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The current article name, with the words not capitalized, implies a generic event instead of a specific event, as in "this is a Charleston furniture warehouse fire, and not the Charleston furniture warehouse fire. However, without the store name or date in the title, if there were ever another notable warehouse fire in or around Charleston, there would be a need for disambiguation. I am considering - even though it might sound a little cheesy - renaming this article Charleston Super Sofa Store Fire. Comments? Other ideas? Fjbfour 07:18, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
It was removed from the article that the reason so many fire fighters were immediately called to a "simply warehouse fire" was because it was next door to the BP gas station. I do not understand why this is considered unimportant. If it wasn't for the gas station being next door, there would have been far less fire fighters called to the scene and the entire situation would have likely been different - likely worse. -- (¿ʇɐɥʍ) ʍɐuıɐʞ 16:06, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
You do realize that Engine 11 is walking distance to the Sofa Super Store, right? In fact, I just had breakfast there this morning and walked home (one block behind the Sofa Super Store). The address is 1517 Savannah Hwy (if you want to look it up). Engine 10 is at 1 Nicholson St, which is right off Savannah Hwy. It is normally about a 10 minute drive away. With sirens, they could make the drive in a good 5 minutes after leaving the station. The other station that arrived rather quickly is off Ashley Hall Plantation Rd. -- Kainaw (what?) 15:09, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
In the area of the memorial, there is a comment about Mayor Riley not accepting outside assistance in the memorial. The print media should be catching up with the local news by now. For the last week, Riley has repeated that he plans to continue with a small memorial at the scene of the fire, but make the main memorial in a park by his West Ashley Park Circle (or whatever he's calling it these days). This is drawing criticism that he is using the tragedy to get people to back his park project that has had very little support for the last two years.
Now, for what I found in print media. this is a watered down take on what Riley has been saying. The Sofa Super Store is in a high-traffic area right off a congested road, so it is not a serene place for a memorial. His park project would be more serene. He still plans to make the memorial off 17 (for at least $2 million), but wants to funnel money into his park project also. Now, I'll have to find time to look through articles from last year where he was pushing the park idea and couldn't get support. Since it is "speculation" to say he is using the memorial to increase support for a park idea that wasn't supported, being able to say it wasn't supported and he is now planning the memorial idea for the park will allow readers to speculate all they like. -- Kainaw (what?) 17:39, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
Anyone want a photo of the memorial display before it is taken down? I can get a shot later today. Also, I was in the warehouse area yesterday. All photos I've seen are from the Savannah Hwy. The warehouse is in back, behind a wood fence. I can get a photo of that side. It is very dramatic because the roof is completely collapsed on that side. Another photo that I feel shows how weird the fire was is the north side of the building (adjacent to the BP station). There is smoke damage, but the building is intact and there is still furniture visible through the windows. I don't want to junk up the page with a bunch of unwanted photos, but I'm happy to get any that are wanted since I walk past the building every day. -- Kainaw (what?) 12:42, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
I don't have time to update it now, but this article from The Post and Courier derives a timeline from the dispatch tapes released under the Freedom of Information Act. MoodyGroove 13:07, 19 August 2007 (UTC)MoodyGroove
The following are the times that appear to be missing from the web-version of the article, but are in the print version (I may simply be overlooking them):
The rest of the web-version appears to be rather similar. It omits the dispatch call when Engine 11 arrived calling for the St. Andrews engines to assist - which arrived at 7:19pm. -- Kainaw (what?) 14:58, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
It should be on some news sources by now that the fire doors did not function properly. It is highly likely that the fusible links did not work. -- Kainaw (what?) 14:58, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
In the last revision I edited, I found duplicate named references, i.e. references sharing the same name, but not having the same content. Please check them, as I am not able to fix them automatically :)
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I know this article has been pretty static for a while, but I think it's close enough to GA that it's worth nominating, and I'll take care of the associated copyediting, referencing, and cleanup. As always, others are welcome to hop in and help, too. Jclemens ( talk) 15:48, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
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The current article name, with the words not capitalized, implies a generic event instead of a specific event, as in "this is a Charleston furniture warehouse fire, and not the Charleston furniture warehouse fire. However, without the store name or date in the title, if there were ever another notable warehouse fire in or around Charleston, there would be a need for disambiguation. I am considering - even though it might sound a little cheesy - renaming this article Charleston Super Sofa Store Fire. Comments? Other ideas? Fjbfour 07:18, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
It was removed from the article that the reason so many fire fighters were immediately called to a "simply warehouse fire" was because it was next door to the BP gas station. I do not understand why this is considered unimportant. If it wasn't for the gas station being next door, there would have been far less fire fighters called to the scene and the entire situation would have likely been different - likely worse. -- (¿ʇɐɥʍ) ʍɐuıɐʞ 16:06, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
You do realize that Engine 11 is walking distance to the Sofa Super Store, right? In fact, I just had breakfast there this morning and walked home (one block behind the Sofa Super Store). The address is 1517 Savannah Hwy (if you want to look it up). Engine 10 is at 1 Nicholson St, which is right off Savannah Hwy. It is normally about a 10 minute drive away. With sirens, they could make the drive in a good 5 minutes after leaving the station. The other station that arrived rather quickly is off Ashley Hall Plantation Rd. -- Kainaw (what?) 15:09, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
In the area of the memorial, there is a comment about Mayor Riley not accepting outside assistance in the memorial. The print media should be catching up with the local news by now. For the last week, Riley has repeated that he plans to continue with a small memorial at the scene of the fire, but make the main memorial in a park by his West Ashley Park Circle (or whatever he's calling it these days). This is drawing criticism that he is using the tragedy to get people to back his park project that has had very little support for the last two years.
Now, for what I found in print media. this is a watered down take on what Riley has been saying. The Sofa Super Store is in a high-traffic area right off a congested road, so it is not a serene place for a memorial. His park project would be more serene. He still plans to make the memorial off 17 (for at least $2 million), but wants to funnel money into his park project also. Now, I'll have to find time to look through articles from last year where he was pushing the park idea and couldn't get support. Since it is "speculation" to say he is using the memorial to increase support for a park idea that wasn't supported, being able to say it wasn't supported and he is now planning the memorial idea for the park will allow readers to speculate all they like. -- Kainaw (what?) 17:39, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
Anyone want a photo of the memorial display before it is taken down? I can get a shot later today. Also, I was in the warehouse area yesterday. All photos I've seen are from the Savannah Hwy. The warehouse is in back, behind a wood fence. I can get a photo of that side. It is very dramatic because the roof is completely collapsed on that side. Another photo that I feel shows how weird the fire was is the north side of the building (adjacent to the BP station). There is smoke damage, but the building is intact and there is still furniture visible through the windows. I don't want to junk up the page with a bunch of unwanted photos, but I'm happy to get any that are wanted since I walk past the building every day. -- Kainaw (what?) 12:42, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
I don't have time to update it now, but this article from The Post and Courier derives a timeline from the dispatch tapes released under the Freedom of Information Act. MoodyGroove 13:07, 19 August 2007 (UTC)MoodyGroove
The following are the times that appear to be missing from the web-version of the article, but are in the print version (I may simply be overlooking them):
The rest of the web-version appears to be rather similar. It omits the dispatch call when Engine 11 arrived calling for the St. Andrews engines to assist - which arrived at 7:19pm. -- Kainaw (what?) 14:58, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
It should be on some news sources by now that the fire doors did not function properly. It is highly likely that the fusible links did not work. -- Kainaw (what?) 14:58, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
In the last revision I edited, I found duplicate named references, i.e. references sharing the same name, but not having the same content. Please check them, as I am not able to fix them automatically :)
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I know this article has been pretty static for a while, but I think it's close enough to GA that it's worth nominating, and I'll take care of the associated copyediting, referencing, and cleanup. As always, others are welcome to hop in and help, too. Jclemens ( talk) 15:48, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
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