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Could somebody please pull together an article on Sports in Omaha, Nebraska? There is content on this main page, on the History in Omaha, Nebraska page, and in a few other places... I would search individual teams' articles for content. For an example see Sports in Chicago or Sports in Seattle. - Freechild 01:50, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
Against. This page will allow for a history to be written, along with notable laws and other detailed information to be shared. Merging it with the main Omaha page will only result in it be seperated out again in the future. - Freechild 00:50, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
If I'm not mistaken, the Omaha city population was listed as 390,007 in the 1970 census, not the 2000 census. Am I wrong? Equinox137 16:13, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
I checked the numbers and updated to show the 2004 Census estimate for the city population, which is 409,416, in the Template box and the lead paragraph. I have not checked the 800,000+ metro population for accuracy. I also recalculated the population density in the template box -- it was way off. The population stats in various parts of this article are somewhat in disarray -- the 2003 population history figure needs to be reviewed -- I changed the city figure to the 2003 Census estimate of 404,114 for now, but did not verify the metro population. Also, I left the Demographic section alone as that data should only use 2000 Census data. Frankly I wouldn't mind if the whole article stuck with the 2000 figures with only a brief mention of the 2004 estimate. Nick Storm 17:05, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
It looks as if the links to the FM radio station articles point to the monikers. Somebody please change them to point to the callsigns. 66.245.124.50 03:44, 7 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Hi folks. I removed the old link for Omaha area radio stations and I added another one.
Do you think that adding a list of radio stations (maybe even television stations) to the article is a good idea?
KevinJ 01:48, 9 August 2006 (UTC)KevinJ
Never mind, I saw that there were separate articles on radio and television.
KevinJ 01:50, 9 August 2006 (UTC)KevinJ
I've posted a picture of the Omaha skyline at http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/Omaha_skyline_humid_day.png -- it's somewhat poor given that the day was fairly humid (fancy that).
-- Mawhamba 16:49, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Does anyone else think this article's getting a bit lengthy? Any suggestions on how to go about diving it up -- I know the history section can get a lot longer, especially if one were to include information on Tom Dennison and his political machine. -- Mawhamba 22:54, 3 May 2005 (UTC)
Might not need this sections -- what's unique about Omaha's legal system?
Move from bottom of article here.
-- Mawhamba 10:29, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
Although this article contains a wealth of information about Omaha and the Omaha Metropolitan Area, perhaps that is, in-and-of itself a problem. This article is supposed to be about Omaha, Nebraska, not the Metropolitan Area. I think much of this article can be put into a separate article entitled "Omaha Metropolitan Area."
Additionally, much of the information contained within this article is simply bullets. Can we expand these lists into something that would make a good separate article. For example, the railroads section, under transport is well done, and could link to another article -- Railroad Tranport of Omaha, Nebraksa or perhaps Railroad History of Omaha, Nebraska--the section is not bulleted, though, as are many other sections (e.g. Famous People [is this section really needed, in full, in the main article?], Songs about Omaha [once again, really needed, in full?], Neighborhoods and Suburbs [could be mentioned briefly, but the meat, I would think, would go into the Omaha Metropolitan Area article]). There are numerous potential changes. I, however, do not want to start such a massive re-organization without consulting others first, though, as many people have contributed to this article and many people should have a say on its layout. -- Mawhamba 10:36, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
Is it really necessary to have a whole subsection simply for airports, or could we combine this all under Transportation? -- Mawhamba 13:45, 19 May 2005 (UTC)
An entry has been made under the Economy section of the Omaha, Nebraska article which needs to be cleared up. The case in point deals with suggesting that Pamida, a subsidiary of Green Bay, Wisconsin-based ShopKo Stores, Inc. Recently a reversion to a previous version of the Omaha, Neb. article was made, including Pamida as being "headquartered" in Omaha by Rdsmith4, with the justification that "Pamida was founded in Omaha and is an important part of its economic history." Regardless of whether Pamida was founded in Omaha, Nebraska or not (Pamida's history page suggests that the retail stores that were to eventually become Pamida, was opened, first, in Knoxville, Iowa -- see here), it is currently not headquartered in Omaha.
In any event, it is my opinion that Pamida needs to be listed elsewhere in this article. If Pamida was at one time headquarted in Omaha, that would be part of Omaha's history, it should not follow a statement such as, "Omaha is the home of the headquarters of a number of major corporations, including..." which is what precedes the listing of companies headquartered in Omaha. To me, and I would appreciate input on this, the statement "Omaha is the home of the headquarters of a number of major corporations, including..." suggests that the listed entities are presently headquartered in Omaha.
I would be open to the addition of another subsection listing companies founded and/or headquartered at one time in Omaha.
Anyone... anyone...
-- Mawhamba 21:13, 22 May 2005 (UTC)
Removed skyline pic posted by Ki-too as it may be a possible copyright violation. Image appears on Metropolitan Community College Website as well at http://www.mccneb.edu/presidentialsearch/images/Omahaphoto.jpg -- Mawhamba 10:21, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
Would you like to help improve the quality of Nebraska-related articles? If so, reply on my talk page; I'd like to see if there is any interest in creating WikiProject:Nebraska. – Swid 16:12, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
I agree that this probably could be in the Omaha page as a Music in Omaha section (which then could spawn a daughter page) which would discuss things like Saddle Creek Records, 311, as well as the Rose Theatre, and Jazz on the Green. I always think the Omaha sound is an answer to the DC sound (Fugazi) or the Chapel Hill, an answer made by Saddle Creek artists ( Cursive in particular), and it belongs there, not here (i mean not in any Omaha Sound page). Smmurphy 08:55, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
Dear god please do not associate any of the unheard of and remarkably talentless bands listed in the "omaha sound" page with Omaha in general. They are awful and I hate to break it to people living outside of Omaha, but there is no such thing as an "omaha sound". I know the chip-on-the-shoulder-we're-a-big-city-too feeling many from Omaha have (I used to live there) but this is not the way to gain acceptance. -November 18. 2005.
I removed Creighton Prep from the subsection on parochial schools; Prep is a Catholic Jesuit school completely autonomous from the Catholic Archdiocese. --Jose Bravo
What neighborhood of Omaha would be classified as an Irish neighborhood or as a neighborhood with a large Irish population? 75.3.4.54 00:04, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
That is surprising because so much of Omaha's population is Irish and the mayor is Irish. 75.3.4.54 00:21, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
German is the most common ancestry, followed by Irish. --Jack 06:47, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
I changed some of the information in the Climate section of the article. I could not find a link to Omaha weather information, so I added the one I found. I'll look more into this and see if I can find a better site.
KevinJ 02:00, 9 August 2006 (UTC)KevinJ
I believe that Sitka, Alaska is the largest city (by area) in the US, as it has over 2700 square miles of incorporated area. New York would be the largest city based on population. The first line of text should be removed.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 162.6.226.167 ( talk • contribs) .
"Predominantly an African-American neighborhood, North Omaha boasts a rich, diverse culture, and the highest crime rate."
Despite being a denizen of Omaha metro for a decade, I'm not sure I could identify anything "rich" about the culture of North Omaha. Do drug use and violence constitute a rich, diverse culture?
North O is the only neighborhood which receives this flowery attention. It's clearly not NPOV and it's not even accurate. Puskarm 18:39, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
Hey, I would like to hear what any of your thoughts are about the boundaries of North Omaha. The discussion is this. Thanks. - Freechild 21:23, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
The section on Native American history has some redundancy that needs to be resolved. - Freechild 16:06, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
This article gives sensationalistic coverage to "domestic terrorism" here in Omaha. While the action against the local grocery may have been racially motivated (as I recall, motives or even suspects haven't been found yet), it doesn't (at least, not yet) amount to "terrorism." The robbery and fire were not done in a high-profile neighborhood, nor one infamous for that kind of happening. The most that can be known and reasonably assumed is that at a couple of people held a grudge against a man for whatever reason, and so they robbed his store and set a fire.
The subsection headline and buzzword descriptions are overblown compared to the actual issue. This is from the perspective of a 10-year north Omaha resident who also happens to have friends living on the opposite side of the block on which the grocery stood. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Vintagejonny ( talk • contribs) 05:19, 7 March 2007 (UTC).
I saw that the boundary of west was changed from 72 to 114th. I changed it with another edit, but I want to make sure that 72 is the concensus (is their a citation for it, perhaps). I mean, the neighborhoods around Northwest High School are certainly west, right. Anyway, this doesn't seem to be something to vote on, it needs a citation. Smmurphy( Talk) 21:14, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
Is this encyclopedic? Does it belong on the main Omaha page? I'm putting it back for now, but I think if anything, it should go to a history of Omaha page (even though it is ongoing) or Civil rights in Nebraska or something like that. Otherwise, it should go to wikinews. Smmurphy( Talk) 21:14, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
This racist news 'editorial' does not belong in a encyclopedia. Although it's a deplorable act, it's not indicative of Omaha at large, but represents the radical actions of two men. Please remove this and post it elsewhere. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.13.149.234 ( talk) 23:52, 8 March 2007 (UTC).
I just rewrote the racial tension section, its pretty long now, but I think it flows better. I tried to unify all of the events as being about the relationship between black and white Omahans. I also added stuff about shootings vis-a-vis black citizens and white police officers. This allows us to discuss the general distrust between white and black/west and north-east Omaha. In this larger context, and with mention of Goshime's actions since the incident, I believe that the firebombing event fits into the article. It would be nice if the section were cut down a bit, but I didn't want to cut anything myself right now. On the other hand, we havn't mentioned South Omaha at all. I'm thinking of tension between Polish, Irish, Ukrainian, and other communities in the past (other than the Greektown incident), although there has been some more recent tension between white and Hispanic more recently. I also cut a few words from what was said about the firebombing, including the word terrorism. For one thing, they seemed a bit superfluous, and the shorter paragraph is cleaner and more NPOV (I think). Also, I mentioned above what I thought about using the word terrorism, so its inclusion might have been an oversight anyway. If this change, or the section rewrite, is in any way problematic, feel free to make changes there, or talk about them here. Thanks and regards, Smmurphy( Talk) 07:36, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
What "incident" is this discusson referring to? Equinox137 04:43, 11 May 2007 (UTC) The last paragraph described here. - Freechild 14:20, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
This sentence was removed as WP:POV
Busing and integration in Omaha has played a major role in race relations in the city. I'm not sure how it is POV. Let us review:
"One resident of Rose Garden Estates near 172nd and Pacific Streets said privately, for instance, that he finds the prospect of being incorporated into the city "increasingly scary." "I left Benson because I didn't like the changes," he said. "Too much crime, too much racial tension, too much school busing. I went to the suburbs to get away from that, and now I'm being forced back in." The man, an insurance company employee, denied that his problems were based on race, but he asked that this part of the interview be anonymous (Freed, Kenneth. The Lure of the Suburbs Do City Problems Grow With Growth? Omaha World Herald (August 7, 1996)). This article has other examples of similar sentiments.
My feeling is that instead of removing mention of busing as it relates to racial tension in Omaha, we could create a subsection (or sub-subsection) that specifically sets out to address the busing issue in Omaha. Smmurphy( Talk) 03:43, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
In A Street of Dreams they talk about the three pillars of Omaha's civil rights movement as being equal opportunities in the workplace, in housing and in schooling. Busing was forced on the Omaha district in 1971 by the Supreme Court as a measure to ensure the third pillar. Chambers' contention seems to be that it was a failure, but all the same - it was viewed as a success when the concession was first won. - Freechild 18:52, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
I added 1972-present in the civil rights article, but I'm not sure how to summarize the busing section in Omaha, or whether to simply leave it. Thoughts? - Freechild 03:26, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
I created a couple templates, hopefully they are useful and helpful. Feel free to put them into all the articles they belong in. They are based on the templates at Chicago. Please fix them up as you see fit, and for the Omaha template, I left some redlinks and didn't include a link to the city council article. Both of these are mostly due to laziness, I'm not sure how many of the redlinks will be filled in. Any suggestions probably go there, but please be bold. Smmurphy( Talk) 05:45, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Heads-up that I've parsed content from the Omaha page for History of Omaha, Nebraska and Neighborhoods of Omaha, Nebraska. - Freechild 04:17, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
I want to start the Culture in Omaha page using the content that is on the Omaha article, and write-up the following, mostly focusing on the history of these groups. It would be great if anyone else jumped in...
- Freechild 14:51, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
In case anyone is interested, here is a bevy of interesting Omaha, Nebraska topics up for article-writing. Let's all chip and add to it, too!
Mmm. Anything else? - Freechild 04:35, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
I am wondering about the rationale behind creating separate Omaha and North Omaha pages. I understand North Omaha is a collection of neighborhoods, and thus might warrant its own history page, but I am concerned about such divisions as: Neighborhoods of Omaha, Nebraska vs. Neighborhoods of North Omaha, Nebraska, List of Landmarks in Omaha, Nebraska vs. Culture in North Omaha, Nebraska, and List of people from Omaha, Nebraska vs. List of people from North Omaha, Nebraska. It creates a list of problems for me: Does something relating to North Omaha then not fit into the Omaha article? Why potentially duplicate information and double the work load of growing and maintaining articles? Why no South Omaha pages? or Morton Meadows Neighborhood in Omaha, Nebraska pages? To me, North Omaha is a part of Omaha, and has no reason to split away except in discussions of history or when specifically discussing different neighborhoods. I'd like to hear others' viewpoints on this. Regards, BierHerr 22:48, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
FYI, here are some new categories:
- Freechild 21:55, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
I just added the Category:Shopping malls in Nebraska to categorize the fairly new Oakview Mall article. This category was deleted once... so we'll see if it sticks around. Anyone particularly interested in making a Crossroads or Westroads article? I'd like to do one on the history of Center Mall soon when I find the time... BierHerr 21:04, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
I just created the following list at List of Nebraska-related topics. Should it be brought into the template, brought into the article or left where it is without putting it anywhere else? - Freechild 08:33, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
I have recently created Culture in Omaha, and upon surveying Omaha, I am not sure about how to clean up that section on the page. Any suggestions, or does anyone want to take a stab at it? – Freechild ( Hey ya. | edits) 21:03, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
FYI, Culture in Omaha, Nebraska is up for deletion. The debate has opened up at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Culture in Omaha, Nebraska. - – Freechild ( Hey ya. | edits) 16:57, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
Recently I completed an article on Tom Dennison. It strikes me, seeing a complete absence of information about Omaha's founders, that there needs to be more out there. Let me know if you have any particular folks you'd like to see an article on. I also think there needs to be a category to the effect of Category:Founding figures of Omaha. My list follows. – Freechild ( BoomCha) 06:24, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
Should we make a template for Omaha's founding figures? What qualifies someone as a founding figure? I guess that goes back to reliable citations? Template or category - any thoughts? Omaha Claim Club – Freechild ( BoomCha) 06:35, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
See Founding figures of Omaha, Nebraska the outcome of this conversation! – Freechild ( BoomCha) 15:33, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
Posting this here for future use... good NY Times article that can be used as a reference to possible improve some Omaha-related articles: Omaha's Culture Club. Regards, BierHerr 01:10, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
Ya know, if we formed an Omaha-focused WikiProject, we could pass stuff like this around all the time, and maybe even keep just a page of good resources. – Freechild ( BoomCha) 15:50, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
I changed the order of the sections in the article. Here's a comparison:
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Thoughts? Comparing the two, I guess I believe that the sociological aspects of a city are interently more interesting than the statistical information. Combined with WP:Bold, and here ya go. – Freechild ( BoomCha) 17:38, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
Can anyone take a quick picture of Omaha's Union Station? They're asking for it over at DYK. Thanks in advance if anyone does this. – Freechild ( BoomCha) 22:07, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
Is anybody able/willing to create an image that defines Omaha's community areas similar to how Chicago does? That would be tremendously appreciated. For guidance see Neighborhoods of Omaha, Nebraska. – Freechild ( ¡!¡!¡!¡) 23:03, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
I've cleaned the Category:Omaha, Nebraska, nestling all the individual articles appropriately and creating a few new ones where needed. – Freechild ( ¡!¡!¡!¡) 18:04, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
Would anyone else be interested in a WikiProject Omaha, ala all of the other mid-sized US cities with WikiProjects? • Freechild 'sup? 16:21, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
Please don't remove templates without consensus. I have found no WP guidelines around "excessive templates," and judging by the looks of Washington, D.C., San Francisco, California and Vancouver, British Columbia - all of which are FAs - this article is doing just fine. Again, if you disagree let's work this out on this talk page rather than simply edit warring. • Freechild 'sup? 01:52, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
Was trying to simplify the language with repeats of city names, and didn't look at it carefully enough in final form. Not intentional.-- Parkwells ( talk) 02:32, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
SriMesh | talk 05:39, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
I couldn't get this link to come up, it continually timed out.
The 'media' section is too short and does not meet the completeness criterion. It looks like the contents of the "see also" link Media in Omaha, Nebraska is mostly a list of radio & tv stations, which is fine. But you should say more about the media in the Omaha article itself, than simply, "The city also has four television news stations." See the Media and Popular Culture" section of the Flagstaff, Arizona article for an example. You can talk about the media market, and provide a citation, and discuss (in prose) the major television stations there. Some information on movies and tv shows might be good to include, too, but be careful not to just use a bulleted list for that (it's bordering on "trivia"). Dr. Cash ( talk) 16:25, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
Shouldn't there be a a section the page devoted to the population and the projection of the population by year? Tech43 ( talk) 21:51, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
Just a quick reminder that this is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Omaha, Nebraska article, and not a forum on the topic. Thanks for staying on topic. • Freechild 'sup? 02:11, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
Per my comments on the FAC page and yours on my talk page, I hope to be able to clarify what is necessary of images in an FA.
First, they should all have the most basic information: a description, a source, author, date, and licensing info. This is available in the information template mentioned in the FAC.
Information about the images should ideally be as thorough as information from sources. I know images are difficult to understand; I'm still trying to understand some of the grey areas in licensing and it's an uphill climb sometimes. Go through each of your images to see that as much information is included as possible in the image summaries. Some of the older artwork may not have an author (photographer or artist) available. If it's unknown, cite who says it is. If the Joslyn Museum has no idea who painted Fontenelle's portrait, that is a reliable source. The summary would read Author = Unknown per Bob Smith, curator of the Joslyn Museum where the painting is housed, confirmed by User:X by phone on December 17, 2008.
Let me know if you have questions. Thanks. -- Moni3 ( talk) 14:46, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
Isn't it POV to have "Omaha" redirect to this page?-- Ssteiner209 ( talk) 21:57, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
There's a link to a Wiki article, "Omaha Stockyards", which doesn't work. I downloaded the file but couldn't find a program that could open it. If I enter that phrase in the search box, the system can't deliver. I'm interested in the transition from the old, single Chicago stockyard to the current decentralized system, so I was interested in the Omaha stage. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.91.173.36 ( talk) 20:22, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
Revans1953 has commenced an edit war with me [4], apparently over the issue of whether to use [ daub.jpg|this photo] versus [ photo], between which the difference is the permission that has been alloted to their usage. • Freechild 'sup?
Revans1953 ( talk) 09:26, 13 February 2009 (UTC) →Crime: the statement : "Today, gambling in Omaha is limited to limited keno, parimutuel betting, and slot machines..." neglects to mention the various Lottery games that are legal in Nebraska
Personally I think certain portions of West O should be listed as separate areas. Being annexed cities Millard and Elkhorn really are more distinct and are often talked about on their own. Nice or in evil ( talk) 15:59, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
09:33, 01 March 2009 (UTC)
The 1907 History of Pottawattamie County shows that Kanesville vanished at the end of 1852 and that the Council Bluffs city charter was granted in early 1853. Why does the Omaha page still list Kanesville? Does the city want to disassociate it's origins concerning Council Bluffs that much? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.116.177.82 ( talk) 04:20, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
The reliably sourced historical notations throughout this article consistently reference Kanesville as the hometown of many of Omaha's founders, thus why it is included in the article. You will need more than one reference to disprove those sources. • Freechild 'sup? 04:25, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
so-so article referencing Kanesville: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iapottaw/cnclblfs.htm better article reference on Kanesville to Council Bluffs: http://www.thehistoricalsociety.org/sam%20bayliss%20on%20broadway.htm The reference in the 1907 History of Pottawattamie County: http://freepages.books.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cooverfamily/pottawattamie_2/pot_2_2.htm also see the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County (which is not online except for the biographies) also, pages 7-9 and page 11 at http://books.google.com/books?id=tQ-LPKtZBrMC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Council+Bluffs+Broadway#PPA9,M1 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.116.177.82 ( talk) 04:02, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
Also see page 38 of the most recent edition of 'upstream metropolis' which I would consider a definitive resource on omaha history. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.116.177.82 ( talk) 04:20, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
unless I get any input or response I'm going to change this. There simply was no Kanesville by the time Omaha was founded. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.116.177.82 ( talk) 03:21, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
Daub's photo was selected for this article because its permission status allows it to be used here. Other images, such as that of James Dahlman, weren't selected because their permission status does not allow them to. Please leave the Daub photo until a suitable replacement has been found. • Freechild 'sup? 09:44, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
There isn't a fair-use picture of Fayey that can be used? It makes more sense to show the current mayor than a former one. PabloSus86 ( talk) 01:03, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
I've cleaned up the third paragraph in the "Government and politics" section (re. the 2008 Obama campaign) a bit; in particular, I've changed some of the emphasis from Omaha to the 2nd Congressional District, which includes not only Omaha but its more Republican suburbs. The paragraph still needs work: in particular, the first citation (the CBS News article) only mentions one campaign office, not three. I think the paragraph should also bring up Nebraska's split-electoral-vote system much earlier; otherwise, one's left wondering why Obama was trying to win one district in a state that was sure to go Republican as a whole. Unfortunately, several of the sources are no longer available online, so I can't go back and rewrite it based on them.
Would Irvington be considered an Omaha neighborhood, or is this is seperate 'city'? I know that they have their own fire department (as my neighborhood is under their jurisdiction), but I also know that it is not a city according to the Census Bureau.
I don't know anything about the history or if it would meet Wikipedia standards, just something that passed my mind today. Sweet Pea 1981 ( talk) 15:47, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
I think that it must be recognized by the census bureau inorde to be considered, however I'm not sure Dmartin969 ( talk) 03:57, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
What, Omaha don't have a flag? Can't be true! 85.217.40.33 ( talk) 02:50, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
Why is Kellogg considered to be one of the Fortune 500 companies that call Omaha home? I think they are based in Battle Creek, MI. Vorenus ( talk) 18:21, 1 December 2011 (UTC)
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Let's improve it. C'mon Omahans! The Metro has nearly 1,000,000 residents! We are the most important city in the midwest! Sure theres Chicago and Detroit but we're the best! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.99.4.228 ( talk) 22:24, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
This is pretty minor, but does anyone have an overhead photo of Omaha that is newer than 2006 for the main picture? Things have changed a lot in the last 5 years. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Boucher4 ( talk • contribs) 05:04, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
It also need a new picture for the Omaha zoo, it had a new logo and sign Dmartin969 ( talk) 03:46, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
"In 2006, Omaha was ranked for homicides as 46th out of the 72 cities in the United States of more than 250,000 in population."
It would help to know here if being ranked 1 in this ranking is the worst possible or best possible position. GeneCallahan ( talk) 19:01, 4 June 2012 (UTC)
Looking at the section on the old market... this section starts off talking about the old market and then stears off to other areas like religion etc... why is all this in the old market section?
Old Market
The Old Market is a major historic district in Downtown Omaha listed on the National Register of Historical Places. Today, its warehouses and other buildings house shops, restaurants, bars, and art galleries.[178] Downtown is also the location of the Omaha Rail and Commerce Historic District, which has several art galleries and restaurants as well. The Omaha Botanical Gardens features 100 acres (40 ha) with a variety of landscaping, and the new Kenefick Park recognizes Union Pacific Railroad's long history in Omaha.[179] North Omaha has several historical cultural attractions including the Dreamland Historical Project, Love’s Jazz and Art Center, and the John Beasley Theater.[180] The annual River City Roundup is celebrated at Fort Omaha, and the neighborhood of Florence celebrates its history during "Florence Days". Native Omaha Days is a biennial event celebrating Near North Side heritage.[181]
- --- starting there... shouldnt this section be under a different heading?
Religious institutions reflect the city's heritage.[182] The city's Christian community has several historical churches dating from the founding of the city. There are also all sizes of congregations, including small, medium and megachurches. Omaha hosts the only Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in Nebraska, along with a significant Jewish community. There are 152 parishes in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Omaha, and several Orthodox Christian congregations throughout the city.[183] — Preceding
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I went and changed in the introduction the distance between the mouth of the Platte River and Omaha from 20 miles to 10. I used the ruler feature in Google Earth and came up with about 9.65 miles from the mouth of the Platte to Harrison Street. Bcostanzo ( talk) 19:45, 30 June 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bcostanzo ( talk • contribs) 19:43, 30 June 2013 (UTC)
Where was the original Godfather's Pizza (and in what neighborhood?). Doing various googles I kinda see 84th and L Street but am not 100% sure. Americasroof ( talk) 20:26, 8 November 2011 (UTC)
As someone who used to work in the corporate headquarters, I heard the original location was 99th & Q. 74th & Pacific used to be their R&D location until they moved to their new headquarters about six years back. As for a picture of their new headquarters at 2808 N 108th Street, you can go to the following street view from Google to view it: https://www.google.com/maps/preview?hl=en#!q=Godfather's+Pizza&data=!1m8!1m3!1d3!2d-96.081468!3d41.284629!2m2!1f261.37!2f89.34!4f75!2m5!1e1!2m3!1seREPyGs401vRezGB2ifL-g!2e0!7e11!4m15!2m14!1m13!1s0x0%3A0x82de3f037a04fb2c!3m8!1m3!1d665!2d-96.0817306!3d41.2845151!3m2!1i1366!2i681!4f13.1!4m2!3d41.284712!4d-96.0820377&fid=5 Bcostanzo ( talk) 19:54, 30 June 2013 (UTC)
Crap: "Omaha's rate of violent crimes per 100,000 residents has been lower than the average rates of three dozen United States cities of similar size." and many similar lines in this article. The article is full of fluffy writing, and another discussion on this talk pages notes the article's problematic size. There is **way, way** too much about the local zoo in the introduction, for instance. 74.84.108.26 ( talk) 02:18, 19 September 2013 (UTC)
I will agree that Kenneth Lay is justifiably described as notorious, but I question the use of adjectives like notorious in encyclopedic writing. Infamous, outrageous, and on and on. I am a very hesitant editor, so I am leaving this for the original author, but I would simply leave "the notorious" out of the sentence. The link to Kenneth Lay will make his notoriety clear enough to anyone curious enough to pursue it. Anewcharliega ( talk) 07:18, 19 September 2013 (UTC)
Hi. I'm going through all the US Cities (as per List of United States cities by population) in an effort to provide some uniformity in structure. Anyone have an issue with me restructuring this article as per Wikipedia:WikiProject Cities/US Guideline. I won't be changing any content, merely the order. Occasionally, I will also move a picture just to clean up spacing issues. I've already gone through the top 20 or so on the above list, if you'd like to see how they turned out. Thoughts? Onel5969 ( talk) 16:14, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
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Could somebody please pull together an article on Sports in Omaha, Nebraska? There is content on this main page, on the History in Omaha, Nebraska page, and in a few other places... I would search individual teams' articles for content. For an example see Sports in Chicago or Sports in Seattle. - Freechild 01:50, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
Against. This page will allow for a history to be written, along with notable laws and other detailed information to be shared. Merging it with the main Omaha page will only result in it be seperated out again in the future. - Freechild 00:50, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
If I'm not mistaken, the Omaha city population was listed as 390,007 in the 1970 census, not the 2000 census. Am I wrong? Equinox137 16:13, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
I checked the numbers and updated to show the 2004 Census estimate for the city population, which is 409,416, in the Template box and the lead paragraph. I have not checked the 800,000+ metro population for accuracy. I also recalculated the population density in the template box -- it was way off. The population stats in various parts of this article are somewhat in disarray -- the 2003 population history figure needs to be reviewed -- I changed the city figure to the 2003 Census estimate of 404,114 for now, but did not verify the metro population. Also, I left the Demographic section alone as that data should only use 2000 Census data. Frankly I wouldn't mind if the whole article stuck with the 2000 figures with only a brief mention of the 2004 estimate. Nick Storm 17:05, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
It looks as if the links to the FM radio station articles point to the monikers. Somebody please change them to point to the callsigns. 66.245.124.50 03:44, 7 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Hi folks. I removed the old link for Omaha area radio stations and I added another one.
Do you think that adding a list of radio stations (maybe even television stations) to the article is a good idea?
KevinJ 01:48, 9 August 2006 (UTC)KevinJ
Never mind, I saw that there were separate articles on radio and television.
KevinJ 01:50, 9 August 2006 (UTC)KevinJ
I've posted a picture of the Omaha skyline at http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/Omaha_skyline_humid_day.png -- it's somewhat poor given that the day was fairly humid (fancy that).
-- Mawhamba 16:49, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Does anyone else think this article's getting a bit lengthy? Any suggestions on how to go about diving it up -- I know the history section can get a lot longer, especially if one were to include information on Tom Dennison and his political machine. -- Mawhamba 22:54, 3 May 2005 (UTC)
Might not need this sections -- what's unique about Omaha's legal system?
Move from bottom of article here.
-- Mawhamba 10:29, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
Although this article contains a wealth of information about Omaha and the Omaha Metropolitan Area, perhaps that is, in-and-of itself a problem. This article is supposed to be about Omaha, Nebraska, not the Metropolitan Area. I think much of this article can be put into a separate article entitled "Omaha Metropolitan Area."
Additionally, much of the information contained within this article is simply bullets. Can we expand these lists into something that would make a good separate article. For example, the railroads section, under transport is well done, and could link to another article -- Railroad Tranport of Omaha, Nebraksa or perhaps Railroad History of Omaha, Nebraska--the section is not bulleted, though, as are many other sections (e.g. Famous People [is this section really needed, in full, in the main article?], Songs about Omaha [once again, really needed, in full?], Neighborhoods and Suburbs [could be mentioned briefly, but the meat, I would think, would go into the Omaha Metropolitan Area article]). There are numerous potential changes. I, however, do not want to start such a massive re-organization without consulting others first, though, as many people have contributed to this article and many people should have a say on its layout. -- Mawhamba 10:36, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
Is it really necessary to have a whole subsection simply for airports, or could we combine this all under Transportation? -- Mawhamba 13:45, 19 May 2005 (UTC)
An entry has been made under the Economy section of the Omaha, Nebraska article which needs to be cleared up. The case in point deals with suggesting that Pamida, a subsidiary of Green Bay, Wisconsin-based ShopKo Stores, Inc. Recently a reversion to a previous version of the Omaha, Neb. article was made, including Pamida as being "headquartered" in Omaha by Rdsmith4, with the justification that "Pamida was founded in Omaha and is an important part of its economic history." Regardless of whether Pamida was founded in Omaha, Nebraska or not (Pamida's history page suggests that the retail stores that were to eventually become Pamida, was opened, first, in Knoxville, Iowa -- see here), it is currently not headquartered in Omaha.
In any event, it is my opinion that Pamida needs to be listed elsewhere in this article. If Pamida was at one time headquarted in Omaha, that would be part of Omaha's history, it should not follow a statement such as, "Omaha is the home of the headquarters of a number of major corporations, including..." which is what precedes the listing of companies headquartered in Omaha. To me, and I would appreciate input on this, the statement "Omaha is the home of the headquarters of a number of major corporations, including..." suggests that the listed entities are presently headquartered in Omaha.
I would be open to the addition of another subsection listing companies founded and/or headquartered at one time in Omaha.
Anyone... anyone...
-- Mawhamba 21:13, 22 May 2005 (UTC)
Removed skyline pic posted by Ki-too as it may be a possible copyright violation. Image appears on Metropolitan Community College Website as well at http://www.mccneb.edu/presidentialsearch/images/Omahaphoto.jpg -- Mawhamba 10:21, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
Would you like to help improve the quality of Nebraska-related articles? If so, reply on my talk page; I'd like to see if there is any interest in creating WikiProject:Nebraska. – Swid 16:12, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
I agree that this probably could be in the Omaha page as a Music in Omaha section (which then could spawn a daughter page) which would discuss things like Saddle Creek Records, 311, as well as the Rose Theatre, and Jazz on the Green. I always think the Omaha sound is an answer to the DC sound (Fugazi) or the Chapel Hill, an answer made by Saddle Creek artists ( Cursive in particular), and it belongs there, not here (i mean not in any Omaha Sound page). Smmurphy 08:55, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
Dear god please do not associate any of the unheard of and remarkably talentless bands listed in the "omaha sound" page with Omaha in general. They are awful and I hate to break it to people living outside of Omaha, but there is no such thing as an "omaha sound". I know the chip-on-the-shoulder-we're-a-big-city-too feeling many from Omaha have (I used to live there) but this is not the way to gain acceptance. -November 18. 2005.
I removed Creighton Prep from the subsection on parochial schools; Prep is a Catholic Jesuit school completely autonomous from the Catholic Archdiocese. --Jose Bravo
What neighborhood of Omaha would be classified as an Irish neighborhood or as a neighborhood with a large Irish population? 75.3.4.54 00:04, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
That is surprising because so much of Omaha's population is Irish and the mayor is Irish. 75.3.4.54 00:21, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
German is the most common ancestry, followed by Irish. --Jack 06:47, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
I changed some of the information in the Climate section of the article. I could not find a link to Omaha weather information, so I added the one I found. I'll look more into this and see if I can find a better site.
KevinJ 02:00, 9 August 2006 (UTC)KevinJ
I believe that Sitka, Alaska is the largest city (by area) in the US, as it has over 2700 square miles of incorporated area. New York would be the largest city based on population. The first line of text should be removed.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 162.6.226.167 ( talk • contribs) .
"Predominantly an African-American neighborhood, North Omaha boasts a rich, diverse culture, and the highest crime rate."
Despite being a denizen of Omaha metro for a decade, I'm not sure I could identify anything "rich" about the culture of North Omaha. Do drug use and violence constitute a rich, diverse culture?
North O is the only neighborhood which receives this flowery attention. It's clearly not NPOV and it's not even accurate. Puskarm 18:39, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
Hey, I would like to hear what any of your thoughts are about the boundaries of North Omaha. The discussion is this. Thanks. - Freechild 21:23, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
The section on Native American history has some redundancy that needs to be resolved. - Freechild 16:06, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
This article gives sensationalistic coverage to "domestic terrorism" here in Omaha. While the action against the local grocery may have been racially motivated (as I recall, motives or even suspects haven't been found yet), it doesn't (at least, not yet) amount to "terrorism." The robbery and fire were not done in a high-profile neighborhood, nor one infamous for that kind of happening. The most that can be known and reasonably assumed is that at a couple of people held a grudge against a man for whatever reason, and so they robbed his store and set a fire.
The subsection headline and buzzword descriptions are overblown compared to the actual issue. This is from the perspective of a 10-year north Omaha resident who also happens to have friends living on the opposite side of the block on which the grocery stood. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Vintagejonny ( talk • contribs) 05:19, 7 March 2007 (UTC).
I saw that the boundary of west was changed from 72 to 114th. I changed it with another edit, but I want to make sure that 72 is the concensus (is their a citation for it, perhaps). I mean, the neighborhoods around Northwest High School are certainly west, right. Anyway, this doesn't seem to be something to vote on, it needs a citation. Smmurphy( Talk) 21:14, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
Is this encyclopedic? Does it belong on the main Omaha page? I'm putting it back for now, but I think if anything, it should go to a history of Omaha page (even though it is ongoing) or Civil rights in Nebraska or something like that. Otherwise, it should go to wikinews. Smmurphy( Talk) 21:14, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
This racist news 'editorial' does not belong in a encyclopedia. Although it's a deplorable act, it's not indicative of Omaha at large, but represents the radical actions of two men. Please remove this and post it elsewhere. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.13.149.234 ( talk) 23:52, 8 March 2007 (UTC).
I just rewrote the racial tension section, its pretty long now, but I think it flows better. I tried to unify all of the events as being about the relationship between black and white Omahans. I also added stuff about shootings vis-a-vis black citizens and white police officers. This allows us to discuss the general distrust between white and black/west and north-east Omaha. In this larger context, and with mention of Goshime's actions since the incident, I believe that the firebombing event fits into the article. It would be nice if the section were cut down a bit, but I didn't want to cut anything myself right now. On the other hand, we havn't mentioned South Omaha at all. I'm thinking of tension between Polish, Irish, Ukrainian, and other communities in the past (other than the Greektown incident), although there has been some more recent tension between white and Hispanic more recently. I also cut a few words from what was said about the firebombing, including the word terrorism. For one thing, they seemed a bit superfluous, and the shorter paragraph is cleaner and more NPOV (I think). Also, I mentioned above what I thought about using the word terrorism, so its inclusion might have been an oversight anyway. If this change, or the section rewrite, is in any way problematic, feel free to make changes there, or talk about them here. Thanks and regards, Smmurphy( Talk) 07:36, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
What "incident" is this discusson referring to? Equinox137 04:43, 11 May 2007 (UTC) The last paragraph described here. - Freechild 14:20, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
This sentence was removed as WP:POV
Busing and integration in Omaha has played a major role in race relations in the city. I'm not sure how it is POV. Let us review:
"One resident of Rose Garden Estates near 172nd and Pacific Streets said privately, for instance, that he finds the prospect of being incorporated into the city "increasingly scary." "I left Benson because I didn't like the changes," he said. "Too much crime, too much racial tension, too much school busing. I went to the suburbs to get away from that, and now I'm being forced back in." The man, an insurance company employee, denied that his problems were based on race, but he asked that this part of the interview be anonymous (Freed, Kenneth. The Lure of the Suburbs Do City Problems Grow With Growth? Omaha World Herald (August 7, 1996)). This article has other examples of similar sentiments.
My feeling is that instead of removing mention of busing as it relates to racial tension in Omaha, we could create a subsection (or sub-subsection) that specifically sets out to address the busing issue in Omaha. Smmurphy( Talk) 03:43, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
In A Street of Dreams they talk about the three pillars of Omaha's civil rights movement as being equal opportunities in the workplace, in housing and in schooling. Busing was forced on the Omaha district in 1971 by the Supreme Court as a measure to ensure the third pillar. Chambers' contention seems to be that it was a failure, but all the same - it was viewed as a success when the concession was first won. - Freechild 18:52, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
I added 1972-present in the civil rights article, but I'm not sure how to summarize the busing section in Omaha, or whether to simply leave it. Thoughts? - Freechild 03:26, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
I created a couple templates, hopefully they are useful and helpful. Feel free to put them into all the articles they belong in. They are based on the templates at Chicago. Please fix them up as you see fit, and for the Omaha template, I left some redlinks and didn't include a link to the city council article. Both of these are mostly due to laziness, I'm not sure how many of the redlinks will be filled in. Any suggestions probably go there, but please be bold. Smmurphy( Talk) 05:45, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Heads-up that I've parsed content from the Omaha page for History of Omaha, Nebraska and Neighborhoods of Omaha, Nebraska. - Freechild 04:17, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
I want to start the Culture in Omaha page using the content that is on the Omaha article, and write-up the following, mostly focusing on the history of these groups. It would be great if anyone else jumped in...
- Freechild 14:51, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
In case anyone is interested, here is a bevy of interesting Omaha, Nebraska topics up for article-writing. Let's all chip and add to it, too!
Mmm. Anything else? - Freechild 04:35, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
I am wondering about the rationale behind creating separate Omaha and North Omaha pages. I understand North Omaha is a collection of neighborhoods, and thus might warrant its own history page, but I am concerned about such divisions as: Neighborhoods of Omaha, Nebraska vs. Neighborhoods of North Omaha, Nebraska, List of Landmarks in Omaha, Nebraska vs. Culture in North Omaha, Nebraska, and List of people from Omaha, Nebraska vs. List of people from North Omaha, Nebraska. It creates a list of problems for me: Does something relating to North Omaha then not fit into the Omaha article? Why potentially duplicate information and double the work load of growing and maintaining articles? Why no South Omaha pages? or Morton Meadows Neighborhood in Omaha, Nebraska pages? To me, North Omaha is a part of Omaha, and has no reason to split away except in discussions of history or when specifically discussing different neighborhoods. I'd like to hear others' viewpoints on this. Regards, BierHerr 22:48, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
FYI, here are some new categories:
- Freechild 21:55, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
I just added the Category:Shopping malls in Nebraska to categorize the fairly new Oakview Mall article. This category was deleted once... so we'll see if it sticks around. Anyone particularly interested in making a Crossroads or Westroads article? I'd like to do one on the history of Center Mall soon when I find the time... BierHerr 21:04, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
I just created the following list at List of Nebraska-related topics. Should it be brought into the template, brought into the article or left where it is without putting it anywhere else? - Freechild 08:33, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
I have recently created Culture in Omaha, and upon surveying Omaha, I am not sure about how to clean up that section on the page. Any suggestions, or does anyone want to take a stab at it? – Freechild ( Hey ya. | edits) 21:03, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
FYI, Culture in Omaha, Nebraska is up for deletion. The debate has opened up at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Culture in Omaha, Nebraska. - – Freechild ( Hey ya. | edits) 16:57, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
Recently I completed an article on Tom Dennison. It strikes me, seeing a complete absence of information about Omaha's founders, that there needs to be more out there. Let me know if you have any particular folks you'd like to see an article on. I also think there needs to be a category to the effect of Category:Founding figures of Omaha. My list follows. – Freechild ( BoomCha) 06:24, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
Should we make a template for Omaha's founding figures? What qualifies someone as a founding figure? I guess that goes back to reliable citations? Template or category - any thoughts? Omaha Claim Club – Freechild ( BoomCha) 06:35, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
See Founding figures of Omaha, Nebraska the outcome of this conversation! – Freechild ( BoomCha) 15:33, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
Posting this here for future use... good NY Times article that can be used as a reference to possible improve some Omaha-related articles: Omaha's Culture Club. Regards, BierHerr 01:10, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
Ya know, if we formed an Omaha-focused WikiProject, we could pass stuff like this around all the time, and maybe even keep just a page of good resources. – Freechild ( BoomCha) 15:50, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
I changed the order of the sections in the article. Here's a comparison:
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Thoughts? Comparing the two, I guess I believe that the sociological aspects of a city are interently more interesting than the statistical information. Combined with WP:Bold, and here ya go. – Freechild ( BoomCha) 17:38, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
Can anyone take a quick picture of Omaha's Union Station? They're asking for it over at DYK. Thanks in advance if anyone does this. – Freechild ( BoomCha) 22:07, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
Is anybody able/willing to create an image that defines Omaha's community areas similar to how Chicago does? That would be tremendously appreciated. For guidance see Neighborhoods of Omaha, Nebraska. – Freechild ( ¡!¡!¡!¡) 23:03, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
I've cleaned the Category:Omaha, Nebraska, nestling all the individual articles appropriately and creating a few new ones where needed. – Freechild ( ¡!¡!¡!¡) 18:04, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
Would anyone else be interested in a WikiProject Omaha, ala all of the other mid-sized US cities with WikiProjects? • Freechild 'sup? 16:21, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
Please don't remove templates without consensus. I have found no WP guidelines around "excessive templates," and judging by the looks of Washington, D.C., San Francisco, California and Vancouver, British Columbia - all of which are FAs - this article is doing just fine. Again, if you disagree let's work this out on this talk page rather than simply edit warring. • Freechild 'sup? 01:52, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
Was trying to simplify the language with repeats of city names, and didn't look at it carefully enough in final form. Not intentional.-- Parkwells ( talk) 02:32, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
SriMesh | talk 05:39, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
I couldn't get this link to come up, it continually timed out.
The 'media' section is too short and does not meet the completeness criterion. It looks like the contents of the "see also" link Media in Omaha, Nebraska is mostly a list of radio & tv stations, which is fine. But you should say more about the media in the Omaha article itself, than simply, "The city also has four television news stations." See the Media and Popular Culture" section of the Flagstaff, Arizona article for an example. You can talk about the media market, and provide a citation, and discuss (in prose) the major television stations there. Some information on movies and tv shows might be good to include, too, but be careful not to just use a bulleted list for that (it's bordering on "trivia"). Dr. Cash ( talk) 16:25, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
Shouldn't there be a a section the page devoted to the population and the projection of the population by year? Tech43 ( talk) 21:51, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
Just a quick reminder that this is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Omaha, Nebraska article, and not a forum on the topic. Thanks for staying on topic. • Freechild 'sup? 02:11, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
Per my comments on the FAC page and yours on my talk page, I hope to be able to clarify what is necessary of images in an FA.
First, they should all have the most basic information: a description, a source, author, date, and licensing info. This is available in the information template mentioned in the FAC.
Information about the images should ideally be as thorough as information from sources. I know images are difficult to understand; I'm still trying to understand some of the grey areas in licensing and it's an uphill climb sometimes. Go through each of your images to see that as much information is included as possible in the image summaries. Some of the older artwork may not have an author (photographer or artist) available. If it's unknown, cite who says it is. If the Joslyn Museum has no idea who painted Fontenelle's portrait, that is a reliable source. The summary would read Author = Unknown per Bob Smith, curator of the Joslyn Museum where the painting is housed, confirmed by User:X by phone on December 17, 2008.
Let me know if you have questions. Thanks. -- Moni3 ( talk) 14:46, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
Isn't it POV to have "Omaha" redirect to this page?-- Ssteiner209 ( talk) 21:57, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
There's a link to a Wiki article, "Omaha Stockyards", which doesn't work. I downloaded the file but couldn't find a program that could open it. If I enter that phrase in the search box, the system can't deliver. I'm interested in the transition from the old, single Chicago stockyard to the current decentralized system, so I was interested in the Omaha stage. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.91.173.36 ( talk) 20:22, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
Revans1953 has commenced an edit war with me [4], apparently over the issue of whether to use [ daub.jpg|this photo] versus [ photo], between which the difference is the permission that has been alloted to their usage. • Freechild 'sup?
Revans1953 ( talk) 09:26, 13 February 2009 (UTC) →Crime: the statement : "Today, gambling in Omaha is limited to limited keno, parimutuel betting, and slot machines..." neglects to mention the various Lottery games that are legal in Nebraska
Personally I think certain portions of West O should be listed as separate areas. Being annexed cities Millard and Elkhorn really are more distinct and are often talked about on their own. Nice or in evil ( talk) 15:59, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
09:33, 01 March 2009 (UTC)
The 1907 History of Pottawattamie County shows that Kanesville vanished at the end of 1852 and that the Council Bluffs city charter was granted in early 1853. Why does the Omaha page still list Kanesville? Does the city want to disassociate it's origins concerning Council Bluffs that much? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.116.177.82 ( talk) 04:20, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
The reliably sourced historical notations throughout this article consistently reference Kanesville as the hometown of many of Omaha's founders, thus why it is included in the article. You will need more than one reference to disprove those sources. • Freechild 'sup? 04:25, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
so-so article referencing Kanesville: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iapottaw/cnclblfs.htm better article reference on Kanesville to Council Bluffs: http://www.thehistoricalsociety.org/sam%20bayliss%20on%20broadway.htm The reference in the 1907 History of Pottawattamie County: http://freepages.books.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cooverfamily/pottawattamie_2/pot_2_2.htm also see the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County (which is not online except for the biographies) also, pages 7-9 and page 11 at http://books.google.com/books?id=tQ-LPKtZBrMC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Council+Bluffs+Broadway#PPA9,M1 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.116.177.82 ( talk) 04:02, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
Also see page 38 of the most recent edition of 'upstream metropolis' which I would consider a definitive resource on omaha history. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.116.177.82 ( talk) 04:20, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
unless I get any input or response I'm going to change this. There simply was no Kanesville by the time Omaha was founded. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.116.177.82 ( talk) 03:21, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
Daub's photo was selected for this article because its permission status allows it to be used here. Other images, such as that of James Dahlman, weren't selected because their permission status does not allow them to. Please leave the Daub photo until a suitable replacement has been found. • Freechild 'sup? 09:44, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
There isn't a fair-use picture of Fayey that can be used? It makes more sense to show the current mayor than a former one. PabloSus86 ( talk) 01:03, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
I've cleaned up the third paragraph in the "Government and politics" section (re. the 2008 Obama campaign) a bit; in particular, I've changed some of the emphasis from Omaha to the 2nd Congressional District, which includes not only Omaha but its more Republican suburbs. The paragraph still needs work: in particular, the first citation (the CBS News article) only mentions one campaign office, not three. I think the paragraph should also bring up Nebraska's split-electoral-vote system much earlier; otherwise, one's left wondering why Obama was trying to win one district in a state that was sure to go Republican as a whole. Unfortunately, several of the sources are no longer available online, so I can't go back and rewrite it based on them.
Would Irvington be considered an Omaha neighborhood, or is this is seperate 'city'? I know that they have their own fire department (as my neighborhood is under their jurisdiction), but I also know that it is not a city according to the Census Bureau.
I don't know anything about the history or if it would meet Wikipedia standards, just something that passed my mind today. Sweet Pea 1981 ( talk) 15:47, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
I think that it must be recognized by the census bureau inorde to be considered, however I'm not sure Dmartin969 ( talk) 03:57, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
What, Omaha don't have a flag? Can't be true! 85.217.40.33 ( talk) 02:50, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
Why is Kellogg considered to be one of the Fortune 500 companies that call Omaha home? I think they are based in Battle Creek, MI. Vorenus ( talk) 18:21, 1 December 2011 (UTC)
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Let's improve it. C'mon Omahans! The Metro has nearly 1,000,000 residents! We are the most important city in the midwest! Sure theres Chicago and Detroit but we're the best! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.99.4.228 ( talk) 22:24, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
This is pretty minor, but does anyone have an overhead photo of Omaha that is newer than 2006 for the main picture? Things have changed a lot in the last 5 years. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Boucher4 ( talk • contribs) 05:04, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
It also need a new picture for the Omaha zoo, it had a new logo and sign Dmartin969 ( talk) 03:46, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
"In 2006, Omaha was ranked for homicides as 46th out of the 72 cities in the United States of more than 250,000 in population."
It would help to know here if being ranked 1 in this ranking is the worst possible or best possible position. GeneCallahan ( talk) 19:01, 4 June 2012 (UTC)
Looking at the section on the old market... this section starts off talking about the old market and then stears off to other areas like religion etc... why is all this in the old market section?
Old Market
The Old Market is a major historic district in Downtown Omaha listed on the National Register of Historical Places. Today, its warehouses and other buildings house shops, restaurants, bars, and art galleries.[178] Downtown is also the location of the Omaha Rail and Commerce Historic District, which has several art galleries and restaurants as well. The Omaha Botanical Gardens features 100 acres (40 ha) with a variety of landscaping, and the new Kenefick Park recognizes Union Pacific Railroad's long history in Omaha.[179] North Omaha has several historical cultural attractions including the Dreamland Historical Project, Love’s Jazz and Art Center, and the John Beasley Theater.[180] The annual River City Roundup is celebrated at Fort Omaha, and the neighborhood of Florence celebrates its history during "Florence Days". Native Omaha Days is a biennial event celebrating Near North Side heritage.[181]
- --- starting there... shouldnt this section be under a different heading?
Religious institutions reflect the city's heritage.[182] The city's Christian community has several historical churches dating from the founding of the city. There are also all sizes of congregations, including small, medium and megachurches. Omaha hosts the only Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in Nebraska, along with a significant Jewish community. There are 152 parishes in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Omaha, and several Orthodox Christian congregations throughout the city.[183] — Preceding
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I went and changed in the introduction the distance between the mouth of the Platte River and Omaha from 20 miles to 10. I used the ruler feature in Google Earth and came up with about 9.65 miles from the mouth of the Platte to Harrison Street. Bcostanzo ( talk) 19:45, 30 June 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bcostanzo ( talk • contribs) 19:43, 30 June 2013 (UTC)
Where was the original Godfather's Pizza (and in what neighborhood?). Doing various googles I kinda see 84th and L Street but am not 100% sure. Americasroof ( talk) 20:26, 8 November 2011 (UTC)
As someone who used to work in the corporate headquarters, I heard the original location was 99th & Q. 74th & Pacific used to be their R&D location until they moved to their new headquarters about six years back. As for a picture of their new headquarters at 2808 N 108th Street, you can go to the following street view from Google to view it: https://www.google.com/maps/preview?hl=en#!q=Godfather's+Pizza&data=!1m8!1m3!1d3!2d-96.081468!3d41.284629!2m2!1f261.37!2f89.34!4f75!2m5!1e1!2m3!1seREPyGs401vRezGB2ifL-g!2e0!7e11!4m15!2m14!1m13!1s0x0%3A0x82de3f037a04fb2c!3m8!1m3!1d665!2d-96.0817306!3d41.2845151!3m2!1i1366!2i681!4f13.1!4m2!3d41.284712!4d-96.0820377&fid=5 Bcostanzo ( talk) 19:54, 30 June 2013 (UTC)
Crap: "Omaha's rate of violent crimes per 100,000 residents has been lower than the average rates of three dozen United States cities of similar size." and many similar lines in this article. The article is full of fluffy writing, and another discussion on this talk pages notes the article's problematic size. There is **way, way** too much about the local zoo in the introduction, for instance. 74.84.108.26 ( talk) 02:18, 19 September 2013 (UTC)
I will agree that Kenneth Lay is justifiably described as notorious, but I question the use of adjectives like notorious in encyclopedic writing. Infamous, outrageous, and on and on. I am a very hesitant editor, so I am leaving this for the original author, but I would simply leave "the notorious" out of the sentence. The link to Kenneth Lay will make his notoriety clear enough to anyone curious enough to pursue it. Anewcharliega ( talk) 07:18, 19 September 2013 (UTC)
Hi. I'm going through all the US Cities (as per List of United States cities by population) in an effort to provide some uniformity in structure. Anyone have an issue with me restructuring this article as per Wikipedia:WikiProject Cities/US Guideline. I won't be changing any content, merely the order. Occasionally, I will also move a picture just to clean up spacing issues. I've already gone through the top 20 or so on the above list, if you'd like to see how they turned out. Thoughts? Onel5969 ( talk) 16:14, 21 February 2014 (UTC)