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[edit] "Indianapolis Daredevils"

I deleted this "The Indianapolis Daredevils were a professional soccer team based in the city from 1978-79 and played in the ASL, the second tier of American soccerm." becuase who cares about some soccer team from the 70's and if it really needs to be included we need to add other defunct sports teams from Indianapolis like the Indianapolis Racers, and the Indianapolis Clowns. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.235.66.52 (talk) 16:27, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

I reverted, but you do have a point. We need to have a separate table with defunct teams, directly below a table with active teams. I will work on it when I get a chance. -- MeHolla! 16:52, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
We could just remove some of the section, as Sports in Indianapolis covers all of that. HoosierStateTalk 16:58, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] "Racing Capital of the World"

Registered trademark of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway itself, and the title is emblazoned on its Hall of Fame Museum. Indianapolis as a city would only be called that by association, not from technical accuracy. --Chr.K. (talk) 22:45, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Also note that the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is not in Indianapolis. —Random832 17:37, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
Yes, but how many people go to the Speedway Indiana 500 every year? None. They go to the INDY 500. Still, good points~.Apwall21 (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 04:46, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Naptown Debate

The following is an archived discussion of a vote on the use of "Naptown" as a nickname for Indianapolis.'. The result of the vote was for no distinction.Please do not modify it.

Alright, we've already had this debate once here, but since someone can't come to grips with "less commonly" or "formerly", I thought we'd just have a vote. Go back and read the link that links to Indy's talk archive page and read the debates. Then come back here and vote whether it should be less commonly, formerly, or no distinction at all. I'll leave this open for a bit, and we'll roll with the majority. Respond with your vote, and why. -- JTHolla! 14:59, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

No Distinction - It certainly shouldn't be "formerly", because the name is in use more now than probably ever. Less commonly would be a better choice if you're looking for official distinction, but then again, what is a nickname? "A nickname is a name of a person or thing other than its proper name." Naptown certainly fits that bill, and does not need a seperate classification for this article. -- JTHolla! 15:02, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
Less Commonly - You never hear the Mayor call Indy "Naptown" but it is often referred to by everyone as Circle City and Indy. I don't think it's notable enough and should include less commonly. By the way sorry I reverted your edit earlier, I didn't see there was a discussion here until after I made the edit. HoosierState 18:24, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
I never hear the Mayor refer to the city as anything but "Indianapolis". That is the point of nicknames. They're non-formal names. I wouldn't expect the Mayor to use Circle City or anything else that would be considered a nickname. And no probs on the revert, we'll leave it however until we reach a settlement here. -- JTHolla! 23:39, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
I remember hearing former Mayor Peterson call Indianapolis the Circle City many times. With the exception of Radio station 100.9 I never hear anyone refer to Indy as Naptown. HoosierStateTalk 23:53, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
Not only 100.9, but 96.3, 99.5, and a few AM stations also have referred to the city as Naptown. That would qualify as being part of the city's lexicon. -- JTHolla! 01:34, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
No Distinction - Personally, I don't like the nickname because it was formerly derogatory, and is now only used in stupid rap songs. But we should either use it or not, and since that's already been settled, there's no point in muddying the waters with the "less commonly" distinction. --L. Pistachio (talk) 19:22, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
Well if we do go that rout, I would like it do be removed. I don't like it for the same reasons as you, derogatory and rap songs. HoosierStateTalk 19:27, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
Like Pistachio said, we have already reached a consensus that Naptown should be included. Besides, Naptown has no current derogatory connotation. -- JTHolla! 23:39, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
Less commonly I'm the one who put the "less commonly" tag in there to begin with. There was a huge dust-up over the term "Naptown" back before I added "less commonly". I noted the term that way to reflect the fact that, yes it is a nickname for Indianapolis and a notable one, but also reflecting the fact that it is not a common term for Indianapolis (i.e., the average person does not use this term). Whether we like or don't like the term doesn't matter at all, only whether a person who comes to this article to learn about Indianapolis needs to know about the term. (I say they do.) Also, remember that notable does not equal commonplace. "Crossroads of America" is not a commonly-heard expression in Indianapolis (except perhaps as part of the business name "Crossroads Lincoln Mercury"), but it's importance as a motto is unquestionable. Vadder (talk) 19:54, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
The only problem with this line of thinking is that you are only using a small group of editors from one website to base the claim that it's not commonly held. It's obviously a valid part of pop culture, whether or not one agrees with the culture or not. -- JTHolla! 23:39, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
I agree, Jasont82. Plus, as a 21 year old who grew up in Indianapolis, my peers called it Naptown all the time. Let's not get too snobby here on Wikipedia.Whateverlolawants (talk) 20:50, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
Oh, so my vote is "no distinction." Whateverlolawants (talk) 04:08, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

The nickname stays if any of them stay. That was already decided, unless something has changed in the eight months since that discussion? There is no reason to believe that the nickname was formerly used as opposed to currently. Had one would completely read those discussions, one would find this. There is only derogatory usage to those who wish to use/hear it so. To others it demarks a home and is only used as a point of pride. If it must be changed, remove the extra label. Apwall21 (talk) 04:34, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

So your vote goes for "No Distinction"? -- JTHolla! 23:30, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

[edit] population

Would putting the real population in the lead be OK, or is simple arithmetic addition considered original research now? —Random832 19:29, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] New State House Image

Hey, I have taken a new picture of the State House, and thought it would go better than the bottom picture here, but didn't want to put my own image in. Check out Image:Indiana_State_House_2.jpg , and edit it in if you deem worthy! Thanks! -- JTHolla! 01:21, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

What bottom picture? Great picture by the way, don't worry about putting in your own pictures (see here)! HoosierStateTalk 01:39, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks! I wouldn't have a problem inserting my own pics, but when replacing a pic, I just wanted a neutral viewpoint.  :) -- JTHolla! 12:18, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Festivals, Events, Conventions, Organizations

Reposting for discussion.

"The current title is too grab bag. There is no logical reason that organizations and festivals should be in the same place, unless these organizations are hosting these events. Again, I protest the use of Ethnic (too easy to offend and too hard to define) and add a protest of the use Cultural. It's all cultural. That's the title of section 7, so why repeat ourselves? Perhaps we could subsection this list into:

Conventions - Obviously Conventions are Conventions. Black Expo, GenCon, etc. Events - Those events centered for-profit in foundation as well as those events centered on a singular event such as the 500Festival and Circle City Classic. Festivals - Festival would be anything that was not centered around a single event, such as the Greek Fest etc. As for Organizations, this becomes hairy. Many organizations, though not claiming political affiliation, are political in nature. Many organizations, though not operating as businesses, are just as interested in maintaining income as many businesses. We should talk on this further..." Apwall21 (talk) 00:35, 31 December 2007 (UTC)Apwall21 (talk) 04:55, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Looks good to me, you seem to know what to do so by all means tackle that task. Organizations could always have a sub section in Companies maybe? HoosierStateTalk 05:07, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Good Morning Miss Bliss

Is there a source on this show being set in Indy? I remember it being set in Indiana, but don't recall them saying it was in Indianapolis. -- JTHolla! 02:52, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Apprently Wikipedia has blacklisted the site I was going to show you. Just go to google and type in "Good Morning Miss Bliss" and the site is the last one listed on the first page. HoosierStateTalk 03:06, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Transportation

Under Airports - the sentence containing "easing passenger access" needs attribution - it has been reported that although plane taxi times will improve with the new setup, actual delays will not be improved.

Under Highways, the summation into one sentence of the fiery issues around the extension of I-69 from Indianapolis to Evansville is worthy of further exploration, maybe another article, or maybe there's already an article that could be linked to.

The last few sentences in the second paragraph under Mass Transit are weak and unattributed - beginning with "However, an impressive collection...".

Under "People Mover" the impression is given that this is a widely used method for moving the public, whereas actually only 4 people are on it at any one time on average (personal obervation). The sole purpose of the People Mover was to give Clarian a cheaper way to run fiber optic communications thru downtown; the movement of people is secondary to this purpose. I confirmed this directly with the head of IT infrastructure of Clarian a few years ago.

Under "Transportation issues" - the header "Some complaints include" covers a panoply of items, all rolled up into a footnote to a search page on the local "alt" newspaper's website - this is a bit loose, and under-represents the battle of viewpoints - cars vs buses for the inner city vs buses out to the suburbs (which are overwhelmingly white) vs light rail out to surrounding towns (which are overwhelmingly white). The subsequent sentence that about "safe walking paths" is not attributed and as one who lives here, is generally incorrect...the major thoroughfares and shopping areas are truly hostile to foot traffic and bicycles, not the neighborhoods. My neighborhood doesn't have sidewalks and given the paucity of motor traffic, that was a good decision, assuming resources are finite. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.2.39.31 (talk) 03:15, 17 March 2008 (UTC)