Talk:El Cerrito, California

message: This article's title should be El Cerrito, California, and the El Cerrito in riverside county should be El Cerrito, Riverside County, California the same way the city is Mountain View, California and the unincorprated area is Mountain View, Contra Costa County, CaliforniaCholgatalK! 00:44, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Why should it be this? Is one El Cerrito, California (there seems to be at least three: in Contra Costa, Riverside, and San Diego) significantly better known than all others? What's the evidence that it is? Andrewa 13:56, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: not better, but the actual invcorporated city should have preferance as does Mountain View (city). The others are a small neighborhood and a small unincorporated area near Ontario, California. The most common El Cerrito, California should have preferance to not need the county in its name, I mean could you imagane a Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California article or a San Francisco, San Francisco County, California title just because there are neighborhoods or subdivisions or unincorporated areas with the same name?CholgatalK! 05:48, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You seem to be saying that this El Cerrito is better known than the others (similarly to San Franciso), but in your first statement you seem to explicitly deny that you think this. It matters. If your first statement {not better} is correct, then refer to WP:NC and WP:DAB and I think you'll see that the name should stay as it is. Andrewa 13:39, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Title 

message: :Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with *Support or *Oppose, then sign your comment with ~~~~. Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's naming conventions.
* Oppose. No case has been made that the city is the common use of the unqualified name, in fact it is denied (above) that this is the case. Andrewa 14:47, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey

message: I believe that the notable people section should be restored. I don't think the lack of references is grounds for just removing the entire section, especial without discussion. Unless someone has a good reason why it should be removed, I plan to trim it, possibly add some references, and restore the section in the next week or two.
Chazchaz101 (talk) 23:29, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notable People 

message: The name should be changed for the reasons stated above.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hemanetwork (talk • contribs) 22:38, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name change 

message: :Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with *Support or *Oppose, then sign your comment with ~~~~. Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's naming conventions.
*Support  I think the basic argument here is that the city is the primary topic within California, and should therefore be at El Cerrito, California.  There is already a disambiguation page at El Cerrito, California, though this can easily be disposed of as superfluous, as all the entries are included in the disambiguation page at El Cerrito.  A hatnote referring to the other California locations and the disambiguation page might be a good idea though.  Skinsmoke (talk) 10:49, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey

message: This seems to be completely made up out of whole cloth, and has the New York Times and the residents confused. I recommend that sentence be removed. I'm removing the current citation which points to the web page of a grocery store. See: http://elcerrito.patch.com/articles/ny-times-raises-eyebrows-says-el-cerrito-nicknamed-little-taipei-by-residents -Zach (talk) 19:24, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Little Taipei" nickname 

message: I'm considering rewriting a significant portion of this article in order to produce something a little more cohesive. As it is now, the article seems to have been written pretty piecemeal, with lots of pieces that feel like they were just thrown in by people interested in a specific topic or supporting/promoting a particular organization, especially in the Geography, Places, and Transportation sections. Does anyone else have any input?Chazchaz101 (talk) 12:59, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleanup/Rewrite of Article 

message: The 2010 Demographics are for El Cerrito CDP in Riverside county and not the incorporated city in Contra Costa County. I would change it but I do not have much editing experience. Could someone please correct this? Thanks!  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.210.93.203 (talk) 23:11, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  2010 Demographics are inaccurate 

message: The was a How It Works article on Ouija Boards which mentioned El Cerrito as somewhere that had a mass hysteria incident based on Ouija board use. Does this merit inclusion ?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.135.11.20 (talk) 12:52, 1 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ouija Board Mass Hysteria 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Section needs to be updated to reference the now-released State Auditor's report. Edits repeatedly reverted. Curious why the out-of-date version is preferable.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.71.185.176 (talk) 23:16, 16 March 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Please explain why you removed references in this edit. Additionally, the section you introduced that begins with  is not sourced. KidAd • SPEAK 23:27, 16 March 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I removed some information about the preparations for the State Auditor report, which were only important in the context of waiting for the report to be published, and if left in would make the article harder to read without providing any useful information. I added a citation to the section "The State Auditor subsequently undertook" but you reverted it. In any case, if you see content that needs a citation, is there not a "needs citation" tag that might be preferable to simply reverting edits?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.71.185.176 (talk) 23:35, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

text: So KidAd, I answered your question, are you now going to explain what your problem is with my edit? Yes, I did remove a small amount of content and references in order to provide up-to-date information. Is it generally unacceptable to remove outdated content from an article? (I am aware that Wikipedia is drowning in arcane rules so this actually might be the case, but it does seem like such a rule would make all articles useless over time.) Do you have subject-matter knowledge that leads you to believe that my edit worsened the section?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.71.185.176 (talk) 15:20, 17 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fiscal crisis 

message: surely them naming the ship the Cerritos is some kind of joke/jab at the town, and should be the TOP ENTRY in the popular culture section, no?  2601:19C:527F:A660:7892:BEFC:639B:C787 (talk) 08:37, 19 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  lower decks? 

message: I see that this article lists two different origins, one citing the many hills in the area (doesn't even make sense) and the second one states that the name originates from the hill now named "Albany Hill" which makes sense. 104.32.232.239 (talk) 18:03, 1 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Origin of name.