Talk:Mendota, Illinois

Overhaul

Am participating in a major overhaul of this page. Be patient.

I have titled your post there, make sure you do that and sign your comments. Make sure that as you are doing an overhaul, that you cite all your sources for all your statements, or it will be considered hear-say later on when the article is tagged. In example Detroit, Michigan.--Kranar drogin 21:35, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Alright, I would just like to add, being a resident here that Mendota's ethnic makeup is about 50% white and about 40% hispanic latino and the other races make up the other 10 percentile. And the sweet corn festival's vibrant and colorfull atmosphere attracks a large number of people from california. If you know what I mean (San fransisco's lower 9th ward). Also, Al Gore vacations here. Lake Mendota smells like Barry Bond's jock strap.. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.213.44.163 (talk) 03:02, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Do you know patrick goy??? Wow he is gay. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.213.44.163 (talk) 20:17, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Really people? Are we going to vandalize a reputable discussion area with our immature comments? It is really aggravating when I want to discuss something about my hometown in a mature way where there are fools like you running rampant on the web. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.72.176.14 (talk) 03:20, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

I was born in Mendota. It is a friendly town & can be whatever you make of it. They have alot of sporting events & alot of other kinds of events too. They take pride in their town & town's people. I don't agree that the Lake smells like a jock strap... it smells like any other lake would smell, like fish. There are quite a few parks for kids to play. Most of the downtown area features historic buildings. Mendota holds a train station & train museum. Alot of the houses are Victorian, very beautiful. The area churches really help the little city out. Mendota holds great food & festive fun all year round! There are quite a few factories in the area... so there is opportunity. We have alot of little shops & down to earth, hometown buisnesses. The residential area isn't very expensive, which is nice, especially with children. The Sweet Corn Festival is definately the highlight of Mendota... 63.252.76.28 (talk) 19:18, 9 November 2010 (UTC) Jessica M.F.

Median household income is half a billion dollars??? Somebody's havin' some fun with this page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.217.101.91 (talk) 17:17, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

Arctic Monkeys

My addition of an "In Popular Culture" subheading and a cited entry about them recording a music video in Mendota were removed citing relevance. The Arctic Monkeys are a VERY well known band, I'm curious as to what makes it irrelevant. Would someone care to explain this?

BeowulfBrower (talk) 20:46, 2 August 2015 (UTC)

Perhaps if you re read the edit summary, you will see that is not what I said. What I said is you have failed to show the relevance outside the local community. You would do this by citing a reliable source that discusses this event from a distant city, say Atlanta, Detroit or Seattle. This article's purpose is not to discuss what is important in Mendota. Rather it is to discuss what is important about Mendota to the rest of the world. John from Idegon (talk) 21:15, 2 August 2015 (UTC)

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Notable people

Chase sexton needs to be added to notable people. 2600:6C5D:577F:5D70:2116:6BDB:E5E3:AC57 (talk) 19:16, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

Trying to update

My name is Sam Setchell and I am the current president of the Mendota area chamber of commerce. I attempted to update this page and was blocked from doing so. The Mendota Area Chamber of Commerce prides itself with being a valuable source of Mendota information and there are many things I would like to add to this page. Samisetch (talk) 15:30, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

Hello @Samisetch:, as you have a Conflict of Interest I will put a notice on your own talk page which will give instructions on how to post your edit requests. It's pretty straight forward. Knitsey (talk) 15:56, 16 September 2024 (UTC)