Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Plano Mall

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The result was Speedy delete as blatant hoax Enigma^msg 04:29, 2 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Plano Mall[edit]

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This seems to be a complete fabrication. I can't find evidence for any specific shopping mall called "Plano Mall". There are The Shops at Willow Bend and Collin Creek Mall, which are both malls in Plano, Texas, but not for this specific name. There is this news story, but the land described is still empty. Delete as hoax. --Joshua Scott (LiberalFascist) 04:57, 27 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This AfD nomination was incomplete (missing step 3). It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 09:33, 28 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Could not find any "Plano Mall" at Google News archive, although there are certainly malls in and near Plano which might be casually referred to as "the Plano Mall," but I could not find one which exactly fits the facts stated about this one. Seems to fail WP:V. Edison (talk) 16:11, 28 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Texas-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 00:57, 29 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Malls-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 00:57, 29 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as hoax. According to the chain's official store locator, there is no longer a Lord & Taylor within 100 miles of Plano, Texas. The only Chuck E. Cheese's in Plano is at the "Preston Shepard Place Shopping Center" at 1604 Preston Road, between Park Blvd and Plano Parkway. The only Panera Bread in Plano is at 1900 Preston Road at the "Preston Towne Crossing Shopping Center". These are both thriving strip malls/power centers, not a single multi-level indoor mall. On top of that, while I can't claim to have heard of every shopping opportunity in north Texas, I live just a mile north of Plano and have lived in D/FW for almost 19 years and have never heard of "Plano Mall". It sounds like the author conflated bits of Collin Creek Mall, Valley View Mall, and a few real restaurant locations to create one sad fantasy of a dead mall. - Dravecky (talk) 02:12, 29 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete sad hoax article that no one ever viewed. --Milowent (talk) 03:11, 29 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. I was living in Plano from 1990 through 1994, the time period when this mall was supposedly in operation, and I have no recollection of there ever being a "Plano Mall". That's why I asked about it at the Dallas WikiProject. Collin Creek Mall was in operation, but the Shops at Willow Bend hadn't been built yet. Either way, this article has to be a hoax. --Elkman ^(Elkspeak) 02:49, 30 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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