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Dear fellow editors -
To be frank, this article appears to be more a collection of topics, rather than a encyclopedic article. In my view, it needs substantial trimming in some areas, expansion of others, and the addition of many topics (for example the San Francisco earthquake is not referenced) - in fact, the bulk of the information refers only to events after 1960. In addition, my suggestion is that the article flow from topic to topic, for example with introductions and transitions. Finally, there can be use of "main topic" references throughout the article (see History of California). If anyone would like to undertake this task, please jump in. If no one else wants to, I'll start on it. NorCalHistory 19:18, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
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Title of the California history articles We will have to rename the two sections of the California history articles. Any suggestions?
Sincerely, GeorgeLouis 11:19, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
Though I see that it's well-documented that this article needs a great deal of work, I'd also like to comment on the article section "Victim of its own success?" The title itself is gratuitously whimsical and subjective. Also, is this true? Of all my trips to Cali, I feel as though I saw plenty of beautifully clear blue skies; "The crystal clear blue skies — trademarks of California 100 years ago — are long gone." Is this an L.A. bias? Northern and non-LA southern Cali seemed positively riddled with beautiful blue skies, to me, and my visits have all been roughly post-1990 up to the present. Maybe I only think they're as brilliant as they used to be, but they're not, since I never actually saw the skies before 1987? I hope not, and I doubt it, and if I'm right this needs to be changed. - signed by an anon IP
I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of History of California 1900 to present's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.
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I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 07:49, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
The oil and gas section did not fit well in "History of California 1900 to present." was a) too long; b) too full of non-California topics and c) too concentrated on recent years. So I moved most of it to a new article on California oil and gas industry and added a bibliography there, and also rephrase some of what remains here. Rjensen ( talk) 00:48, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
A survey article like this should be the skeleton that summarizes and points people to long detailed articles. This suggests we should spin off: section 9 California water projects; 10 California's Highway System; 12 California Aerospace and Shipping; 13 California shipping; 14 California Naval Bases. These sections have lots of local material that is NOT included in general histories of the state. Rjensen ( talk) 02:51, 19 March 2014 (UTC)
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I noticed California Earthquakes section's first paragraph pretty much defines an earthquake. The point of a linked word, which is provided on the first addition of the word "earthquake", is to redirect a person to the page that will define said word and any particular information associated within. I suggest the removal of the first paragraph that defines an earthquake and stick to solely earthquakes that have been associated with California. For more information on earthquakes, the user may simply click the linked word itself. 98.102.77.188 ( talk) 06:46, 20 December 2016 (UTC)
Done Thanks for the great idea, Dawnseeker2000 06:59, 20 December 2016 (UTC)
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Somebody should rewrite the section on desalination, which is pretty dated. Right now it says that a San Diego desalination plan is expect to open in 2016. (As I write, that was five years ago.) There's not a word about a new Huntington beach plant that is expected to open in 2023. See https://www.poseidonwater.com/huntington-beach-desalination-plant.html for details. There may be other projects that should be added, but I don't know much about this subject. — MiguelMunoz ( talk) 05:14, 27 April 2021 (UTC)
This is not accurate. It does not teach how California in the 1850s-1890s was the world leader for growing and exporting wheat. Golden State mean anything. The Chinese exclusion act 1891 then caused the wave of young Italian males as the anti-foreign labor migration to work the fields and do the dirty work of land similiar to their isolated hilltop villages. The Azorean Portugues also shared a similiar White Latin impact by keeping their heads low and keeping the Catholic faith, to serve the Anglo status quo.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.161.63.121 ( talk) 23:03, February 16, 2022 (UTC)