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Thanks for the fix. I just uploaded a cropped version (completing the licensing info this time!), and replaced it with that. Also undid the vandalism helpfully supplied by the jackhole below. — Preceding
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There is certainly no direct evidence, or "terrorists did it" might have been a joke, but there has been a pattern of unfortunate accidents and crimes without motives that make sense recently, so it might be prudent to investigate if an attack could have been staged to look like it was a result of an operator under the influence of drugs, or if there are similar incidents elsewhere before. There is a difference in stating that there is no evidence to prove this was an attack and that it is a plausible possibility it could have been an attack. For example in the
Jerusalem bulldozer attack a heavy equipment operator started running into buildings and cars and killing people which could be reasonably be interpreted as a terrorist attack. However since the suspect's family believed that he simply went berserk, and was a criminal, not a terrorist, the matter has not been settled as to his motive.
Redhanker (
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00:10, 9 June 2013 (UTC)reply
"Two-story building"
The Salvation Army store occupied the first floor and basement of a one-story building on the corner. I think some of the reportage is calling it a "two-story building", and that made it into the article. I changed that, but haven't run down a citation for the change.
Here's a Google Maps link that shows the building before the collapse:
http://goo.gl/maps/pDmM0 . So it's clear that it's a one-story building. Is this piece of information a big enough deal to need a citation? That shouldn't be hard to run down. Anyway, it's surely better to have the right info with a "citation needed" tag than to have properly-cited misinformation. (Right?)
TypoBoy (
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16:00, 6 June 2013 (UTC)reply
AfD or merge?
I have serious doubts about the notability of this article. Construction and demolition incidents occur on a regular basis. Although the small death toll is regrettable, it is not exceptional. There is no indication that anything
WP:LASTING will come of this event, and it is another case of
WP:NOTNEWSPAPER. The article should either be deleted in its entirety or, at best, added as a section of an existing article, much like
Grocon#Swanston St wall incident. Before moving in either of those directions, I would be interested in how other editors see the future of this article.
WWGB (
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00:36, 7 June 2013 (UTC)reply
I've been helping with clean up of the article, but I have to agree that it is probably not encyclopedic in the long term. Have no clue where to move it to, so I'd say AFD is in the future. — Bill W. (
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02:54, 7 June 2013 (UTC)reply
The event is notable in the fact that the victims were citizens going about their daily business. Workers are frequently injured or killed in accidents, but not bystanders on an adjacent property. Ultimately, the public response and the extent of the criminal charges will determine notability and that is still playing out.
Laughing man6 (
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16:33, 11 August 2013 (UTC)reply
Is just six killed and 14 injured not enough? This mishaps rarely happen in America... many in third world countries happen. This is why it is worthy here. Maybe Philly should be in the title, like I had it originally.
Kennvido (
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05:17, 7 June 2013 (UTC)reply
You veered off course to try to prove a point. I stayed on point. It seemed that if more were killed or injured at this tragedy, this article could be valid to stay on Wiki. We are talking about structure collapse in America. Not a traffic accident in Israel, car washes, or Brazil. We are talking about the much higher standards and building codes in America. So, when comparing please say on task and don't compare apples to oranges. Now, if you want to enter the accident, or Brazil, or the car wash...I'll support you... it's all tragic and a loss and important in their own ways. Thanks.
Kennvido (
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07:41, 7 June 2013 (UTC)reply
Title
The current title "2013 Philadelphia building collapse" is too vague due to confusion with the July 29th explosion on Daly street. A possible alternative is "Philadelphia Salvation Army Building collapse," as the collapse is notable due to the fatalities in the salvation army thrift store.
Laughing man6 (
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20:22, 11 August 2013 (UTC)reply
Is this really the best title for this article? Who would know the exact names of the streets, other than people who live in that immediate vicinity? Thoughts?
Joseph A. Spadaro (
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That's how the location has been consistently described on the news here in Philadelphia. That's how most people I've spoken with know the location. The Salvation Army thrift store itself is not that notable, but Market St. is the main E-W thoroughfare of downtown Philadelphia, the divider between North nth St. and South nth St.
I heard about this on the TV news in a doctor's waiting room, and I immediately thought "My God, that's where Trader Joe's is!" (the supermarket where I shop every week). But the announcers said nothing about which corner it was on. At one point they said that the collapsed building was the Sidney Hillman Apartments, which is wrong: that's on the southwest corner, the collapse was on the southeast corner, and Trader Joe's is at the back of the building on the northeast corner.
Thnidu (
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02:38, 9 June 2013 (UTC)reply
That's exactly my point. What is "common knowledge" or "common terminology" to people within the local Philadelphia area is not the same as to those of us outside of that local area (i.e., the rest of the USA and/or the rest of the world). Therefore, the names of the exact / specific streets would not be known to those outside the local area, nor would they mean much to us. Thanks.
Joseph A. Spadaro (
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15:05, 9 June 2013 (UTC)reply
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