Talk:Mecca, California

message: The external link has a wonderful 14 years old Huell Howser show that, sadly, has nothing to do with Mecca. The town is mentioned once. Huell spends the first half of the show in an agricultural field between Mecca and Thermal. The rest of the show is done from Coachella, approximately 10 miles north of Mecca.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 23.243.1.164 (talk) 02:16, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Just as the suburbs around Los Angeles serve to unify that region, the agriculture in that end of the Coachella Valley does the same thing. It's a minor link, but gives an idea of what the area is about, especially considering the overwhelming agricultural based economy. IMO it qualifies under WP:ELYES as it contains "neutral and accurate material that is relevant to an encyclopedic understanding of the subject..."  – S. Rich (talk) 02:28, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  External link not relevant 

message: Hello,
I drove by Salton Sea and Mecca a couple of years ago. I find it interesting that the holiest city (Muslims) is Mecca and thsi small town is also called Mecca. Anyone knows who gave this city this name?
irfan1@hotmail.com
:According to this article which cites Cecelia Foulkes' “Mecca: A California Desert History,” the name of the California place refers to its desert climate.—Stepheng3 (talk) 19:01, 26 November 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: As the area is completely arid, desert and Arabia related themes often show up in the communities. For example, the Coachella Valley High School are known now as the Mighty Arabs after controversy arose about the Arab image they had had. See: http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/9/12/arab-mascot-coachella.html   Dates are a major crop in the area, but ironically they came from North Africa. – S. Rich (talk) 03:05, 27 November 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: This is Irfan Sarwar btw 2601:246:5E01:C3F0:E430:921D:83EB:8CC8 (talk) 06:54, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

text: This is May 2023. All these years I visited the place twice again but never checked here Never thought anyone would care. Thank you so much!!! 2601:246:5E01:C3F0:E430:921D:83EB:8CC8 (talk) 06:54, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Who named this city 'Mecca' and why? 

message: can anyone provide religion demographics? even if there are no Muslims here, you can add "Surprisingly, Mecca has no Muslims in it". kinda fun.
SammyMajed (talk) 06:39, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Religion demographics

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