Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Apparel Design Shops in Sendagaya

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The result was Delete as an unencyclopedic list of shops. (aeropagitica) 09:57, 12 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

List of Apparel Design Shops in Sendagaya[edit]

A list that cannot possibly hope to pass WP:NOT a collection of indiscriminate stuff. Also fails WP:V, doesn't follow the proposed WP:LOCAL, and definately almost everything here fails WP:N. Elar a girl^Talk|Count 18:22, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Seems wholly irrelevant. Fails WP:NOT totally.--Anthony.bradbury 19:24, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - wikipedia is not a directory service. -- Whpq 20:18, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletions. -- Sosb 22:40, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Comment WP:NOT is irrelevant because this list is not an indiscriminate collection of information; rather, the criteria for inclusion are quite specific, and all items in the list are clearly related by geography and line of business. Nor is this a directory, since the list includes no contact information. WP:V does not apply; every establishment has a sign or mailbox or directory listing which is a published record of its existence and makes it verifiable. WP:LOCAL is irrelevant, since this is the fashion district for the country, making the shops and their culture of nationwide interest. "Seems wholly irrelevant" is not a basis for deletion. Notability is not a criterion for inclusion in the article; whether or not the individual shops are notable doesn't matter. Notability is a criterion for the subject of the article; this subject is definitely notable. Fg2 01:22, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This IS a directory, exactly like signboards outside of your average North American shopping mall: that it lacks contact information only makes it a BAD directory. --Calton | Talk 02:56, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, we agree that it would not be good as a directory! Fg2 04:59, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Handwaving aside, it's a directory, useless as an encyclopedia article or even as a travel guide -- except possibly for someone living in Sendagaya looking for new clothes. --Calton | Talk 02:56, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Indifferent. I began and wrote most of the article back in March. At the time, I thought it was important. It's not the best of my work. Still, Sendagaya, Shibuya remains the fashion design centre for Japan and if anyone knows anything about fashion, what those teenage shoppers buy in Shibuya, the world gets a year later. This is a list of shops - as in ateliers - not places for shoppers to buy clothes but for designers, suppliers, writers, media, modeling agencies and buyers to come together. Still, if the article was merged into the Sendagaya or Shibuya article or an article about fashion/design in Tokyo/Japan, I'd be cool with that. I won't be the one to do it, however. Bigger fish to fry. (P.S. Thanks Fg2 for the valiant defence.) (I noticed I didn't sign earlier today when I wrote in. So, DDD DDD 06:50, 7 December 2006 (UTC))[reply]
- It would be good to keep the information somewhere in Wikipedia. How about moving it to a subpage of your user page? Eventually, it might find a home. Fg2 04:59, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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