Wikipedia:WikiProject Southern California

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Some Wikipedians have formed a project to better organize information in articles related to Southern California. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page.

For more information on WikiProjects, please see Wikipedia:WikiProjects and Wikipedia:WikiProject best practices.

1 Map of Southern California
2 Scope
3 Participants
4 Goals and projects
5 Articles, Templates, Categories, Lists, and Images
6 WikiProject Award
- 6.1 Assessment
7 Peer review, Featured articles, and Collaborations
8 Relationships with other projects
9 External resources
10 General Wikipedia links
- 10.1 Ongoing Wikipedia surveys
- 10.2 Article votes for deletion
11 WikiProject maintenance
- 11.1 Southern California WikiProject subpages

[edit] Map of Southern California

Map of Southern California.

[edit] Scope

The parent project for this page is the California WikiProject. Other projects for California areas are

The following are the California counties that can be considered as parts of Southern California, the categories related specifically to them, and recent changes to those articles (by clicking "RC".)

Regions:

*Southern California	category	article RC	category RC
*Greater Los Angeles Area	category	article RC	category RC
*Inland Empire		article RC

Counties:

South of the San Gabriel/San Bernardino mountains

*Imperial	category	article RC	category RC
*San Diego	category	article RC	category RC
Riverside	category	article RC	category RC
*Orange	category	article RC	category RC
*Los Angeles	category	article RC	category RC
*San Bernardino	category	article RC	category RC

North of the San Gabriel/San Bernardino mountains

*Ventura	category	article RC	category RC
*Santa Barbara	category	article RC	category RC
*San Luis Obispo	category	article RC	category RC
*Los Angeles	category	article RC	category RC
*Kern	category	article RC	category RC
*San Bernardino	category	article RC	category RC

Note: Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Ventura counties are also considered part of the Central Coast region of California, which also included Monterey and Santa Cruz counties. Kern County includes the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley, which makes it also part of California's Central Valley.

[edit] Participants

If you are also interested in statewide issues, please visit WikiProject California.

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Evrik - Soy un angeleno nativo. ¿Que tienes que hacer? --evrik 04:51, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
JesseW 1 July 2005 19:07 (UTC) - I've worked on starting a few LA neighborhood articles, and some category cleanup - that would be one really good thing to improve, the categorization for So Cal articles.
Willmcw July 1, 2005 20:49 (UTC).
Catherine\^talk 5 July 2005 00:18 (UTC)
Antandrus (talk) 6 July 2005 03:24 (UTC) -- I've written a lot of articles on places in Santa Barbara County, and a few in San Luis Obispo County as well (that one's sort of borderline I suppose, but it is on the map ...)
Zzyzx11 (Talk) 7 July 2005 03:50 (UTC) - will occasionally help with it
fpo 13:19, July 26, 2005 (UTC) - I've done (and will continue with) famed golf courses in the area, and more stuff.
Stevey7788 - will occasionally help with L.A. neighborhoods, cities, and freeways
theshibboleth - I'm going to try to upload photos of the LA area.
Lan56 I'd love to help out. I can occasionally add some photos, too. --Lan56 02:56, August 22, 2005 (UTC)
Howcheng I'll fill in what I can in Ventura County and LA places that I know about. --Howcheng 16:18, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
Jeshii I'll find any pictures I have and work on parks and hiking and stuff. Jeshii 13:29, August 25, 2005 (UTC)
Glowimperial I've worked on articles related to San Pedro in the past, and I take a lot of photos around Los Angeles. Count Me in. Glowimperial 21:12, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
NatsukiGirl\^talk I live and work in the Los Angeles Fashion District/Little Tokyo area, I'll help out wherever I can for those.
epolk—I'm in the Long Beach area and work in north Orange County so I can get pics of things in that area as well as working on articles.
Lucky 6.9 here in the Coachella Valley. I've written and expanded a number of SoCal-related articles mainly relating to the Los Angeles area and the desert region. Three were elevated to featured status, namely Wigwag, Felix the Cat and Ridge Route. Disneyland Railroad recently passed peer review except for a lack of photos. Getting some on my next swing through Anaheim.
avnative obviously Antelope Valley related articles, as I have available time. Mojave Desert articles, too. --avnative 14:04, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
andrewphelps I would like to be a part of this. I am a 20-year San Diego native, now living downtown. --Andrew Phelps 02:35, 24 September 2005 (UTC)
User:SAUNDERSI am particularly knowledgeable of Southern California Transportation. Where ever needed as time allows.
Rockero 05:54, 2 December 2005 (UTC)I'll throw my name in the hat. I've already contributed to some city articles and created one an article for one Southern California landmark (Chicano Park). I've lived in Ontario, Upland, Pomona, Claremont, West Covina, East Los Angeles, Isla Vista, Santa Barbara, and Goleta. I've done some research, too.
jengod 21:47, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
Kenyon (t·c) 01:26, 17 December 2005 (UTC) - I'm in Del Mar. Recently worked on Cardiff-by-the-Sea, which needs a lot more work.
3bulletproof16 06:37, 28 May 2006 (UTC) Expanding and improving the quality of Socal sports venue articles.
Slambo, born on Sunset Blvd, raised in Manhattan Beach (although now living in Wisconsin); specialize in railroad history and rail transport topics.
Decafpenguin New to SoCal and a new contributor to wikipedia, I'm a student at UCLA and if I have time I'll try to work on LA+surrounding area neighborhoods topics, and overall readability/grammar issues.
AlexTheMartian. I was born and raised in the middle of the San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles County. I am now in West L.A. (near Santa Monica) for college, and I am an Eagle Scout so I enjoy the local outdoors. My main focus is the San Gabriel Valley, and recently the improvement plans of its rivers.
Morven Living in Anaheim and working near Downtown LA.
Hezzy 00:16, 19 August 2006 (UTC) Simi Valley.
The American Eagle of LA, 26 September 2006.
Justin Live and work in Long Beach, and hike many local mountains. Will contribute content, photos and random edits to these and other areas.
Alex LaPointe 18:01, 17 November 2006 (UTC) I currently reside in Orange County and teach Geology at a local HS, I would like to create and edit any articles about the Geology of SoCal and OC history.
Moreau36 02:51, 20 November 2006 (UTC) Native of Los Angeles, lived part of my life throughout Southern California. Work mostly on city/town/unincorporated community articles.
Whyaduck 06:22, 24 November 2006 (UTC) Though I've lived in Northern California for twenty years, I lived twice as long in my native San Gabriel Valley. I'll probably concentrate mostly on articles about the western SGV and downtown Los Angeles.
Arspickles17 02:56 29 November 2006 (UTC) Native of Agoura Hills, California and now living in Downtown LA
TorriTorri^{Talk to me!} 08:10, 4 December 2006 (UTC) Moved to the I.E. a few years ago, can contribute about San Bernardino and surrounding areas
Gohiking 19:37, 11 December 2006 (UTC) Native of Los Angeles, California and now living in Norwalk, California. I am slowing making edits on more and more pages within LA County as I have time.
Minnaert 00:25, 13 December 2006 (UTC) Fairly new contributer. Moved to West Hollywood, California about 1 year ago. Interested in contributing wherever I can.
Carpet9
Scouter Sig Apparently, this is the parent project for WP:CAL, and not the other way around. Yeah, see: we ARE better than the other half of the state!
guyzero | talk 21:06, 10 January 2007 (UTC) Westchester
User:Oreos 06:40, 13 January 2007
Rmannion 19:12, 16 January 2007 (UTC). I've been adding infoboxes to various Southern California cities. I'd be interested in helping standardize what and how information is presented in the articles as well as giving any other help I can provide.
Brien Clark 07:31, 18 January 2007 (UTC)—Interested mostly in geography articles, particularly in the Inland Empire
Askbros 11:26, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
M&NCenarius 04:33, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
Cygnus 04:55, 24 January 2007 (UTC) I'm mostly working on the San Emigdio Mountains and nearby mountains, but if I can contribute to any other areas in SoCal, I will.
Takwish 17:46, 30 January 2007 (UTC) — Native denizen of the Inland Empire.
Buchanan-Hermit™/?! 19:40, 3 February 2007 (UTC) For anything related to SoCal on Wikipedia, I work almost exclusively with Orange County articles. Native of Vancouver but my summer home is Irvine in OC.
GOLAASTL24 06:07, 16 February 2007 (UTC) I live in Southwest Riverside County, so I can deal with issues specific to there.
Eric Bekins 06:48, 16 February 2007 (UTC) I'm in the South Bay region of San Diego, (National City) and I'm working on little local things bit by bit.
Patricknoddy
Dysepsion I've already created stubs/pages on several So. Cal places and schools. I might as well make it official. --† Ðy§ep§ion † ^{Speak your mind} 18:40, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Goals and projects

[edit] Goals

Please see the talk page for more discussion of the goals for the SoCal WikiProject.

Make sure that every Southern California county and city article meets Wikipedia guidelines
Add at least one quality picture for:
1. every Southern California city and community
2. every State Park in SoCal
3. every County Park in SoCal
4. every major landmark in SoCal
Improve and enlarge every stub article on SoCal topics
Create new articles on SoCal topics to eliminate any red links in SoCal articles
Improve major articles related to Southern California so that they can be first taken to Peer review, then nominated as a Featured article candidate, and finally featured as a Featured article.

[edit] Projects

[edit] Photography projects

The old photo project:
- Identify every city and landmark in Southern California that is older than 1923.
- Search both the Library of Congress ([1]) and the Los Angeles Public Library ([2]) websites for public domain photos for use in Wikipedia articles. (Also see the Resources below for more sources of information and photos.)
Then and now photo project: For many of the old (pre-1923) photos, it would be nice to also have a more recent picture showing the changes over the years.
Photography "expeditions": There are several areas and corridors in Southern California that are rich with targets for potential photos for Wikipedia articles. Especially with some careful planning, a half-day or one-day photo expedition for each area could help provide numerous photos for the wikipedia. For example, a casual trip down Sunset Blvd. will provide numerous photo opportunities, but by careful planning you can also catch many sights that are just off of, or not easily seen from Sunset Blvd (such as the old Charlie Chaplin Studio/A&M Recording Studios lot at Sunset and La Brea that is now home to Jim Henson Productions). Some potential photo expeditions would include:
- Sunset Blvd. (probably a minimum of two days to catch everything)
- Hollywood Blvd.
- Wilshire Blvd.
- Griffith Park
- Downtown Los Angeles/Chinatown/Little Tokyo
- Long Beach/Port of Long Beach/Port of Los Angeles/San Pedro/Palos Verdes Peninsula
- Pasadena/San Marino art museums and educational institutions
- Buena Park/Anaheim tourist attractions
- Huntington Beach/Newport Beach coastline

[edit] Cleanup projects

Category cleanup? Urgent? See the remarks at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Southern California#Categories for what probably needs to be done

Create Merged-Consolidation articles for landmarks: Many of the SoCal city and community articles, as well as articles such as Sunset Boulevard and Hollywood Boulevard, have long lists of landmarks that are either red links or links to stubs that will probably not grow much larger. It would be much better to create some consolidation articles such as Landmarks of Sunset Boulevard that would have brief descriptions of all of the landmarks with links to the much smaller number of landmarks that deserve full-fledged articles.

[edit] Featured article projects

See: Peer review - Featured article candidates - featured articles
Find at least one city or community article that is ready, or close to being ready for Peer review with the goal of turning it into a featured article.
Suggestions:

[edit] Missing articles projects

Main article: Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles

In most cases, these lists need to be created on Wikipedia and then articles created for the subtopics, where appropriate

National Trust for Historic Preservation's Most Endangered Places - California
National Trust for Historic Preservation's Preservation Atlas - find all - centered on Los Angeles, California
Topics in Los Angeles A to Z: An Encyclopedia of the City and County, Leonard and Dale Pitt, UC Press, 1997., list transcription in progress
Los Angeles City HISTORIC-CULTURAL MONUMENT List
List of National Register of Historic Places entries#California (official NRHP website)
List of California Historical Landmarks OHP web site: This is a two-part project: (1) transcribe website lists to Wikipedia, (2) create articles for all appropriate subjects. The list transcription is currently complete for Imperial, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura counties.

[edit] Requested photos

Shortcut: WP:WPSC-RP

Los Angeles County

Los Angeles 2016 Olympic Bid - Exposition Park
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum - Exposition Park
The Home Depot Center - Carson
the oldest surviving McDonald's restaurant in Downey, California at Lakewood Blvd. and Florence Ave.
Torrance High School (listed in the National Register of Historic Places)
Twin Towers Correctional Facility - had to delete a very nice copyrighted image from the article that was taken from the LA Sheriff's Dept. website.
Wiltern Theatre
Metro Buses: Metro Rapid (fair use picture exists), Metro Express
Bradbury Building - has about a half dozen "fair use" images
CBS Television City - the previous image on there was deleted as a replaceable fair use.

Long Beach-area

Orange County

San Diego County

Chicano Park - some beautiful art there, someone just needs to photograph it!

See also

Category:Southern California articles needing images

{{WikiProject Southern California|Imageneeded=yes}}
Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in California

{{{{reqphotoin|California}}

[edit] Missing articles and Stub articles

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[edit] Los Angeles County

Shortcut: WP:WPSC-LAC

Articles needed:

City of LA neighborhoods:
- Aliso Village, Balboa Park, Baldwin Village, Baldwin Vista, Beverly Crest, Beverly Glen, Brookside Park, Castellammare, Chesterfield Square, Crestwood Hills, Elysian Heights, Elysian Valley, Financial District, Franklin Hills, Fremont Place, Garvanza, Gramercy Park, Hillside Village, Hyde Park, Knollwood, La Tuna Canyon, Loyola Village, Manchester Square, Mandeville Canyon, Morningside Park, Mount Olympus, Oakwood, Old Bank District, Olive View, Olympic Park, Palisades Highlands, Park Mile, Roscomare Valley, Rustic Canyon, Sierra Vista, Spaulding Square, Temple-Beaudry, Toluca Woods, University Park, Valley Glen, Ventura Business District, Vermont Knolls, Vermont Park, View Heights, Walnut Park (see also: Walnut Park, California), Wellington Square, West Alameda, West Pico, West Toluca, Western Heights
Architecture: Craftsman home or Craftsman style or Craftsman architecture (Arts and Crafts movement#United States, Ultimate bungalows, Reyes Adobe (Agoura Hills) [3] [4],
Buildings and Landmarks: Fort MacArthur, Mulholland Dam
Colleges and Universities: Long Beach City College, Woodbury University, California National University (Northridge), Pacific Oaks College and Children's School (Pasadena), University of West Los Angeles, Woodbury University (Burbank), Western University of Health Sciences (Pomona), The Master's Seminary (Sun Valley)
Companies: J.D. Power and Associates
- Companies: former LA-area department stores: Bullock's, Buffum's, Zody's, The Broadway,
Events: Playboy Jazz Festival, Fiesta Broadway, Los Angeles 2016 Olympic Bid, AFI Fest
Freeways:
Geography: Point Dume, Beverly Hills adjacent, Beverly Hills Post Office; Kagel Canyon, California, unincorporated area of county north of San Fernando, Hollywood Reservoir (Lake Hollywood)
History: El Rancho Sausal Redondo, Helms Bakery
Institutions: Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, Los Angeles County Fair, J. Paul Getty Trust
Mass Transit: Los Angeles Metrocard, EZ Transit Pass, Antelope Valley Transit Authority (AVTA), Commerce Municipal Bus Lines, Culver CityBus, Gardena Municipal Bus Lines, Glendale Beeline, Long Beach Transit, Norwalk Transit (California), Pasadena Area Transit Service (ARTS), Santa Clarita Transit, South Pasadena GoldLink, Torrance MAX, Torrance Transit
Media:
- AM Radio: KFOX-AM (For more on LA radio stations see the Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Southern California/Los Angeles County to do#Los Angeles-area radio stations, by format.)
Museums: Pasadena Museum of California Art, Geffen Contemporary, Temporary Contemporary, Museum of Latin American Art, Los Angeles Children's Museum, Museum of the American West, Travel Town Train Museum (Griffith Park), UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, Skirball Cultural Center, Lomita Railroad Museum, Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, Los Angeles Maritime Museum
Neighborhoods: Culver City neighborhoods, Beverly Hills neighborhoods, Santa Monica neighborhoods, Pasadena neighborhoods, Burbank neighborhoods, Torrance neighborhoods, etc.
Organizations: Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles (Maronite) (Maronite Eastern Rite Catholic Church)
Parks and gardens: Shambala Preserve (Acton),
People: Timothy Cardinal Manning, James Cardinal McIntyre
- LAPD Police Chiefs: Willie L. Williams (1992-1997), Thomas Reddin (1967-1969), William H. Parker (1950-1966)
Schools: Verbum Dei High School (see also Los Angeles Unified School District)
Streets & Highways:
Tourist attractions: Farmers Market (Los Angeles)

Articles that need to be check

User:Jengod/Topics in LAAZ: Topics in Los Angeles A to Z: An Encyclopedia of the City and County, Leonard and Dale Pitt, UC Press, 1997.
User:Jengod/Topics in LAHCM (city): Topics in Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument (HCM) Report, City Declared Monuments.

See also

[edit] Long Beach-area

Shortcut: WP:WPSC-LBA

This is for Long Beach-area cities, including the Gateway Cities (which is roughly the same area as the 562 area code and the coverage area for the Long Beach Press-Telegram). Also included are the adjacent areas near the Port of Los Angeles (including Wilmington, Harbor City, San Pedro and the cities on the Palos Verdes Peninsula).

Cities: Artesia, Bell, Bell Gardens, Bellflower, Cerritos, Commerce, Compton, Cudahy, Downey, Hawaiian Gardens, Huntington Park, La Habra Heights, La Mirada, Lakewood, ~~Long Beach~~, Lynwood, Maywood, Montebello, Norwalk, Paramount, Pico Rivera, Santa Fe Springs, ~~Signal Hill~~, South Gate, Vernon, Whittier
Colleges and Universities: Brooks College, California State University, Long Beach, Associated Students of California State University, Long Beach, Cerritos College, Long Beach City College, Marymount College Palos Verdes,
Communities: Harbor Gateway, Long Beach East Village, Little Phnom Penh, Belmont Heights, Belmont Shore, Bixby Knolls, Bixby Village, Bluff Park, Broadway Corridor, California Heights, College Park, Downtown Long Beach East Village, Eastside, El Dorado Park, 4th Street Corridor, Lakewood Village, Little Phnom Penh (aka Anaheim Corridor), Long Beach Marina, Los Altos, Naples, North Long Beach, Peninsula, Rose Park, Shoreline Village, Silverado Park, Stearns Park, Terminal Island, Traffic Circle, Westside, Wrigley Neighborhood
Companies: Boeing, Epson, Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, Lakeshore Learning, Polk Audio, Sea Launch, Long Beach Transit, Bixby Land Company, Torrance Transit,
Education: ABC Unified School District, Bellflower Unified School District, Long Beach Community College District, Long Beach Unified School District
- Schools: Hill Classical Middle School, Emerson Parkside Academy Charter School, Long Beach Day Nursery (founded in 1912 [5]), Two Harbors Elementary School, Camp Hi-Hill, California Academy of Math and Science, Renaissance High School for the Arts, Avalon Schools, Reid Continuation High School, Educational Partnership High School, Cabrillo High School,

Events: Bob Marley Reggae Festival, Congressional Cup, CSULB Wide Screen Film Festival, Long Beach Blues Festival, Long Beach Jazz Festival, Long Beach Lesbian & Gay Pride Parade & Festival
Freeways: 47, 91, 105, 110, 405, 605, 710
Historic Landmarks: Fort MacArthur, Rancho Los Alamitos, Rancho Los Cerritos, Dominguez Ranch Adobe, Banning House
History: Long Beach earthquake of 1933,
Hospitals: ~~Bellflower Medical Center~~, ~~Bellwood General Hospital~~, ~~College Hospital~~, ~~Community Hospital of Long Beach~~, Downey Community Hospital, Kaiser Permanente, Bellflower, Lakewood Regional Medical Center, Long Beach Memorial Hospital, Rio Hondo Hospital, Veterans Administration Long Beach Healthcare System
Institutions: ~~Cerritos Millennium Library~~
Landmarks: ~~Queen Mary~~, Wayfarers Chapel
LACMTA Blue Line Stations: 7th Street-Metro Center, Pico-Chick Hearn, Grand, San Pedro, Washington, Vernon, Slauson, Florence, Firestone, 103rd Street-Kenneth Hahn, Imperial/Wilmington, Compton, Artesia, Del Amo, Wardlow, Willow, Pacific Coast Highway, Anaheim, Pacific, Transit Mall, 1st Street
Media: Long Beach Press-Telegram, ~~KKJZ~~, KNAC
Museums: Aquarium of the Pacific, Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, Lomita Railroad Museum, Long Beach Museum of Art, Los Angeles Maritime Museum, Museum of Latin American Art, the Oceanic Art Museum
Music and musicians: Long Beach Symphony Orchestra, Long Beach Municipal Band, Long Beach Shortbus
Theaters: Carpenter Performing Arts Center, Long Beach Playhouse, California Repertory Company, Musical Theatre West, nternational City Theatre,
Organizations:
Other:
Parks & gardens: El Dorado Regional Park, El Dorado Nature Center
People: Greta Andersen, Jotham Bixby, Jan Burke, Jeff Burroughs, Manuel Nieto, William E. Willmore, John Temple, Beverly O’Neill, Mayor of Long Beach (all but one is red-linked), Freedom Writers (students) (not the Freedom Writers 2007 movie), John Temple (Long Beach),
Places: ~~Marineland of the Pacific~~, The Pike, Terminal Island, Alamitos Bay
Sports: Blair Field, Congressional Cup, Long Beach Aftershock, Long Beach Armada, Long Beach Breakers, Long Beach Grand Prix, Long Beach Ice Dogs, Long Beach Jam, Long Beach Municial golf courses, Summer Pro League, United States Grand Prix West, Long Beach Sea Festival, Catalina Ski Race,
Streets: ~~Pacific Coast Highway (PCH)~~

[edit] Orange County

Shortcut: WP:WPSC-OC

Cities: La Palma
Colleges and Universities: Concordia University Irvine Irvine, Hope International University Fullerton, William Howard Taft University Santa Ana,
Communities: Midway City, Leisure World - Seal Beach, ~~Anaheim Hills~~
Companies:
Events: Orange County Fair, Laguna Beach's Pageant of the Masters
Freeways:
History: Diego Sepúlveda Adobe, Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana,
Institutions: ~~South Coast Repertory~~
Landmarks: Anaheim Convention Center, ~~Balboa Pavilion~~
Media: Orange County Register, OC Weekly, Daily Pilot
Museums: Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, Discovery Science Center, Huntington Beach Art Center, Laguna Art Museum, Orange County Museum of Art, Santa Ana Zoo,
Music and Musicians: Avenged Sevenfold
Organizations: Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange,
Other: ~~Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach~~, Orange Curtain, Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge,
Parks & gardens: Upper Newport Bay [6],
People: James Irvine, Diego Sepúlveda,
Places: Orange County Fairgrounds
School Districts: Capistrano Unified School District, Garden Grove Unified School District, Newport-Mesa School District, Santa Ana Unified School District,
- Schools: Orange County High School of the Arts
Sports: Orange County Blue Star (Soccer), Orange County Buzz (Basketball)
Stations:
Streets: Beach Boulevard, Harbor Boulevard

[edit] San Diego County

Shortcut: WP:WPSC-SD

Cities:
Colleges and Universities: Alliant International University, California Pacific University, Escondido, Remington College San Diego, San Diego Christian College El Cajon, ~~San Diego State University, San Diego~~, Westminster Theological Seminary in California Escondido,
Communities: Allied Gardens, San Diego, California, Carmel Mountain, San Diego, California, ~~Carmel Valley, San Diego, California~~, Clairemont Mesa, San Diego, California, ~~College Area, San Diego, California~~, ~~Del Cerro, San Diego, California~~Del Mar Heights, San Diego, California, Grantville, San Diego, California, ~~Little Italy, San Diego~~, ~~Mira Mesa, San Diego, California~~, ~~Mission Valley, San Diego, California~~, North Clairemont, San Diego, California, ~~North Park, San Diego, California~~,Rancho Bernardo, San Diego, California, ~~Rancho Penasquitos, San Diego, California~~, Sabre Springs, San Diego, California, San Carlos, San Diego, California, ~~Sorrento Valley, San Diego, California~~,Torrey Pines, San Diego, California, and many, many more at San Diego, California#Neighborhoods and San Diego County, California#Cities and towns in San Diego County
Companies: ~~Rubio's~~
Events:
Freeways:
History: ~~California Pacific International Exposition~~, Panama-California Exposition (1915)
Institutions:
Landmarks: ~~El Presidio de San Diego~~, ~~San Diego Convention Center~~, ~~Hotel del Coronado,~~
Military Bases:
- Marine Bases: ~~Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar~~,
- Naval Bases: Naval Base Coronado ([7]), ~~Naval Air Station North Island~~, Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, ~~Naval Station San Diego~~, ~~SPAWAR San Diego, the research base on Point Loma [8]~~,
Museums:
Organizations: Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego, Eparchy of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego (Chaldean) (Eastern Rite Catholic Church),
Other: The standard naming convention for places is [place, state] for cities and unincorporated areas, and [district, city, state] for neighborhoods. Many articles about places in this county (and especially city neighborhoods) have improperly formed names, like "San Ysidro" or "Mission Beach, California".
Parks & gardens: ~~Torrey Pines State Reserve~~
People: List of mayors of San Diego, List of pre-statehood Mayors of San Diego
Places: ~~Seaport Village~~,
School districts: San Diego City Unified School District,
Sports: San Diego Gauchos (Soccer), San Diego Siege (women's basketball)
Stations:
Streets:

[edit] Imperial, Kern, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura Counties

Shortcut: WP:WPSC-IC

Cities and Communities:
- Kern County: Boron, California, California City, California, Johannesburg, California, North Edwards, California, Ridgecrest, California, Randsburg, California, Mojave, California,
  - no Rambot data: Wonder Acres, Kern County, California, Cache Creek, Kern County, California, Cantil, California
- San Bernardino County: Hesperia, California, Lenwood, California, Victorville, California,
  - no Rambot data: Yermo, California, Vidal, California, Daggett, California, Hinkley, California, Phelan, California, Pinon Hills, California
Communities:
- San Luis Obispo County: San Luis Obispo,

Colleges and Universities: Antioch University Santa Barbara, Fielding Graduate Institute Santa Barbara, Pacifica Graduate Institute Carpinteria,
Companies:
Events:
Freeways:
History:
Institutions:
Landmarks:Lincoln Memorial Shrine
Media: KEYT-TV (Santa Barbara),
Military Bases:
- Air Force Bases: March Air Reserve Base, Vandenberg Air Force Base,
- Army Bases: National Training Center Fort Irwin Military Reservation ([9]),
- Marine Corp Bases: Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms,
- Naval Bases: Naval Base Ventura County (incl. NBVC Point Mugu and NBVC Port Hueneme ?)
Museums:
Organizations: [[Diocese of San Bernardino,
Other:
Parks & gardens:
People:
Places: Mojave National Preserve,
School districts: San Bernardino City Unified School District,
Stations:
Streets:

[edit] Southern California Schools

Shortcut: WP:WPSC-S

Wikipedia:WikiProject Schools

Los Angeles High School

{{Cleanup-school}}

{{California-school-stub}} & Category:California school stubs

{{wikify}}

Survived WP:VFD

Edison High School, Huntington Beach, Compton High School, Clairemont High School (San Diego),

National Register of Historic Places

Torrance High School

See also:

[edit] Adopt an article

Similar to the Collaboration of the week, but on a smaller scale, you might want to "adopt" an article. This would involve doing the research, writing, and picture-taking (if possible) for either a non-existent article or a stub. Of course, everyone else can still edit an adopted article, and you can work on other things too, but the idea is to find a focus for a while, to try and build up the number of quality articles the Project has produced.

Example article: User:Example

[edit] New Wikipedia articles on SoCal topics

Please feel free to list your new Southern California-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Main Wikipedia page. DYK has a 72 hr. time limit from the creation of the article.

Vail Lake created 09:06, 21 February 2007 -- Takwish | Talk 23:21, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
Lake Skinner created 12:55, 16 February 2007 -- Takwish | Talk 23:21, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
Silverwood Lake created 10:33, 26 January 2007 -- Takwish | Talk 23:21, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
Mystic Lake (California) created 11:45, 25 January 2007 -- Takwish | Talk 23:21, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
Lakeview Mountains created 16:36, 24 January 2007 -- Takwish | Talk 23:21, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
Dome Village --Rockero 09:42, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
Social and Public Art Resource Center --Rockero 23:36, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
California Southern Railroad - created July 9, 2006, by User:Slambo, main page DYK listed on July 12
Los Angeles 2016 Olympic Bid - Created on September 14, 2006

[edit] Did you know?

[edit] Articles, Templates, Categories, Lists, and Images

[edit] Articles

[edit] Overview articles

Southern California
Greater Los Angeles Area
Los Angeles Basin
Los Angeles--Riverside--Orange County CMSA Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area, an obsolete US Census Bureau defined area
Tech Coast

[edit] Disambiguation pages

LA
Los Angeles (disambiguation)
Orange County (disambiguation)
Southland
The Valley (covers other non-SoCal places as well)

[edit] Los Angeles

[edit] Non-LA

History of San Diego, California

[edit] Templates

To see examples of all the templates, see WikiProject Southern California Templates

[edit] User page templates

This user is from California.

This user is a member of
WikiProject California.

[edit] Infoboxes and navigation boxes

Wikipedia template search starting at Calif
{{California}}
{{CA-FedRep}}
{{Los Angeles AM}}
{{Los Angeles FM}}
{{LA TV}}
{{San Diego AM}}
{{San Diego FM}}
{{San Diego TV}}
{{Metrolink (Southern California)}}
{{SoCalFwy}}
{{California League}}
{{California Missions}}

Templates for cities of Southern California counties
- {{Imperial County, California}}
- {{Kern County, California}}
- {{Los Angeles County, California}}
- {{Orange County, California}}
- {{Riverside County, California}}
- {{San Bernardino County, California}}
- {{San Diego County}}
- {{San Luis Obispo County, California}}
- {{Santa Barbara County, California}}
- {{Ventura County, California}}

Templates for districts and neighborhoods of Southern California cities
- {{Los Angeles}}
- {{Neighborhoods of San Diego}}

Templates for Southern California colleges and universities
- {{California State University}}
  - {{California State Polytechnic University, Pomona}}
  - {{San Diego State University}}
- {{Claremont colleges}}
- {{University of California}}
  - {{UCLA}}
  - {{University of California, San Diego}}

[edit] Stub templates

{{US-geo-stub}} / Category:United States geography stubs (this category shouldn't have any Calif.-only articles, but it should be checked occasionally just to make sure.)
{{California-stub}} / Category:California stubs
{{California-geo-stub}} / Category:California geography stubs
- {{California-south-geo-stub}} / Category:Southern California geography stubs
- Cat:Southern California geography stubs
  - {{ImperialCountyCA-geo-stub}}
  - {{LosAngelesCountyCA-geo-stub}} / Category:Los Angeles County, California geography stubs
  - {{OrangeCountyCA-geo-stub}}
  - {{RiversideCountyCA-geo-stub}}
  - {{SanBernardinoCountyCA-geo-stub}}
  - {{SantaBarbaraCountyCA-geo-stub}}
  - {{SanDiegoCountyCA-geo-stub}}
  - {{VenturaCountyCA-geo-stub}}

[edit] Other Templates

{{PD-CAGov}}

"work of a State of California employee, taken or made during the course of the person's official duties,...is consequently in the public domain."
{{WikiProject Southern California}}

Add {{WikiProject Southern California}} to any Wikipedia article's talk pages that are receiving special attention from the SoCal WikiProject

This article is part of WikiProject Southern California, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to Southern California on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can edit this article, or visit the project page to join the project and/or contribute to the discussion.

{{User WikiProject Southern California}} - deleted - use {{Wikipedia:WikiProject_California/Userbox}} instead
{{SoCalTasks}}

This is the template that creates the ToDo list at the top right of the California WikiProject page.
{{Meetup/LA/Invite}}

An invite template for the LA-area meetups
For California-related articles needing a photograph, use {{reqphotoin|California}} in the talk page, which adds the article to Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in California. You can help Wikipedia by uploading freely licensed photographs for these articles to Wikimedia Commons.

It is requested that a photograph or photographs be included in this article to improve its quality, if possible.
Wikipedians in California may be able to help!

[edit] Categories

For a list of all the sub-categories of Category:California as of the June 23, 2005 database dump, see Wikipedia:WikiProject California/categories. Below is a selected list of Southern California-related categories.

Category:California||children
Category:California counties||children
Category:Cities in California||children
Category:Cities in Los Angeles County||children
Category:Cities in San Bernardino County||children
Category:Communities in California||children
Category:Cities in San Diego County||children
Category:Census-designated places in California||children
Category:Los Angeles County communities||children
Category:Los Angeles, California||children
Category:Tourism in California||children
Category:Companies based in California||children
Category:California botanical gardens||children

[edit] Lists

Also see Wikipedia:WikiProject California#Lists for statewide lists such as List of California state parks

[edit] Images

Image:California map showing counties (source).xcf.gz: GIMP map of California highlighting counties
Category:Images of California

Also see commons:Category:California, commons:Category:PD California Government and commons:Los Angeles, California

[edit] WikiProject Award

Image	What to type	Description
	{{subst:The California Star\|message ~~~~}}	The California Star is awarded for excellence in editing California related articles. It is also the WikiProject Award for California, WP San Francisco Bay Area, WP Southern California, WP Santa Barbara County, WP California State Highways and WP California County Routes. This award was suggested by Ronbo76; it was designed by thuglas. It was introduced on March 6, 2007.

[edit] Assessment

Southern California articles		Importance
Southern California articles		Top	High	Mid	Low	None	Total
Quality
	FA			2	5		7
	A		1				1
	GA	1				5	6
	B	3	10	19	12	9	53
	Start	1	6	30	64	34	135
	Stub		2	35	180	53	270
	Assessed	5	19	86	261	101	472
	Unassessed	2	1	1	1	370	375
	Total	7	20	87	262	471	847

Assessment – Our rating system
Project statistics – Statistices for our rating system
V1.0 index logs, sortings, stats, etc

[edit] Peer review, Featured articles, and Collaborations

[edit] Article improvement drive

For improving articles larger than a stub.

[edit] Collaboration of the week

For non-existent articles or stubs.

[edit] Failed COTW's

American Old West (14 votes)
- American Old West (14 votes) - Second nomination
César Chávez (13 votes)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (1 vote)
Wendy's (2 votes)
Wild West (7 votes)

[edit] Peer review

[edit] Current Peer reviews

[edit] Past Peer reviews

Disneyland Railroad - User:Lucky 6.9 6 July 2005 (Peer review)
Cerritos, California (Peer review #2, Peer review #1)
In-N-Out (Peer review)
Howard Hughes (Peer review)
Kim Stanley Robinson (Peer review)
California mission (Peer review)
Oyama v. California (Peer review)
Walt Disney (Peer review #2, Peer review #1}
Screenwriting credit (Peer review) [became a Featured article as WGA screenwriting credit system.]
Sunset Boulevard (1950 film) (Peer review)
Coachella Valley (Peer review)
Gilligan's Island (Peer review)
Skateboard (Peer review)
Sharon Tate (Peer Review) [FA]

[edit] Featured articles

[edit] Featured articles with Southern California connections

~~Linus Pauling (Caltech)~~
~~Chinatown (Chinatown, Los Angeles, California)~~
Geology of the Death Valley area
Felix the Cat
Henry Fonda
Island Fox (Channel Islands of California)
~~Jim Henson (The Jim Henson Company and Jim Henson's Creature Shop are in Hollywood.)~~
Panavision (based in Woodland Hills, California)
~~Richard Feynman (Caltech)~~
Sandy Koufax (Los Angeles Dodgers)
~~Gram Parsons~~
Ridge Route
Saturn V (The S-II second stage was built by North American Aviation at Seal Beach, California, the S-IVB third stage was built by the Douglas Aircraft Company at Huntington Beach, California)
Sharon Tate
~~Summer Olympic Games (1932 Summer Olympics & 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles)~~
Sunset Boulevard (1950 film)
U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program (based in San Diego, California)
USS Missouri (BB-63) (homeport in Long Beach, 1985-1992)
~~WGA screenwriting credit system (FAC)~~
Wigwag
"Weird Al" Yankovic (born in Downey and raised in Lynwood) (FAC)

fr:Los Angeles and de:Los Angeles are Featured articles on the French and German Wikipedias respectively.

[edit] Current Featured article candidates

[edit] Other WikiProjects and Collaborations

[edit] Articles for deletion

See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/California

[edit] Requested Moves

Greater Los Angeles Area → Greater Los Angeles (Discuss)

[edit] Relationships with other projects

[edit] Parentage

[edit] Descendant WikiProjects

Wikipedia:WikiProject Santa Barbara County

[edit] Related WikiProjects

Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps
Wikipedia:WikiProject Geographical coordinates
Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. counties
Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. special districts (There are about 2300 special districts in California [11])
Wikipedia:WikiProject Cities

Wikipedia:WikiProject Sports Olympics - two Los Angeles Olympics
Wikipedia:WikiProject Television
Wikipedia:WikiProject Movies
Wikipedia:WikiProject Academy Awards
Wikipedia:WikiProject Disneyland

[edit] Similar WikiProjects

Asian cities and city-states

Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore

Australian cities

Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Geelong, Lake Macquarie, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney, Townsville, Gold Coast

Canadian cities

Ottawa, Prescott-Russell, Toronto, Vancouver

European cities

Belfast, Belgrade, Brighton, Bristol, Frankfurt, London, Munich, Porto, Sheffield, Vienna

US cities and regions

Bluegrass Region (KY), Boston, Chicago, Columbia (MO), Dallas-Fort Worth, Erie, Pa., Houston, Kansas City, KYOVA Region (KY, OH, WV), Las Vegas, Louisville, Miami, Myrtle Beach, New Orleans, New York City, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Seattle, Shreveport, Southern California, Syracuse, Tampa, Youngstown

See also: List of U.S. WikiProjects

[edit] WikiPortals

Related WikiPortals

de:Portal:Los Angeles on the German Wikipedia

Similar WikiPortals

Cleveland, Ohio, New York City, Puerto Rico, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Wisconsin

[edit] Related Collaborations

For more information on Collaborations, see m:Wikimedia COTW, Wikipedia:Collaboration of the week, Category:Wikipedia collaborations and {{COTWs}}.

Related collaborations

U.S. Western Collaboration of the Week - Currently inactive
U.S. Collaboration of the Week
Congressional Collaborations of the Week

Similar collaborations

U.S. Collaboration of the Week

These two weeks, Shreveport, Louisiana is the US Collaboration of the Week. (Shortcut: WP:USCOTW +/-)

Help select the next USCOTW now! Nominate an article you think needs improvement or vote for one of the candidates here.

The current Congressional Collaborations of the Week are:
Person	Beryl Anthony, Jr.
Place	Alabama's 8th congressional district
Thing	List of United States Representatives from California
Every week three U.S. Congress-related topics, stubs, or red linked articles are chosen for you to improve. Be bold! This COTW is organized by WikiProject U.S. Congress. (Nominate future collaborations or see past collaborations.)

[edit] Related Regional notice boards

Wikipedia:U.S. Wikipedians' notice board

[edit] Related groups of Wikipedians

Wikipedia:Wikipedians/California#Southern California

[edit] Southern-California-area meetups

Planning page: Wikipedia:Meetup/LA (shortcut WP:MULA)

Monday, July 25, 2005 Meetup/LA/1 - Philippe's, Chinatown - 6 attendees
Monday, August 22, 2005 Meetup/LA/2
Tuesday, October 18, 2005 Meetup/SD1 - San Diego
Saturday, April 8, 2006 Meetup/Santa_Barbara
Saturday, 24 June 2006 Meetup/LA/3 (proposed LA meetup)

Invitation template:

You can invite people to the next SoCal-area meetup by adding the template {{Meetup/LA/Invite}} to a person's Talk page, or to the Talk page for a SoCal-area article.

[edit] User categorisation

According to Wikipedia:User categorisation, instead of adding their name to Wikipedia:Wikipedians/California, California Wikipedians should add the following to their User page:

[[Category:Wikipedians in California|{{subst:PAGENAME}}]]

[[Category:Wikipedians in Southern California|{{PAGENAME}}]]

This will put your User page into either Category:Wikipedians in California or Category:Wikipedians in Southern California.

[edit] External resources

[edit] General Wikipedia links

[edit] Ongoing Wikipedia surveys

Requested moves:
Requests for Comments:

[edit] Article votes for deletion

Votes for deletion (Article deletion):
Votes for undelete (Article undeletion}:
Templates for deletion:
Categories for deletion:
Images for deletion:
Redirects for deletion:

[edit] WikiProject maintenance

[edit] Southern California WikiProject subpages

Subpage	shortcut	comments
/to do
/Los Angeles County to do	WP:WPSC-LAC
/Long Beach-area to do	WP:WPSC-LBA
/Orange County to do	WP:WPSC-OC
/San Diego County to do	WP:WPSC-SD
/Other Counties to do	WP:WPSC-IC
/Schools to do	WP:WPSC-S
/Requested photos	WP:WPSC-RP
/Categories	WP:WPSC-C	A page showing Southern California categories
/Template examples
/Assessment	WP:WPSC/A	on article assessment for WP:1.0 program

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