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Size of Lords Park

According to http://www.elginpublicmuseum.org/lordspark.htm, Lord's Park is 409 acres.

The main page of the Elgin Public Museum website says 109, which seems about right. Wachholder0 20:38, 26 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Racial Makeup

Why does the racial makeup add up to much more than 100? It isn't made clear on the page and I don't think anyone wants to go through that 60 page pdf to find out.

The US Census category for Hispanics includes both black and white people of Hispanic descent. Wachholder0 20:35, 26 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Population

Can someone present a source showing Elgin's population exceeded 100,000 in 2005? The American Community Survey estimate for 2005 shows 93,412, which is likely incorrect. However, there shouldn't be unsubstantiated population information in the article (I'm referring to paragraph two).

See [1]. The Census Bureau's 2003 estimate was 97,117. I don't think there is any information for this year or last year, but if the pop. grew 2.8% from 2003, it would be ~99,836 some time in 2006.

Brian Oldfield

Wasn't he from South Elgin (but an EHS grad)?

From what I understand he grew up in S Elgin but now lives in Elgin.

[2] Says he was born in Elgin. Likely, because the hospitals were here! BenBurch 07:37, 12 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Elgin promotional campaign and 2007 survey results

Does anyone have objections to these sections being removed?

No. Please remove it. WP is not the place for survey results and other raw data. Wachholder 01:52, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

My thoughts exactly.

Name

No evidence of a hymn named "Song of Elgin". There is a Scottish Presbyterian hymn named simply "Elgin", which can be found on p.120 of The Congregational hymn and tune book, General Association of Connecticut, 1856. <http://books.google.com/books?id=hGKYVucXEjIC&lpg=PA434&ots=6cKBUe4rwb&dq=Elgin&pg=PA120#v=onepage&q&f=false>

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Plainstones

My suggestion. Thx

Add text to describe and highlight the Plainstones. Add hyperlink.

A more spacious market area for traders was created when the Plainstones were laid out in 1787. However, it wasn’t until 1851 that, with the building of the New Market, traders had the benefit of a covered market.

https://www.bestofmorayspeyside.com/castle-to-cathedral-to-cashmere/ Killoh (talk) 03:37, 14 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Pls delete. Suggestion related to Elgin, Moray, not Elgin, Illinois. Sorry. Killoh (talk) 03:42, 14 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Consider this sentence change, and reference no long available

The reference I am talking about is #7. The sentence sounded clumsy to me. I checked a grammar checker and it says the is written in passive voice, meaning it is clumsy. Instead of: The watch factory employed three generations of Elginites from the late 19th century to the mid-20th century, when it was the largest producer of fine watches in the United States (the factory ceased production in 1965 and was torn down in the summer of 1966) and the operator of the largest watchmaking complex in the world. The grammar checker suggested this change: From the late 19th to the mid-20th centuries, the watch factory employed three generations of Elginites. During this time, it was the world's largest watchmaking complex and the largest producer of fine watches in the United States (production ended in 1965, and the factory was demolished in the summer of 1966). QuillBot AI Easeltine (talk) 13:17, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]