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Talk:Mendota, Illinois

message: Am participating in a major overhaul of this page.  Be patient.
:I have titled your post there, make sure you do that and sign your comments. Make sure that as you are doing an overhaul, that you cite all your sources for all your statements, or it will be considered hear-say later on when the article is tagged. In example Detroit, Michigan.--Kranar drogin 21:35, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Overhaul

message: My addition of an "In Popular Culture" subheading and a cited entry about them recording a music video in Mendota were removed citing relevance. The Arctic Monkeys are a VERY well known band, I'm curious as to what makes it irrelevant. Would someone care to explain this?
BeowulfBrower (talk) 20:46, 2 August 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Perhaps if you re read the edit summary, you will see that is not what I said. What I said is you have failed to show the relevance outside the local community.  You would do this by citing a reliable source that discusses this event from a distant city, say Atlanta, Detroit or Seattle. This article's purpose is not to discuss what is important in Mendota. Rather it is to discuss what is important about Mendota to the rest of the world. John from Idegon (talk) 21:15, 2 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Arctic Monkeys  
Talk:Meredosia, Illinois

message: Adding information about the closure of the Ameren Energy Resources Company, LLC (AER) power station in 2011 would be helpful since the closing was a major economic hit for the community Meredosia.  http://khqa.com/news/local/plant-closing-meredosia-to-lose-53-local-jobs   — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sydney Rigdon (talk • contribs) 20:11, 10 November 2017 (UTC)
Talk:Utopia (band)

message: Is the comparison to Weird Al really appropriate? Deface the Music (more a Beatles tribute) sounds nothing like his song parodies.75.68.6.81 01:59, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: *No its not at all. There's no correlation from Utopia and Todd Rundgren to Weird Al at all. Utopia wasn't a parody band. I'll re-write this section. --10stone5 20:26, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

text: Does this strike anyone else as non-neutral editorializing? MFNickster 21:50, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: The link in this article for the song/video "Feet Don't Fail Me Now" is incorrect.  The destination of the link has nothing to do with this topic.  The link should be deleted, or else it should link to a new entry.
207.140.179.13 (talk) 19:45, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: * How can "Feet Don't Fail Me Now" be one of the original videos on MTV in 1981 if the song wasn't released on vinyl until September 1982?  Seems unlikely it would be a video a full year in advance. Calliaume (talk) 14:07, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Feet Don't Fail Me Now" 

message: I rewrote this sentence - "Wilcox composed the ringwalk music used by the current No. 1 ranked boxer in the world, Manny Pacquiao." As there is no indication that "current" is actually current I removed that inference. My feeling is a word like current is without meaning in an enduring encyclopedic article such as this one. If anyone feels this edit to be in error, feel free to revert.THX1136 (talk) 15:27, 24 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wilcox Edit
Talk:Frank Cunimondo

message: Need birth date (year) so we can have an estimate for when he wa in school, etc. RJFJR 21:42, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Mobil Economy Run

message: Why did the MER end in 1968? That should be included in the article. Mike Linksvayer 21:43, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Good question! Perhaps someone from the company at the time would know. I found that someone has mentioned that Motor Vehicle Air Pollution Control Act was responsible for the MER's demise. It set the federal vehicle emissions standards with the 1968 models. However, cars sold in California since 1966 had the same requirements. Perhaps consumers were no longer interested in fuel efficiency.  CZmarlin 02:40, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: If you saw someone speculating and asking on autobloggreen, that was me. :) The theory (whether MVAPCA or predecessor CA regulation) would be that people assumed that because it was now regulated, fuel economy was taken care of, obviating (or "crowding out") private efforts like the MER. But that is pure speculation on my part. I'd love to know the real story. Mike Linksvayer 05:26, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It is after all a small world! Based on your comment, I added more information that I could find on this subject. If my memory serves me, the event just died because marketing efforts were geared to consumption -- for example, the famous "put a Tiger in your tank", various miracle additives in each brand, etc.. Perhaps it may have been the "crowding out" as you speculate, but the EPA did not begin providing fuel use calculations for quite some time. The gas consumtion labels on new cars came out much later -- and if I remember -- only after additional legislation or administrative rulings were implemented as a result of public pressure for more information. Because only the EPA tested the cars, it is probably the reason the current figures are calculated on the basis of emmissions and not actual consumption! In any case, I hope a person from Mobil -- or better yet, its advertising agency -- will be able to provide the reason(s) for the end of this yearly event. I think that gas economy was hadly an issue in the late 1960s. Big engines and muscle cars were in vogue -- gasoline was cheap! The so-called good-ol'days! CZmarlin 06:22, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: End of the Mobil Economy Run
Talk:Dennis González

message: I created this article using the spelling "Dennis González" as that's how the subject himself spells it.  Usually, though, he is credited as "Dennis Gonzalez."  I have already created a redirect with the latter spelling. -- Gyrofrog  (talk) 21:48, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Comment
Talk:Mound Station, Illinois

message: Can you find a written source on these facts then that Mound Station is suppose to be Timewell?--Kranar drogin 23:24, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: There should probably be some sources on this, but look at the "Topographic map from TopoZone" image in external links, it says Timewell (Mound Station). USGS GNIS lists it as Feature ID:426969, Name:Timewell, Class:Populated Place, Description:Corporate name is Mound Station, Map Addendum:(Mound Station). http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/citytown.jsp shows no zip for Mound Station, but gives 62375 for Timewell. This mentions Timewell, too. Seems like it's an error just like mentioned on the article page. --Dual Freq 00:19, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Timewell
Talk:Mount Pulaski, Illinois

message: I want to add that mount Pulaski is the closest town to the center of Illinois but there is no website that says this that I can find other than Wikipedia. The chestnut, Illinois, Wikipedia article does state that mount Pulaski is the center but doesn’t cite a source. I will continue to look for one, but I will appreciate if someone can find a source. Thank you. Moosemilkowen (talk) 15:17, 18 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Geographic center
Talk:USS Minneapolis–Saint Paul (SSN-708)

message: Out of curiousity, why did you feel that "incident" was significantly more appropriate than "mishap"... so much so as to merit a change? --Rem01 21:51, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: 30 December 2006

message: The links on the Plymouth incident are broken...
— Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.227.235.166 (talk) 07:14, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  What Really Happened?
Talk:Neponset, Illinois

message: I notice much of the information formerly included in this article has been removed because it was not supported by citations. Exactly what sort of sources do you expect to be used to support local history, which in many cases is oral tradition?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.212.80.149 (talk) 17:01, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deletions?
Talk:Roger Powell (musician)

message: I do not see it in the lead of the text. --Leahtwosaints (talk) 20:34, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Where was he born?

message: "Bowie Has A Change Since His Sci-Fi Days". The Daily Collegian. 20 October 1978. p. 11A.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.199.83.129 (talk) 13:43, 19 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Dead link

message: Is that the right greg koch? The Greg Koch article mentions nothing about music, which had me wondering. Certainly people can be multi-talented . Family Guy Guy (talk) 14:21, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Right Greg Koch?
Talk:Hodding Carter

message: I have replaced the reference tag, preceded by < and followed with the > and named the section Footnotes.  Please do not remove as it allows the in-line references to be seen at the bottom of the article.  They never should have been removed in the first place because the tag falls within Wiki guidelines.  Editors should never remove something that falls within Wiki guidelines.
Also I made some minor edits: removed liberal label from Alterman (not needed in this article, are we to label everyone's political leanings?) and removed the African-American from the "Politics and the Kennedy's" subsection. Rationale: I originally edited this info, but I now believe it's unnecessary for the bio article.  It does not really matter they were there because it does not add annything important for the bio of Mr. Carter.  And, Mr. Grier's conversion to the Republican Party has nothing to do with Mr. Carter.  Also moved Mr. Carter's date of death, reason, and place of death from the "Criticism" section to top of page where it's more appropriate.
Finally, while there is no consensus as to the alpha sorting of cats, many editors sort by alpha, and since I placed the "Alpha sort please," comment why not continue to place cats in alpha order.  They are much easier to read. Regards, Luigibob 09:32, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Edits of 2/5/07
Talk:List of stars in Boötes

message: Etymologies listed here don't fit into the star table, so please add them in respective star articles with sources.--JyriL talk 21:53, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Done kwami (talk) 00:33, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Etymologies

message: Is it possible that one of them is meant to be ε1 and one is ε2?
They have different locations (Right Ascension and Declination) GiggyMantis (talk) 20:47, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: That's been there a long time!  It might well be intended to show both components of this double star, but it fails miserably.  The secondary is much fainter than the primary.  The HD designation listed in the article for the brighter star belongs to the fainter of the pair, and vice versa.  The coordinates are messed up, being close but not quite right for the primary (perhaps correct for some source, but I can't see which, perhaps one of the double-star catalogues) and not even close for the secondary.  I'm taking the second star out of the list and altering the entry for the first star to match the linked article.  Lithopsian (talk) 21:37, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Epsilon Boötes seems to have two distinct entries on the list.
Talk:New Salem, Pike County, Illinois

message: New Salem, Illinois should not redirect here, come on, 136 people? No one who types in New Salem, Illinois is looking for the Pike County village, they are looking for Lincoln's home. Changing. IvoShandor 06:28, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Redirect
Talk:Newark, Illinois

message: In 1835 Newark was originally settled as Georgetown.
In February of 1843 the Name Changed to Newark.
In 1850 the U.S. Census showed the population to be 1342.
In 1853 a new school was built, another in 1868.
The Fowler Institute was charted and opened in 1857.
1865 was the year of Newark’s organization as a co-operation with the Village Board and Officers. The First meeting was in March of 1865.
In 1875 the hometown was organized into a village.
In 1914 the Illinois Midland Railroad began its operations.
In 1930 the new high school was built on Chicago Road.
In 1976 the Senior center was opened and July 1st marked the begining of the Ambulance service.
In 1985 Newark celebrated its Sequicentennial.
In 2010 Newark celebrated its 175th birthday.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.59.225.41 (talk) 19:54, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Norridge, Illinois

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The result of the move request was: consensus not to move the pages to the proposed titles at this time, per the discussion below.  Dekimasuよ! 15:48, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I've struck the above comment.  The OP should not vote on his/her own proposal, nor should he/she add a !vote on behalf of another user. 162 etc. (talk) 18:21, 19 December 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm unsure but I know this RM will not be successful so I'm not offering a !vote either way. Crouch, Swale (talk)  18:27, 19 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 19 December 2023
Talk:List of Kriegsmarine ships

message: Quote "Obsolete Pre-Dreadnoughts/Linienschiffe (served as training ships) 
Hannover, 1905
Schleswig-Holstein, 1906
Schlesien, 1906"
"Served as training ships" - the Schleswig-Holstein fired the first shots of the war in Europe. Not quite "training". --89.53.7.27 (talk) 00:37, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: True, but not necessarily contradictory. The class were listed as coastal defence ships or as training ships. Either way the guns still worked and their listing probably acted to distract from their effectiveness as artillery platforms. Folks at 137 (talk) 20:46, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:North Aurora, Illinois

message: This article is developing fine, overall, but in the current version its coverage of the village's Fire Department is wholly inadequate.  Someone needs to add more material on the NAFD. HuskyHuskie (talk) 03:37, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article needs 
Wikipedia talk:Ability to be described

message: Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure I was just feeding a troll. Trolling hidden. -- Chris is me (u/c/t) 16:30, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

message: This assumes that everything which can't get past stub status is not worthy of an article. That is not necessarily the case. If you can only describe its existence in reliable sources, then it should be deleted, but that doesn't need another guideline to do. This would be better as an essay. -Amarkov blahedits 17:00, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  My view 

message: What you should do now is find such articles and merge them. If an article can never be more than a stub, it is likely to be improved in both context and informativeness by merging it into a related article. For instance, a List of weapons in HALO can give more meaningful information and comparison than a group of stubs on each individual weapon. Use redirects as necessary, and see WP:FICT for long-standing precedent. The same tends to apply to TV show participants (merge to the show) and parents of celebrities (merge to the celeb). There are always exceptions, of course. >Radiant< 13:41, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Good point.. I'll add a merging clause to the proposal. -- Chris is me 19:19, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: There doesn't appear to be a whole lot of interest in this proposal (as judged by the lack of reactions here). Perhaps you should consider adding the concept to an existing guideline rather than putting it on its own page? >Radiant< 14:44, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Hmm... I originally thought of putting the idea into WP:N, but then I realized that this is sort of the reverse of WP:N... While N does not allow articles that are not sufficiently important into Wikipedia because it's hard to write a good article on them, this proposal actually sets the bar at "can one write a sourced article" rather than "no article on x since you can't likely write an article on it". (srry, tired...) -- Chris is me (u/c/t) 05:23, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Well, 

message: I'm not really sure what the purpose of this proposal is.  As a frequent participation in AFD, and a nominator of >100 articles for deletion processes, I'm a big believer in notability.  I believe notability gives us the mandate to delete articles which really don't belong in a credible encyclopedia, but which can't get nuked by other policies alone.  This proposal casts all that into murky water - if it's non-notable, but a long article could be written about it (and there are examples of this), then it can be kept.  Also, beware of instruction creep. YechielMan 07:46, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Examples? -- Chris is me (u/c/t) 15:17, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Oppose
Talk:Northbrook, Illinois

message: I'm pretty sure that the football field at the end of The Breakfast Club was at Maine East High School in Park Ridge. Mainly because that is my alma mater. 206.252.74.48 (talk) 21:01, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Last scene in Breakfast Club 

message: I'm planning on adding a lot of new information and pictures to this article. I'm taking inspiration from articles about other towns like Highland Park, Illinois and Chicago. If anyone wants to help (like by proofreading or adding their own pictures) that'd be great.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Meme Star27 (talk • contribs) 03:33, 5 January 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I think now the article's historical sections need to be expanded and brushed up; I'm less interested in that than the village's modern state and would prefer if somebody else did it. Meme Star27 (talk) 05:48, 8 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Expansion of article 

message: Should a brief description of the community of Techny be added to this page? Since it is in the municipal limits of Northbrook. Like when it is was annexed by Northbrook around 1989 being put into the history section. NintendoTTTEfan2005 (talk) 07:20, 18 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Techny
Talk:USS Peleliu

message: I added it first. True or not, as we're not here to report truth, it needs to be added since it's now gone notable, as the AP and other wires picked it up. Is there a valid reason to exclude adding a note about it, sourced? rootology (T) 06:25, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: It's now a notable event

message: This ship is in the news, because of the controversy that too much money is being spent on Obama's visit to India.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.144.96.168 (talk) 08:03, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: News

message: "On October 14 there was a private performance on-board the USS Peleliu at Pier 32 in San Francisco, during which the band performed for members of the Pacific Fleet. Organized in celebration of the US Navy's 210th anniversary, the group was piped onstage by an honor guard."—
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Oko5ekmi5 (talk) 02:07, 30 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  October 14 1985 San Francisco Fleet Week
Talk:Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois

message: To the IP anon that is changing city to town... The municipal website says "City of Oakbrook Terrace" right on the first page. Town vs village vs city is not determined by the size or population of the municipality. It is about how the municipality is incorporated, on paper. Villages can be large (Like Skokie, Illinois ~64,000 pop) and cities can be small in population. Please do not change this unless you have something that specifically states that the municipality is unincorporated or is incorporated as a town rather than city. You would need a reliable and verifiable source for this. Thank you. --Dual Freq (talk) 21:35, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  City vs Town
Talk:Odin, Illinois

message: I just came by to see how the town got its name but noticed that the first line of History section makes no sense and it doesn't feel very encyclopaedic. Anyone? It reads: "The memories of many incidents associated with the arrival of our forefathers in Odin Township are rekindled as visit those who relate true facts and those who pass on legend." Weavehole (talk) 08:53, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Obviously a lightly visited article, based on 12 years having passed! Based on the writing style, I would guess that the history section is taken wholesale from a published village history. This needs to be rewritten, condensed, and properly sourced. Ken Gallager (talk) 16:24, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Town history
Talk:Kalani Das

message: I notice this new page links to some deletion logs?  I doubt it is the same person.  Cricket02 22:02, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Note from author

message: This article has been moved from the subject's legal name back to his professional name, per a request from this individual via private email.   I have a record of this request. If any questions, please contact this editor on my talk page, or via private email through my talk page.  Thank you.  ♫ Cricket02 02:19, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Namespace

message: "Reads like an advertisement" ( tag). Note that the source for 90% of the "History" section is a primary source (a website that appears to have direct personal and/or commercial ties to the subject of the article). --IslandGyrl (talk) 13:08, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reads like promotional material
Talk:Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.

message: This page needs to be locked ASAP. Eightball 03:32, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. Sean William 03:51, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Opening heading

message: I could have sworn Kaczmarek was the one who had DLH over Mayweather. --Kevin W. 05:16, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Judges 

message: Why was the list celebrities and famous people who sided with one boxer or the other removed? Bladesofhalo 05:32, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Because the fight is over. Thus, it is no longer relevant. Calwatch 08:41, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Why was the list removed

message: There are 2 almost articles about the same thing, we have to merge them, or leave one as a redirect. I don't care which gets redirect or what, but just merge it. --Howard the Duck 16:34, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree - the oldest article should be kept and the other merged into it.--Vintagekits 18:49, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge

message: Changed the awkward opening line to refer only to the promotion name; the fighters are mentioned further down and in the title of the page.--Aaronhumes 14:46, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Opening 

message: Wasn't the actual live gate figure 19.3 million? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.35.84.36 (talk) 20:00, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Live gate
Talk:Okawville, Illinois

message: I see the WikiProject Illinois banner above but my question really only concerns Okawville directly and has nothing to do with Illinois, so I hope I'm right to post it here.
Anyway, I'd really just like someone who actually resides in Okawville to spell out the village's name phonetically (using IPA, perhaps?) so that users who are NOT from Okawville might have some idea how to pronounce it. beerslayer (talk) 07:09, 28 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation 
Talk:Orangeville, Illinois

message: *Info about long running newspaper
*Living wage stuff
*Employment info galore
*ISGS maps
*1998 annexation
IvoShandor 00:42, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Sources for further expansion

message: I have taken the rather drastic step of removing all unreferenced additions made in 2009 to date. This is because it looks like a bunch of school kids have been adding their names all the place. If anything genuine accidentally got removed then please readd it with a reference. --DanielRigal (talk) 17:47, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suspicious edits 