Talk:Jenks, Oklahoma

Tourism "Mecca"?
I toned down the cheerleading. I grew up in Oklahoma, and saying any city is a tourism "Mecca" is overblown to say the least. CranialNerves 01:26, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for toning it down with the Mecca word. My family is currently in Jenks in the highest spot you can get in Urban Development. I think he even appreciate not using the word "Mecca" Sctinker37 19:20 1 March 2015 — Preceding undated comment added 01:21, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

Cleanup
Please do not use Wikipedia to advertise how great Jenks, OK is. Buy an ad or use your website to do that. Also, a little history on the city would be nice. I would like someone from Jenks to clean up this page.

72.153.131.152 04:14, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Actually, Jenks, as well as all of Oklahoma, is "OK"! 216.179.123.111 23:41, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Well i'm not from Jenks but I know the area so I cleaned it up. I hope.

I lived in Jenks for several years and graduated from Jenks schools. I disagree with the statement about the alienation of lower income families. I can give reasons, but that's not my point. The point is that it is an opinion, not a fact. I think it should be removed all together. The statement about the underrepresentation of minorities is true, however. Also, the 'myth of Jenks' is difficult to understand and should be cleaned up. Perhaps a lead in statment such as, "The myth states...." with the myth in block quotes.

As for adding some history to the page; the Jenks branch of the Tulsa Public Library has a wonderful book detailing the history of Jenks. I do not have access to it since I have moved, but I would recommend it to anyone in the area.

Famous People
In relation to the list of famous people...
 * Stewart White: Is he one and the same as Stewart Edward White? If so, why does that article state he was born in Michigan and never mention Jenks? What role did Jenks play in his life?
 * Ryan Davis: Is this the Ryan Davis of GameSpot?

I would like to see a brief description of each of the people on this list (see the Rocky Calmus line for example).

Tim Morgan 16:42, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

On second thought, I've gone ahead and shortened the list dramatically until we can get some actual evidence and/or information about these other people. The people I removed are below; please add them back when you can link to something and include a description of their notoriety. As for Carlos, I don't know that a CEO of an unknown company makes someone famous. There are no doubt hundreds of "CEOs" -- that means little to me. If he is truly famous, wouldn't he have an article on Wikipedia?


 * Carlos Cashman, founder of Opus360 and CEO of Courseadvisor
 * Stewart White
 * Nick Sidorakis
 * Doug Mcknight
 * Logan Prince
 * Alex Mcknight
 * Fred Carolina
 * Ryan Davis

Tim Morgan 16:52, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Forgot to note this in the log... I removed the word "census" and replaced it with "estimation" in the second sentence in the intro of this article. Forgive me if I'm wrong, but I think the U.S. census occurs only every 10 years. If this was a local census, then it needs to be stated as such. Tim Morgan 13:19, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

User:70.185.210.119 made a change this evening to point out that Josh Johnson lived in Tulsa and went to school in Jenks. This is the actually the case for a number of the people on the list. So to avoid the implication that the point applies only to Johnson I added a clarifier at the beginning of the list and deleted the specific mention of Johnson.

And, while we're at it, can anyone vouch for the inclusion of Jeanne Tripplehorn on this list? This talented and beautiful actress certainly qualifies as a famous person, but IMDB says she went to Tulsa Edison. --Arxiloxos (talk) 05:47, 25 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Another user has added the Hanson brothers. Do they qualify as "from Jenks"?  I find no indications that this is so.


 * Also, who is Jeff Jones?


 * I propose to delete the Hansons, Jeff Jones, and (with regret) Jeanne Trippplehorn unless someone indicates that there is information to justify their inclusion.--Arxiloxos (talk) 17:49, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Delink Polecat Creek
I have removed the link for Polecat Creek, which led to a rock band by that name. There is no Wikipedia article for the stream by that name in Oklahoma. Bruin2 (talk) 23:33, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

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