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OKC Sonics?

If the Seattle (Super)Sonics move to Oklahoma, the "Sonic" name should be retained, since the Sonic drive-in chain is based in OKC. This would be interesting, since Sizzler, the steakhouse chain, is suing the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) over the name "Sizzler" in the Hot Lotto game. (There are currently no Sizzler restaurants in the Sooner State; however, Hot Lotto came to Oklahoma in January 2008.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.179.123.111 (talk) 22:50, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Picture moving????

I have heard from several people that the opening picture of the bombing should be replaced with a picture that reflects the nicer side of OKC. I agree that a nicer picture should be placed first but also feel that the bombing picture should not be removed. I have placed a 1890's picture of OKC in the history section and made a section about the bombing where I moved the above mentioned photo. I hope this is ok for everyone.

Thanks Soonerfever (talk) 22:43, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Accuracy, Neutrality, Completeness

Besides the lack of citation, the Oklahoma City page is a terrible read. It's full of bias. The author (or authors) appears to have created a piece in defense of something. As if disparaging remarks about this city are all that are known.

On accuracy, I didn't get much into the article because very little was cited and because of lack of neutrality. However, at the bottom of the page the article lists "Oklahoma Outlaws" of the USFL as a professional sports team of Oklahoma City. It mentions (co-owned with Tulsa). Especially with lack of citation this is disturbing, however, the Oklahoma Outlaws played all of their home-games in Tulsa. What factually (or in the author's opinion) makes Oklahoma Outlaws a "co-owned" team, or a team that has anything to do with Oklahoma City? Why would Oklahoma City have a claim to any link to the Outlaws, given that the Outlaws never played in Oklahoma City?

Zoroaster8000 (talk) 19:04, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

It was probably some Oklahoma City person assuming that any team whose name includes the word "oklahoma" must be from Oklahoma City... they like to forget that Tulsa is here too. You're right, the Outlaws played only in Tulsa for one season (1984) before moving to Arizona. I've removed it.

You're also right that this article is pretty bad. Some months ago, it was much worse, but I cleaned it up a bit and removed a lot of unsourced boosterism. Even so, it seems like the Oklahoma City chamber of commerce wrote much of the article. You can always be bold and improve the article yourself, and you are not only welcome to do so — you are encouraged! It would be great to have someone work on it; I never have done serious editing because I am just not all that familiar with Oklahoma City and my time on Wikipedia is fickle. However, this is a high priority article not only for Wikiproject Oklahoma but for Wikiproject Cities and it needs some hard work fast. I'm putting up a neutrality and reference tag for the time being. Okiefromokla ^questions? 22:35, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Other than the things that are noted as needing citation, what needs to be changed. There is a lot of "boosterism" of positives, but plenty of mentions of the negatives, including poor inner-city schools, disastrous results of Urban Renewal, and of course the bombing. As far as neutrality goes, I don't see an imbalance. What needs to change? Jbrown84 (talk)