Talk:Elwood, Indiana
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Elwood was originally named Quincy, but soon after naming the town, it was discovered there was already a Quincy, Indiana. After much debate about what to rename the town, Elwood was decided, being named after a young boy the age of 10, Elwood Haynes.
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[edit] Community Website For Elwood
Hi, I keep trying to add my community link http://elwoodindiana.org to the elwood indiana page but it keeps disapearing. Am I doing something wrong? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Alwjordan (talk • contribs) 04:34, 18 December 2006 (UTC).
Hi. I can vouch for Al Jordan. He runs a Citizen Journalism news and information site. The link should be here. I'm pretty sure the person taking it off runs Elwood.org, an older 1990s site. The site owner no longer runs the official city page or the local chamber of business page, AFAIK. Seems a little odd for any and all sites other than hers disappear. Anyway we can get a neutral third party? --Kpaul.mallasch 01:23, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
Hi. I'm not surprised you vouch for Al Jordan. However, my site is linked from the state of Indiana and the county of Madison and I do have the Mayor's signature of authenticity. So I say "Good Luck" with that. teresa@elwood.org
What's that supposed to mean? When was your 'authenticity' signed off on? How many years ago? Al and I are both working with the Mayor currently on the Elwood Indiana .org site. Also, you are no longer the official Chamber site. You may have a link from years ago, but that doesn't mean they currently vouch for you. Again, can we get a neutral third party to come in and look at this abuse of power? --Kpaul.mallasch 19:08, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
Hi. A neutral party to decide would be a blessed event. Anybody can own a website. teresa@elwood.org
Exactly. So please refrain from deleting links and replacing them with your website. Many thanks. --Kpaul.mallasch 02:54, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
Hi. Sorry. Was here first. teresa@elwood.org
- Being here first does not grant you special privileges. --Durin 18:59, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Third party review
Greetings. I am an admin here on Wikipedia and have reviewed this case. teresa@elwood.org has made no assertion that her site is the current official site of Elwood, Indiana. She makes claims of officialness via undated links and authenticity signatures. These can change. Kpaul.mallasch does make a claim of current official status as the website of Elwood. Pending any proof being provided that this status, as I have summarized, is inaccurate, the elwoodindiana.org site is the official site and should be used in the info box on the article. Both sites can be (and currently are) linked in the "External links" section. The continued disagreement being continued via reverting each other on the article itself constitutes a revert war and will not be tolerated. Both parties are encouraged to discuss the matter here, on this talk page. I will monitor for the time being. --Durin 18:59, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
Thank you Durin. Your intervention is very much appreciated. And apologies for the 'revert war' - I'll do better next time not to let it come to that. Thanks again and happy holidays to you and yours. --Kpaul.mallasch 21:46, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Town History
I've notice that there is a lot of town history in the discussion board, but not on the actuall page. We should see if we can't ramp this up a little bit. Just out of curiosity, why isn't there any mention on Elwood Haynes page about Elwood being renamed after him before he was ever famous (10 years old)? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 192.138.48.34 (talk) 06:44, 17 April 2007 (UTC).
[edit] Ku Klux Klan?
Having family in the area, I had always been told that Elwood was the center for the KKK in Indiana and that the organization still has a strong presence there. Indeed, of all the northern states, the KKK was notoriously strong in Indiana generally. Yet, there is no mention of the KKK in this article. Any particular reason? Would very much like to find a source on this.... Woodah (talk) 17:41, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
