Talk:Saranap, California

Phrase my mother heard from her mother
"I like a saranap, I like a train". no idea if this was just a family thing, or if others said it, but its really cute. If my mom can get her reminiscences published, then we could even add it.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 02:53, 29 July 2014 (UTC)

Requested move 2 August 2016

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The result of the move request was: Not moved (non-admin closure) — Andy W.  ( talk  · ctb) 15:23, 9 August 2016 (UTC)

Saranap, California → Saranap, Walnut Creek, California – Saranap is not a City or Town. Common usage of "Saranap, CA" implies it is one or the other. I propose a name change to Saranap, Walnut Creek, California. Mqarty (talk) 05:16, 2 August 2016 (UTC)


 * Oppose. I think this relatively newly registered user has a misconception about what Wikipedia does and does not store. Wikipedia does not normally store the actual borders of U.S. states, counties, cities or Census Designated Places. Many mapping services like Google Maps instead may import them directly from the U.S. Census Bureau itself (like their Cartographic Boundary Files Furthermore, there are many communities and Census Designated Places like this one in which the United States Postal Service does not list them as a valid city name for one reason or another. Although Saranap's ZIP code is 94595, all mail is addressed "Walnut Creek, CA" for delivery purposes. On the other hand, Wikipedia does have an article for Census Designated Places and unincorporated community that are not cities, like this one, and are titled in the form Placename, State . Even if this Wikipedia article is deleted, renamed or changed, it will not stop these mapping services from importing the U.S. Census Bureau's boundary files directly "to remove portions of Walnut Creek from their maps" -- because they are recognized by at least one government body: the U.S. Census Bureau. Zzyzx11 (talk) 08:33, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Nominator has since retracted the mapping and USPS reasons. However, Saranap is still a census-designated place, and not inside the city borders of Walnut Creek (see the city's zoning map), and like all the other the articles in Category:Census-designated places in the United States by state, there is a Wikipedia article for every census-designated place, and are generally titled with the consistent format Placename, State per WP:USPLACE. Zzyzx11 (talk) 06:00, 3 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Oppose per Zzyzx11 (i.e. per WP:CONSISTENCY and WP:USPLACE, plus the fact that it is not part of Walnut Creek, just near it).  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼  08:53, 7 August 2016 (UTC)


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