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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.--[[User:MarioSmario|MarioSmario]] ([[User talk:MarioSmario|talk]]) 02:34, 6 February 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.--[[User:MarioSmario|MarioSmario]] ([[User talk:MarioSmario|talk]]) 02:34, 6 February 2012 (UTC) |
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Montage Needed
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 unsigned comment added by 64.141.181.3 (talk) 04:00, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
"Indianapolis Daredevils"
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)
- I reverted, but you do have a point. We need to have a separate table with defunct teams, directly below a table with active teams. I will work on it when I get a chance. -- MeHolla! 16:52, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
- We could just remove some of the section, as Sports in Indianapolis covers all of that. HoosierStateTalk 16:58, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
"Racing Capital of the World"
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)
- Also note that the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is not in Indianapolis. —Random832 17:37, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
- Yes, but how many people go to the Speedway Indiana 500 every year? None. They go to the INDY 500. Still, good points~.Apwall21 (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 04:46, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
- IMS is, in fact, located in Indianapolis. Speedway is a township portion of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Area, not a city in and of itself. Need proof? Just look at the address of the track itself: 4790 West 16th Street, INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46222. --Kp.murphy (talk) 15:45, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
- Yes, but how many people go to the Speedway Indiana 500 every year? None. They go to the INDY 500. Still, good points~.Apwall21 (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 04:46, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
Naptown Debate
Population
- Would putting the real population in the lead be OK, or is simple arithmetic addition considered original research now? —Random832 19:29, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
- Also!!! the folowing statement:
- "As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 829,718.[1] It is Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S. Census, is the 12th largest city in the U.S., the second largest city in the Midwest (behind Chicago), the second most populous state capital (after Phoenix, Arizona), and the most populous state capital east of the Mississippi River"
- Have we forgotten Atlanta? it is bigger than Phoenix AND Indianapolis — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jsgladden (talk • contribs) 21:42, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
- No, we haven't forgotten Atlanta. The city of Atlanta's population is 420,003 according to the 2010 census. The city of Indianapolis has a population of over 830,000 and the city of Phoenix has a population of over 1.4 million. City boy77 (talk) 07:47, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
New State House Image
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! -- JTHolla! 01:21, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
- What bottom picture? Great picture by the way, don't worry about putting in your own pictures (see here)! HoosierStateTalk 01:39, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks! I wouldn't have a problem inserting my own pics, but when replacing a pic, I just wanted a neutral viewpoint. :) -- JTHolla! 12:18, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
Festivals, Events, Conventions, Organizations
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)
- Looks good to me, you seem to know what to do so by all means tackle that task. Organizations could always have a sub section in Companies maybe? HoosierStateTalk 05:07, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
- I went ahead and organized the sections into Conventions, Organizations, and Festivals and Events. Likewise, I got rid of Cultural Events and the Athenaeum picture that went with it. Now, Festivals and Events are really the same thing, as long as something revolved around one singular idea I put it there. I put all organizations and businesses already included in the Organizations category. I also put items in Conventions if it was specifically specified as a convention before I changed it. If you feel like something needs changing, go ahead and do it. And I am always welcome to help out. Jman 01:58, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
Good Morning Miss Bliss
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. -- JTHolla! 02:52, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
- Apprently Wikipedia has blacklisted the site I was going to show you. Just go to google and type in "Good Morning Miss Bliss" and the site is the last one listed on the first page. HoosierStateTalk 03:06, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
Transportation
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 following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the proposal was no move per consensus. PeterSymonds (talk) 12:28, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
Requested move
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)
Survey
- Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with
*'''Support'''
or*'''Oppose'''
, then sign your comment with~~~~
. Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's naming conventions.
- Strong Support I have long felt that major US Cities should not have to have the state attached to their names. Any of the top 30 most populous cities should be just "CITY", not" CITY, STATE".--Bedford Pray 00:09, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
- Support There is not any other notable city named Indianapolis. HoosierStateTalk 00:59, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
- Oppose – it is much easier for those not in the USA to be given a clear convention without exceptions for naming US articles, namely " CITY, STATE" (I have no idea what the 30 most populous US cities might be). (Most Category:Chicago, Illinois subcategories include the state, per recent cfds.) Occuli (talk) 01:57, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
- Strong Oppose. There has been a consensus to leave these alone. While the naming convention 'allows' this type of change, there has been a lack of consensus to make the change. In fact I thought that we were over this type of nomination since things have been quiet here. Let's spend our time on trying to rename ambiguous place name to ones that are not ambiguous. Vegaswikian (talk) 03:08, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
- There never was a consensus to leave these alone. My understanding of the long-debated convention as it is now was that some names are significant enough to stand alone but there should be no automatic mass renames and that the editors of the city articles with names that may stand alone should make the determination of whether to do so or not. Please address the rename for this specific city. Is "Indianapolis" ambiguous or not? If so, you should be advocating for a dab page. --Polaron | Talk 15:57, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
- I think that the previous discussions establish that we are leaving these alone. There is a reason that the naming convention does not say that the listed cities should be moved. Please note that the list excludes several cites that are on the AP list for various reasons. Also note that the justification behind this nomination may well be WP:POINT. Vegaswikian (talk) 08:57, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
- Support - notable cities in other countries are not listed by their provinces, either. CopaceticThought (talk) 17:57, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
- Yes, a real problem that causes users to be directed to the wrong articles on a regular basis and frequent discussions that seem to fly in the face of WP:PRIMARYUSAGE. Vegaswikian (talk) 08:57, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
- Oppose, there is no compelling reason to enact this move. The debate about these naming conventions is old and contentious and I do not want to revive it. It has been standard practice to leave US cities at the City, State title for some time, with a few exceptions. I see no real benefit in starting to enact new exceptions to this rule, and feel it is only likely to re-ignite circular debate regarding the conventions. Shereth 22:56, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
- Oppose - Consistency for names of places within the country should carry a lot of weight. The only reason to move to Indianapolis is because we can; not that it makes the encyclopedia any better. Neier (talk) 14:12, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
- Apathetic - "Indianapolis" forwards here, so really the only change would be to the address bar in your browser. It's not even worth worrying about. -- MeHolla! 20:31, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
- Oppose for the same reasons I oppose the other similar requests that periodically trickle in. "City, State" works fine. — AjaxSmack 02:32, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
Discussion
- Any additional comments:
People may find the following useful:
There have been many discussions on this in the past. This is the current wording at Naming Conventions (settlements):
- "The canonical form for cities in the United States is City, State (the "comma convention") ... Cities listed in the AP Stylebook as not requiring the state modifier may be listed at City if they are the primary topic for that name. Cities that meet these criteria are: Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Honolulu, Houston, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Miami, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, New Orleans, New York City, Oklahoma City, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle. No other city should be listed at City. As of January 2008, only three articles about U.S. cities do not use the "comma convention"—Chicago, New York City and Philadelphia. If you think any of the other articles listed above should be moved to City instead of City, State, please start a discussion via Wikipedia:Requested moves."
A similar move request has just been opened at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; I think the following response is useful:
- "This has been a long-standing and contentious issue that has gone around in circles for years, and it might be hard to reach consensus this time. I undertsand your reasoning, but I've always found this move to be unnecessary, and I still find no real reason to deviate from the standard way American cities are written (City, state), regardless of it being slightly repetitive in this case. I'm closer to the fence about it than you might think, but the most serious problems with this article have nothing to do with its name. In any case, it might be a good idea to post a note about this discussion at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (settlements) if you're serious about trying to reach consensus and getting editors involved in the discussion.
- These past naming convention discussions might be helpful: 1, 2, 3, 4. Good luck. Okiefromokla questions? 15:14, 24 July 2008 (UTC)"
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)
- I do support a global convention, at least to deal with ambiguous place names. However there does not appear to be a consensus to solve that issue. Vegaswikian (talk) 03:11, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
- The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.
Page length
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)
Requested move
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)
Climate
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)
- The current standard of 32F. The boundary for that pretty much runs the Ohio River. CrazyC83 (talk) 00:41, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
Reworking the demographics
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)
One of two state capitals to share its name with its state?
An editor added this [1] sentence to the entry at about the same time he added it to Oklahoma City [2]. 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)
- I am not going to check for accuracy, that is the job of the person that added it. I feel it has no encyclopedic value. Seeing as you and I are the only 2 people that have taken the time to look at it and express out opinions since May 2009 I am going to remove it.Naipicnirp (talk) 23:53, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
too long?
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)
- The history has a sub article, condensing that should reduce size by 7k or so. "Law and government" and "Cultural features" would be good targets for sub-articles as well. Moving them to sub-articles and condensing their present version on this article would probably allow another reduction of 25k. —Charles Edward (Talk | Contribs) 15:48, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
- It is absurdly long as it sits now. Naipicnirp (talk) 23:50, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
- This is not absurdly long. In terms of readable prose, it is 48kb, which is large, but not absurd for a major city. There are already many subarticles. The article is in very poor shape, though, and I hope to work on it for the WP:Wikicup, but it is not absurdly long. Reywas92Talk 00:50, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
- It is absurdly long as it sits now. Naipicnirp (talk) 23:50, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
Combining Sections
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)
List of Companies
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)
- The following companies are listed but not part of the Fortune 500
- In light of the new ad-hoc criteria for inclusion as stated by both Detcin and Lord Pistachio, vis: "doesn't belong in the same sentence with Fortune 500 companies", I will be removing said companies unless another rationale can be provided. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 04:03, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
- Well, I'd agree that it isn't limited to just Fortune 500 companies. However, the companies mentioned in the article need to be significant to Indianapolis for such factors as revenue, number of employees or headquarters in the Indianapolis area, former status as a well known company that has been absorbed by a larger firm, etc. The Nussli Group meets none of those sorts of criteria with regard to Indianapolis (regardless of its significance elsewhere). As proof of this, a search of the Indianapolis Star archives returns no hits at all for Nussli Group, and even the Nussli Group website shows the only thing it's done in Indianapolis is to build temporary stands seating 22,000 for the IMS in 2007.Indyguy (talk) 04:32, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks for the explanation. Will simply remove Peerless since it doesn't have an article as it's just a line of Delta and that is listed. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 05:05, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
- Well, I'd agree that it isn't limited to just Fortune 500 companies. However, the companies mentioned in the article need to be significant to Indianapolis for such factors as revenue, number of employees or headquarters in the Indianapolis area, former status as a well known company that has been absorbed by a larger firm, etc. The Nussli Group meets none of those sorts of criteria with regard to Indianapolis (regardless of its significance elsewhere). As proof of this, a search of the Indianapolis Star archives returns no hits at all for Nussli Group, and even the Nussli Group website shows the only thing it's done in Indianapolis is to build temporary stands seating 22,000 for the IMS in 2007.Indyguy (talk) 04:32, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
Governor's Mansion on the Circle
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).
Revisit the Naptown Debate
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.
- Sports
- Roller Derby Team Naptown Roller Girls
- Colt's fan blog Naptown's Finest
- Gridiron Developmental Football League team Naptown Scorpions
- Social
- Lindy Stomp and vintage swing dance society Naptown Stomp
- Indianapolis reggae fan group Naptown Reggae
- Model railroaders Naptown & White River Model Railroad Club
- Local events blog Naptown Buzz
- Musical group Naptown Boogie
- Photo blogger Naptown Argus
- Local blogger Naptown Observer (Not updated since 2009 - Marked 'closed')
- Jazz group that caters to children Naptown Jazz 5
- Business
- Naptown Etching
- Indianapolis bulldog breeder Naptown Bullies
- T-Shirt sales Naptown Tees
- Restaurant Naptown Restaurant & Wine Bar (Closed May 2010)
- Posterous has Naptown Job Swap
- Other Usage
- Author Caitlin Devitt writes article titled Shot in the arm for 'Naptown' for The Bond Buyer 26-Jan-2011
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! 24.123.26.124 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 14:42, 2 May 2011 (UTC).
- This is interesting to me, as I was born in Indianapolis, went to IUPUI, and lived there on the east side of the city for 22 years. I have never heard of "naptown," but you have made quite a convincing argument that others have. -- Masamunecyrus(talk)(contribs)
03:50, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
- As far as nicknames go, Naptown is probably one of the more positive nicknames I've heard. If you really want to go for derrogatory, try some of the nicknames I frequently hear. They include Idiotnapolis, Moronnapolis, and Stupidopolis. Kinda makes naptown seem less derrogatory by comparason, don't you think. 17:40, 25 August 2011 (CDT)Rhatsa26X (talk)
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Really now...
An "In Popular Culture" section for a major city? I think I've seen it all...--Chimino (talk) 13:48, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
- Congratulations. That's quite an achievement. City boy77 (talk) 07:51, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
- I've added the In popular culture template to the section. Most of the items in this section have no references and are just random bits of trivia. I'll wait a few days before doing some drastic pruning. --Indyguy (talk) 16:53, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
"Back here in 46201"
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)
Consolidation with Marion County
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)
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