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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! -- JT Holla! 01:21, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
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. -- JT Holla! 02:52, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
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)
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)
"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" Only in America would someone separate the place he gets his NECESSITIES as apart from his neighborhood. Sheesh. 76.252.184.181 ( talk)
The result of the proposal was no move per consensus. PeterSymonds (talk) 12:28, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
Indianapolis, Indiana → Indianapolis — Unnecessary dab per Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(settlements)#United_States, latter redirects to former. If "Indianapolis" redirects to "Indianapolis, Indiana," then the ", Indiana" is unnecessary. Note also that there are several cities - American and otherwise - that have no disambiguation like this (e.g. Chicago, Paris, and Rome.) — — Justin (koavf)❤ T☮ C☺ M☯ 23:50, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
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As there seems to be individual conventions for many countries, I think the comparisons in the move request with Rome and Paris are not valid - if there is a desire for global conventions that should be hashed out first there. Knepflerle ( talk) 00:16, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
Despite this article's extensiveness, it seems at times to be unnecessarily long. Some of the paragraphs can be shortened down and/or branched off into separate articles in the future...just a thought. Thanks OopsMessage ( talk) 23:01, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
There is currently a proposal on the table to amend the Wikipedia naming conventions for US cities to follow the AP Stylebook's suggested names. This would effectively move a number of US city articles currently on the list, so Indianapolis, Indiana would be moved to Indianapolis. To comment on this discussion, please go here. Dr. Cash ( talk) 16:52, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
In this edit, I reworked the demographics bigtime: not because they were erroneous, but because (for some reason) they were primarily the statistics for the balance. For the source of the numbers I put in, see this early version, the original one with Census Bureau demographic data. Nyttend ( talk) 14:33, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
According to NOAA, the mean January temperature is 26.5ºF, [1] which, according to the traditional Köppen system places Indy right on the border between Cfa and Dfa. When the 1981-2010 averages replace the very cold Januaries of the late '70s with the much milder ones of the 2000s (especially 2006), the mean will increase to at least 28ºF, making Indy solidly Cfa according to the traditional classification. [2]
Which Köppen system does wikipedia prefer, the traditional one where D climates begin at 26.6ºF, or the modified one which raises the cutoff to 32ºF?
Mcvey68 ( talk) 04:13, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
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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)
An editor added this [2] sentence to the entry at about the same time he added it to Oklahoma City [3]. I'm not sure I'd consider this case to be "sharing"—it's not quite New York, New York, after all—but I get the point. What do others think about the statement? Is it accurate? Is it encyclopedic? Shall we keep/delete/edit it? GreenGourd ( talk) 03:45, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
Someone put a tag saying the article is too long. It is 84kb and very long to scroll. Any objections to trying to tighten the writing and slightly shortening the article? User F203 ( talk) 15:35, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
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)
At first glance, there are no problems with the sections, "Recreation", "Cultural Features", and "Local Media". However, they are poorly defined and certain, if not many, of their subsections belong in both. These problems make it more difficult than it should to navigate the page.
I propose combining them into one section. Perhaps "cultural aspects", or something along that line. The three all really do have to do with culture in some way. Perhaps you could have "cultural aspects" as the main section, put "local media", and "recreation" as subsections of it, and then move sub sections and sub-subsections into one the appropriate places, either based on consensus or simply by if it needs to be moved or not.
If you read this please reply, there needs to be an agreement about this issue. Jherbertz ( talk) 16:47, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
Does not belong in the same sentence with Fortune 500 companies Are all of the companies listed Fortune 500? If not, perhaps we could have some balance in removal of other non-Fortune 500 companies. -- Walter Görlitz ( talk) 01:58, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
Indianapolis needs a montage showcasing areas like the Conseco Fieldhouse, Lucas Oil Stadium, The Indiana Statehouse, The Soldiers and Sailors Monument and the General Downtown Skyline. Other similar-sized cities, like Jacksonville, Florida have montages fot their infobox pictures and its high time Indy had one too. Rhatsa26X ( talk) 04:39, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
I agree completely. Any of the top 20 largest cities should have a montage. I beleive this page used to have one actually. Anyone know what happened to it? —Preceding
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A point should be made that the Governor's Mansion in the circle was never really the Governor's Mansion. In fact, it was under construction when the Governor (some say the Governor's wife) decided they weren't going to live there. It apparently sent vacant for a long time before becoming (if I remember hearing correctly) Town Hall and HQ for one of the fire companies. Prior to its construction, the circle was used as a meetings commmons. I am not posting this as an actual update, because I don't have any source citations. I just remember that info from an Indy history book I read. 24.123.26.124 ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 11:45, 25 April 2011 (UTC).
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A recurring line from the song "Sour Suite" by the well-known Canadian band The Guess Who. Varlaam ( talk) 22:57, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
There should be a brief historical mention in the demographics section that the city of Indianapolis and Marion County consolidated to form one city government in 1970. This would explain why it appears Indianapolis's population jumped 56% during the 1960s. To put the consolidation into perspective, if Baltimore City and Baltimore County ever consolidated, the city of Baltimore's population would swell to 1,450,000, surpassing Philadelphia.-- MarioSmario ( talk) 02:34, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
An "In Popular Culture" section for a major city? I think I've seen it all...-- Chimino ( talk) 13:48, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
OK, I think it time to revisit the Naptown debate. I feel personally that it is a commonly used nickname nowadays. My understanding is that the nickname came about in the early 1900's because the city was so boring you could take a nap there. I also understand that the dominance of the KKK in the 20's caused the name to take a derogatory turn. But that only lasted until the 50's or 60's when the name became disused until revived in the 90's. Additionally, SO WHAT if rap songs make heavy use of the name? Is the definition of nickname 'An alternate name that all people agree to use.'???? Even if it is/was derogatory, it is still a nickname for Indianapolis.
Here are some current modern uses that clearly indicate the name is alive and is not being used in a derogatory manner.
OK, so I'm going to stop here. But seriously, it is not a RARE nickname. It is not a BAD nickname... BUT IT IS A NICKNAME!
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Regardless as to the feelings that one may experience in the use of this nickname, the document, in it's current form, lacks support for its use. The other nicknames cited within the document are supported by additional references. The only use of "naptown" uses within this document are the "nickname(s) section" and a link to the "Naptown Roller Girls", a team that happens to reside within the city of Indianapolis. The Naptown Roller Girls page makes no reference to the nickname or it's history. This alone is insufficient support for use of the nickname within the document. I would suggest that the reference either be removed from use, due to lack of support within the document, or additional sources be add for it's support and clarification. Lomor_wp ( talk) 12:11, 17 December 2013 (EST)
There is a demonym listed for people from Indianapolis: Indypolitan, or Indianapolitan. This was added way back
in 2009 and still sticks. Has anyone ever heard of this demonym? I've never heard of it outside of
a comment on The Urbanophile in 2011. Google searches don't bring up many promising results showing it either to be an official or even an accepted demonym of the city's inhabitants. To my knowledge, there is no demonym for someone from Indianapolis--only Hoosiers, from Indiana. --
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I am not sure different number of population about balance?
-- Rossdegenstein ( talk) 14:15, 12 August 2012 (UTC)
I didn't edit this article yet, or any other article, but I think Hartford, Connecticut is actually closer to its state's geographical center (in the town of Berlin) than Indianapolis is to Indiana's geographic center (in Hendricks County.) Trenton, New Jersey, even though it is on the Pennsylvania-New Jersey state line, is also just a few miles from its state's geographical center. In all fairness, however, Connecticut and New Jersey are much smaller states than Indiana. 64.222.182.166 ( talk) 14:54, 25 May 2014 (UTC)
While not necessary for an effective page - though, it'd be nice to have this in the page somewhere if anyone can find it - does anyone have any pre-consolidation maps showing the city limits of old Indy? Does anyone know the exact square mileage either of the census previous to the consolidation or even the square mileage of Indy upon the consolidation if any annexation had occured between the previous census and the consolidation? -- Criticalthinker ( talk) 06:54, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
What is missing from the city timeline? Please add relevant content. Thank you. -- M2545 ( talk) 12:49, 19 May 2015 (UTC)
While It's probably plain to see that it's more or less a legal exercise and a bit of a publicity stunt than an actual religion, I believe that the First Church of Cannabis, since it was heavily tied to the controversial Religious Freedom Restoration Act (Indiana), and to the growing (no pun intended) legal marijuana movement, and made quite a stir in the media, ought to be mentioned somewhere in the page; at the very least, the religion section, unless someone can propose a better spot.
I had an entry, but it was removed, and I was asked to take it here. Janulus144 ( talk) 02:26, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
Currently the lede contains a sentence about Indianapolitan being the city's demonym, but attempts have been made to remove it. Looking at some other city articles, it appears that there is no standard as to whether the demonym is included in the lede or even (e.g., Fort Worth, Texas) in the infobox. Given that Indianapolitan is hardly ever used, I think we can omit it from the lede as not being of sufficient importance. Indyguy ( talk) 04:09, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
Indianapolis is a great city and its chamber of commerce is one of top 50 in the country. This article could reflect this information with a lengthy section on the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, including a history of its board membership, biographies on each person, "1-800" telephone numbers, and short sections on the businesses in which each member is engaged. 2602:252:D6A:B2C0:1511:2FF5:3FB4:3FA0 ( talk) 13:28, 8 January 2016 (UTC)
Ladies and Gentlemen, there's no "Music" component to the "Culture" section, and especially no "Jazz" section. The city was a regular stop for touring jazz musicians, and there was a strong, to say the least of it, local scene. It produced J.J. Johnson and Wes Montgomery. Will someone familiar with the jazz scene in Indianapolis Please rectify this? Tapered ( talk) 04:16, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
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A nicely sourced sentence was recently added to the beginning of the paragraph that talks about the various neighborhoods in the city. However, as the source states, these neighborhoods do not necessarily correspond to actual neighborhoods as the public knows them. In particular, they don't correspond to the neighborhoods talked about in the rest of the paragraph. That there are 99 neighborhoods that the city uses for statistical purposes is interesting, but I'm not sure it belongs in the article. Indyguy ( talk) 03:45, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
I don't know what metric exactly was used to come up with the little factoid in paragraph 2 that says Indianapolis has more interstate highways intersecting it than any other city, but I can't see how that's correct. It has 4 -- 65, 69, 70, and 74. Chicago has 55, 57, 90, and 94 within the city limits and 65, 80, and 88 in the metro area. St. Louis has 44, 55, 64, and 70 in the city limits. Birmingham has 20, 22, 59, and 65 within the city limits. At best Indianapolis is tied with several other cities, and that's only if you don't include the metro region. Of the two sources cited, the one that works cites a link that has been taken down so there's no way to verify what exactly is being claimed. Betterusername ( talk) 16:58, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
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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! -- JT Holla! 01:21, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
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. -- JT Holla! 02:52, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
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)
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)
"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" Only in America would someone separate the place he gets his NECESSITIES as apart from his neighborhood. Sheesh. 76.252.184.181 ( talk)
The result of the proposal was no move per consensus. PeterSymonds (talk) 12:28, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
Indianapolis, Indiana → Indianapolis — Unnecessary dab per Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(settlements)#United_States, latter redirects to former. If "Indianapolis" redirects to "Indianapolis, Indiana," then the ", Indiana" is unnecessary. Note also that there are several cities - American and otherwise - that have no disambiguation like this (e.g. Chicago, Paris, and Rome.) — — Justin (koavf)❤ T☮ C☺ M☯ 23:50, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
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As there seems to be individual conventions for many countries, I think the comparisons in the move request with Rome and Paris are not valid - if there is a desire for global conventions that should be hashed out first there. Knepflerle ( talk) 00:16, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
Despite this article's extensiveness, it seems at times to be unnecessarily long. Some of the paragraphs can be shortened down and/or branched off into separate articles in the future...just a thought. Thanks OopsMessage ( talk) 23:01, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
There is currently a proposal on the table to amend the Wikipedia naming conventions for US cities to follow the AP Stylebook's suggested names. This would effectively move a number of US city articles currently on the list, so Indianapolis, Indiana would be moved to Indianapolis. To comment on this discussion, please go here. Dr. Cash ( talk) 16:52, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
In this edit, I reworked the demographics bigtime: not because they were erroneous, but because (for some reason) they were primarily the statistics for the balance. For the source of the numbers I put in, see this early version, the original one with Census Bureau demographic data. Nyttend ( talk) 14:33, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
According to NOAA, the mean January temperature is 26.5ºF, [1] which, according to the traditional Köppen system places Indy right on the border between Cfa and Dfa. When the 1981-2010 averages replace the very cold Januaries of the late '70s with the much milder ones of the 2000s (especially 2006), the mean will increase to at least 28ºF, making Indy solidly Cfa according to the traditional classification. [2]
Which Köppen system does wikipedia prefer, the traditional one where D climates begin at 26.6ºF, or the modified one which raises the cutoff to 32ºF?
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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)
An editor added this [2] sentence to the entry at about the same time he added it to Oklahoma City [3]. I'm not sure I'd consider this case to be "sharing"—it's not quite New York, New York, after all—but I get the point. What do others think about the statement? Is it accurate? Is it encyclopedic? Shall we keep/delete/edit it? GreenGourd ( talk) 03:45, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
Someone put a tag saying the article is too long. It is 84kb and very long to scroll. Any objections to trying to tighten the writing and slightly shortening the article? User F203 ( talk) 15:35, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
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)
At first glance, there are no problems with the sections, "Recreation", "Cultural Features", and "Local Media". However, they are poorly defined and certain, if not many, of their subsections belong in both. These problems make it more difficult than it should to navigate the page.
I propose combining them into one section. Perhaps "cultural aspects", or something along that line. The three all really do have to do with culture in some way. Perhaps you could have "cultural aspects" as the main section, put "local media", and "recreation" as subsections of it, and then move sub sections and sub-subsections into one the appropriate places, either based on consensus or simply by if it needs to be moved or not.
If you read this please reply, there needs to be an agreement about this issue. Jherbertz ( talk) 16:47, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
Does not belong in the same sentence with Fortune 500 companies Are all of the companies listed Fortune 500? If not, perhaps we could have some balance in removal of other non-Fortune 500 companies. -- Walter Görlitz ( talk) 01:58, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
Indianapolis needs a montage showcasing areas like the Conseco Fieldhouse, Lucas Oil Stadium, The Indiana Statehouse, The Soldiers and Sailors Monument and the General Downtown Skyline. Other similar-sized cities, like Jacksonville, Florida have montages fot their infobox pictures and its high time Indy had one too. Rhatsa26X ( talk) 04:39, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
I agree completely. Any of the top 20 largest cities should have a montage. I beleive this page used to have one actually. Anyone know what happened to it? —Preceding
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A point should be made that the Governor's Mansion in the circle was never really the Governor's Mansion. In fact, it was under construction when the Governor (some say the Governor's wife) decided they weren't going to live there. It apparently sent vacant for a long time before becoming (if I remember hearing correctly) Town Hall and HQ for one of the fire companies. Prior to its construction, the circle was used as a meetings commmons. I am not posting this as an actual update, because I don't have any source citations. I just remember that info from an Indy history book I read. 24.123.26.124 ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 11:45, 25 April 2011 (UTC).
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A recurring line from the song "Sour Suite" by the well-known Canadian band The Guess Who. Varlaam ( talk) 22:57, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
There should be a brief historical mention in the demographics section that the city of Indianapolis and Marion County consolidated to form one city government in 1970. This would explain why it appears Indianapolis's population jumped 56% during the 1960s. To put the consolidation into perspective, if Baltimore City and Baltimore County ever consolidated, the city of Baltimore's population would swell to 1,450,000, surpassing Philadelphia.-- MarioSmario ( talk) 02:34, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
An "In Popular Culture" section for a major city? I think I've seen it all...-- Chimino ( talk) 13:48, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
OK, I think it time to revisit the Naptown debate. I feel personally that it is a commonly used nickname nowadays. My understanding is that the nickname came about in the early 1900's because the city was so boring you could take a nap there. I also understand that the dominance of the KKK in the 20's caused the name to take a derogatory turn. But that only lasted until the 50's or 60's when the name became disused until revived in the 90's. Additionally, SO WHAT if rap songs make heavy use of the name? Is the definition of nickname 'An alternate name that all people agree to use.'???? Even if it is/was derogatory, it is still a nickname for Indianapolis.
Here are some current modern uses that clearly indicate the name is alive and is not being used in a derogatory manner.
OK, so I'm going to stop here. But seriously, it is not a RARE nickname. It is not a BAD nickname... BUT IT IS A NICKNAME!
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Regardless as to the feelings that one may experience in the use of this nickname, the document, in it's current form, lacks support for its use. The other nicknames cited within the document are supported by additional references. The only use of "naptown" uses within this document are the "nickname(s) section" and a link to the "Naptown Roller Girls", a team that happens to reside within the city of Indianapolis. The Naptown Roller Girls page makes no reference to the nickname or it's history. This alone is insufficient support for use of the nickname within the document. I would suggest that the reference either be removed from use, due to lack of support within the document, or additional sources be add for it's support and clarification. Lomor_wp ( talk) 12:11, 17 December 2013 (EST)
There is a demonym listed for people from Indianapolis: Indypolitan, or Indianapolitan. This was added way back
in 2009 and still sticks. Has anyone ever heard of this demonym? I've never heard of it outside of
a comment on The Urbanophile in 2011. Google searches don't bring up many promising results showing it either to be an official or even an accepted demonym of the city's inhabitants. To my knowledge, there is no demonym for someone from Indianapolis--only Hoosiers, from Indiana. --
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I am not sure different number of population about balance?
-- Rossdegenstein ( talk) 14:15, 12 August 2012 (UTC)
I didn't edit this article yet, or any other article, but I think Hartford, Connecticut is actually closer to its state's geographical center (in the town of Berlin) than Indianapolis is to Indiana's geographic center (in Hendricks County.) Trenton, New Jersey, even though it is on the Pennsylvania-New Jersey state line, is also just a few miles from its state's geographical center. In all fairness, however, Connecticut and New Jersey are much smaller states than Indiana. 64.222.182.166 ( talk) 14:54, 25 May 2014 (UTC)
While not necessary for an effective page - though, it'd be nice to have this in the page somewhere if anyone can find it - does anyone have any pre-consolidation maps showing the city limits of old Indy? Does anyone know the exact square mileage either of the census previous to the consolidation or even the square mileage of Indy upon the consolidation if any annexation had occured between the previous census and the consolidation? -- Criticalthinker ( talk) 06:54, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
What is missing from the city timeline? Please add relevant content. Thank you. -- M2545 ( talk) 12:49, 19 May 2015 (UTC)
While It's probably plain to see that it's more or less a legal exercise and a bit of a publicity stunt than an actual religion, I believe that the First Church of Cannabis, since it was heavily tied to the controversial Religious Freedom Restoration Act (Indiana), and to the growing (no pun intended) legal marijuana movement, and made quite a stir in the media, ought to be mentioned somewhere in the page; at the very least, the religion section, unless someone can propose a better spot.
I had an entry, but it was removed, and I was asked to take it here. Janulus144 ( talk) 02:26, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
Currently the lede contains a sentence about Indianapolitan being the city's demonym, but attempts have been made to remove it. Looking at some other city articles, it appears that there is no standard as to whether the demonym is included in the lede or even (e.g., Fort Worth, Texas) in the infobox. Given that Indianapolitan is hardly ever used, I think we can omit it from the lede as not being of sufficient importance. Indyguy ( talk) 04:09, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
Indianapolis is a great city and its chamber of commerce is one of top 50 in the country. This article could reflect this information with a lengthy section on the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, including a history of its board membership, biographies on each person, "1-800" telephone numbers, and short sections on the businesses in which each member is engaged. 2602:252:D6A:B2C0:1511:2FF5:3FB4:3FA0 ( talk) 13:28, 8 January 2016 (UTC)
Ladies and Gentlemen, there's no "Music" component to the "Culture" section, and especially no "Jazz" section. The city was a regular stop for touring jazz musicians, and there was a strong, to say the least of it, local scene. It produced J.J. Johnson and Wes Montgomery. Will someone familiar with the jazz scene in Indianapolis Please rectify this? Tapered ( talk) 04:16, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
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A nicely sourced sentence was recently added to the beginning of the paragraph that talks about the various neighborhoods in the city. However, as the source states, these neighborhoods do not necessarily correspond to actual neighborhoods as the public knows them. In particular, they don't correspond to the neighborhoods talked about in the rest of the paragraph. That there are 99 neighborhoods that the city uses for statistical purposes is interesting, but I'm not sure it belongs in the article. Indyguy ( talk) 03:45, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
I don't know what metric exactly was used to come up with the little factoid in paragraph 2 that says Indianapolis has more interstate highways intersecting it than any other city, but I can't see how that's correct. It has 4 -- 65, 69, 70, and 74. Chicago has 55, 57, 90, and 94 within the city limits and 65, 80, and 88 in the metro area. St. Louis has 44, 55, 64, and 70 in the city limits. Birmingham has 20, 22, 59, and 65 within the city limits. At best Indianapolis is tied with several other cities, and that's only if you don't include the metro region. Of the two sources cited, the one that works cites a link that has been taken down so there's no way to verify what exactly is being claimed. Betterusername ( talk) 16:58, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
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10 Counties are on Central Time Zone Now to match Chicago -- this happened years ago, so it's time to update. No I'm not gonna mess with it, I've no idea how to add that into a table and have little interest in learning right now. Jhrussell401 ( talk) 06:06, 19 April 2020 (UTC)
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The lede mentions that "the consolidated population of Indianapolis and Marion County in 2020 was 977,642." This is the total population of Marion County, which includes Indianapolis, Beech Grove, Lawrence, Southport, and Speedway. Indianapolis alone is 897,041. [1] -- Lasunncty ( talk) 05:33, 25 November 2021 (UTC)