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Sports

The paragraph about soccer needs extensive work. Anyone willing to help? Aside from scrapping major portions I'm not sure where to take it to make it readable. (Studiofox (talk) 07:35, 26 March 2008 (UTC))[reply]

Aurora city officials debated on approval of a proposed sports arena in the late 1990s. I had little word if the sports arena (with the seating capacity of 15000) was ever approved. It could boost the potential for a second NBA or NHL franchise in the Chicagoland sports market. Chicago has 2 Major league baseball teams and one NFL team: the Bears since the early 1960s. Northern Indiana is part of the Chicagoland market, but Aurora is now Illinois' second largest city. + Mike D 26 (talk) 06:13, 4 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Chicago will NOT get either a second NBA team[1] or NHL team[2] anytime in the next 100 years. The winds are clearly blowing in the opposite direction. HuskyHuskie (talk) 15:09, 5 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

US Census 2006 Estimates

Why are we not using the most recent 2006 Census estimates here. At a population of 170,617, Aurora city is clearly larger then the population of Rockford at 155,138. This is published data by the United States Census with updated numbers for the 2005 mini update. Here is an internal link to justify my changes to this article List of United States cities by population. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dkriegls (talk • contribs) 19:22, 6 October 2007 (UTC) This looks good to meDkriegls 20:01, 10 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Centralia?

The article states that Centralia, Illinois is also in four counties. The article there only lists two (Marion and Clinton), though Mapquest appears to show a section also in Washington County. The only possible fourth county would be Jefferson, but at least on the map it looks like the southern end of Centralia ends at the county line. Anbyone know anything about this?

The State of Illinois gives sales tax rates for Centralia in each of the four counties listed above: Marion, Clinton, Washington and Jefferson. --JohnDBuell 12:49, 17 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

According to the US Census Bureau 2021 Illinois places and counties shape files, Centrailia is in Marion, Clinton, Jefferson & Washington Counties

Ltginrage (talk) 01:47, 24 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Templates

Good lord, do we NEED three large templates at the end of the article? --JohnDBuell 22:36, 13 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

We certainly don't need the DuPage template, since 77% of the population lives in Kane. 68.218.142.136 03:16, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Until Aurora stops being in parts of DuPage County, yes we do. (Studiofox (talk) 07:45, 26 March 2008 (UTC)) I agree... We might as well have the four since it's apparently one of the few cities that actually resides in so many counties. EarnestyEternity (talk) 04:05, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Four Counties

I'd like to see a historical explanation. Aurora was originally only in Kane County, and during the late 60s I believe expanded, but not to DuPage first. How did this happen, and what is the relationship like between the city and the various counties?

I'm not sure that's accurate. I've been trying to see if there's something online, but there isn't really. However, I've always been told Aurora spread into DuPage County in the late 1960s/early 1970s (and when Fox Valley Mall was first proposed, the Aurora/Naperville boundary was set at Route 59, where it more or less remains), then Will (stretching down Eola Road), then Kendall (expanding southwest along Ogden). Part of this can be inferred from the map of City Wards, but I still need independent verification. --JohnDBuell 04:17, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Notable residents

I see three people that have red names in this area. Unless they have Wiki entries, I suggest deleting them. Personally, I have no idea who they are. I got by the saying "If they are notable, they would have a wiki entry". So the suggestion is we either delete them, or create entries on them.--Kranar drogin 05:02, 18 March 2007 (UTC) The idea that someone is not notable just because they have no wiki is ridiculous in my opinion --Agreed, however, what shouldn't be added are links to Playboy after "adult models" within the Notable residents section. (Studiofox (talk) 07:47, 26 March 2008 (UTC))[reply]

The original idea of including an article, at least a stub, for people in the Notable Residents section was a good one. As an outsider I have to wonder why a public relations person is on the list. As I said, just a small blurb within a wiki article would suffice. If you are reading these and editing the Aurora article you already know how easy it is to start a stub. Pknkly (talk) 06:28, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Other Neighborhoods

I live in the Wheatlands township in Aurora...does that count as a neighborhood? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.184.132.39 (talk) 04:28, 28 December 2007 (UTC) No, sorry. (Studiofox (talk) 05:54, 26 March 2008 (UTC)) On that note, subdivision names aren't neighborhoods either and should be deleted. (Studiofox (talk) 07:58, 26 March 2008 (UTC)) Absolutely not. I actually think the neighborhoods section, is a good idea, though needs to be cleaned up significantly. A map or something more specific about their locations would be helpful. EarnestyEternity (talk) 04:04, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Regions of Aurora

Under the heading of Regions of Aurora, someone needs to delete the entry at the very end that is rife with spelling and grammatical errors, and has a tone that is not befitting the article, nor does it belong under that heading. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.20.25.45 (talk) 05:17, 15 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cleanup

I've been going through cleaning up some things with this article. However, it still needs some major work. I'll add a "To Do" list here shortly. Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 18:46, 12 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

History of Entertainment section

I moved this to a less prominent position in the article. I felt the placement seemed to suggest that Aurora is FAMOUS for all its theaters. While an interesting item, it is hardly in the forefront of the city's reputation at this point (other than the Paramount, of course) While it did work nicely following the "history" section, I think it works well under the notable buildings area, too. Does anyone object? -Cbradshaw (talk) 06:16, 10 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Section for "Culture"

Perhaps a section entitled Culture would help gather some of the items (e.g., museums, entertainment, festivals, etc.) to a single area in the article. The museum, festival, etc. could be subsections of Culture. A lead paragraph highlighting and making a statement about Aurora's cultural environment could start the subsections. BTW - I hope someone mentions your annual blues festival. You've had some of great blues stars out your way. Good luck with the clean up. Pknkly (talk) 06:44, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Article needs references badly

So many of the sections in this article are unreferenced, and I deleted some NPOV comments in the neigborhoods sections. Clean-up needed badly! --Funandtrvl (talk) 20:07, 28 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Photo request

There are 16 sites in Aurora that are on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Kane County, Illinois that don't have photos available (about 5 of the sites outside of Aurora don't have photos - the total number of sites in Kane Co. is about 63). Is there any chance that Aurorans could get some of these photos? Any help appreciated. Smallbones (talk) 17:09, 10 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Please provide option to read this information in Spanish. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.186.124.50 (talk) 21:26, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Demographics

The demographics section is now 12 years out of date. We have a much more recent census in 2010, so why are we not using it? 99.141.242.239 (talk) 02:29, 5 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Alright. I have gone ahead and replaced the info. However, I do not know how to source and so someone will need to go in and fix that. Here is where the info is coming from: http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/17/1703012.html If the link doesn't work, just search "aurora il" in the US census website and click on the "Aurora (city), Illinois - State and County QuickFacts". Thanks! 99.141.242.239 (talk) 02:58, 5 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Percentages under Demographics do not add up

Percentages do not add up. 59% white, 10% African American, 41% Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Whittinghamc (talk) 01:07, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Some people are both white and Hispanic. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnic category, while White or African American are racial categories. MakeBelieveMonster (talk) 16:35, 4 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"Infobox settlement" vs "Geobox|Settlement"?

I was trying to quickly extract the official website links for the largest US cities and I noticed that this page is different than all the larger cities. Instead of using the "Infobox settlement" way of building the infobox, this page uses "Geobox|Settlement". I'm not sure if this is on purpose or accidental, but I thought I'd mention it here. William Pietri (talk) 19:26, 18 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Aurora

It's 99.9 percent certain that Aurora Illinois has never and will never see air temps in the -50s (and 100 percent certain that Auora has never and will never see air temps in the -60s) It can't get that cold there (due to its latitude) TypingInTheSky (talk) 02:56, 29 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@TypingInTheSky: Where do you see anything in the article that suggests this? —C.Fred (talk) 02:59, 29 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Normals

The 1981-2010 Aurora normals in the wikipedia weatherbox are wrong according to NCDC : https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/datatools/normals

High : january : 30.3 ; february : 35.0 ; march : 46.8 etc.

Low : january : 15.9 ; february : 20.0 ; march : 29.6 etc.

Rainfall : january : 1.68 ; february : 1.72 ; march : 2.37 etc.

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Is this really a thing?

Please say yes.

February 29#Folk traditions

In the town of Aurora, Illinois, single women are deputized and may arrest single men, subject to a four-dollar fine, every February 29.[25][26]

Asking because I'd expect that it would have been mentioned in this article if it was real. selfworm^Talk) 03:42, 3 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I know this is 2 years later but it was a real thing. Found a Vox article supporting it. https://www.vox.com/2016/2/29/11134072/leap-day-proposals-marriage Koalafied1 (talk) 04:40, 3 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Reference to Aurora Downs "tornado" in climate section

Almost the entire narrative of the "climate" section is unsourced. It also looks like the supposed tornado that affected Aurora Downs (just southwest of North Aurora) back in 1906 could be original research. There is virtually nothing that comes up when you search google. I was able to find one reference to the event in the Abbeville Press, Abbeville, SC, which indicated that a windstorm collapsed the tent. There is no evidence presented that it was a tornado. The wiki article for Aurora Downs also appears to indicate the location in the wrong place; the racetrack can be found on the Sanborn Fire Insurance map of 1907 on the north side of Airport Road just west of Highland. W Scott Lincoln 03:32, 8 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]