Talk:Little Rock, Arkansas

message: In comparing Little Rock's wiki to similar sized or larger cities, there are some distinct formatting issues and unusually specific information found in the main Little Rock article I feel we could all easily fix. I believe Tulsa, Oklahoma and Memphis, Tennessee's articles provide good examples for overall article flow. The article is currently full of lists, and is very lengthy and likely uninteresting to people viewing the article that may not be familiar with some of the extra detail provided in several sections. I'd like to recommend that we make new articles for Neighborhoods of Little Rock, Arkansas, History of Little Rock, Arkansas, and possibly Media of Little Rock, Arkansas so that we can shorten and clean up the overall article. A brief summary of each section, like those found in Tulsa, Oklahoma or other city articles with a link to the new, main articles for that section would greatly improve flow and allow us to go more in depth on those subjects, particularly History and Media, which are currently little more than large lists. The history section deserves a complete rewrite and more detail, especially considering Little Rock's history as the state capitol, important location in the civil rights movement, and economic influence due to the history with the river, rail, and other industries. The Economy section is a list of rankings at the end, which could be more incorporated into a slightly expanded version of that section. There is certainly more to write about Little Rock's economy than is currently listed there.  A significant problem is a shortage of sources throughout the article- please cite existing sections you can provide verification to and add citations as the article is updated. I will be working on these as time allows, but wanted to post these observations and ask for your help in making these updates and improvements to the Little Rock article. Thanks- Mmcnell (talk) 03:37, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Why does the History section only have one sub-section titled 'Prehistory'? Valetude (talk) 13:13, 10 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Rewrite, Cleanup, Additions, and Reorganization

message: I think it's of note to mention that Little Rock is ranked number three in the nation for
cruelty toward the homeless / http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10823343/
(other cities like Dallas have added it to their wiki's, merely a suggestion)
It also seems odd to not mention the former gang problems and perhaps even HBO's Bangin' in Little Rock 
Aside from actual crime statistics, the suggested information would not be appropriate.  Rankings and Hollywood productions are too biased for this application.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Blakepotts (talk • contribs) 18:10, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Meanest City

message: I was thinking of uploading the "LR" logo (as seen on the newer street signs, among other places), but before I did, I was wondering if anyone knows if that would be a (potential) copyright violation?  (For an example of the logo I'm talking about, look at http://www.littlerock.org/ -- the green and white "LR" logo at the very top-left of the page).  -- xlrar 22:03, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: City Logo

message: Hi everyone, hailing from Brisbane Austalia. 
The tallest building section on this article adds no value and should be removed. Lists of anything like this reduce the quality of the article. But the reason I am here is an anon IP user who is based in and regularly edits Little Rock has been creating quite a problem. I hope he/she reads this, and halts their vandalism of Brisbane by re-adding the Tallest Building section. They are also removing other editors changes. We have reverted his change 5+ times so far, but have not managed to get the message through that the list is not a good thing. Rimmeraj 21:34, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Tallest Buildings

message: Does Little Rock have sidewalks? Could someone answer me this?
Little Rock could use more sidewalks, Most major streets and in the downtown area have decent sidewalks. Many of the neighborhood streets, especially West of University Ave. only have curbing and the only options is to walk on the grass or in the road!  Strangely, almost all the city streets do have curbs, unlike many larger cities in the United States. -Former resident
:: You are more than welcome to pay for them. --The_stuart 02:10, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Does Little Rock have sidewalks?

message: I've seen on many other websites his name spelled thus:
Jean Baptiste Bénard de La Harpe (Jean Baptiste being is first name and Bénard de La Harpe his last).
I'm afraid that there's a confusion here. Bénard is really close to the french first name Bernard, and I think that people hearing about him as "Bénard de La Harpe" might have thought that Bénard was his misspelled first name.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/l/laharpe.shtml
It's the first time that I write such a comment and I hope that I did it correctly and that it will be useful.
T —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 146.95.132.143 (talk) 16:06, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Bénard or Bernard?

message: I don't think it's generally agreed that Brooks Robinson is the greatest third baseman of all time, but I would agree with the statement that he'd be considered by many to be the greatest defensive third baseman of all time. I would wager that many would rank Mike Schmidt ahead of Robinson as an all around player. 
Mikevegas40 08:11, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Brooks Robinson Greatest Third baseman?

message: Shouldn't this article have a crime section? Little Rock was named the 9th most dangerous city in the nation by cnnmoney.com (higher than Trenton and Baltimore!). http://money.cnn.com/2006/10/30/real_estate/Most_dangerous_cities/index.htm
Does anyone want to help me with this section? Mmace91 22:13, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Crime

message: This section was entirely out of control with non-useful links. I was considering how to deal with it when Leuko deleted the entire section. While this might seem extreme, I suspect it was the best solution under the circumstances. Relevant, informative links can now be added back individually...Doc  Tropics 00:46, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: While most of the links may be useful in a travel guide, I didn't feel that they were particularly encyclopedic.  I agree that a limited number of appropriate links should be added back in as needed. Leuko 00:50, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

text: I whole-heartedly agree.  As does Wikpedia policy. Gruber76 21:29, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: External Links

message: I have twice now removed redlinks under the notable people heading.  If these people are so notable, they should have articles, if they are not notable to have articles, they shouldn't be here.  Corvus cornix 15:59, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Notable people

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Dickinson hall1.jpg

message: If you hear about this town in far away countries, you hear the story obout the 9 black childs who coudn´t go to school, without the us-army, because the people of this town don´t want, that there go on a normal school with white children. I think, its would be realy good for wikipedia, to say that this story is a part of the history from little Rock.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.96.54.2 (talk) 15:21, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not one word about the "Little Rock Nine" Story on this side  

message: This article really needs a crime section. Others have pointed this out. Since Little Rock is a mid-size southern city, I assume it has high crime, as just about all southern cities of around 200,000 people seem to have (Baton Rouge, Birmingham, etc.).131.229.61.31 (talk) 13:51, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Written previously, but I updated it today as much was taken verbatim from a news source. Also, it had 62 homicides in 1992, but I could only verify 61, so that is what it currently reflects. RM2KX (talk) 22:09, 21 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Crime? 

message: Census 2010 stats are wrong.  I don't know how to reference the following link:
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/05/0541000.html  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.221.174.18 (talk) 14:45, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  CENSUS 2010 

message: What is missing from the recently created city timeline article? Please add relevant content. Contributions welcome. Thank you. -- M2545 (talk) 06:48, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Timeline of Little Rock, Arkansas]] 

message: This new section seems fairly unbalanced. It only covers a narrow range of years (not even reaching the present), uses a single source (it's essentially one long quote from it), and de-emphasizes the normalcy of the increase in crime: "Perhaps just as startling is that what is happening in Little Rock mirrors what is happening in small- and medium-size cities across the country."http://articles.latimes.com/1995-10-01/news/mn-51945_1_small-cities
I don't think this section should stay as-is. I invite anyone feeling up to it to flesh it out, and will take a stab at it myself in a week or so. Mechordeus (talk) 04:36, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: A year later... I updated it just now, but not much. See "Crime?" section above. RM2KX (talk) 22:11, 21 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Crime Section 

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message: I found a site that can be used for history. It is very detailed and the URL is e[http://ncyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/little-rock-970/ Editor123ALOP (talk) 19:29, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible History 

message: What’s up with the drones I see them why I’m in Conway 2600:100B:B107:FA94:39A5:D866:1BF9:E4B (talk) 07:53, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  I want to know why I see drones every night I feel like I’m living in a fish bowl I have no privacy at all 

message: I am proposing some clean ideas such as splitting the transportation in Little Rock into its own article. List of people from Little Rock, Arkansas has its own article so the reminder of list on the main article of Little Rock can be moved into the separate article.Cwater1 (talk) 18:09, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clean Up 

message: Is there any way that someone can edit the interactive map so it shows that Cammack Village is an enclave of Little Rock? NintendoTTTEfan2005 (talk) 08:54, 4 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cammack Village