 * Insert more here!

Active: (active in 2022)

 * GeekBurst (talk) 12:57, 1 May 2022 (UTC) - Focused on Shopping Centres in the United Kingdom.
 * Intotheblueagain (talk) 02:26, 27 May 2022 (UTC) Fairly new to Wikipedia. Here to help out however I can.

Active: (active in 2020)

 * '''JJonahJackalope (talk) 18:35, 21 June 2020 (UTC) Semi-active, most likely will focus on shopping centers in Georgia and the Southeastern United States.
 * User:Windyshadow32 (talk) 23:00, 15 June 2020 (UTC) Interested in expanding articles with as much-cited history as possible, beginning with Alabama and going down the list. Interested in assessing the articles and putting them into proper categories (trying to revive this project!)
 * User:JarrahTree (active)
 * WM86 (talk) WM-86 03:26, 22 November 2008 (UTC) Had a vivid dream about a young woman with a striking resemblance to Jessica Stroup from 90210 last night (November 20, 2008) and I shopping at a mall, so I had to join. I would also like to revert vandalism. :) (Active)
 * MelbourneStar1 (talk) - Main interests: Westfield Group shopping centres and Australian / US shopping centres. (will pop in here and there.)
 * Bouncy Glow 09:24, 11 September 2012 (UTC) (active; awaiting new response!)
 *  Esw01407 (talk) 15:56, 28 September 2018 (UTC)(Active.)
 * Pokemonprime (talk) 16:34, 17 July 2020 (UTC) It's alive! ALIIIVE! Main focus: improving mall stubs and making pages for major mall retailers.
 *  // Timothy ::  talk  01:16, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Saberclaw84 (talk) 3:52, 20 September 2021 (UTC) Still a little new to Wikipedia editing, but I'm learning, and intend to do as much as I possibly can. Current focus: fixing grammatical errors in articles and editing articles to reflect ownership changes.

Active: (active in 2024)
]] product with selling online and ofline 14:20, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
 * 🥒 BONTENGERS  🥒 (🔔) I learn more about [[Supply chain#External links|supply chain

Awaiting Response

 * Caldorwards4 05:48, 26 October 2006 (UTC) (left message on talk page.)
 * TheListUpdater 16:46, 23 August 2007 (UTC) (left message on talk page.)
 * dml 10:33, 30 December 2006 (UTC) (left message on talk page.)
 * ArkansasTraveler 14:05, 3 January 2007 (UTC) (left message on talk page.)
 * Irongargoyle 05:07, 15 January 2007 (UTC) (left message on talk page.)
 * TenPoundHammer 17:51, 17 February 2007 (UTC) (left message on talk page.)
 * PatricknoddyTALK (reply here) | HISTORY now at User:Presidentman(left message on talk page.)
 * DGG 10:41, 15 April 2007 (UTC) (left message on talk page.)
 * Brad E. Williams 15:45, 19 April 2007 (UTC) (left message on talk page.)
 * Elonka 17:25, 19 April 2007 (UTC) (will leave message on talk page.)
 * Thewinchester (talk) 03:41, 20 April 2007 (UTC) (will leave message on talk page.)
 * Pafcool2 10:46, 27 May 2007 (UTC)(left message on talk page.)
 * Edison 01:14, 19 June 2007 (UTC) (left message on talk page.)
 * bob rulz 09:29, 7 July 2007 (UTC)(left message on talk page.)
 * Mbisanz (talk) 20:12, 7 December 2007 (UTC) Any copy editing tasks. (will leave message on talk page.)
 * Colmiga 11:45, 26 March 2008 (UTC) Knowledge on lots of shopping centres located in Brisbane, Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. (left message on talk page.)
 * Dough4872 (talk) 01:59, 30 May 2008 (UTC) Mid-Atlantic States (PA, NJ, DE, MD)(left message on talk page.)
 * Pubdog (talk) 16:35, 27 August 2008 (UTC)(left message on talk page.)
 * Canuck85 (talk) 23:37, 3 October 2008 (UTC) (left message on talk page.)
 * Milowent (talk) 16:36, 3 February 2010 (UTC) (left message on talk page.)
 * Publichall (talk) (left message on talk page.)
 * MXMLLN (left message on talk page.)
 * 1014cd (talk) 00:27, 26 August 2011 (UTC) (left message on talk page.)
 * David (talk) 20:33, 28 December 2011 (UTC) - Main interests - Maryland/Delaware (left message on talk page.)
 * Davey 2010  Talk  11:39, 28 February 2013 (UTC) - Shopping Centres in Medway / Kent. (left message on talk page.)
 * Taylor2646 (talk) 20:27, 2 July 2013 (UTC) (left message on talk page.)
 * Carbrera (talk) 17:55, 20 March 2016 (UTC) Mainly interested in shopping malls in Minnesota and dead malls. (left message on talk page.)
 * Ajf773 (talk) 18:54, 25 May 2016 (UTC) (left message on talk page.)
 *  Bruzer Fox  23:42, 10 August 2017 (UTC)

Inactive Users:

 * SchuminWeb (Talk) 00:35, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
 * User:Isipeoria Isipeoria 23:14, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Karrmann 04:19, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
 * 1ne 00:04, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Darkdan 06:48, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Badbilltucker 19:53, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
 * CaseyIsDShiz 02:38, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
 * akronpow 14:31, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
 * wpktsfs 03:09, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Mhking 01:08, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Garrie 05:57, 24 April 2007 (UTC) Mainly interested in Westfield Group and (placename) Marketplace such as Wagga Wagga Marketplace, Plumpton Marketplace, Newington Marketplace etc.
 * Skeezix1000 19:16, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
 *  Chicken-7 10:10, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Pafcool2 10:46, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Metallic 95 User Page | Talk 14:04, 1 June 2007 (UTC) Mostly San Francisco Bay Area articles for now
 * Fhqwgads 18:08, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Deadeuclid 05:19, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Sasquatch4510 20:13, 9 December 2007 (UTC) Canadian shopping centres.
 * (♠ Taifar ious1 ♠) 02:36, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Kevin (talk) 08:51, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
 * James Bond (talk) 20:25, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Asdfasdf1231234 (talk) 19:40, 3 March 2008 (UTC) - Mainly UK centres
 * Chexmix53 (talk) 21:26, 13 March 2008 (UTC) Las Vega]s Malls, the Jacksonville Mall, NC, and Summit Place and Great Lakes Crossing in MI.
 * Floridian06 13:35 29 April 2008 (UTC) Knowledge on Orlando/Central Florida Area Shopping Centers
 * Cavenba (talk • contribs) 19:49, 24 June 2008 (UTC) Nova Scotian Shopping Centres
 * Vpuliva (talk) 01:41, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Dravecky (talk) 07:36, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
 * mstie3kmst (talk) 10:36, 03 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Yx7791 (talk) 04:06, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Cheong (talk) 14:01, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Exit2DOS • Ctrl • Alt • Del 21:20, 3 October 2009 (UTC) ... AfD Stalker & +Cite'er ;)...finally got round to signing this list.
 * Xbopper (talk) 15:32, 3 February 2010 (UTC+10)
 * KuwarOnline (talk) 18:04, 13 May 2010 (UTC) - working on shopping malls in, India, Mumbai,Delhi, Gurgaon, Bangalore, Chennai
 * Neurodistortion (talk) 20:32, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Blanchardb (talk) 02:36, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
 * User:Camstar5414 (talk) - Main interests: Australian shopping centres
 * Monorail Orange (talk) 06:51, 22 March 2012 (UTC) - Shopping centers in Southern California
 * STSC
 * Funbeta
 * Greenmanedlion (talk) 18:30, 9 JUN 2016 (EST)
 *  Scr ★ pIron IV 19:08, 9 April 2018 (UTC)
 *  Scr ★ pIron IV 19:08, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

Structure
Articles about individual malls, especially defunct ones, should take a look primarily at the mall's history. Most reasonable people would not build a retail center like a shopping mall intending for it to fail. Thus the guiding question on these kinds of articles is, "What brought this facility to the state it is in today?"

A few points worth including when writing or refining an article on a shopping mall if sources can be found:
 * Planning - What was there before? Why did the design take on the attributes it did?
 * Construction - How long did it take to build? Any problems?
 * Opening - What was the grand opening like?
 * Ownership - Who owned/owns it? Were there any changes in ownership?
 * Stores - What stores were in the mall when it opened? What about later years? What anchor or other noteworthy stores are in the mall now? See WikiProject Shopping Centers/Anchors and tenants for more details.
 * Renovations - Was the mall ever renovated? When?  How many times was it renovated?  What was changed?  Does a source state why the mall was renovated?

If the mall is a dead mall, the following may also be taken into consideration:
 * Decline - What factors caused stores to leave the mall? Was it a single event, or a series of events?  Was the cause local (e.g. crime in the area, better shopping elsewhere in the town), or outside the local area (e.g. corporate decisions to close stores, especially when an anchor store is closed).
 * Closure - When did the mall close (if applicable)? What caused the plug to finally be pulled on this mall?  Which stores were the last to leave?  Did any stores remain open after the mall itself closed?
 * Disposition - What happened to the mall following its closure? Was it demolished?  What replaced it?  Does it remain standing and abandoned?  Was the mall converted for other non-retail uses?

Ideally, such information should be listed in chronological order.

Pages covered by this project
Articles covered by this project are sorted and rated according to quality. See WikiProject Shopping Centers/Assessment for more information about the rating next to the article titles.

Note: In Progress

Adopt an article
Similar to the Collaboration of the week, but on a smaller scale, you might want to "adopt" an article. This would involve doing the research, writing, and picture-taking (if possible) for either a non-existent article or a stub. Of course, everyone else can still edit an adopted article, and you can work on other things too, but the idea is to find a focus for a while, to try and build up the number of quality articles the Project has produced.

Stub templates
Currently, the only 3 existing Templates are:

Other templates

 * Template:WikiProject Shopping Centers - Placed at the top of Talk pages for articles that are within the scope of WikiProject Shopping Centers.
 * WikiProject Shopping Centers/userbox - Placed on the user page of any project participant.

Assessment
List - Log - Statistics

Resources

 * Shopping Center Business, a trade magazine
 * Retail Traffic, a trade magazine
 * International Council of Shopping Centers
 * (esp. the Publications and SCT sections)


 * Newspapers from around the World
 * 1858 newspapers & other news sources in 1 search
 * Search all BNP Media, 40+ Business to Business industrial magazines.

Watchlist
Please check the watchlist here!