Talk:Lima, Ohio

mayor's project
According to this news report, the mayor and some volunteers are writing an entry for this town and "The work will be posted in August." If anyone part of this project is watching this page, you are very welcome. If you are looking to make the article truly good, please take a look at our featured articles.

However, I have a couple of concerns after reading this report. Please note that new content should add to existing content, rather than replace it, which is a concern when you are working offline and new information is being added in the meantime. Also, the mayor states, "I was thinking with my chamber of commerce hat and decided that we needed to take charge of our entry". Note that nobody owns an article and that attempts "freeze" articles are a violation of Wikipedia policy. I strongly advise the contributors of this initiative, if they have not already, to create accounts and familiarize yourself with some of the basic policies and guidelines of the website in order to avoid misunderstandings in the future. Please feel free to contact me on my user talk page if you have any questions. Thank you and welcome to the wiki, BanyanTree 20:15, 20 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Yes, welcome Limanians! It's great and admirable that you want to expand the information available online about your fine city.  Just please keep in mind to write in the style of a neutral encyclopedic article, rather than a chamber of commerce pamphlet.  Thanks for your help in building Wikipedia!--Pharos 21:18, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
 * The people in Lima refer to themselves as "Limaites". I always said it should be "Limans", but I suppose that would make us seem to be endorsing Sprite or something.  Anyway, that's what we're called.  Also Lima is often referred to colloquially as "Limaland". Highonhendrix (talk) 09:40, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

This has made the big time. -Rholton 03:26, 23 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Greetings all, David S. Adams left the following note on my user talk:
 * Greetings Banyan Tree and associates. Thanks for your guidance as we (there are 12 of us) posted several new sections in the "Lima, Ohio" article.  Please direct us to appropriate Wikipedia guidelines and keep us from embarrassing ourselves.  We wish to be well behaved Wikipedia contributors.  Thanks. --David S. Adams 00:28, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I replied on David's talk and noted that he could bring up any discussion he wishes on this talk. Cheers, BT 02:01, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Mayor Berger has no page on wikipedia. Perhaps the twelve mentioned above should create one and link it to the Lima article. Highonhendrix (talk) 09:49, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Native Americans
I really object to this section. I could list many reasons why, but the reason most applicable to this article is that the Shawnee didn't have a whole lot to do with the city of Lima proper (as opposed to nearby cities such as Bellefontaine and Wapakoneta). Therefore, I'm going to be bold and remove this section. The information in it would be better suited for other articles. -- SwissCelt 03:01, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Wikification
I took the liberty of wikifying this page and removed the related template. Glad to see that my hometown has a decent page. --Dpryan 02:20, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Roethlisberger
Perhaps this has been talked into the ground and I just don't know, but Ben Roethlisberger is from Findlay, not Lima. Not sure how the cited ESPN link came up with Lima, but it is local knowledge and confirmed on his official website, w


 * I tend to agree. What the people who reinsert the bit about him being from Lima say is that he was born in Lima but raised in Findlay. I haven't a clue whether or not this is true. If true, this will all boil down to ones definition of what it means to be from somewhere. --Dpryan 09:15, 7 July 2007 (UTC)


 * NFL.com says he was born in Lima as well? Stepshep (talk) 02:34, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Ben Roethlisberger's father, Ken, lived in Elida and attended Elida High School. Elida is a small village inside the Lima metropolitan area.

Ben's father and mother divorced when Ben was around two years old. His father, with custody of Ben, then moved to Findlay. Ben's mother, Ida, remained in the Elida area and died in a car crash when Ben was eight years old.

So Ben was indeed born in the Lima metro area, and moved to Findlay when he was two.

January 2011 missik999

He is From findlay. Just because he was born at a hospital in Lima doesn't change that at all. Being "from" somewhere means you were raised there. This is just Lima trying to take credit for something they have nothing to do with. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.51.124.78 (talk) 14:04, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

` ` ` ` — Preceding unsigned comment added by Missik999 (talk • contribs) 13:13, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

Sister City
Trying to find the right spot to add that Lima has a sister city, Harima, Hyōgo has been our sister city since March 25, 1993. Stepshep (talk) 02:31, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Added section. 65.185.147.196 (talk) 21:50, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Kewpee/Dave Thomas
There is no way that Dave Thomas, may he rest in peace, did not get the idea for Wendy's main menu items from Kewpee! Burgers: square and greasy. Fries: thick, chunky slabs of taters. Both have chili. Both have thick, frozen chocolate yummies, the only diff being that at Kewpee it is a Malt and at Wendy's it is a Frosty. The coincidences are piling up. He may never have worked at Kewpee (instead at a restaurant in NEARBY Ft. Wayne), but one does not have to work at a restaurant to copy its menu. I have refrained from removing the reference to this being a myth, assuming good faith on the part of whoever put the section there. I may reconsider in the future. Please post any thoughts or further info on this, I'd love to discuss this.Highonhendrix (talk) 10:00, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Actually, the information there is factually incorrect. According to Wendy's Wikipedia article: 'The chain is known for its square ground beef hamburgers. The idea for Wendy's "old fashioned" hamburgers was actually inspired by Dave Thomas' trips to "Kewpee Hamburgers" in his home town of Kalamazoo, Michigan. The Kewpee sold square hamburgers and thick malt shakes, much like the famous restaurant that Thomas eventually founded in Columbus, Ohio in 1969. Multiple Kewpee restaurants still exist in Lima, Ohio.  I'm going to replace the info.  §tepshep   •   ¡Talk to me!  23:21, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Medical Care
Since Lima Allen County Paramedics were purchased in July 2008 by St. Rita's Medcial Center, I have combined the two sections. I have also removed some material from the LACP section that no longer pertains to the operation of the business. Limaguy (talk) 19:38, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Only problem seems to be that you didn't format the reference.   §hep   •   ¡Talk to me!  00:54, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

Myths and Legend
The myths and legend section needs cleaned up and verification. I will look around this week for some citations and try to see if it merits this section to begin with. 71.67.122.61 (talk) 01:22, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

It seems as though these sources need to be verified, and if they qualify as being in Wiki then added to the appropriate parts under history. Any other thoughts? 71.67.122.61 (talk) 20:24, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

media
I'm pretty sure that Lima is the core city of its own TV market (i.e. not Dayton, not Toledo). If I have time soon, I'll start a new section for this. YellowAries2010 (talk) 03:06, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

Postcard of Lima, Ohio
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/9256/18690694.png — Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.230.211.73 (talk) 00:40, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

Reverted vandelism
I reverted some vandalism to the civil rights section.

I presumed it was vandalism. The IP address was a shared IP address, and a serial vandal, having done several other pieces of right wing motivated vandalism around the same time, including a complete wipe of the toxicology of nicotine. (Including removal of it being addictive.)

Naming Patrick G Goode refrence
The line with Patrick G. Goode being credited with naming Lima was removed a while back due to lack of reference. Considering how little refrences we have, and this is something generally considered common knowledge around Lima. (Just ask anyone who participates on this page.)

Anyways, I won't debate an arguement that is valid when I can comply, so I found one source, but it doesn't contain a full account as stated in the deleted section, but at least credits Patrick G. Goode. History of Allen County by Warner, Beers & Company, 1885. This book predates the ISBN system and I have no clue on how to reference it. I pulled it from Google eBooks, and it's in public domain. They got it from the New York Library. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RuediiX (talk • contribs) 04:32, 15 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Sorry for the delayed response. I only monitor Wikipedia infrequently these days. To cite a book you just need to fill in as much information as possible in Cite book. I'm not able to do any digging for information right now, but if you need help feel free to ask. Shep  Talk  03:28, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

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Fix and cite sources more
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S&S Superior Coach Company
It’s still based in Lima, OH. My professional car(hearse) is a 99’ Superior from Lima. They are still manufacturing to this day :)

Here’s links to their websites with their history, and custom builds.

https://ss-superior.com/

https://superiorcoaches.com/#:~:text=In%20Lima%2C%20Ohio%2C%20our%20passionate,honors%20the%20legacy%20we%CA%BCve%20built. 70.62.16.131 (talk) 13:19, 9 February 2024 (UTC)