Talk:Lincoln, Nebraska

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Contents 1 Bush visit 2 Capitol Building Picture 3 Survey on appropriateness of Lincoln Article 4 Article cleanup 5 WikiProject:Nebraska proposal 6 Neighborhood Discussion 7 Notable residents 8 More Sports 9 is it 10 Lincoln Skyline 11 Notable residents 12 Population! 13 Redlinks 14 Local neighborhood name

[edit] Bush visit

I don't know if the stuff about Bush visiting and the city wanting to be reimursed is really relevant to this article.

• It was a huge issue at the time. I suppose it should be deleted after the election, however. Rhymeless 02:02, 14 Aug 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Capitol Building Picture

I would like to replace the picture of the Capitol Building with one that's a little less hazy and covers more of the building itself. don't want to go about changing things right away, so please advise. --Mawhamba 10:18, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Is it worth mentioning the Bruce Springsteen song "Nebraska"? :-)

What, in particular about it and the song's relation to the article Lincoln, Nebraska? --Mawhamba 10:02, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Survey on appropriateness of Lincoln Article

The survey at the location Talk:Lincoln/Vote may be of interest to those who edit this article as it is an attempt to determine whether Lincoln should remain as it is, directed towards Lincoln, Lincolnshire, or should be directed to Lincoln (disambiguation). Agriculture 7 July 2005 15:35 (UTC)

[edit] Article cleanup

I'm working on cleaning up this article to Wikipedia:WikiProject Cities standards at User:Swid/Sandbox. Feel free to take a look at it and/or edit it... Swid 17:13, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

Done (as of a few days ago. –Swid 16:11, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject:Nebraska proposal

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 16:11, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Neighborhood Discussion

It seems to me that Clinton should be listed as one of the neighborhoods in Lincoln. What do others feel?

[edit] Notable residents

Surely this would be improved if there was a short description of why each of these people is notable? CarlyPalmer 05:40, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Agreed. Control 16:55, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Am I mistaken, or are most of the 'Notable Residents' in this section actually from elsewhere (Omaha, mostly) and have little or no ties to Lincoln itself (Marlon Brando, Fred Astaire, Gerald Ford, etc)? If this is to refer to the entire State, it should be noted as such. The list should be shortened if this is taken, as I did, to refer to current or ex-residents of the city?

I added the Not verified tag to this section. Each entry here requires a citation that specifically states these individuals have resided in Lincoln. – Freechild (BoomCha) 16:08, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] More Sports

I think that that more team names should be added giving more of a sporty feel to a city - RtodaJ

[edit] is it

named after lincoln the guy? I thoiugh he was from indiana or such whatnot. kzz* 23:30, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

I had read that Abraham Lincoln drew up the original corporation papers for Lancaster in the 1850s, before he was President, and that that was a factor when they renamed it Lincoln. I forget the source of this. Josh-Levin@ieee.org 05:25, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lincoln Skyline

I believe that the Lincoln skyline picture isn't very flattering for the city, not to mention that it is outdated. It should be replaced with a current skyline. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Benben555 (talk • contribs) 02:06, 27 January 2007 (UTC).

How do you figure it's outdated? I took that picture in 2004. In addition, the point of Wikipedia is not necessarily to flatter its subject matter, but, rather, to demonstrate it correctly. Stack 07:34, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Well the picture to me seems unlike the real skyline being the changes to some buildings. I also didn't mean flattering in the way you interpreted it, I meant it as to make the picture more high quality. Benben555 17:22, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

What buildings have changed? Stack 04:38, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Notable residents

Aren't many of the names listed in the notable residents section from Omaha? I think the list used is just a list of famous Nebraskans, rather than famous Lincolnites.

See above. – Freechild (BoomCha) 16:10, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Population!

Somebody better check these population figures - a metro of 3.6 million!!?? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.89.80.179 (talk) 05:55, 26 March 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Redlinks

I added redlinks throughout the list of attractions in the city. Each one of these places needs its own article, and placing redlinks can incentivize people to write them. – Freechild (BoomCha) 16:11, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Can we please have more in the section history sectionNew4321 15:53, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Local neighborhood name

Being a local to Lincoln I rarely hear of the "south bottoms". To everyone here it's called the 'Russian Bottoms'. This should be added to the description as another name for the neighborhood. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.84.172.206 (talk) 20:05, 24 February 2008 (UTC)