Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Shopping malls

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Shopping malls

Airside Retail Park

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Based on the category this is in, this is one of two retail parks in the State with articles. But from the article, I can’t discern what makes it notable. Its external coverage is routine: it was constructed, has certain facilities and a large anchor tenant in the Tesco, all of which brought jobs. Isn’t this the same as dozens if not hundreds of retail parks? The content could possibly be merged into the Swords article. Iveagh Gardens (talk) 08:42, 9 April 2025 (UTC)

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Ireland-related deletion discussions. Iveagh Gardens (talk) 08:42, 9 April 2025 (UTC)

Note: The creator of this article was subject to a sockpuppet investigation relating to other retail park articles, so I’m not inclined to give the benefit of the doubt here. Iveagh Gardens (talk) 08:49, 9 April 2025 (UTC)

Delete. Not notable, no WP:SIGCOV, and nothing actually worth merging. Bastun^{Ėġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ!} 09:38, 9 April 2025 (UTC)

• Merge/redirect to Swords,_Dublin#Commercial_and_retail. Or, failing that, simply delete. While Wikipedia:WikiProject Shopping Centers doesn't have specific notability guidelines, WP:NBUILDING and WP:GNG apply. And there is nothing to indicate that this retail park meets either guideline. (In short, while a WP:BEFORE returns mentions of the retail park's name in news articles, it is mainly "incidental" coverage. Where the subject isn't the primary topic of the coverage and is mentioned in passing in news coverage about something else (like this on RTÉ where the main topic is the MetroLink, or this in the Fingal Independent where the new Tesco store could have been elsewhere and probably would have had the same coverage.) I cannot find any material sources which cover the subject as a primary topic in any depth. The only sources I can find would only allow for expansion of a "tenants" sections (which would be completely inappropriate relative to WP:TENANTS and WP:NOTDIRECTORY). And, unless I'm missing something, I can't find sources to expand on the site's history/architecture/operation/ownership/etc.) The only reason I'm advocating a merge/redirect, as an alternative to deletion, is because of the volume of mentions returned in a WP:BEFORE. Making it a plausible search term that may warrant a target WP:WITHIN another article.... Guliolopez (talk) 09:47, 9 April 2025 (UTC)
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Shopping malls-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 10:45, 9 April 2025 (UTC)
• Delete: Routine strip mall from what I see. Not unlike any hundreds of others all over the planet. It's not architecturally notable, I don't see a connection to any historic event. Just a retail space, doing retail things. Oaktree b (talk) 14:50, 9 April 2025 (UTC)
• Delete Very WP:MILL strip center. Nathannah • 📮 20:33, 9 April 2025 (UTC)
• Delete agreed with Nathannah that this is about as WP:MILL as it gets. Routine and not notable for an article. Iljhgtn (talk) 14:30, 14 April 2025 (UTC)

Proposed deletions

• Uptown Scottsbluff (via WP:PROD on 28 January 2024)