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Ridgedale Center

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Result: Delist Issues below still persist. Will also add that there are organizational issues with a half the "1974–86: Grand opening" section referring to things that happened in the 90's AIRcorn (talk) 07:50, 21 November 2019 (UTC)

The article is overall very short for a GA, and is missing an awful lot of key points found in other GA-class shopping mall articles. For instance:

1. How did the developers choose the site and stores?
2. What were major stores on opening day or throughout the mall's history? Did it have anything noteworthy, like the first or largest in the area of a certain store? What were major architectural features or other noteworthy facets?
3. There is almost nothing on the mall's first decade of existence. No key points between 1974-86 are covered at all.
4. How and when did the current owners acquire it? Did it have any other owners at any point?

Compare other GA-class mall articles such as Meridian Mall and Lansing Mall, or even Merle Hay Mall which was promoted in 2008 and still holds up reasonably well, and it's clear that this article falls woefully short. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 05:32, 6 September 2019 (UTC)

AmericanAir88 comments

• I'll admit that the review for the mall was a bit rushed and did not address all that possibly could of. However, GA's should not be compared to each other. It is about the criteria. I'll do an assessment of the article for myself. @TenPoundHammer:, make sure to notify previous reviewers of this GAR. AmericanAir88^(talk) 02:15, 13 September 2019 (UTC)

• @AmericanAir88:  Done Carbrera and Wilhemina Will were notified. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 02:36, 13 September 2019 (UTC)

Review

@TenPoundHammer:

• Comment First off, size isn't everything. Plenty of GA's are of quality that are on the short size.
• Issue The beginning of "Grand Opening" should be expanded with the first reference
• Comment Not all mall articles have to contain lists of their stores. Some didn't contain anything major. WP:DIRECTORY.
• Issue TPH is right in that there needs to be more coverage on the first decade such as reception.
• Issue The article feels like it is just a timeline of events. Most sentences just start with a year.
• Issue Ref 10 needs replacement (Opinionated list) and the trivial mention inline needs to be expanded on.
• Issue The article honestly feels lacking. Size isn't the issue, but there is definitely room for expansion through the references.

AmericanAir88^(talk) 19:59, 18 October 2019 (UTC)