Talk:Fort Wayne, Indiana/Archive 3

Text of rumor moved from article to talk page and why
Moved here until it is cited, otherwise this is WP:OR, a violation of policy: While nothing has been confirmed there is also a rumor that a possible group of local investors would like to bring or start a new WNBA team to the Fort Wayne, Indiana area. Davodd 07:59, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Text moved to WOWO
The following text was moved to Talk:WOWO since it is not really about Fort Wayne: - Davodd 20:09, 31 October 2007 (UTC) WOWO was one of the original Westinghouse stations, a 50,000 watt clear channel AM station heard all over the eastern seaboard. In 1992 Hurricane Andrew knocked off many radio stations in South Florida and WOWO was one of the stations Floridians could hear updated news of the Hurricane. WOWO was also well known in the 70's and 80's for it's extensive Indiana sports, agriculture and weather coverage. In the mid 1990's the signal was downgraded to 9,200 watts allowing station WLIB New York extend it's coverage. WOWO and WLIB share the same frequency and WOWO's dominant 50,000 watt signal prevented WLIB from extending it's coverage without a downgrade of WOWO's grandfathered signal.

Golf?
Looking at Fort Wayne in Google Maps, I noticed many golf courses. Is Fort Wayne the golf capital of the Midwest? jmcw (talk) 09:01, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Umm...
Something weird is happening. This is NOT the Fort Wayne article. Please help and respond! --Mtsufan43 (talk) 03:49, 26 July 2008 (UTC)--

Metro area
It says it's the third, but really it's the second unless you're counting the Louisville KY-IN Metro area, which includes KY and the population of THAT metro area that actually lives in IN is quite low. The link to the source (article) only takes me to a news page, not the article. Consider changing it to second largest metro area in the state. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 148.85.212.68 (talk) 18:41, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Indianapolis and the Gary metro area both beat the fort wayne —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.226.183.92 (talk) 18:39, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

78.95 sq mi
Is the current area of the city listed in the infobox from 2000, or is it more recent after the annexations of the last decade? --Criticalthinker (talk) 12:02, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Structure
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 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) 19:54, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

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Demonym(s)
What is the Demonym(s)? 2601:806:4301:C100:FD8D:DD:44C6:5FC (talk) 05:49, 27 March 2017 (UTC)

lead cities list - Milwaukee within 200mi.?
It's really stretching it to say Fort Wayne is within 200 mi. of Milwaukee, WI. It's 196 mi. as the crow flies across Lake Michigan, but over 252 miles by road. Most people that make the trip are going to drive, so road distance is the most relevant measure. That means driving through downtown Chicago, so the journey is arduous. It's not an easy 4hr 65MPH drive. There's no source supporting some special association between Milwaukee and Fort Wayne. I think the city ought to be deleted from the list. Sbalfour (talk) 16:37, 29 November 2018 (UTC)

lead semantics
"Fort Wayne was built in 1794..." Ok, the town was built. But then "The village was platted in 1823..." Ok, is Fort Wayne village different than the town? It isn't clear that we meant the military stockade of Fort Wayne the first time. Maybe we italicize the first instance? Or say "Fort Wayne military stockake was built in 1794..." followed by "The namesake village was platted in 1823...". Sbalfour (talk) 17:14, 29 November 2018 (UTC)

Northwest Indian War
This article says:

"Three battles were fought at Kekionga against Little Turtle and the Miami Confederacy. Miami warriors defeated U.S. forces in the first two battles."

Does anyone know to which battles that is referring? I suspect that what they mean to say is:

Little Turtle and the Miami Confederacy defeated two U.S. expeditions (Harmar's and St. Clair's), the first of which included battles at Kekionga.

But I don't think the second expedition ever made it to Kekionga. The three battles could be referring to the Battle of Heller's Corner, Hartshorn's defeat, and the Battle of the Pumpkin Fields. But if so, the Miami won all three of those, not just the first two.

This article also says:

"General Anthony Wayne led a third expedition resulting in the destruction of Kekionga... On October 22, 1794, U.S. forces captured the Wabash–Erie portage from the Miami Confederacy"

Is that true? These four Wikipedia articles: 1, 2, 3, and 4 say he built Fort Wayne there, and the article on the treaty at the end of the war says it permitted a US army post at Fort Wayne. But the other articles don't say anything about the destruction of the settlement. -2603:9000:E40B:7500:E1C5:52B3:3217:4A42 (talk) 03:33, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

Missing Information
Ft Wayne's 311 call center software won an award https://fort-wayne-news.com/2017/05/01/city-of-fort-waynes-311-call-center-receives-national-award/ https://cityoffortwayne.custhelp.com/app/Fortwayne/home

The 311 software was developed by NebuLogic Technologies http://support.nebulogic.com/website/index.php/works/city-of-fort-wayne-transforms-311-operations/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by RevSasha (talk • contribs) 20:26, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

Why does this article not talk about the criminal culture here, rap music all hours of the night, year long fireworks, homeless problems and trespassers, drug need;es on the ground, dilapidated housing, all the smokers, and that Fort Wayne has 3 times the crime of New York City!? 2601:806:4301:C100:FD8D:DD:44C6:5FC (talk) 05:44, 27 March 2017 (UTC)

Demographics
This article says: "According to the 2010 Census, there were 420,690 people and 113,541 households." There's no citation that I can find for this sentence, just a citation to the 2010 Census at the end of the paragraph containing a bunch of census facts. Elsewhere in the article it says that Fort Wayne's population in 2010 was 253,691. Something is wrong or confusing here. Rchive (talk) 03:07, 24 September 2020 (UTC)Rchive