Talk:Lima, Ohio

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Contents 1 mayor's project 2 Native Americans 3 Wikification 4 References 5 Roethlisberger 6 Sister City 7 Kewpee/Dave Thomas

[edit] mayor's project

According to this news report, the mayor and some volunteers are writing an entry for this town and "The work will be posted in August." If anyone part of this project is watching this page, you are very welcome. If you are looking to make the article truly good, please take a look at our featured articles.

However, I have a couple of concerns after reading this report. Please note that new content should add to existing content, rather than replace it, which is a concern when you are working offline and new information is being added in the meantime. Also, the mayor states, "I was thinking with my chamber of commerce hat and decided that we needed to take charge of our entry". Note that nobody owns an article and that attempts "freeze" articles are a violation of Wikipedia policy. I strongly advise the contributors of this initiative, if they have not already, to create accounts and familiarize yourself with some of the basic policies and guidelines of the website in order to avoid misunderstandings in the future. Please feel free to contact me on my user talk page if you have any questions. Thank you and welcome to the wiki, BanyanTree 20:15, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

• Yes, welcome Limanians! It's great and admirable that you want to expand the information available online about your fine city. Just please keep in mind to write in the style of a neutral encyclopedic article, rather than a chamber of commerce pamphlet. Thanks for your help in building Wikipedia!--Pharos 21:18, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

The people in Lima refer to themselves as "Limaites". I always said it should be "Limans", but I suppose that would make us seem to be endorsing Sprite or something. Anyway, that's what we're called. Also Lima is often referred to colloquially as "Limaland". Highonhendrix (talk) 09:40, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

This has made the big time. -Rholton 03:26, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Greetings all, David S. Adams left the following note on my user talk:

Greetings Banyan Tree and associates. Thanks for your guidance as we (there are 12 of us) posted several new sections in the "Lima, Ohio" article. Please direct us to appropriate Wikipedia guidelines and keep us from embarrassing ourselves. We wish to be well behaved Wikipedia contributors. Thanks. --David S. Adams 00:28, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

I replied on David's talk and noted that he could bring up any discussion he wishes on this talk. Cheers, BT 02:01, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Mayor Berger has no page on wikipedia. Perhaps the twelve mentioned above should create one and link it to the Lima article. Highonhendrix (talk) 09:49, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Native Americans

I really object to this section. I could list many reasons why, but the reason most applicable to this article is that the Shawnee didn't have a whole lot to do with the city of Lima proper (as opposed to nearby cities such as Bellefontaine and Wapakoneta). Therefore, I'm going to be bold and remove this section. The information in it would be better suited for other articles. -- SwissCelt 03:01, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikification

I took the liberty of wikifying this page and removed the related template. Glad to see that my hometown has a decent page. --Dpryan 02:20, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] References

Lots of info needs appropriate citations. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 209.191.208.61 (talk) 13:27, 10 April 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Roethlisberger

Perhaps this has been talked into the ground and I just don't know, but Ben Roethlisberger is from Findlay, not Lima. Not sure how the cited ESPN link came up with Lima, but it is local knowledge and confirmed on his official website, w

I tend to agree. What the people who reinsert the bit about him being from Lima say is that he was born in Lima but raised in Findlay. I haven't a clue whether or not this is true. If true, this will all boil down to ones definition of what it means to be from somewhere. --Dpryan 09:15, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

NFL.com says he was born in Lima as well? Stepshep (talk) 02:34, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Sister City

Trying to find the right spot to add that Lima has a sister city, Harima, Hyōgo has been our sister city since March 25, 1993. Stepshep (talk) 02:31, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Added section. 65.185.147.196 (talk) 21:50, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Kewpee/Dave Thomas

There is no way that Dave Thomas, may he rest in peace, did not get the idea for Wendy's main menu items from Kewpee! Burgers: square and greasy. Fries: thick, chunky slabs of taters. Both have chili. Both have thick, frozen chocolate yummies, the only diff being that at Kewpee it is a Malt and at Wendy's it is a Frosty. The coincidences are piling up. He may never have worked at Kewpee (instead at a restaurant in NEARBY Ft. Wayne), but one does not have to work at a restaurant to copy its menu. I have refrained from removing the reference to this being a myth, assuming good faith on the part of whoever put the section there. I may reconsider in the future. Please post any thoughts or further info on this, I'd love to discuss this.Highonhendrix (talk) 10:00, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Actually, the information there is factually incorrect. According to Wendy's Wikipedia article: 'The chain is known for its square ground beef hamburgers. The idea for Wendy's "old fashioned" hamburgers was actually inspired by Dave Thomas' trips to "Kewpee Hamburgers" in his home town of Kalamazoo, Michigan. The Kewpee sold square hamburgers and thick malt shakes, much like the famous restaurant that Thomas eventually founded in Columbus, Ohio in 1969. Multiple Kewpee restaurants still exist in Lima, Ohio. I'm going to replace the info. §tepshep • ¡Talk to me! 23:21, 21 March 2008 (UTC)