Talk:Kokomo, Indiana

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Brutal cull

I chopped out a lot of material that was not appropriate for an encylopedia/almanac. Road construction projects, shopping center store lists, and "minor parks" do not belong here. This is stuff that belongs on a chamber of commerce Web site or personal Web site. --Tysto 07:07, 7 March 2006 (UTC) HELL0? First mcdonalds diner in Kokomo Indiana in 2000? O RLY?[reply]

Or first pneumatic rubber tire? Not hardly, by about fifty years and 3000+ miles. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.215.2.193 (talk) 07:44, 14 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fred Rogers

Fred Rogers, Mr. Rogers Neighborhood, was on the list of people who had lived in Kokomo. I've found no reference to him living in Kokomo, Indiana. Sorry.

Stainless Steel

Reason for invention contradicts reason given in the entry for Elwood Haynes

Also, Elwood Haynes not mentioned in article "Stainless Steel" as an inventor of that substance. Most information points to Mr. Haynes being the first to use stainless steel to craft dinnerware. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.215.2.193 (talk) 07:36, 14 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

In external links one of the links is not right

Kokomo IN Real Estate - Howard Co Real Estate points to http://www.athomeinkokomo.com/ which is just some REALTOR'S® website. It should point to http://raci.org which is the website of the Howard County Board of REALTORS® which has the entire MLS database online. I'm not able to edit this page so someone more important than me will have to do it.

Gregmess37 04:57, 30 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please add this or refer to the movie

Kokomo is listed as origin of the Cat in the cartoon Cats Don't Dance. Sean Cleary 71.189.135.118 14:30, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think so that (the cat's name is Danny). WAVY 10 01:31, 14 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I added it under a new subsection. WAVY 10 13:49, 15 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not Sure if reference is for Kokomo, IN - But I recall an old (1939) Movie called The Kid from Kokomo. Seems it would have more relevance than a cartoon. --Caveman.otr (talk) 15:23, 25 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

One other movie reference I can think of is in the (1989) movie Assassination, if someone can verify. Charles Bronson & the First Lady get off a passenger train, in a small town with mountains in the background.. I believe that town was referrd to as Kokomo..--Caveman.otr (talk) 15:34, 25 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ryan White

Shouldn't there be a reference to the Ryan White business here? Maybe under KKK?SidiLemine 14:13, 17 September 2007 (UTC)---[reply]

Check under "Famous Kokomo residents...I mean "Notable residents"...Baldwin91006 02:28, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not good enough. There should be something in the history section of this article that talks about how intolerant Kokomo was toward Ryan White and how the majority of the town's citizens effectively forced White and his family out. Likewise, for the Wikipedia entry for the town of Cicero, Indiana, they can put down that they welcomed White and his family in with open arms. In Kokomo, only the staff of the local paper defended Ryan White. In Cicero, there was overwhelming acceptance of Ryan. This is a part of both towns' histories -- whether the current citizens of Kokomo like it or not -- and it should be detailed very specifically in their article writeups. 68.91.90.30 (talk) 06:27, 19 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Notable People

The Notable People from Kokomo is just getting out of hand with people who very few would ever consider famous. Unknown sports teams and musicians. Come on people. Just stick with a core list, it's getting out of hand. --74.132.94.122 (talk) 05:12, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Culture

I was reading over the article for Kokomo, and I was getting very bored with all the information about the "famous" people and all the information about having the firsts in different restaurant chains do not really say very much about the city. I was maybe suggesting some more information about the culture such as the Seiberlings, Elwood Haynes, Big Ben and the Sycamore Stump would be more suitable for an encyclopedia than having the first starbucks in a non municipal area. The section with all the external links would be a great place to start writing sections on the local culture and history, reference them. --Rapierce (talk) 20:23, 2 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Beach Boys

Theres a reference to some obscure line from Band Of Brothers listed on the page, but NOTHING about the Beach Boys song? What gives? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.183.51.43 (talk) 21:18, 17 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]