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Wikipedia:WikiProject Los Angeles
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| WikiProject Los Angeles |
This WikiProject aims primarily to provide information on articles relating to the Los Angeles area and Los Angeles County especially the city of Los Angeles itself. This Project also covers Los Angeles County and all articles that fall under the proverbial umbrella of the county of Los Angeles. Feel free to contribute to any articles relating to WikiProject Los Angeles and add your name to our list of participants.
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 Scope
This WikiProject aims to:
- tie in directly to the Los Angeles and Los Angeles County articles to improve accessibility to high quality Los Angeles / SoCal-related articles. The Portal is intended as a front page for Wikipedia's Los Angeles coverage, and should aid the reader in navigating around the articles. It should also draw attention to current events and some of Wikipedia's best Los Angeles related articles.
- support LA related articles by ensuring that Wikipedia has plenty of high-quality articles to showcase and ensuring that readers starting with the project can find their way around easily
- this project will involve making sure that the articles are well organised (through the use of categories) and ensuring that due attention is paid to the further reaches of the.
- be truly international - this project particularly welcomes participants from anywhere in the world. The project should be used to highlight articles that concern Los Angeles and Southern California that most readers may not be aware of.
- Oversee the development of LA / SoCal-related articles - for example, through the Collaboration of the fortnight or "Adopt an article" program.
- Provide a clear structure of how LA / SoCal articles are arranged on Wikipedia and present the project so as to facilitate reading and research
- Coordinate efforts and peer review articles
 Templates
The following templates are related to Los Angeles:
Stubs
Click on the relevant template and select 'What links here' from the left-hand side of the page to see articles that have been tagged with that stub template - this will give you a list of such articles you can then expand.
User page templates
Show everyone that you're part of this project by adding a...
Poster, {{Los_Angeles_user_poster}}
Banner, {{WikiProject Los Angeles banner}} or {{WBLA}}
Userbox, {{Los Angeles/Userbox}} or {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Los Angeles/Userbox}}
to your userpage or article.
 Infoboxes
The following infoboxes are in use in Wikipedia's politics-related content:
Template:California (talk, links, )
Template:Los Angeles AM (talk, links, )
Template:Los Angeles FM (talk, links, )
Template:LA TV (talk, links, )
Template:Cities of Los Angeles County, California (talk, links, )
Template:California Missions (talk, links, )
Template:Los Angeles County, California (talk, links, )
Template:Los Angeles (talk, links, )
Template:UCLA (talk, links, )
Template:Long Beach article poster (talk, links, ) exclusive to WP Los Angeles
Template:Malibu article poster (talk, links, ) exclusive to WP Los Angeles
Template:Compton article poster (talk, links, ) exclusive to WP Los Angeles
Template:West Hollywood article poster (talk, links, ) exclusive to WP Los Angeles
Template:Hollywood Hills article poster (talk, links, ) exclusive to WP Los Angeles
Template:Pasadena article poster (talk, links, ) exclusive to WP Los Angeles
Template:Brentwood article poster (talk, links, ) exclusive to WP Los Angeles
Template:Los Feliz article poster (talk, links, ) exclusive to WP Los Angeles
Template:Benedict Canyon article poster (talk, links, ) exclusive to WP Los Angeles
 Parentage
 Sister Project
 Related Projects
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 General strategy and discussion forums
Please see the project talk page to discuss any issues you would like to raise. Comments on the layout of the project and Portal are more than welcome.
 Tasks
Getting the project off the ground
- Compile all templates, infoboxes and categories relating to the coverage of politics and link to them via this page (use a subpage if the list will be too long)
- Assemble a list of all featured content
- Advertise like mad! Add link to the Southern California, California or US portal and as many City and California pages as possible - please expand this in any way you see fit
- That's all for now, but please add to this list if you have further ideas on how to get this project up and running!
 WikiProject Featured Article
Downtown Los Angeles Skyline
Los Angeles ( IPA: /lɒˈsændʒəlɨs/) is the largest city in the state of California and the second-largest in the United States of America. Often abbreviated as L.A., it is an alpha world city having an estimated 2006 population of 3.8 million. and spanning over 469.1 square miles (1,214.9 square kilometers) in Southern California. Additionally, the Los Angeles–Long Beach–Santa Ana metropolitan area is home to nearly 13 million people who hail from all over the globe. They speak more than a hundred different languages. Los Angeles is the seat of Los Angeles County, the most populous county in the United States. Its inhabitants call themselves "Angelenos." The city's most popular nickname is the "City of the Angels."
Los Angeles was founded in 1781 by Spanish governor Felipe de Neve as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncula (The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels of Porciúncula). It became a part of Mexico in 1821 following its independence from Spain. In 1848 at the end of the Mexican-American War, Los Angeles and California became part of the United States. It was incorporated as a municipality on April 4, 1850—five months before California achieved statehood.
Los Angeles is one of the world's most prominent centers of culture, technology, and international trade. It is home to world-renowned institutions covering a broad range of professional and cultural fields. The city and its immediate vicinity lead the world in producing popular entertainment — such as motion picture, television, and recorded music— which forms the base of Los Angeles' international fame and global status.
 Adopt an article
Similar to the Collaboration of the fortnight, 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. You can also add any articles to be worked on in the To-Do Section of the project.
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 Task console
 To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Los Angeles: |
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Open Tasks for Los Angeles
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New Los Angeles-related articles (bot-assisted)
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- All the area code articles need to be better defined, standardized and linked. Someone needs to go through and make a master article for Los Angeles Area Codes, and include them with social/ethnic impact. The price of a home can drop dramatically if it is north of Mulholland just because the area code changes to 818. 71.156.32.40 (talk) 23:46, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
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- What is the scope of WikiProject Los Angeles and where should we limit our scope to when editing? Discuss here:
- Jack Kemp PR
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- Keep Los Angeles up to date. Also clean up grammar, too many full stops, etc. Routinely update WP:WLA articles and review ratings assessments if required.
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Collaboration of the fortnight
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 Participants
Feel free to add your details in the fashion shown below.
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Nationality |
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Taifarious1 (talk · contribs)  |
 New Zealand (born),
 United States |
(Creator of this WikiProject), Los Angeles, Hollywood, Beverly Hills, California, NZ politics, US politics, created: New Zealand-United States relations and Wikipedia:WikiProject Auckland. |
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Socal gal at heart (talk · contribs) |
United States |
California, Los Angeles, US politics, the environment |
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Gmatsuda (talk · contribs) |
United States |
Manzanar, Los Angeles Kings |
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Some Guy421 (talk · contribs) |
United States (born),
 Philippines |
USA, cars, food, politics, religion, money, history, military-related stuff, photography, video games, architecture, technology, American Culture |
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Grassfire (talk · contribs) |
United States |
Pretty much anything... |
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Mfield (talk · contribs) |
 United Kingdom |
California, Los Angeles, Hollywood, photography |
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Will Beback (talk · contribs) |
United States |
Everything related to L.A. |
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Snake bgd (talk · contribs) |
 Yugoslavia (born),
United States |
Everything related to L.A. and USA |
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rcstampede (talk · contribs) |
United States |
Mainly transit in and around the area. |
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lasdlt (talk · contribs) |
United States |
Transportation, geography, parks and open spaces, and government agencies. |
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Virakhvar321 (talk · contribs) |
United States |
San Pedro/South Bay |
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minnaert (talk · contribs) |
United States |
West Hollywood, Hollywood, buildings, museums |
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Quetzal123 (talk · contribs) |
United States |
North Hollywood, Stadiums, Teams |
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Redspork02 (talk · contribs) |
United States |
Los Angeles, American icons, Skyscrapers |
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Guyzero (talk · contribs) |
United States |
West Los Angeles, Los Angeles |
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RickyCourtney (talk · contribs) |
United States |
Santa Clarita Valley, Transit in and around Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego Counties |
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VartanM (talk · contribs) |
 Armenia (born),
United States |
Little Armenia, Glendale, Burbank, San Fernando Valley, Hollywood, individuals, buildings etc. |
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DeathRattle101 (talk · contribs) |
United States |
Hollywood, West LA, Mid-City Area, Whittier, Santa Fe Springs, Downey, Norwalk. |
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KCAL Weather101 (talk · contribs) |
United States |
Born in L.A. County in the nice city of West Covina from Salvadrian parents. |
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GeorgeLouis (talk · contribs) |
United States |
The Westside (region of Los Angeles metropolitan area) |
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Agtaz (talk · contribs) |
United States |
Born somewhere in L.A. County, having interest in the City itself, watching all communities and regions covering L.A. |
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Zoidbergmd (talk · contribs) |
United States |
From the Glen/Westwood; lived in Feliz, Silverlake, Venice, Laurel. |
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Doncram (talk · contribs) |
don't care to state |
Historic sites |
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Legotech (talk · contribs) |
 Canada(born),
United States |
General LA stuff |
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WTGDMan1986 (talk · contribs) |
United States(born),
United States |
Lived in Salinas at a young age - wishes to revert vandalism. Have storybook characters from the Los Angeles area as well. |
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The California Barnstar of Merit
To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Los Angeles:
New Zealand (born),
United States
Philippines
United Kingdom
Yugoslavia (born),
Armenia (born),
Canada(born),
