[Wikipedia-l] Non-notability "abuse"

[Ian Tresman]

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