Talk:La Conchita, California

Punta
I'm the one who put in the line about the town formerly being known as Punta. (Example).

I think this is a critical bit of information to include in the article, whether or not the town was actually called Punta by anyone who lived there, since it is that way in the USGS database. Sites such as Topozone use the USGS nomenclature, and if you enter "La Conchita" in the search field at Topozone, you won't find the place; it thinks it is called "Punta." Antandrus 22:13, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Yeah I agree with you, I clicked on your link to the map and saw Punta, and tried to edit the comments to let the person know but have screwed it up.--Pope 03:44, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)

History
The La Conchita Story is an ongoing research project of the History Committee of the La Conchita Community Organization (LCCO). The Committee is currently engaged in collecting oral histories and documenting significant events in the history of this community. The Committee gratefully acknowledges the contributions of the following in bringing this project to fruition: Jeff Ross; David Griggs at the Carpinteria Valley Historical Society; Charles Johnson, Archivist and Librarian at the Ventura County Historical Society; Dick Talaugon and the Talaugon Family;the late Pete Richardson; Eleanor Gallardo Ramey; Robbie Hutto of the Bates Family and the Roger Brown Study Collection at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The La Conchita Story was compiled, written and edited by Bonnie G. Kelm.

Hello, I've added historical information found by the History Committee of the La Conchita Community Organization (LCCO). The Committee is currently engaged in collecting oral histories and documenting significant historical events of our community. We hope to add this information once complete. User:Toezovr 14:46, 19 Jul 2006

Tone
this page is not at all written in an encyclopedic tone; the information regarding the slides is written in an inflammatory and biased manner.

I do not know who wrote the sentence about the “catastrophic” impact of the 2005 land slide but having read all of your comments about La Conchita you definitely have an underlying bias against this little community and it’s residents for living there. Your commentary is inflammatory and insulting. The geological hazard along coastal California is not limited to La Conchita, but nobody examines Malibu’s mud slides or worse yet the massive devastation and loss of life caused by Montecito’s debris slide in January 2017. The negativity towards La Conchita is really a social class and entitlement issue. It is the only middle class, partly blue collar,and mixed race community on California’s Gold Coast. The general thinking among the extremely affluent surrounding communities is that La Conchita is not entitled to be there. Continuing to use landslides as a reason to condemn the community hides the more questionable motives. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bellakaye (talk • contribs) 05:28, 28 November 2018 (UTC)

Mudslide portion needs to be rewritten per Wikipedia standards
Hello NPOV?! A portion called "The 2005 Catostrophic Disaster" that contains a line that reads: "A 100-mile-per-hour death flow of mud and debris"... are you serious? This is an encyclopedia not a blog or an editorial or a rant page. Somebody needs to either clean that up or delete it entirely. How insensitive of a person do you have to be to call a mudslide "catostrophic" that destroyed only 15 homes and killed 10 people who knew how unstable that hill was and assumed the risk by living in La Conchita (especially up against the hill!). In the past 2 years we have witnessed a tsunami that killed over 100,000 people and Hurricane Katrina that destroyed a major U.S. metropolis. And you call La Conchita "catostrophic". Again, hello NPOV?! 69.227.2.153 02:30, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Grant from Spain?
In 1840 the territory belonged to Mexico, not Spain. Cobylub 15:02, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Cleaned up puffery, removed some original research
I see in the talk above that much of the local history is from research by a local group. It would be good to formally cite this project at some point. The history section also needs to be put into a more encyclopedic format -- there's more detail here than is appropriate.

I removed some uncited and possibly misleading information (some WP:OR) re landslides. I added File:La Conchita landslide, 2005.jpg to the 2005 La Conchita landslide article, and it's worth studying, especially for local residents. It's pretty obvious that the whole slope above the community is unstable, has slipped in the past, and will do so again in future wet years. Residents would be wise to consult with the county re evacuation plans for the wet years. I'm a geologist, but not a landslide expert. Best not to be there next time it slides! --Pete Tillman (talk) 01:15, 15 May 2014 (UTC)

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