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In concordance with my topic ban from AFD, I would like to say I feel the mall is notable per long-standing precedent of mall coverage. The depth of coverage given here is consistent with other malls that have been kept at AFD; see Mayfield Mall, Staunton Mall, Original Outlet Mall, Middlesboro Mall, Tri-City Pavilions, et al. If you check the AFD history for those pages, every single one was closed as "keep" due to a level of news coverage similar to what this one has now. The main argument given was WP:ROUTINE, which per the AFDs for Original Outlet Mall, Mayfield Mall, and Tri-City Pavilions to name a few, has been deemed an invalid rationale (and isn't even policy anyway). I also feel the first AFD made no attempt to do a WP:BEFORE under the mall's former name. I get over 10,000 hits for "Monument Mall" on Newspapers.com, including this page alone which has not one, but three in depth articles on the mall's early years. Pinging @Star Mississippi: for their thoughts. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 19:01, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
