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The result was keep. -- User:Docu 03:01, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

List of shopping malls in Bahrain[edit]

This is a non-notable list of shopping malls and is true not just for Bahrain but for any country. WP:LISTCRUFT and WP:NOTDIR. Mohummy (talk) 22:54, 12 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Keep. Precedent for such lists pages has already been set for navigation from relevant navbox. Eddie.willers (talk) 00:52, 13 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. There's a danger of systematic bias. Are shopping malls in Bahrain less notable than, say, shopping centres in the UK? Nope. Instead of picking off one or two articles about shopping malls in foreign countries, I think more thought needs to be put into whether the whole category is notable or not. Without that thought and debate, definite keep. Fences and windows (talk) 01:57, 13 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I don't believe a list of shopping malls anywhere is notable unless a reason for notability can be shown which I doubt is possible. Mohummy (talk) 02:13, 13 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep As I see it, a list of notable anythings in a country is a viable list, as long as there are 2 or more of them. (Judging notability in the usual way, buy having a Wikipedia article or being obviously qualified for one. ) DGG (talk) 02:40, 13 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Nobody loves an exciting list of shopping malls more than me. Oh man WP:ILIKEIT more than you can imagine. JBsupreme (talk) 06:34, 13 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Precedent. "Lists of ..." dont need to be Notable in and of themselves, just what is on them, the List is a prefered navigation tool for some, just like :Cats are for others. Exit2DOS2000^•T•C• 09:14, 13 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Exit2Dos2000. Not every entry on a list needs to be notable. The content on this list can easily be verified. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Many otters • One hammer • HELP)} 15:53, 13 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Wikipedia is not a directory and that's all these lists are. --BlueSquadronRaven 19:25, 13 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per TenPoundHammer. But I suggest each one should be notable. I would hate to see a list of all "shopping centers" in the U.S. include every minor strip mall. The equivalent of regional malls and larger should be the only ones included. 22:24, 13 May 2009 (UTC)Edison (talk)

Comment How is this different from recently deleted articles such as Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/List_of_hotels_in_Bahrain Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/List of clubs in Bahrain and Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/List of supermarket chains in Bahrain? The articles for the two malls which have articles read as advertisements rather than anything notable or encyclopedic. This is not a travel wiki. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mohummy (talk • contribs) 23:09, 13 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Reply to comment - WP:OTHERSTUFFDOESNTEXIST. So edit the articles that you feel read as advertisements. Exit2DOS2000^•T•C• 12:25, 14 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per DGG, Exit, 10# I cannot think of a single reason why we should not have this list. The only reason cited in the nom is that it's a list of non notable malls. Oh, wait. Some of them are independently notable But lists to allow us to cover subjects that are not necessarily notable individually. "Useful" is not a useful argument in AFD, but we must remember that we are building a storehouse of "the sum of all human knowledge" and that Wikipedia is not a paper encyclopedia. We can afford to have items that a paper encyclopedia could not due to paper costs. It is the sort of information that would be referenced somewhere if someone thought to do it. Individually, the malls may not meet our definition of notability. Collectively they do, so the thing to do is to improve rather than delete. I can't help it if other lists have been deleted. Did not take part in those discussions. Cheers, Dlohcierekim 22:36, 14 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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.