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Talk:Watsonville, California

message: I question the relevance, of two sentences in the introduction:  "The larger coastal town directly north of Watsonville is the city of Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz is a draw for many young college students who attend Cabrillo College or University of California, Santa Cruz."
The first of the two sentences appears only indirectly relevant to this page. Listing the nearest, largest city in the same county appears to serve no special purpose here. As a general feature of city pages, it might be helpful to note proximity to well-known landmarks.  If that is the purpose here, then the statement should be more direct.  For example: "Watsonville is approximately 18 miles south of the City of Santa Cruz, home of the University of California at Santa Cruz."  
The second of the two sentences appears irrelevant to the page.
In the absence of further explanation of the relevance to this page in particular, or an explanation of the purpose of such references in city pages generally, I suggest these sentences be removed or amended as stated above.  --WillisNo (talk) 05:50, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm in favor of deleting the whole paragraph. Watsonville is not a "beach town". "Like Salinas..." is misleading and irrelevant, and the list of agricultural products duplicates info in the first paragraph. WCCasey (talk) 23:28, 9 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: If there continue to be no other comments, I agree, go ahead and delete the last paragraph of the Introduction, which current reads in its entirety: The larger coastal town directly north of Watsonville is the city of Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz is a draw for many young college students who attend Cabrillo College or University of California, Santa Cruz. Because Watsonville and Santa Cruz are beach towns, they draw many visitors from San Jose and from the Central Valley areas. Like neighboring Salinas in Monterey County, Watsonville produces a variety of fruits and vegetables, primarily apples, strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, and table mushrooms.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by WillisNo (talk • contribs) 23:09, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Relevance to article?
Talk:Aikikai Hombu Dojo

message: I think it would be a good idea to to have a comprehensive structured article on "aikikai", rather than what we currently have (with lots of duplicated content in this "aikikai hombu dojo" article and the article on aikido doshu). That way efforts will be less fragmented (at present these articles are all of stubish quality). Do people agree? Cesiumfrog (talk) 04:44, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: It makes sense to me. The Hombu could be a section in the Aikikai article. --83.188.196.6 (talk) 10:19, 25 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge
Talk:Watts Writers Workshop

message: While doing research for this article I came across this PDF document responding to a 2016 FOIA request to the CIA which has a line item listing a case number "F-2015-01517", dated 2015-04-21, described as "CIA'S SUPPORT FOR TRANSITION MAGAZINE [HARVARD]; INT'L WRITERS PROGRAM [UNIV. OF IOWA]; POETS AGAINST THE WAR; WATTS WRITERS WORKSHOP".  Plugging this case number into the CIA's FOIA web site doesn't turn up anything right now but it might be worth searching for in the future. --▸₷truthious Ⓑandersnatch◂ 22:32, 2 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  CIA FOIA case
Talk:Weaverville, California

message: According to this webpage, the whole county doesn't have any incorporated towns, and that includes Weaverville. Maybe this fact is notable enough to add it to the Government section of the article. Oaklandguy (talk) 05:15, 27 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  A county seat that isn't incorporated 

message: My last name just so happens to be Weaver and am curious about the origins of the towns name and how it came to be. Is the only source for this answer in the song "The Ballad of Weaverville"? Alextheredditor (talk) 19:16, 14 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Namesake
Talk:South Island National Park

message: Commenced in 2002 without a citation, but first edit gives the coords of an island called South Island (which is in the Percy Isles group in the Percy Isles National Park, but no mention is made of the group nor the  National Park). Since then many editors have jumped in and, without any citations, grown the article into its present state, confusing South Island in the the Percy Isles with another South Island in the Lizard Group (which also has a national park). I cannot find in any of the official QLD government websites and spatial information systems any mention of a South Island National Park, no wonder nobody ever added a citation! Ironically we appear to not have an article on the genuine Percy Isles National Park. Any comments? Kerry (talk) 09:27, 6 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Utter rubbish
Talk:Weimar, California

message: Does anyone know what the current population is?Jeanie821 17:49, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

message: Weimar is clearly a German name. In German, the second vowel is pronounced, not the first. The people of the town and the entire population of the middle school say, "Wēmër." In actuality,  the name should be pronounced, "Wīmär".  By not doing so, it is disrespectful to the great German people who populated the area originally,  making it a town. 98.255.151.10 (talk) 11:49, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name "Weimar"
Talk:West Adams, Los Angeles

message: To claim that USC is in West Adams is misleading and inconsistent with local traditon.  If you read these articles  , it becomes pretty clear that West Adams is considered to be the neighborhood north of USC.  The latter article, from the New York Times, identifies Jefferson Blvd as West Adams' southern boundary, which would place USC outside of West Adams.  I appreciate that a USC supporter would want the school to be affiliated with West Adams, but, as someone who has lived here for almost 30 years, it appears to be a seriously doubtful claim.  Until someone can come up with a good source to refute this, I am going to remove West Adams as University Park's (and USC's) district affiliation.--Truthiness 17:10, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  University Park isn't located in West Adams using traditional boundaries 

message: There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you.  —RM bot 19:45, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: This had to do with naming of neighborhoods like Sunland, Los Angeles, and the discussion has now been closed. Yours, GeorgeLouis (talk) 05:48, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Move discussion in progress

message: Why is the listing for Felix Chevrolet divided into two separate links that direct to Felix the Cat and Chevrolet cars?  184.98.141.33 (talk) 16:53, 30 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: It's because some editor decided that would be helpful to the reader. Maybe it isn't. If you disagree, you could just delete the brackets and those articles won't be linked any more. But explain why you are unlinking in the Edit Summary. GeorgeLouis (talk) 04:18, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Landmarks 

message: There has been a tag seeking sources for all this information since 2008. Please, can we have the citations in place by June 12, 2013, lest the info be challenged and removed? Thank you. GeorgeLouis (talk) 04:02, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unsourced information 

message: This article mixes up Historic West Adams with West Adams as defined by the LA Times. They are two completely different neighborhoods, not even adjacent.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Coffeebrains (talk • contribs) 17:52, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  There are two West Adamses 

message: The demographics information from Mapping LA is for Adams-Normandie, not West Adams 76.50.182.11 (talk) 16:43, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  The demographics information is for Adams-Normandie, not West Adams
Talk:Medellín Cartel

message: There's a large disrepency between this article and the article on Pablo escobar regarding the amount of money they were making / worth.  The Escobar article claims they were making $30 billion annually, where as this article claims they were worth $28 billion in total.  I'm more inclined to believe the latter, but don't have the time to check.
Just a heads up.
Sjkebab (talk) 05:07, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Total Profits 

message: Didnt that reporter guy from Jackson Heights QUeens get killed for reporting on the cartels in Queens.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.202.74.86 (talk) 15:52, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Assassination 

message: Most of the intro should be cut and moved  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.150.14.47 (talk) 23:33, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Intro 

message: Please, is not the Medellin Cartel. Is the Envigado Cartel  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 186.28.74.56 (talk) 21:47, 25 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is not the Medellin Cartel 

message: There's no way to explain a cartel assassination that is not murder. Stop putting a redundant addition in the infobox. In addition, the infobox isn't an exhaustive list, so trying to shoehorn in "intimidation" is a waste. Intimidation is a tactic used to achieve something else, like extortion or witness tampering. Just listing it alone is like listing "walking" since they may walk into a drug deal. Niteshift36 (talk) 18:04, 15 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Every assassination by the cartel is a murder 

message: The dagger next to Pablo Escobar's name links to Killed in Action, which says this is "generally used by militaries to describe the deaths of their own combatants at the hands of hostile forces". Is this applicable for us here? I removed it, but it was restored. St.nerol (talk) 06:40, 19 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Killed in Action 

message: No Dexedream (talk) 18:03, 5 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Griselda
Talk:White Mountains National Park

message: Visiting this place you get the impression that it must have had cultural significance to the local indigenous people of the area. When I went in July there was not much water around, but the creek had little pools of water and there were many animal tracks through the creek. It also has a lot of unique beauty, and according to the https://aiatsis.gov.au/explore/map-indigenous-australia, it seems to be around the intersection point of the lands of the Yirandali, Yilba, and Gagu-Badhun groups. Maybe it was some sort of meeting place. Jazzabeanie (talk) 23:41, 10 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Culturally significant area?
Talk:West Hills High School

message: Should there be a notable alumni section once Stephen Strasberg is taken with the #1 overall pick (by the Washington Nationals) in the Major League Baseball draft?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by ChargersFan (talk • contribs) 20:06, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The answer is yes, and no. First of all, sections that list notable alumni are very interesting on many high school pages. Popular figures in America deserve mention, but the problem with such lists is that they tend to get long and drawn out. The question is, what makes one notable? One person may think that being picked in a draft is notable, while others may want that person to accomplish more in their life. My feeling is that, if a person is notable enough on wikipedia to merit their own article, then they can be added to the list.--Jojhutton (talk) 12:49, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notable Alumni Section?
Talk:West Los Angeles

message: According to an October 1, 1928 Los Angeles Times artice, The University branch of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce adopted the name West Los Angeles for "the territory lying between Mulholland High Way on the north, National Boulevard and Venice Boulevard on the south and between Fairfax avenue and the Pacific Ocean . . .."  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.137.255.105 (talk) 00:51, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: [untitled section]

message: I'm confused. The boundaries for West Los Angeles seem to be almost identical to the boundaries for Sawtelle (the LA district.) Wouldn't the area east of the 405 freeway, west of Century City, North of Olympic Blvd, and South of Santa Monica Blvd also be considered West Los Angeles? That area isn't technically part of Rancho Park or Westwood, also some people would consider that area part of those neighborhoods  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.94.89.42 (talk) 18:01, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Confusion 

message: My feeling is that reliable sources refer to what WP calls Westside (Los Angeles County), the rest of the world calls West Los Angeles.  The region described in this article is a teensy part of West Los Angeles that's essentially Sawtelle, as noted above, or partly Palms, or something.  It's not a real place.  The population is only 12K, for goodness sake.  I think it'd be best to redirect this entire page to the Westside article, or move that to here, or something I know not what.  One of the problems is that we'll keep getting good faith edits like this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=West_Los_Angeles&diff=507212719&oldid=507135717 where a RS says that some place is in West Los Angeles, meaning the Westside in WP-speak, and then everyone has to get out maps and figure out what's going on.— alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 15:29, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  This article is not about West Los Angeles 

message: According to the definition of WLA used in this article, the Miracle Mile is not a part of it.  It is clearly a part of the West Side, but that is not what this article about.  Whether or not the subject of this article exists is another question.  I don't believe it does.  However, as long as we're going to have the article we might as well stick to the definition used in it.— alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 02:03, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Miracle Mile 

message: If those boundaries are different from those now given in the article, they should be inserted, with a citation as to where they came from, or the info can be left on this page and somebody will come along and make the insertion in proper form. Sincerely, BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 08:57, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  West Los Angeles Neighborhood Council
Talk:West Oakland, Oakland, California

message: Editor 66.92.14.198 writes: "Today the neighborhood has a population of 14,124 and is over 70% African-American.."  This is not a fact.  The 2000 census showed West Oakland had a population of 19,684 and was 64% African American, 16% Latino, 9% Asian, 7% White, 4% two or more races, and less than 1% other races. See Alameda County Public Health Department Community Information Book Update 2005 at http://www.acphd.org/AXBYCZ/Admin/DataReports/2005update-westoakland.pdf.  Since 2000, the population has grown, and gentrification has brought an influx of White, Asian, and Hispanic residents, while the African American population has seen a corresponding decrease. Population statistics should be accurate or not included at all. Antigonos (talk) 06:35, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I didn't write that, user:134.39.114.152 did.  They added similar unsourced (and probably false) statements to several articles. 66.92.14.198 (talk) 07:52, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Population statistics
Talk:West Ranch High School

message: There seems to be a few who believe West Ranch High is in Stevenson Ranch.  After extensive research, I believe it is in Valencia. 
Some of the reason people believe the school is in Stevenson Ranch are as follows:
1) "Because the school's website indicates so."  
What just because the school or the district makes an assumption or a mistake, we all have to believe it?
2) "The 91381 area code is used for both Stevenson Ranch and Valencia."
Ya, but if you run the address through the postal service it does not indicate a Stevenson Ranch address.
Well how do we really know where a school is.  I am thinking maps maybe. Well if you run the schools address on google.com it returns as a both Stevenson Ranch and Valencia. So this does not resolve the issue.
My second option is the postal service.  I run the address on usps.com and the address returns to a Valencia address. Problem resolved.  At least unless someone has a better way to resolve this.
I just do not think this school should be listed under Stevenson Ranch, when the home around it are all with Valencia addresses.  Is this a political statement?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lasportsnut (talk • contribs) 16:11, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Considering the school lists it's address as Stevenson Ranch, I would say that the Wikipedia article should list it as Stevenson Ranch.  If the school itself says that's where they are, then that is what should be used for the article... unless you can find a reliable source that outright says the school does not know where they are located.  What you are discussing is the difference between original research and verifiablility... - Adolphus79 (talk) 21:39, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  West Ranch is in Stevenson Ranch?  Or Valencia?
Talk:Sándor Kopácsi

message: Is there really no better external source than the website of an antisemite and holocaust denier?
Irving actually claims that the Hungarian Revolution started as an anti-Jewish pogrom on that page, and Wikipedia is obviously endorsing this view by linking the article to it.
Therefore I took the liberty to remove this link, and see no reason why it should be restored.
:I agree with you...in fact I removed that link when I expanded the article, but it found it's way back! Maybe it will stay gone this time. WQUlrich (talk) 20:16, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Link to David Irving's site? Really?
Talk:Westbrae, Berkeley, California

message: I live near the intersection at Monterrey and Hopkins (Near Monterey Market, Berkeley Natural Grocery). Locals call this neighborhood 'Northbrae'. Are we really in 'Westbrae'? Gigglesworth 16:07, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No.  Westbrae is west of and adjacent to Northbrae (that's where the name comes from).  Gilman + Santa Fe is Westbrae, Hopkins + Monterey (and everything east and north of that little cluster of shops - look for pink sidewalks and those stone street-name markers) is Northbrae. 209.129.161.251 18:29, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Northbrae vs. Westbrae? 

message: Could someone volunteer to clean this up TMN81 (talk) 12:17, 28 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleanup
Talk:Tsuga heterophylla

message: The maximum height for Tsuga heterophylla has now been established at 271.98 feet from a recent 2011 discovery. Over 80 meters. The only reference presently is MDV Tallest Hemlock Discovery 2011. The tree has been named Tsunami. ThreeWikiteers (talk) 04:42, 17 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Update: this Western Hemlock has been added also to the conifers.org database at Western Hemlock data at conifers.orgAlmost everything that makes it into that database is deemed "official" or reliable. ThreeWikiteers (talk) 23:29, 18 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  2011 Discovery over 80 meters
Talk:Western Shoshone

message: In the 'Legal battles' section, last sentence, "...goldmining...dewatering Mt Tenabo..."  I tried the link, but this statement needs clarification.  I still have no clue as to what is intended by "dewatering", whether that is good or bad, and I have to say that I am more than a little conversant with environmental issues. rags (talk) 02:10, 16 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Dewatering"
Talk:Western University of Health Sciences

message: I work in the Public Affairs office of Western University of Health Sciences. In reviewing this page, I noticed there are some areas that need updating. I am new to Wikipedia (at least the editing part of it) and I want to ensure I do not violate conflict of interest guidelines.
I have two suggested updates/corrections.
Under History in the final paragraph:
The Chronicle of Higher Education named WesternU as a great college to work for every year from 2012 through 2016 2017, and has been on the Honor Roll for four years.[26][27][28][29]
Citation:  http://www.chronicle.com/interactives/greatcolleges17 
Under Campus (sixth paragraph):
The western range of campus contains the Weinberg Rodney P. Wineberg Center, home to research administration and laboratories, in addition to the Pumerantz Library, and Anderson Tower (formerly known as the Chase Bank building). The Weinberg Wineberg Center contains 8,550 square feet dedicated to research.[68] The Weinberg</S> Wineberg Center building was originally a JCPenney.[32]
Citation (for the correct spelling): http://www.westernu.edu/facilities/facilities-building-addresses/ 
Thank you for your consideration.
Westernuwriter (talk) 00:13, 26 July 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Welcome to Wikipedia!  Thank you for your suggestions on how to improve the article; I have updated the article accordingly.  If you ever have any questions, don't hesitate to reach out.  Rytyho usa (talk) 00:27, 26 July 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Marking as answered. jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) (talk) 04:59, 26 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  updated stats and corrections 

message: An unregistered editor is edit warring to (a) remove information about a no confidence vote in the university's president and (b) place it in the middle of the history section, out of chronological order. Why would we mention a vote of no confidence and not include any information about why it took place? And why would we stick in the middle of the history section, out of order? ElKevbo (talk) 23:27, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree this content belongs at the end of the history section (as the article is currently written), since this would adhere to the current organization of chronological ordering of events (makes sense for a history section). While I do not see that vagueness or ambiguity is an issue with the move, I also see no reason why it should be moved to the middle of the history section. If the IP user feels that additional information from the cited source should be included in the article, I would encourage them expand the article accordingly. Rytyho usa (talk) 18:32, 10 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit warring to remove information about no confidence vote in the president
Talk:Wochenend und Sonnenschein

message: I think the redirect of Happy Days are Here Again to Wochenend und Sonnenschein isn't correct, nor is the suggestion that the German song was composed first.  Please object if you disagree; otherwise I'll probably reorganize these two sites when I get time.
I've found a web-site indicating the following for Happy Days are Here Again:
Music by Milton Ager; lyrics by Jack Yellen.
Written in 1929 for the movie Chasing Rainbows (1930).
The copyright for the Wochenend und Sonnenschein song (see Comedian Humorists article on de.wikipedia) indicates that the German lyrics were copyrighted in 1930 by Charles Amberg, with Milton Ager also credited.
The Wochenend und Sonnenschein song is quite delightful; I prefer the Amberg lyrics to the Yellen ones.EAS 04:27, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Which came first: ''Happy Days'' or ''Wochenend''