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Talk:El Modena, California

message: , since you're adding IPAs to the Californian articles that need it, be sure to take notice of when communities have sizeable Hispanic demographics. If they do, you can do a quick search and see if news stations like Telemundo or Univision have had coverage there (or even local Spanish press, but that tends to be written content), because it can give insight into the Spanish pronunciation of toponyms. In this Telemundo coverage of a student death in El Modena you can see that El Modena is pronounced phonetically in Spanish. I'm not familiar constructing IPA guides (to be honest I'm usually fighting against them in obvious cases), but perhaps you'd consider trying to add the Spanish IPAs when possible. Best, Cristiano Tomás (talk) 00:36, 10 November 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I can definitely add Spanish pronunciations, though I'm not sure which articles would warrant them. You can find an approximate list of all the settlements with Spanish IPA here; there's not that many compared to the hundreds of places in California with Spanish-derived names. Linshee ☺ 01:45, 10 November 2021 (UTC)
replies: text:   Firstly, thanks for the link, I didn't know we could conduct a search like that so easily! That's definitely a small number. I don't think all Spanish toponyms need IPAs, like Pescadero for example (which I would say its pronunciation is as intuitive in English as in Spanish). If I had to strategize, I would say Spanish names that employ "Ñ", "LL", "J", and "G" (before "I" or "E"), are the ones that have the higher chance of confusion for an English speaker not familiar with any Spanish phonology. So, places like Jurupa or La Cañada Flintridge or El Cajon, for example. I'd be happy to work with you to identify articles that should have Spanish IPAs if you'd like to do so, but no pressure! Best, Cristiano Tomás (talk) 00:07, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  IPA
Talk:El Monte Busway

message: I stumbled upon a service advisory - http://www.metro.net/around/service-advisories/closure-el-monte-busway/ - which states that as of 1/14/2010 the El Monte Busway will be closed temporarily for about six months between Alameda Street in Downtown Los Angeles and the 710 Freeway late night and weekends.  This affects no less than three major transit lines that service Downtown Los Angeles.  See also - http://www.metro.net/riding_metro/system_delays/images/El%20Monte%20Busway%201-10.pdf -. // Internet Esquire (talk) 07:04, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Temporary Closure of the El Monte Busway
Talk:El Porto, Manhattan Beach, California

message: After 55-yrs. of smoking I still enjoy a cigarette, but not as much as as when I stood on the beach overlooking the surf after a day on Chum Gammage's board with an indent in the bottom.  My next door neighbor, Derek with the '29 Ford Panhandle (friend of Greg Knoll) who had a wife that moved back to Alaska and worked at El Segundo Rec Park in the '60s said El Porto wuz no challenge, but after he tore the begeezus outta his leg onm the rocks in Mexico (Baja) he wuz right next to me on the waves in El Porto (after a 6-mo. recvery)
The photo shot of El Porto frum over the Sandard Oil Pier don't show the life guard station on 42nd.  We called El Porto 42nd because of that one lifeguard befor you got to the station across Rosecrans where El Porto actually ended until the Manhattan Beach annex in 1980.  The photo neither makes distinct how the ho-dads have been marking up the wall on the beach to the parking lot.
Jim Swisher (talk) 23:16, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
Talk:El Toro Y

message: I was unable to verify either the superlative claim "After the project was completed in 1997, the El Toro Y stood as one of the widest roads in the world, at 26 traffic lanes wide" or "The "Y" is one of the busiest interchanges in the world." All the sources I found consisted of people saying "one of the busiest" or "might be the widest in the United States." Would be curious to find the source for those.
Thellomerca (talk) 01:22, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Superlative claims
Talk:Elections in California

message: I wonder if the table of Gubernatorial elections, which takes up over half the length of this particular article, should be moved onto a separate page?  Is there another page that lists the same thing?  I believe that this article, Elections in California, should be general information.
Thoughts?  Chadlupkes (talk) 19:15, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I was thinking that exact same thing. I moved the table to List of Governors of California page. Socal gal at heart (talk) 03:22, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gov detail 

message: The election currently listed under Future elections is past, and future elections with wiki pages (e.g. San Francisco mayoral election, 2011) are not linked. An update is necessary -- Pbro (talk) 22:10, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Future elections
Talk:Elk, Mendocino County, California

message: At the north end of the Greenwood Creek Beach bluff trail, two picnic tables sit within an overgrown massive round concrete and steel enclosure.  It resembles the remnants of ww1 and ww2 gun emplacements on Washington's Whidbey Island, Fort Stevens at the mouth of the Columbia, and on the north headland of  SF's golden gate.  Was there an artillery battery here?  --~~- deangup
:Elk doesn't appear on the list of United States locations defended by coastal artillery; and it lacks the strategic significance of listed locations.  The structure you describe is more likely associated with cable machinery for transferring lumber to ships and transferring heavy machinery (like railway locomotives) from the ships to the sawmill.Thewellman (talk) 17:12, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
Talk:Emerald Lake Hills, California

message: I'm not sure if it's worth adding to this article, but it's worth noting that the first level of the video game Sonic The Hedgehog 2 is called "Emerald Hills", which apparently was named after this town. Specifically, SEGA's headquarters is in San Francisco, and during the development of Sonic 2, saw the name of the city and used it in the game.
:"Visually speaking, through all three games, we always start with an island. At the time, we were developing in San Francisco, and south of there was a town(?) called Emerald Hill. We were doing a location test at a shopping center there when we saw it, and since it was a Green Hill-like name we thought well, let's use it in the game!" — Yuji Naka, Sonic Jam Strategy Guide
:* Source: http://info.sonicretro.org/Emerald_Hill_Zone
I guess I might add it myself if I felt inclined. -- 76.14.41.92 (talk) 22:34, 14 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sonic The Hedgehog 2 Level "Emerald Hill" 
Talk:Emery Go-Round

message: Can you tell the bus fleet development with retirement dates and reasons?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Clrichey (talk • contribs) 01:51, 28 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bus fleet development with retirement dates and reasons? 

message: Here's an article with some interesting history that would be good to integrated some day.
https://www.npr.org/2013/11/13/243955769/how-a-free-bus-shuttle-helped-make-a-small-town-take-off Ccrrccrr (talk) 22:53, 27 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  History
Talk:Emeryville Crescent State Marine Reserve

message: It doesn't matter if illegal activities occur everywhere. The point is that certain crimes are problems here, and the unauthorized camping for example is something to note about the park, and was given prominance in the parks website. I think we should not mention crimes that happen anywhere, but we should mention this parks, particular problems since the park report complains about it.CholgatalK! 07:14, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You don't believe me that being drunk in public is illegal? It is illegal to be drunk in public in the United States, and also to have an open can or bottle of alchohol. Why do you believe that litter is not notable? I think if there are verifiable sources for a park being littered or clean, pristine or polluted such things deserve mention, I dont think it is trivia. I'd say trivia would be somthing like, One time madonna was driving by and got a fine of 500$ for littering at this park, thats trivia. But the littering problem is a notable issue of concern.CholgatalK! 03:29, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

text: Again we don't have to copy everything for a source in Wikipedia. We decide what is notable ourselves. Being verified doesn't make it notable. Also you don't understand what is trivia. Trivia means unimportant facts. Chris! my talk 18:33, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

text: i really think the litter problem is important, would you compromise if there were a simple way to state dumping and littering in the same sentance? i guess the drunkeness isn't that important, so ill drop it.CholgatalK! 01:32, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Illegal activities 
Talk:Emigrant Gap

message: The Emigrant Gap was so named because it was near the place where pioneers, heading west, emigrated from the United States into California, which was part of Mexico until it was captured by the United States in the Mexican-American War (1846-1848).
This makes zero sense.  The US did not border california, nevada was mexican too then. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.107.137.210 (talk) 06:08, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Good point.  I have made a change which I think is more accurate. –Shoaler (talk) 12:22, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I don't think the image actually shows Emigrant Gap itself.  The canyon in the middle of the picture is on the South Yuba River, and the open area is Bear Valley.  Emigrant Gap is the low point on the ridge that I-80 now runs across -- so basically, the photo was taken while standing on Emigrant Gap.  It might be worth adding a topographical map to the article.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.12.165.195 (talk) 21:38, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image and location 
Talk:Empire College

message: I am unclear why this navigation bar was removed.  I created it because I thought it would be helpful for those who wish to learn more about California Bar Accredited law schools.  Please explain the removal here.--Mitamarine (talk) 06:26, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: NavBar for California accredited law schools

message: This article covers the same topic as many other law school articles -- info regarding a particular school.  While it's less comprehensive or documented than the others, that can be fixed by enterprising editors.  By analogy, what about the non-ABA law schools which are approved by the CBE?  Should they be tagged not notable?  No.  Improvement is needed.--S. Rich (talk) 14:58, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notability 

message: The law school is accredited by the CBE.  See http://rules.calbar.ca.gov/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=d-EEG4iWTQM%3d&tabid=1227 Consequently, accreditation is the proper term to use when describing the law school. --S. Rich (talk) 18:47, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Accreditation
Talk:Encinal High School

message: We need some pictures. If you took any upload them here. Just make sure to not license them under the GFDL, since that makes them difficult to legally print. SteveSims (talk) 07:28, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Walkouts

message: I added a news link discussing the possibility of a closure. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Psotello (talk • contribs) 15:52, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Closure

message: Hi @SovalValtos, thanks for your feedback. Any deception was certainly unintentional. Are there any resources you can point me to that will help me in my quest to become a better contributor?
Thanks again.
Wzph (talk) 08:03, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Wzph I am pleased you want to improve your editing. Already on your talk page you have been welcomed and given a number of links to follow; if you were to spend some days following the links and were to implement the advice, that should further your quest. You might look at the Teahouse  where you can read about other people's problems in editing and ask questions yourself.SovalValtos (talk) 09:12, 26 April 2023 (UTC)

text: @SovalValtos thanks for the reminder about the links on my talk page. I've already started in on the adventure game. Excited to see where all of this takes me. Your commitment to this community and its high standards is much appreciated. Wzph (talk) 17:36, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deceptive edit summary
Talk:End Poverty in California

message: I must question this pages neutrality.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.207.240.4 (talk) 14:49, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Neutrality

message: — Assignment last updated by Ehudson9 (talk) 19:29, 19 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: JMC 440 Research Methods in Public Relations
Talk:Eppleton Hall (1914)

message: The company is almost certainly "France Fenwick Tyne and Wear", not "...Wear and Tyne".  See for example the piece of letterhead here: http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland163.html. 64.81.73.35 (talk) 17:53, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: As one of the most historically significant features of this boat are its engines, can we please get some details and ideally photos of them?
They're clearly side-levers, but they're also regularly described as being grasshoppers. This seems to be a simple confusion in terminology (grasshopper levers were well obsolete by this age), but it would be good to clear it up. Andy Dingley (talk) 11:42, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I had thought so too, but it transpires that they are in fact "grasshopper" type (I questioned this, but have confirmation from the Curator of the EH in San Francisco). And there were certainly others of the type being installed in British paddle tugs in the early decades of the 20th century. Davidships (talk) 03:09, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Engines? or photos? 

message: Before being bought by the Americans, Eppleton Hall was registered as a Tugboat. After she was bought, she was registered as a Private Yacht to avoid the UK Board of Trade. So the questions is: "Is Eppleton Hall a Tugboat or a Private Yacht?"  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arsenal Pro 1975 (talk • contribs) 13:03, 5 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tugboat or Private Yacht?
Talk:Outer Ring Road, Delhi

message: Note:  Project Banner with Delhi workgroup parameters was added to this article talk page because the article falls under :Category:Delhi or its subcategories. Should you feel this addition is inappropriate , please undo my changes and update/remove the relavent categories to the article -- Amartyabag  TALK2ME 13:15, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[WP:INDIA]] Banner/Delhi Addition
Talk:Western Freeway (Mumbai)

message: The project name is Western Freeway Sea Link Project as per there official link http://www.msrdc.org/Projects/Wfslp.aspx.KuwarOnline (talk) 15:25, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Renaming the page to Western Freeway Mumbai 

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thread_title:  Copyright problem removed
Talk:National Highway 8 (India, old numbering)

message: Note:  Project Banner with Rajasthan workgroup parameters was added to this article talk page because the article  falls under :Category:Rajasthan or its subcategories. Should you feel this addition is inappropriate , please undo my changes and update/remove the relavent categories to the article --  TinuCherian     (Wanna Talk?)   - 07:36, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: [[WP:INDIA]] Banner/Rajasthan workgroup Addition 
Talk:Escalon, California

message: Besides being incomplete, the table seems unnecessary, especially given the column w/ # of employees. Worldlelvr (talk) 22:04, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  principal employers table
Talk:The Blue Bloods

message: Shouldn't Jeeves be called a "manager," or am I missing something? Tim Long 22:41, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Since he wasn't strictly a manager he would be a sidekick, a la Dink the Clown.«»bd(talk stalk) 15:28, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Valet?

message: There is no reason, at all, to have two article about what is essentially the same exact tag team with a different gimmick.«»bd(talk stalk) 23:42, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree.  It's the same team.  They should be merged. - Geoffg 20:27, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge
Talk:Inner Ring Road, Delhi

message: Note:  Project Banner with Delhi workgroup parameters was added to this article talk page because the article falls under :Category:Delhi or its subcategories. Should you feel this addition is inappropriate , please undo my changes and update/remove the relavent categories to the article -- Amartyabag  TALK2ME 13:16, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[WP:INDIA]] Banner/Delhi Addition 

message: The Hindi version of this article has a nice map of Delhi roads, which would be useful to move to Commons and incorporate here, if someone who knows Hindi wants to oblige...? FlagSteward (talk) 23:05, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Map
Talk:National Highway 4 (India, old numbering)

message: The route for this national highway is wrong. While the national highway is a part of the Golden Quadrilateral, the entire stretch of the highway does not fall under the purview of the GQ project.
The incorrectly stated section is that NH4 travels from Bangalore -> Hosur -> Krishnagiri ->Ranipet. While NH4 connects Bangalore and Ranipet, NH4 travels through Chitoor and not Hosur.  Bangalore -> Hosur -> Krishnagiri are connected through NH 7 (North South Corridor) and Krishnagiri and Ranipet are connected through NH46 (The actual GQ).  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vikram 1982 (talk • contribs) 17:59, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Route incorrect. 

message: Starting City of NH-4 and ending city.
Pune bypass was constructed for NH-4. What is the Starting Chainage and Ending chainage on NH-4.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.236.165.210 (talk) 05:32, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pune Byepass 
Talk:Smara

message: These sentences were removed from the article for the reasons explained hereafter:
* "sparking an exodus of Sahrawis towards Algeria to escape Moroccan retribution for their part in the revolt": This sentence if true would mean that Smara either became empty of its original population, or that those who stayed faced retribution and were massacred by Moroccan forces. Neither is true. So that sentence is pure political POV. 
* "On the way to Algeria the Moroccan airforce napalmed the refugees; Amnesty International has estimated the casualites at almost 530": what is the material evidence of this allegation?. Are there any photos of the hundreds of deaths or is there any video footage?. What is the reference to Amnesty and if found, where did they got that figure?, What happened to the dead bodies and body parts? were are the graves or mass graves?.
--A Jalil 22:41, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Edits

message: Reading this over there seems to be an ahistorical move to differentiate between Sahara pops and the artisans of Hassan I - it would seem to me to be sufficient to say "locals and artisans sent by Hassan I" unless there is some clear demographic repartition.
Further, what is the point of the long footnote on refugee camps, which repeats information in the main article? (collounsbury (talk) 13:08, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removing ahistorical political language 

message: I've been unable to locate the ARC report mentioned in footnote 4. If someone can track this down, we should improve the reference, if not we should remove the footnote.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 23:50, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  ARC report
Talk:Esplanade, Kolkata

message: This article and Dharmatala are two names of same place. I am resident near to that place, so know about it. It may create confusion to the readers as both are same localities. Also see the co-ordinates of two places, both are nearly same. So the articles should be merged into a single article naming one of them.
AnkurPl 03:52, 12 December 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: The article on Esplanade says "In olden days, it stretched from Dhurmotollah (now Lenin Sarani) to Chandpal Ghat on the Hooghly river." Esplanade is spread over wards 45 & 46 of KMC, whereas Dharmatala consists of wards 46 & 47 of KMC. It means although these two places share some common area they are not exactly the same place. — Diptyajit (talk) 22:59, 12 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Multiple article of same topic under different name
Talk:PaperBackSwap

message: Seems like advertising to me also. MidgleyDJ 22:41, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  g11 for [[PaperBackSwap]] 

message: These are sites owned by the same people. They should get an article or have their own section here. Superstarwarsfan (talk) 21:53, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  SwapaCD and SwapaDVD
Talk:Chowringhee Road

message: I feel that current names should be used for pages on roads, towns etc. The older name can be mentioned in brackets. This page should be moved to Jawahalal Nehru Road. I have developed a page on Chowringhee as neighbourhood. Any objections to the move? - P.K.Niyogi (talk) 00:22, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, see here WP:OFFICIAL and WP:COMMONNAME. Gryffindor (talk) 16:06, 16 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Name
Talk:M G Road, Bangalore

message: :The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 
The result of the move request was: page moved. Vegaswikian (talk) 22:05, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move.  Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.
How wide is it wall to wall, average, min and max? Say around the Trinity metro station ?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tgkprog (talk • contribs) 16:24, 13 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move to M G Road 

message: Why is this article so tiny? And badly formatted? And outdated? It does zero justice to Bangalore's most famous road. Wilhelm Tell DCCXLVI (talk) 13:54, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why the poor quality?
Talk:Gali Paranthe Wali

message: Note:  Project Banner with Delhi workgroup parameters was added to this article talk page because the article falls under :Category:Delhi or its subcategories. Should you feel this addition is inappropriate , please undo my changes and update/remove the relavent categories to the article -- Amartyabag  TALK2ME 03:52, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[WP:INDIA]] Banner/Delhi Addition