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The result was Keep/withdrawn nomination, didn't realize that this was actually a locality and not just a shopping center. Non-admin closure. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 16:59, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Village of Cross Keys[edit]

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Non-notable shopping region in Maryland, fails WP:RS, WP:V. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 01:58, 3 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Weak keep pending improvement. This is more of a planned community or an urban node than just a shopping center. According to this [1], it was James Rouse's first planned community. I'll try to expand and source the article tomorrow. Acroterion _(talk) 04:04, 3 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep, important to the history of planned communities. Not quite a U.S. Milton Keynes (that would be Columbia, Maryland, but it was a template and test-bed for what followed. --Dhartung | Talk 08:21, 3 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep, not hugely notable, but we already include articles on malls...and high schools. Joshdboz 22:14, 3 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• "Other stuff exists" is not a valid criterion. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 01:20, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

But the fact that there is an established precedent for inclusion of lesser known locations, be it a school, development, etc. Joshdboz 02:57, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep, I originally created this stub to be not about the shopping area itself, but about the entire neighborhood, which also includes apartments, condos, and other features in a typical neighborhood. I only made it a stub - I was hoping for others to expand. Articles about neighborhoods are perfectly within Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion. This neighborhood, I know, does have some notable residents, such as well-known local journalists, though I have not mentioned that yet. Sebwite 16:31, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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