Talk:Victorville, California

message: Hello Hawarren. More than happy to discuss. My rationale for deleting was the "many empty buildings" comment. It seems to attract NNPOV pushers like this and seems to put the town down more than an encyclopedia should. I see it as a slam to a town that I enjoyed living and working in for many years. Your thoughts? --Manway (talk) 19:48, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I grew up in Victorville and my father owned a business in the Old Town area.  Last year, I took a drive through the area and mapped the 'important' places (Route 66 museum, Old Victor School, and the Veteran's Memorial).  I did notice that over half the buildings were empty.  There was a lot of graffiti, trash, etc.  Never witnessed the other things (drugs, etc), but never stayed there long enough or was I looking for it.  From the newspaper articles I have read (many are not online), there was a lot of controversy on the effect of the revitalization project.  One group pushed for it and another did not.  My intent was not to get into that aspect and just write what was there at the time.  I propose we re-add the Old Town area with the removal of "any empty buildings".  Then, perhaps, if I get sometime research the two sides and present both cases and then look for documentation on the current status of the project.  Thoughts?  Hawarren (talk) 19:59, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Try that, Hawarren. I reworded and tried to get the most egregious stuff out of there. I think its worded better and still mentions the empty buildings, while maintaining the controversial nature of the revitalization project and that its success is questionable. Is that acceptable? --Manway (talk) 00:28, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks good to me.  Hawarren (talk) 19:24, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Old Town Victorville

message: I removed must of the history content that was copied from .  It appears to have been added in this edit: . -SpuriousQ 03:10, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Possible copyright violation in History section

message: In 1992, George AFB was deactivated and is now Southern California Logistics Airport. The former base housing is now vacant, forming a ghost town that is used for military training purposes by troops from Fort Irwin Military Reservation.
I have never known Fort Irwin to be sending people to the military housing area for training. Is there a source on this?
However I do know that there is industrial construction all over Phantom Rd. and over 30 businesses including refueling companies, warehouses, small manufacturing, "ebusinesses", chartered transportation and of course they have a list of "Big Names" too which have been there for a few years. 
I was just there last month and the housing is like a ghost town.  I believe the person may be talking about how troops are flown in to Southern California Logisitcs and then trained at Fort Irwin.
Hawarren (talk) 03:46, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: information?

message: There must be a resident of the Victor Valley(either Victorville or Hesperia)/fellow Wikipedian(?) who keeps editing everything about the Sheriff's Department's role in providing services to this area, and DOESN'T appreciate what anyone is doing to the articles...Baldwin91006 (talk) 03:10, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Public Safety

message: "There is also the Victorville Police Department, which also is contracted through the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, and is among one of the busiest stations in the county."
I didn't see any citation that confirms the Sheriff's Department is, in fact, "one of the busiest stations in the country." Can someone provide a link proving this, or should I go ahead and remove it? Shdwninja8 (talk) 03:50, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Needs Citation?

message: Any information on the new railway being built from Victorville to Las Vegas?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.93.131.172 (talk) 01:18, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: High Speed Railway

message: The history section is a mess.  The first paragraph seems to be more about the history of Aaron Lane than about the origin of Victorville.  It goes on with information that has nothing to do with the foundation of Victorville, other than the fact that he lived in the area.  I don't think it belongs on the Victorville page.  
Furthermore, the first paragraph of the history section is extremely long while other paragraphs in the section are relatively short.  It makes the whole section look awkward and obviously not well-written.  Anyone else feel the same way about the history section?  
Mikep85 (talk) 12:36, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: How far north was Lane's Crossing from Interstate 15? I tried looking for the exact spot on Google Maps.
--173.55.248.118 (talk) 10:34, 2 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  History section a mess 

message: Regarding this; added, removed, added again, I'm about to remove it because it's duplicative of what's there now, promotional in tone, and unsourced.  There may be something we can make of it, though.  Let's discuss!— alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 00:05, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Old Town Victorville redux

message: Victorville, CA, is in the UK Daily News:  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3041743/Boeing-Boeing-gone-amazing-Californian-scrap-yard-jumbo-jets-globe-sent-die-rescued-grave.html -- AstroU (talk) 20:58, 16 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Did you know? 

message: The IP edits to the climate section are mostly spam.  I checked some of the sources and they barely cover what has been entered.  I think the climate section should be rolled back to your last edit in December.  I don't think we should pick though a spammers huge edit to find the small bits that are actually sourced.  What do you think?  Magnolia677 (talk) 21:21, 2 April 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Spooky :P I was just looking at that change and was going to revert, but decided to wait and see if another watcher felt the same as me. I visited the source, didn't read much but it seems unrelated to the context so I have to agree with you on the version restore.  - Mlpearc (open channel) 21:33, 2 April 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: How is it unrelated? The info is supported by my sources and in the table. Users here seem to have a bias against IP editors. Not all of us are vandals or cause nothing but trouble, you know. BTW: you will be surprised to hear this, but I am former StevenD99. I once retired, but still could not get enough of wiki editing, and secretly edited under an IP address until now. I just thought I would not be active enough or would no longer have enough interest to maintain my account here. But, this situation is probably going to make me leave for good. Seriously, what is unrelated? 66.214.121.92 (talk) 21:56, 2 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Climate section 

message: Hello, I am looking to add a new addition under filming locations. It will be for the Foo Fighters 'Times Like These' 2nd video that went unreleased that was filmed in Victorville. Would it still work since all the other entries are filmography? I am new to wikipedia editing as well so I am trying to get the hang of it. Jukebox01 (talk) 06:13, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Adding content needs reliable sources and to be notable. The existing mention of Victorville  in this article lacks a reliable source. 〜 Adflatuss • talk 16:12, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adding new edit under filming location