Wikipedia talk:WikiProject California

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Good article reassessment for Caltrain Modernization Program

Caltrain Modernization Program has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 01:39, 14 January 2025 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 03:11, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

LA Wildfire edit-a-thons January 26 and February 2

Upcoming edit-a-thons focused on the Los Angeles Wildfires

In response to the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires, WikiLA has organized three edit-a-thons to create or improve articles about the historically, culturally, and/or architecturally significant structures that were destroyed or damaged during the fires, and the organizations and entities that stepped up to help. Please join us. Sunday, January 26, at the Ebell of Los Angeles in mid-Wilshire from 11:00–4:00. (Details and sign up here.) Sunday, January 26, at the Live Oak Library in Arcadia from 11:00–4:00. (Details and sign up here.) Sunday, February 2, at the Hammer Museum in Westwood from 11:00–4:00. (Details and sign up here.) To opt out of future mailings about LA meetups, please remove your name from this list.

JSFarman (talk) 19:55, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for University of California, Santa Cruz

University of California, Santa Cruz has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 17:08, 25 January 2025 (UTC)

Proposal to deprecate Incorporated and Unincorporated area static maps

Many of the Incorporated and Unincorporated area static maps like File:San Diego County California Incorporated and Unincorporated areas San Diego Highlighted.svg were originally uploaded in 2007, and may not reflect the current borders as of now in 2025. I therefore propose that these static maps be deprecated in favor of using Template:Maplink and the like, and have those templates automatically import the border data from OpenStreetMap and other sources. In fact, some articles like San Jose, California, Sacramento, California, and Long Beach, California have already been converted. It'll be much easier than attempting to redo these thousands of staitc maps manually. Zzyzx11 (talk) 20:31, 2 February 2025 (UTC)

I don't agree. They provide an appropriate level of information, showing how the specific place fits in with the rest of the county and then the state. The interactive maps make things rather too complicated for casual readers. 2601:644:907E:A70:E489:BBF9:E45D:3FF (talk) 02:37, 3 February 2025 (UTC)

I'm curious why you think these interactive maps "make things rather too complicated for casual readers"? I have heard that other casual readers like the ability to zoom in and out, and see the specific details where the borders actually lie. You really cannot zoom in and out on something like File:LA County Incorporated Areas Walnut Park highlighted.svg and see what street(s) form Walnut Park's borders. That said, I'm only proposing this because, again, these static maps may not reflect the current borders that have changed since 2007 via annexation or de-annexation, it is much easier to automatically pull the border data than to manually update each static map, and several articles have already been converted to use variations of these interactive maps by various other editors besides myself -- as well as other cities outside California like New York City, Chicago, Houston, Phoenix, Philadelphia, San Antonio, and Dallas. Zzyzx11 (talk) 17:13, 4 February 2025 (UTC)

At least NYC, Chicago, Houston, Phoenix, Philadelphia, San Antonio, and Texas display the location (within the state) without having to click on something. I am very unhappy with the display on San Jose, Sacramento, and Long Beach, as all that is displayed without clicking something is a close up of the city borders itself without showing where it's located. Also that can take too long to load depending on someone's internet speed. 2601:644:907E:A70:8127:4DFF:B5F3:A4C (talk) 06:55, 7 February 2025 (UTC)

Another note. There are more recent versions than 2017, such as File:Santa Clara County California Incorporated and Unincorporated areas San Jose Highlighted 0668000.svg. 2601:644:907E:A70:8127:4DFF:B5F3:A4C (talk) 06:57, 7 February 2025 (UTC)

So you are at least willing to compromise and use the style used on the NYC, Chicago, Houston, etc. pages? Those 2017 maps are eventually going to run into the same problem as the old 2007 maps. Zzyzx11 (talk) 14:55, 8 February 2025 (UTC)

• The case for nuking these old maps in favour of more up to date ones is clear, support. FOARP (talk) 10:50, 6 February 2025 (UTC)

Hi, anyone from LA?. Could you take photo of this monument?

Hi everyone. Are there anyone here from LA, from area of University Park or maybe students of the University of Southern California? Some time ago I wrote article about the Statue of Neil Armstrong (Los Angeles). But it seems there are no photos of it available on Commons. So I was wondering if maybe some student or stauff member (or even just LA resident), could maybe take photo of it? It's located at the campus of the University of Southern California, at the Epstein Family Plaza, near the intersection of Watt Way and Bloom Walk. Here's a photo from Google showing how it looks: 1. Sincerely, Artemis Andromeda (talk) 19:13, 18 February 2025 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Michael Chabon

Michael Chabon has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 01:31, 20 February 2025 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Cedar Fire

Cedar Fire has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 20:36, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 14:02, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

Discussion about splitting creeks from river categories

We're starting a discussion here. Please feel free to join in the discussion. — hike395 (talk) 12:37, 2 March 2025 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Luka Dončić–Anthony Davis trade#Requested move 10 February 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Luka Dončić–Anthony Davis trade#Requested move 10 February 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. 𝚈𝚘𝚟𝚝 (𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚟𝚝) 14:34, 5 March 2025 (UTC)

Discussion at Talk:Robin Williams § Including Zachary and Cody, Electric Boogaloo

 You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Robin Williams § Including Zachary and Cody, Electric Boogaloo, which is within the scope of this WikiProject. Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 06:20, 12 March 2025 (UTC)

Discussion at Talk:Phil Spector

There's a discussion on how we should format the the first paragraph on the lead section of the Phil Spector article, which can be found at Talk:Phil Spector#"Convicted murderer" in lead section. Feedback from project members would be appreciated. Thanks, Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 10:18, 19 March 2025 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Adam Scott (actor)#Requested move 18 March 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Adam Scott (actor)#Requested move 18 March 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. RachelTensions (talk) 00:39, 20 March 2025 (UTC)

One of your project's articles has been selected for improvement!

Hello, Please note that Jack Black, which is within this project's scope, has been selected as one of the Articles for improvement. The article is scheduled to appear on Wikipedia's Community portal in the "Articles for improvement" section for one week, beginning today. Everyone is encouraged to collaborate to improve the article. Thanks, and happy editing! Delivered by — MusikBot talk 00:05, 31 March 2025 (UTC) on behalf of the AFI team

Updates to California-based QuinStreet

Hi, editors. There are proposed changes to QuinStreet that may interest editors of this WikiProject. Thank you. AndreaBlue1030449 (talk) 00:24, 3 April 2025 (UTC)

Hands Off protest

Are any project members interested in adding information about California to the Hands Off protest article? Collaboration welcome. Thanks! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 17:36, 5 April 2025 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Edward Dickinson Baker#Requested move 29 March 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Edward Dickinson Baker#Requested move 29 March 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 13:06, 6 April 2025 (UTC)

Nonpartisan blanket primary infoboxes

Hello, I've started a discussion about California infoboxes regarding the nonpartisan blanket primary and which candidates should be included, which can be viewed here. Please feel free to join in the discussion. reppop^talk 21:11, 9 April 2025 (UTC)

Who’s Who in the New Deal (California edition)

Found a really great resource for those interested. Published and copyrighted 1940 but not renewed, full of photographic portraits and biographical information on a ton of period Democrats. I’ve already pulled a ton of great stuff from it. I’ll link it here PequodOnStationAtLZ (talk) 06:33, 11 April 2025 (UTC)