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The result was redirect to Playground. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 06:07, 19 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Commercial playgrounds[edit]

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The content in this article appears to be highly irrelevant (it mostly contains very specific corporate and regulatory details) and we have a much more comprehensive article on the topic at Playground. Redtree21 (talk) 11:51, 29 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Products-related deletion discussions. Redtree21 (talk) 11:56, 29 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. I don't understand why this is a valid AfD nomination, if a merge has already been proposed and is being discussed...? Cielquiparle (talk) 22:01, 29 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:25, 5 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete This is an industry term for 'literally anything except a park or school playground'. Playground covers it fine, this article is otherwise just industry copy. Nate • (chatter) 01:04, 6 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: What is the status of the Merge discussion mentioned here?
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:53, 12 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Playground as an ATD - User:Liz, the merge discussion has had minimal activity in the last three months, with 3 opposes and 1 support. Reading the two articles, I agree with the opposition to the merge: there's nothing of value currently in this article for playground. That said, commercial playgrounds clearly meets GNG; I found several reasonable academic sources. (ex: ^[1]) Thus, because it seems like a reasonable search term (as it is an industry term that has been used over the years by academics and the press), I favor keeping the term as a redirect. Any reliable sources related to commercial playgrounds can be productively added to Playground#Types, with no prejudice against splitting the article if someone wants to write a more elaborate history on commercial playgrounds/playspaces in the future. Suriname0 (talk) 16:38, 14 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the merge discussion update, Suriname0. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 05:08, 15 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ McKENDRICK, John H.; Bradford, Michael G.; Fielder, Anna V. (August 2000). "Kid Customer?: Commercialization of Playspace and the Commodification of Childhood". Childhood. 7 (3): 295–314. doi:10.1177/0907568200007003004. ISSN 0907-5682.

Redirect as appropriate. Bearian (talk) 20:47, 17 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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