Talk:San Luis Obispo, California

message: This entire list seems absurd. Who in SLO has heard of any of them other than Ah Luis. So many great things about SLO Town are not listed.  The surfing, kayaking, sailing, kite boarding, windsurfing.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.15.148.246 (talk) 17:37, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I vote no. —XSG 06:09, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

text: It's trivia to have any at all.  If they are an important part of the city, like the mayor, founder, or the head of a business in a company town, it'd be worthy of inclusion.--Berol 01:05, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

text: So... you've never heard that a particular person lives or lived in a particular community wand wanted to find some way to confirm this?  The information isn't boasting at all.  If you can find any entry on any page that appears boastful, point it out. —  X  S  G  16:37, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notable residents 

message: I question whether Ah Louis is notable enough to warrant a mention on the San Luis Obispo page if he's not notable enough to have his own Wikipedia page.  Yes, I know who he was.  Yes, I've been in his store.  Yes, I think it'd be great for someone to document as much about him as possible.  But the fact of the matter is that no one has.  So, what's your opinion?  —XSG 06:07, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you XSG! That's a step in the right direction. Ah Louis is definitely warrants a mention of the SLO page. Imagine if we scanned all of Wikipedia and removed the thousands references to people and things which don't have their own Wikipedia page. Ah Louis has importance in terms of SLO's history, Chinese-American history in California and California architectural history-- how many buildings still exist from 1874? Gigglesworth 23:46, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ah Louis 

message: When I first arrived in San Luis Obispo, I left off the "s" in Luis, but was quickly corrected.  I've come to believe that not pronouncing the s is a mispronunciation and therefore I think this pronunciation should be removed from the article.  I'll do so in a few days if there's no apparent controversy in doing so. —XSG 19:26, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Removing.  —XSG 04:22, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

text: good removal. It's also a long o for both ends of Obispo, but I haven't found a proper source yet and Random House Unabridged Dictionary has the incorrect slang-y schwa. :P--Berol 01:07, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

text: and Merriam-Webster, too, who even claims that the i in Luis is a schwa. proof that dictionaries goof sometimes--Berol 01:11, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation of "Luis" 

message: NPOV is a tenet of Wikipedia whereby articles should present information in neither a favorable nor an unfavorable light.  Stating that the PAC is "the primary cultural focal center" is POV, as there are other cultural focal centers and it is simply a matter of perspective whether one is primary or not.  Referring to the PAC as a "monument to the Arts" and a "world class concert hall" are POV for the same reason; these statements cannot be qualified. —XSG 21:01, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, I've learned a new term.  The edits made to this article about the PAC were called Peacock Terms. —XSG 16:53, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  NPOV 

message: Someone added:
*CitySuggest a Cal Poly project to suggest restaurants and events.
to the external links section of the article.  I'm not certain that this link meets the spirit of Wikipedia articles' External Links guidelines.  Thoughts anyone? —  X  S  G  03:21, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  External Links 

message: A "Notable companies in San Luis Obispo" section could be lengthy and difficult to maintain.  Intel?  United Air Lines?  Veritas?  Lots of notable companies have offices in San Luis Obispo.  How do we determine rules for inclusion in this article?  My solution: we don't.  Let's axe the section.  Taking votes... —  X  S  G  07:40, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Good question.  Frankly, I don't consider any of the four currently listed all that notable.  I used to work for Ernie Ball, but it's only notable among those in the music industry.  Why are the other four notable?  I have to agree with XSG, and suggest we just remove that section.  -FeralDruid (talk) 07:26, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notable companies??? 

message: I trimmed a bunch of stuff from the Education section that belonged in the main articles of the schools.  I also trimmed public schools in other communities; they don't belong here.
It's tempting to cut Cuesta College as it's not physically in San Luis Obispo, however I've opted to keep it in as there are many people who live in SLO primarily to attend the College.  I have tried to make it clear, however, that Cuesta is not physically located within the city. —  X  S  G  05:07, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I believe that Cal Poly is physically outside the city limits, according to maps provided by the SLO Public Works Department I think that many California colleges are actually located outside (or next to) a city border. For example: the Berkeley city limit stops at the UC Berkeley campus (according to some officials) and the UC Santa Cruz campus starts just outside the City of Santa Cruz. -= Gigglesworth (talk) 21:42, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: This is a recurring issue with many city articles. For example, the City of Los Angeles article would probably be twice as long if the material more relevant to adjacent communities were included. Some of it is included in an article on Greater Los Angeles. Since there's no "Greater San Luis Obispo" article some of that info makes sense to include in this article. In addition to colleges, airports are often outside the boundaries of the cities they serve. That's perhaps the most important criteria for inclusion - do the schools, etc, serve the SLC population? If so they probably belong in the article. However any outside entity that's mentioned should have its actual location specified.  ·:· Will Beback  ·:· 22:37, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

text: I tend to break it down in my head by voting rights.  Folks who live in Cal Poly's dormitories do have voting rights in San Luis Obispo city elections. At least, I seem to recall that we did, back in my dorm days... —  X  S  G  21:07, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Education 

message: Per WP:NC:CITY, I'll be moving this article to San Luis Obispo.  San Luis Obispo, California should be the redirect. —  X  S  G  01:39, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: See Wikipedia:NC:CITY#United_States. This has been much discussed already in various venues. older ≠ wiser 01:02, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I see.  Consider it dropped. —  X  S  G  01:55, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Page Move 

message: Please have a look at :Image:SLO_Bear.jpg. Unless we find the details on this sculpture, we'll have to delete it. So if someone can find the name of the artist, when the sculpture was erected, and check all inscriptions on the sculpture such as dates, signatures, copyright notice, it would be most welcome. Teofilo talk 16:09, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unidentified bronze bear in SLO 

message: I added some more info on Poly Royal.  The information is accurate, I just don't feel like finding out where exactly the footnotes should go. I also don't know how the footnotes are supposed to look down at the bottom, if someone can help on that. C5mjohn (talk) 04:58, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Poly Royal 

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thread_title:  Orphaned references in [[:San Luis Obispo, California]] 

message: It looks like the 1876 photo was taken from lower south-east side of Madonna Mountain. On googleearth from there, I can reproduce the mountain profile looking NE. I think the road is likely Higuera - where the river gets close to the road & the road turns --JimWae (talk) 19:06, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  1876 photo 

message: I suggest that this page be renamed "San Luis Obispo" (without the name of the state) because of a lack of any other cities with the name "San Luis Obispo."  Millions of people have heard of the town, and it's received much specific recognition from Oprah.
--JohnnyLurg (talk) 22:30, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: See Wikipedia:NC:CITY#United_States. "The canonical form for cities, towns and census-designated places in the United States is <nowiki>Placename, State (the "comma convention")." Only 30 United States cities are to be named without the name of state. 153.26.178.60 (talk) 08:37, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Renaming this page 

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message: On Nov. 23 an anonymous IP from San Luis Obispo undid my deletion of a completely absurd reference to "Cody Allan Warnes, the town's messiah" in the Native American section. Unless this someone can actually come up with a source for the supposed Messiah, this is simply trolling. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gilhuus (talk • contribs) 03:25, 24 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  History 

message: The San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce is listed as the oldest, but there's no date/age listed, and no support for this claim. Is it actually older than the San Luis County Band? The Band was founded in 1881 as the successor to the San Luis Military Band, which itself was founded in 1874. http://www.slocountyband.org/history.htm — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.29.184.2 (talk) 20:16, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
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