Wikipedia talk:WikiProject California/Southern California task force/Archive 5

Gorman, California
After being subjected to a massive face-lift, Gorman, California is ready to meet her public. Sincerely, GeorgeLouis (talk) 02:13, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

TfD nomination of Template:San Diego transit topics
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Milestone Announcements
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Inglewood, California
Kindly look at the above article, and join the discussion on moving the History section to its own article, at Talk:Inglewood,_California. Other additions and comments are also sought. Sincerely, GeorgeLouis (talk) 07:13, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Changing to task force of WikiProject California
I think this project should be switched to a task force, at least in the template sense of the word. I've been going through Category:Unassessed California articles, and noticed that articles like Talk:Imperial Beach, California and Talk:Monterey Park, California are showing as unassessed even if they are assessed within the WikiProject California because they use the WikiProject Southern California banner. Based on the overlap in templates, and what appears to be a lack of general activity in both the WP:CAL and WP:SOCAL projects I think this project should be converted into a task force of WP:WikiProject California.

This would involve
 * 1) Using the recently added parameters to WikiProject California, which take arguments for if it is part of WikiProject Southern California and if so, what priority.
 * 2) Using a bot to replace all usages of WikiProject Southern California with  a corresponding WP Cal template usage, and bot-assisted assessment where one doesn't already exist.

I would also suggest also merging the membership lists, holding most discussions on WT:CAL, and several other resource merges. My main concern though is the overlap in unassessed pages. If someone wants to go through and assess the pages or tweak the templates that is fine by me, but judging on the level of activity on this talk page I don't think this project is very active. -Optigan13 (talk) 08:34, 29 April 2009 (UTC)


 * To clarify, you would replace WikiProject Southern California template with the California-wide template having Southern California Task force identified? Also, I think there are some reasons to keep SoCal separate from Cal-wide, at least as a Task Force, not merge it away altogether.  SoCal is very different, separated from NoCal, and both are larger than most other U.S. states.  But, overall, I don't mind having some merger of functions like assessment which can be shared state-wide, although identifying the SoCal ones in their separate task force. doncram (talk) 08:59, 29 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Yes, I would be replacing WikiProject Southern California template with the California-wide template having Southern California Task force identified. See the articles I mentioned for how that would look. Also, yes there are reasons to keep the a SOCAL project separate from other regions of California, but if there isn't anyone using the SOCAL talk page or other facilities there's no real benefit to having an unwatched/unread page. -Optigan13 (talk) 23:51, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I preface my comment with the fact that I'm not a member of WikiProject Southern California, nor have I worked on many articles in its scope. I support this merge. Consolidating efforts seems like a plus at this point. Killiondude (talk) 05:28, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I would concur with the merge also given that there is no real activity here. Amerique dialectics 05:36, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

It's been just under a week, so I've requested the replacement of the template diff. -Optigan13 (talk) 03:51, 5 May 2009 (UTC)


 * I've now moved the project page to a sub-page of WP:CAL, and redesigned the project page while I was going through the various SoCal sub-pages. -Optigan13 (talk) 08:20, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

Rob Pelinka FAC
Please comment at Featured article candidates/Rob Pelinka/archive1‎.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 22:44, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

Merge proposal of Golden State Freeway
There is a current merge proposal to merge Golden State Freeway into Interstate 5 in California. See discussion here--Oakshade (talk) 06:22, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Idea regarding task force
Why not set the Southern California task force so that it does not cover Los Angeles and Orange counties, since there is a Los Angeles task force for those counties? WhisperToMe (talk) 03:16, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

GA reassessment of Rancho Camulos
I have conducted a reassessment of the above article as part of the GA Sweeps process. I have found some concerns with the referencing which you can see at Talk:Rancho Camulos/GA1. I have placed the article on hold whilst these are fixed. Thanks. Jezhotwells (talk) 20:33, 21 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Done.  howcheng  {chat} 00:51, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

To-Do list
Is the to-do list even being updated? The Phoenix Enforcer (talk) 03:40, 9 January 2010 (UTC)


 * None of the various todo lists appear to have been updated in a while. Personally I liked them in the past, but at this point a post to a project talk page is more productive, otherwise we've got a host of templates to place on the article itself, which a bot will pick up. I'll probably go through and tag them as deprecated unless someone objects. -Optigan13 (talk) 07:54, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

Merge proposal
There is a merge proposal involving Brea-Olinda, Brea, California, Olinda, Orange County, California, and Brea, California, all of which are pages in this taskforce. For information, go here Purplebackpack89  (Notes Taken)  (Locker) 23:56, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

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Cities vs Regions in Portal:Southern California/Cities/Top
I am suggesting that Portal:Southern California/Cities be changed to my older version because: The main discussion is going on here: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject California House1090 (talk) 21:26, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) I (dont know about other users) could not even read the things he had w/his poor pictures, they blocked the words! I changed them to "thumbs")
 * 2) I added the metro because they summarize the regions where the cities are, so why cant we have that? I relates to the cities, its not like I'm puting types of cars in the section, where that has nothing to do with cities in SoCal. Someone reading about the cities in SoCal might want to know SoCals largest metropolitan areas, where which city is located in the mega-region we call Southern California.
 * 3) Why did he have three cities w/a lot of information and the rest with none? Some metro are anchored by two cities not just one. For exampe the Inland Empire, Riverside and San Bernardino are equally as important to one another, the IE centers around both cities not just Riverside, the IE article says so it self.
 * 4) To me the pictures look better as thumbs rather than having them being posted there. Now if you though the pictures were to small, we can make them bigger correct?

Any opinions on Merge and/or Collaboration?
Task Force members: Please review the discussion here and add your thoughts on the following two questions. Even if you don't want to read the whole discussion, your response to the following questions would be helpful. Thank you. MissionInn.Jim (talk) 18:49, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) Should the Inland Empire Task Force be merged with the Southern California Task Force?
 * 2) Are you interested in working collaboratively, or do you prefer to do your own thing?

Metrolink (Southern California)
Metrolink (Southern California) is being reviewed for Good Article status and only requires a few tweaks to pass. Please check out the review here and improve the article if possible. Thanks!  Butros  (talk)  11:23, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

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Naming of San Diego neighborhoods
For those interested in San Diego: there is a discussion now going on at Talk:Allied Gardens, San Diego, California about the style of naming to be used for neighborhoods of San Diego. Currently that style is Point Loma, San Diego, California; two proposals under discussion would change it to Point Loma (the primary proposal) or Point Loma, San Diego (the alternate proposal). --MelanieN (talk) 16:03, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

Orange County redirect?
I am aware that this issue was decided back in 2006, HOWEVER, I would like to bring up the possibility of having Orange County redirect to Orange County, California and create a disambiguation page for the others. The most famous Orange County is the one in California, an it's not even close. When traveling around the United States or abroad, I say I am from Orange County and people immediately know where I am from, no one asks "which one?" Also, if Orange County is to be lumped together with all other counties of the same name, then we should do the same for the many different cities and locales that go by Los Angeles, San Francisco, London, or even California (there is a California, Pennsylvania). Thank you for your feedback and the support of those who are part of this Wikiproject would be greatly appreciated. --CASportsFan (talk) 06:38, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I've replied at Talk:Orange County, which is probably the best place to discuss this.   Will Beback    talk    07:29, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

I have placed a move request on Orange County, I figured it would be easiest to discuss the matter at Talk:Orange County. --CASportsFan (talk) 08:10, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

County Route S18 (California)
An article that you have been involved in editing, County Route S18 (California) has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments here. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status will be removed from the article. --Admrboltz (talk) 00:25, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

Merge discussion involving Greater Los Angeles Area metropolitan area articles..
A discussion of interest to WikiProject California and the Southern California task force on merging the Los Angeles metropolitan area and Inland Empire (California) articles into the Greater Los Angeles Area article is going on at Talk:Greater Los Angeles Area. 08OceanBeach S.D. 02:54, 6 April 2011 (UTC)

Reliability of source
You are invited to join the discussion at WP:RSN. RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 01:36, 28 April 2011 (UTC) (Using )

Surfing Madonna AfD
Please see Articles for deletion/Surfing Madonna (2nd nomination). I wasn't aware of this until I saw the wikipedia page. Take a gander and weigh in your opinion. --RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 03:27, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

task force participants list
Should we remove inactive members, or place them into a sub-list? Say haven't edited in 12 months? --RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 23:07, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes. Remove. But notify on their talk page first. GeorgeLouis (talk) 02:00, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
 * The list has a section with a header for inactive. I moved them there last time I did a cleanup, then used WP:AWB to leave WikiProject_California/Templates on the user talk pages. That was when I was doing the project-> task force merge, and moving to inactive seemed less likely to ruffle any feathers. But if you want to do a full on removal of the names, or tweak that template that would be fine, as the history will still have them. I had planned to merge and simplify those participant lists, but never got around to it. -Optigan13 (talk) 05:54, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

Reversion of article name change request
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Adrián González. RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 18:57, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

Morse High School Alumni List
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Morse High School (San Diego, California). RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 18:50, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

Content weight discussion
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 17:46, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

Category:Television series set in Van Nuys, California
Category:Television series set in Van Nuys, California, which is within the scope of this WikiProject, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. szyslak ( t ) 12:46, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

Baja California
Scene Baja California doesn't have it's own project, any objections to tacking it on to this project, at least for now, per this discussion. In addition to the reasons given in that discussion, the vast majority of the Baja population lives just south of the border (more specifiably in a strip extending from the border to 15 miles south of the border, consisting of the cities of Tijuana, Mexicali, Ensenada tough that's south of the 15 mile strip, Tecate, and Rosarito Beach, see also Municipalities of Baja California and List of Baja California cities).

Also the Southern California metropolitan area of San Diego–Tijuana is on both sides of the border. The topics of (the inhabited bit of) Baja and Southern California are pretty havaly integrated anyway. Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk) 22:48, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
 * I would image that WikiProject Mexico would have a say about that. Perhaps a task force regarding Baja California maybe better hosted under them?--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 23:10, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Mexico doesn't have projects for it's states, it just has one big Mexico project, I think that that's because of a lack of activity at Mexico. I'm not proposing a whole new project here, I'm proposing expanding this one. Considering how integrated the history of the Californians is, and particularly how integrated the topics of Southern California and the inhabited bit of Baja are, it just seems like this project would be better suited to handle Baja stuff then the big Mexico project would be. There's no reason this task force couldn't be under both Cal and Mex. Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk) 14:24, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Per WP:CANVASS I will invite participants of WP:MX, see if you would like to have a joint task force with WP:CA--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 18:44, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
 * I don't have anything against the idea, my primary concern is whether there will be sufficient active participants to sustain a new task force.--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 18:47, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
 * I not proposing we create a new task force. I'm proposing that we expand the scope of this one, because I have the same concern about having enough participants for two separate task forces. Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk) 19:03, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
 * As long as WP:MX doesn't become a parent wikiproject of this task force, I don't see a problem with it. However, I think WP:MX may not enjoy having WP:CA tags on articles that they believe would be solely under their scope.--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 19:20, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
 * I am totally opposed. This is just throwing a Big Brother insult in the faces of our Mexican friends. We don't need another dustup as in 1845. GeorgeLouis (talk) 15:55, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
 * What Big Brother insult, and what does an 1845 dustup have to do with wikiproject origination? Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk) 16:37, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

First San Diego Comic-Con International meetup location renewed discussion
You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Meetup/LA/SDCC1. RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 06:33, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

Quality improvement project for Chris Field (Los Angeles musician)
I've rewritten the article Chris Field (Los Angeles musician), DIFF.
 * Chris Field (Los Angeles musician)

Further suggestions for additional secondary sources would be most appreciated, at the article's talk page, at Talk:Chris Field (Los Angeles musician).

&mdash; Cirt (talk) 02:37, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

Input needed at Talk:History of California
A significant discussion is underway at Talk:History of California. Additional input would be appreciated. --MelanieN (talk) 18:15, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

Hollywood, Los Angeles
Please note discussion at Talk:Hollywood. GeorgeLouis (talk) 21:05, 7 July 2013 (UTC)

Museum Looking for GLAM Contacts in Los Angeles
Hi! I'm the Wikipedian in Residence at the Metropolitan New York Library Council. I was contacted by a museum research librarian in L.A. about the GLAM-Wiki projects we're doing in New York and am looking for people or a GLAM-Wiki group in L.A. to refer her to. If you are a GLAM organizer and are in the L.A. area please contact me. OR drohowa (talk) 17:21, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

Rodeo Drive and Rodeo Drive Walk of Style
Some eyes on here would be nice; student assignment.&mdash; alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 20:57, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

New type of article at WP:FAC
Please visit Featured article candidates/Orel Hershiser's scoreless innings streak/archive1. Orel Hershiser's scoreless innings streak is a new type of article at WP:FAC so I hope a lot of Dodger fans and baseball/sports fans in general will take the time to shape it correctly as a model for future articles on records.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 14:59, 21 March 2014 (UTC)

Neutral notification of image deletion discussion
It's taking place here: regarding an image used here: Rodeo Drive Walk of Style.&mdash; alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 14:11, 30 March 2014 (UTC)