Talk:Providence Place

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• Since information about crime murders and accidental deaths has been included, perhaps we should include the incident of the elderly fellow who committed suicide by jumping to the first floor from, I believe, the 3rd or fourth level? It certainly isn't a happy tale, but it would make that particular (rather morbid) area of the article more complete.

• I don't see any problem with neutrality -- the article says the security situation has improved at the mall, and it has. it says that people have gotten killed by gang violence in or near the mall, and they have.
  • its a reality of life in providence, or does "neutrality" really imply that we should omit any "negative" submissions that embarass major corporations and their businesses -- last time i checked they didn't own wikipedia. -- 24.250.23.170 18:19, 26 November 2005 (UTC)
    • While not NPOV, persay, it might be helpful to link to some news articles from the time period in question as a source. I'll try and see what I can find. --Toddbloom7 21:47, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Argeed. Doesn't the 1st amendment cover online media like this?
-joe

[edit] History of article

You're probably right. It doesn't look bad at all. But yeah it is an encyclopedia, so perhaps a section about the history of the mall to include the incidents would flow better? Also note that in the history of the article, it appears at one point the article dwelled heavily on gang and drug violence and didn't say much about the mall itself. I'm guessing the article as is has already been updated?

Jeff

[edit] Removed information

Despite the neutrality dispute above concluding that, if there was in fact a former crime and accidental death situation in the Mall, it could remain in the article, the entire statement in question was removed without any additional note here. I should note this is probably in violation of WP policy. I'm strongly rolling my eyes here at the goofs who keep doing this...

So here's a list of links relating to violence and death at the mall:

• Man, 21, Dies In Fall At Providence Place
• Granite State man falls to death inside R.I. mall
• OSHA PROPOSES OVER $96,000 IN FINES AGAINST 3 CONTRACTORS IN CONNECTION WITH MARCH 23RD SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE AT PROVIDENCE PLACE MALL
• A man in his mid twenties was stabbed while walking on the foot bridge from the Westin Hotel into the Providence Place Mall

Anyone familiar with google could do further research. 24.250.23.170

[edit] Small Stuff

Added Cheesecake Factory to the list of streetside shops (it's right next to Borders), and changed "The mall is located across the street from the Mason Building which has stood abandoned for almost a century but is now developed as a hotel." to "The... Mason Building which... but is now being developed as a hotel." to reflect to the current situation. Trust me, having that road closed is a PITA. Counterfit