Deletion of List of Parisian locations

Comment: as well. #DIR, and if these aren't directory style entries I don't know what is.  I doubt there is any need for further elaboration
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:NOT)

Comment: How does these fail #DIR?  I am not seeing it.  In the context of an AFD nom, a directory is a list of pointers, like a web directory.  These articles are merely lists of units (or former units) by state, and for each one lists the city it was in, the mall it anchored (many shopping centers have their own articles), and historical information such as the year it opened and closed.  They do not list either the street address or the phone numbers for each unit, thus the Yellow Pages argument is invalid, especially when the chain is defunct.  Thus I ask, are these lists even a directory to begin with, and if so then how?  If they are, then #DIR would conflict directly with what  says concerning lists of units in a chain
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:NOT||WP:NOT||WP:ORG)

Comment: Per Wikipedia:List_guideline#References_for_list_items|WP:Lists, lists should always include unambiguous statements of membership criteria based on definitions made by reputable sources.  No membership criteria is listed, and to the extent it is in the name of the article, it is not based on definitions made by reputable sources. Good information and it might be true, but the list does not meet  policy. Wikipedia is not a collections of public domain or other source material, Wikipedia is not a directory of everything that exists or has existed, and Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:NOT)

Comment: This needs to be closed alongside Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Bloomingdales locations (which is older), given that this is part of a  motive
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions (WP:ALLORNOTHING)

Comment: About as textbook a case of #DIR as I've ever seen. And lists of ''former'' locations? Not even ''close'' to useful
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:NOT)

Comment: I'm inclined to agree with the nominator that this list has no encyclopedic value. Wikipedia is |not a directory and that appears to be the focus of these articles. Why not have List of McDonald's locations
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:NOT)