Talk:List of places in California

message: How about:
:Because this list would be too long for one page, it has been broken down by letter:
:Places in California starting with the letter A B C  D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
-HiFiGuy 23:01, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Navigation change

message: There seems to be a combination of cities that are included in the separate alphabetical listing and other places that are listed only here.  Is this by design?  Shold it be shortened to just the navigation emplae and a see also section for other lists?--Hjal 10:49, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  What is the intended use for this parent list? 

message: well, maybe not useless, but very strangely structured. "places", shouldnt that include parks, lakes, neighborhoods? and shouldnt redlinked names have references? I agree this is way too big to be useful as an article. maybe a category.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 08:52, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Useless

message: This article includes no criteria for inclusion or exclusion in this list.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by SimplyIrresistible (talk • contribs) 07:54, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Criteria for inclusion  

message: this list is much shorter than the combined listings of the various letter lists. i dont know how this one is generated, but it should be eliminated entirely, and only the letter lists should remain.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 06:55, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: INcomplete

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message: There are so many more edits that are needed for this group of lists that I don't even know where to begin. As many other editors have mentioned it's clunky and difficult to navigate, and it's also very hard to find if you're not explicitly looking for it. For example, it would be great to see if these places could be categorized by type of place, for example whether it's an independent city or town, a sub-neighborhood of a larger city, a CDP or an unincorporated community that is not necessarily a CDP, and make this the standard for all pages. I think the ZIP code data could be combined into one column on all pages, with the column title labeled as "ZIP Code(s)" and either a singular ZIP Code or range of ZIP Codes added for each place. Many of the places on these lists either do not exist or no longer exist, and there are a few duplicate entries that should also be removed. I think it might also be a good idea to add population, size and incorporation data to places where it applies. I commend everyone who has put work into this group of lists so far, but these are just a few ideas I have for making it stronger and more purposeful for readers. Pf1127 (talk) 21:04, 27 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Many more edits are needed