Talk:Rockford, Illinois

Fixing things up a bit

For the most part, the talk page seems to be very dormant, so any feedback is appreciated. As far as a "to-do" list, the article does have a few things that need attention:

• The reference to the largest city outside of the Chicago Metropolitan area is a bit misleading despite being factually correct. It makes the appearance on a first read that Rockford is the 2nd largest city, when in fact its 3rd. Maybe I'm nitpicking here a bit but even I fell victim to the way its written. Instead of referencing the Chicago Metropolitan area, why not just state Rockford is the third largest city outside of Chicago and Aurora respectively? Dpalme (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 17:18, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

• The History section runs on and on; breaking it up into subsections based on periods of time in Rockford's history may make it better-organized and easier to fill in the gaps (after the establishment of the Chrysler plant 45 years ago, it pretty much runs right into the present day)
• The Law and Government section would be a good place to elaborate on the type of government Rockford utilizes; currently, it is not identified in the article, there is just a list of aldermen and crime statistics (this is worth expanding on instead of deleting)
• The section that talks about District 205 might need a re-write from the ground up. Although it offers some nice statistics, its explanation falls flat right after that. In the long run, District 205 probably will need its own article space.
• The section dealing with rail transportation is somewhat out of date; it's 2010, and there are no passenger trains running through here, so "as soon as 2010" needs to be replaced with current information.

--SteveCof00 (talk) 22:08, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Talk Page Archived

As there hasn't been anything new in the past 2-3 years and the discussions have pretty much been resolved, I've archived the past discussions.

--SteveCof00 (talk) 05:10, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

Healthcare information

This is somewhat of a missing section. In articles about cities of comparable size, it does go into the healthcare systems seen in the area, and I've noticed that there is nothing to go on so far (even though Rockford has 3 hospitals). --SteveCof00 (talk) 05:00, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Law and Government section

Currently, this consists of a list of aldermen and a table of crime rates...any suggestions for expanding this? It would be worth looking the same sections into other articles of larger Illinois cities for comparison. --SteveCof00 (talk) 22:14, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

"Forcible" rape?

Is there even such a thing as unforced rape? By definition, rape is forced sexual intercourse (or other sexual activity). The "forcible" part should be removed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.212.252.255 (talk) 03:32, 2 September 2012 (UTC)

These statistics were something that came from the FBI website (although it appears the link may have changed; it would be nice to get data more recent than 2007). I'm not sure of the logic behind calling it that, but it was not the decision of the editor who included the crime statistics here. -SteveCof00 (talk) 07:51, 3 September 2012 (UTC)