At 08:49 18/09/2007, you wrote:

Deletionism worsens systemic bias. As a young Singaporean who contributes to articles pertaining to the Little Red Dot, I was dismayed to find out that many articles on notable Singaporean topics have been nominated for deletion (or even speedy deleted) by Wikipedians who know nothing about Singapore. I could provide many examples, but I believe the four below would suffice:

Last year, Nehwyn nominated many articles on Singaporean shopping malls for deletion. These included [[Suntec City Mall]] (which holds the world's largest fountain).

And we have a List of Shopping Malls by country, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_shopping_malls_by_country But that's up for deletion on the grounds of notabilty! I suspect that architechs mights disagree, but since when does a list have to be "notable", or more notable than 1000 pieces of space rock, or a list of episodes of the Simpsons.

Yet the List of Shopping Malls in the USA, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_shopping_malls_in_the_United_States Is considered OK.

What really gets me is all the unnecessary discussion on notability. All Jimbo has to do is make a decree so that can dedicate time to improving articles, not fighting over their demise or survival.

Regards,

Ian Tresman www.plasma-universe.com