Talk:Crossgates Mall

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I am still kind of new at Wikipedia. Is there anyway I can clean up the article, and still keep a lot of the information that I added to the Crossgates Mall Article? Thanks.72.230.6.138 23:13, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

How do you mean? TenPoundHammer 12:31, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

72.230.6.138 I see what you mean about Wikipedia not being a list, but I thought that the trivia and old stores would give people more interesting information about the mall. Is there a way I can keep them in the article, but keep them better organized, or at least in a format appropriate for Wikipedia? Thanks.72.230.6.138 21:42, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Not that I can think of. Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information; if you want to, maybe, make your own webpage on Angelfire or something, listing former mall tenants, you could do that. TenPoundHammer 23:53, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Okay, I tried to clean it up a little bit. Please let me know what you think, and thanks so much for assisting me.72.230.6.138 00:26, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

It may want to be mentioned that:

• The MB-18 curfew policy was started because of the repeated outbreaks of violence caused by teens.

I see your point, and appreciate the idea, but I have heard so many things from so many people that contradict your statement. I feel there were more factors than just that one.72.230.6.138 18:14, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lead section

In copy-editing the lead section, I have removed 2 pieces of information. First, the fact that the mall is located in the Capital District—just couldn't find a graceful place for it in the paragraph, and it didn't seem all that critical anyway. Second, I removed the part about the movieplex history:

From 1997-2005, Crossgates had a total of 30 movie screens as an older 12-screen cinema operated in the mall in addition to a newer 18-screen cinema. The older cinema was closed in 2005 due to declining popularity.

That's pretty interesting, but I don't feel it belongs in the opening paragraph. If someone wants to get a few more facts together (references would be nice too), this could all be made into a History section. --AnnaFrance (talk) 14:51, 30 May 2008 (UTC)