Talk:Cheviot Hills, Los Angeles

message: I don't really know who added the material in the first place, nor do I know which came first — the WP article or the Cheviot Hills Web site article. I hope you can resolve the issue. It would be nice to see the article, or something like it, back again. Sincerely, 69.231.211.10 (talk) 22:57, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I created the Cheviot Hills website.  I wrote the articles on the Cheviot Hills website, CheviotHill.org, which information I also contributed to Wikipedia.  I kept the information on my computer and took it from my computer.  Neither I nor the Cheviot Hills Homeowners Association claim a copyright in it.  I wish whoever is responsible for taking the page down would put it back up.PalmsCheviot (talk) 00:22, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay, now we're getting somewhere. While you didn't put a copyright on the page, we can't just assume that there the page is not copyrighted, we need to hear it from you. So I'm asking, does this mean that the website would be in the public domain? Pacific Coast Highway {talk • contribs} 01:17, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

text: Before anything goes back to normal, I need the webmaster to explicitly state that the page is released in the public domain or another acceptable license for Wikipedia. Remember, even if a page does not have a copyright symbol, under US law, it is always copyrighted.  Pacific Coast Highway {talk • contribs} 01:51, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

text: I don't have an opinion. I'm going by policy. I have a question though, did you even read the page I linked to? Most of the questions you just asked me are answered there. Pacific Coast Highway {talk • contribs} 06:28, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

text: After attempting to do just that, I have restored an earlier version of that portion of text, as the result was not particularly coherent. Meanwhile, please do not remove necessary maintenance tags from articles. The copyright violation tag is only meant to be removed when the copyright concerns are addressed. If you wish to write a new version of the article in the meantime, you should do so in article subspace, as the tag directs. This is important for the legal protection of the project. Even if some of the sites infringed upon do not display copyright notices, copyright protection is automatically bestowed, and we need a specific, legal disclaimer that we can use such material. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 13:07, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: BTW, the identity of User:PalmsCheviot was confirmed via OTRS ticket #2008072610000174. He is planning to replace the material in question with footnotes cited to his original sources. howcheng  {chat} 17:22, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Supposed copyright violation 

message: Someone has edited this article to take out any account of the controversy over the Expo Line which is probably the biggest news story in the history of Cheviot Hills. For some reason, that person has also removed any mention of the fact that Cheviot Hills does have some apartments. . I am not sure why someone would be offended by the mention of apartments, although I suspect a real estate agent might have edited out references to the Expo Line controversy. 71.118.50.87 (talk) 13:17, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Edits

message: One or more portions of this article duplicated other source(s). The material was copied from these URLs: http://www.stevens-torp.com/rpch_info.html, http://www.westsiderentals.com/southerncalifornia/houses/for-rent/cheviot-hills/cheviot-hills-houses.html, http://www.cheviothills.org/aboutcheviot.htm and http://www.lilesnet.com/wa6cjc/bicycle_mobile.htm. Infringing material has been removed and must not be restored, unless it is duly released under a license compatible with GFDL. (For more information, please see "using copyrighted works from others" if you are not the copyright holder of this material, or "donating copyrighted materials" if you are.) For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material; such additions will be deleted. Contributors may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences or phrases. Accordingly, the material may be rewritten, but only if it does not infringe on the copyright of the original or plagiarize from that source. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with these policies. Thank you.  --Moonriddengirl (talk) 12:38, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Just wondering who gave Moonriddengirl the authority to shout at other editors in ALL KAPS. Yours sincerely, GeorgeLouis (talk) 17:22, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The only "all kaps" that I see in the above are URL and GFDL. It is common to place those abbreviations in all caps. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 17:35, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

text: Ah, clarity helps. :) The use of all caps in the edit summary is to ensure that in the future editors scanning the history see the notice, as there is no other way to emphasize text in edit summaries and it is essential that we take all due steps necessary to prevent the inadvertent reintroduction of copyrighted text into the article. The process for administrators is to clarify in edit summary and leave a note at the article's talk page. Alternatively, I could have deleted the article back to the point prior to the introduction of this text (here), but this would also wipe out all subsequent improvements. However, on second glance, there don't seem to be that many of them. (Alteration of "Emergency services" with a subheader of "Police service", for instance, and change of <references> to  A few words here and there. Perhaps that would be preferable after all. Sometimes well-meaning editors find what looks to be a better version earlier in the article's history and restore it, and when that earlier version contains material we can't use, we have to exercise all due diligence to ensure that doesn't happen. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 12:34, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: There. No more chance of inadvertent copyright violation. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 12:39, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyright problem removed 

message: There has been a request for sources since July 2008. I'm challenging the Notable Residents paragraph and removing it. The factoid is silly anyway because Cheviot Hills has so many notable residents by virtue of its location and income level. If you want to put back any of the deletions I am making, kindly have a source attached to your reversion. Sincerely, GeorgeLouis (talk) 05:05, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sources needed 

message: This page reads like an advertisement for the neighborhood.  "Easy freeway access"?  "Excellent views"?  Please, they are unverified and disputable claims; and "...a wide selection of ... private schools within a short drive" could only be written by real estate agents.  This page has to go.  Disagreements? 140.247.248.106 (talk) 02:41, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Absolutely correct. I have blanked the offending sections. Sincerely, GeorgeLouis (talk) 01:47, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  this page reads like an advertisement 

message: There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Bunker Hill, Los Angeles which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you.  —RM bot 19:30, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Interested editors can also comment at Talk:Los Angeles Purplebackpack89 (Notes Taken) (Locker) 03:49, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Move discussion in progress

message: The following very commendable information (removed from the article) is placed here, so that verifiable support can be found for it.
*"Cheviot Hills Sports Programs are some of the largest in the City of Los Angeles. Marcus Charuvastra and Daryl Moss were responsible for the majority of growth associated with Cheviot Hills recreation Center. Their combined time spent working there spanned two decades."
SoCalStuff (talk) 03:55, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Material moved here ISO support 

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Reference named "MappingLACentralLA":
From Mar Vista, Los Angeles:  "Central L.A.," Mapping L.A., Los Angeles Times
From Mid-Wilshire, Los Angeles:  "Central L.A.," Mapping L.A., Los Angeles Times
From Palms, Los Angeles:  "Palms," Mapping L.A., Los Angeles Times
I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT⚡ 04:36, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Orphaned references in [[:Cheviot Hills, Los Angeles]] 

message: Is "78.8% white" so relevant to the facts about this neighborhood that it needs to be the first phrase? This is not typical for articles about towns or neighborhoods. Demographic statistics are typically not even in the lead paragraph at all.   — Preceding unsigned comment added by 18.111.84.249 (talk) 05:11, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: You're right.  For some reason there's a lot of that nonsense in the LA neighborhood articles.  We're trying to get rid of it all.  You can just take it out of the article yourself if you want to, also.— alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 05:17, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, the first editor is not "right" at all. Neighborhoods are often based on racial or ethnic composition, which traits are extremely important in defining the conception of a neighborhood within a city or even outside of it. Take Harlem, New York, as an example. BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 08:01, 12 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: First sentence

message: The description in the photo of a house being "typical" is an editorial judgment, an opinion. It should suffice just to call it a "house." BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 06:07, 6 May 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: you really think identifying a house as simply a house is even necessary, and is some sort of improvement? 207.237.14.175 (talk) 19:28, 10 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Typical house 

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message: I live near enough Cheviot Hills to see it on signs. It looks like a French word but given that Angelinos don't pronounce Spanish words properly, I'm guessing they have their own unique pronunciation for Cheviot too. The internet is not much help (too many AI's making up their own). It would be nice if this article included a pronunciation. 207.237.14.175 (talk) 19:26, 10 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  How is Cheviot pronounced by locals?