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I didn't look through all the versions but in James Loewen's book he identifies Tarzana as a Sundown town. This information helps explain the current racial demographics in the city, and ought to be included in the article.-- Rockero 17:07, 9 November 2005 (UTC)
The entire San Fernando Valley was founded under a racially restrictive covenant, as were thousands of other communities of this era, as detailed by Prof. Loewen's book (this was standard practice in the U.S.A. in the era of segregation). This covenant pre-dated Edgar Rice Burroughs' purchase of the property (per Catherine Jurca, "White Diaspora", Princeton University Press, 2001), and did not originate with him. Unless EVERY community in Southern California (Glendale, Burbank, etc.) is going to have a section on racial covenants, this isn't unique or germane to Tarzana's history. Also, Barraclough's claim that ERB "promoted" the town with "white supremacy" language (one sentence in her book) is unsourced--she doesn't provide any of the original realty advertising to support this statement. The original advertising materials and concept (per Irwin Porges, John Taliaferro, Scott Tracy Griffin, and other Burroughs biographers) were to promote Tarzana as an artists' and literary colony--if anyone can find the original realty advertising materials, this would be the definitive reference, rather than Barraclough. Since her book doesn't provide a source for the "white supremacy" claim, I have removed it. Carolann Wright ( talk) 04:53, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
The hair salon where, on February 16th 2007, Britney Spears infamously shaved her head is located in Tarzana.
WTF is this doing in an encyclopedia? Brain dead trivia. 100% Wikiality. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.141.211.24 ( talk) 16:58, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
Jeremy Hotz does not actually live in Tarzana. It's a joke because he thought the name was funny. I took this info out. —Preceding
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The question I expected to find the answer to here is about the name? Who chose the name, apparently after Tarzan? -- CodeGeneratR ( talk) 04:45, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
If that Snopes article is correct, then isn't the information in this article wrong? Lots of people come to this article looking for that piece of information ("which came first, Tarzan or Tarzana?") — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.119.36.64 ( talk) 04:19, 26 June 2011 (UTC)
Although, I have my doubts as to whether the Snopes article is correct. In any case, I took out the part at the beginning that addressed the origin of the name because it didn't cite the source. But I am looking for a reliable source and if it turns out to be right then I'll put it back. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.119.36.64 ( talk) 04:29, 26 June 2011 (UTC)
Nevermind everything I just said. I'm sorry. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.119.36.64 ( talk) 04:36, 26 June 2011 (UTC)
The Snopes article was written as an example of a VIRAL HOAX. It is untrue Carolann Wright ( talk) 04:55, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
I propose that if the person's wikipedia article doesn't say anything about tarzana and there is no independent source that says they live in tarzana that they be removed. it's just a neighborhood; people move in and out all the time. I will do this soon if no one objects.— alf laylah wa laylah ( talk) 16:50, 19 August 2012 (UTC)
My problems with this sentence is that assumes without a source that the Jewish community in Tarzana supports the Hebrew language bookstore. Non-Jews read Hebrew too and almost certainly shop at the store. Also there are Jews all over Los Angeles who almost certainly support the store as well. Tarzana has under 30,000 people in it. Even supposing that all of them were Jewish, it's almost certainly not enough to support a Hebrew bookstore, otherwise we'd see one in every city with 30,000 Jews. If this is the case, why is this only the second one? Anyway, it makes no sense to me, so I'm bringing it up here.— alf laylah wa laylah ( talk) 14:31, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
I'm kind of turned off by citations in the lead (see WP:LEADCITE for MOS opinion on this). On the other hand, GeorgeLouis's rewrite of the lead got changed by an IP who obviously didn't know what the standards for inclusion are, so possibly a cite, which GeorgeLouis put in after I reverted the IP's reversion, would have stopped the IP from removing the material. On the third hand, citations in the lead scream "edit wars" to me (probably from my having wasted so much time editing articles on the Middle East). Thoughts on removing the cite from the lead and relying on WP:LEADCITE to keep the phrase intact? This is mostly an aesthetic issue for me, and not one I'm strongly fixed on. — alf laylah wa laylah ( talk) 16:54, 12 May 2013 (UTC)
I have never heard this word used in connection with schools outside of Wikipedia. Also, there are no sources for listing these schools as "zoned," whatever it means. GeorgeLouis ( talk) 21:14, 12 May 2013 (UTC)
" is a predominantly white, highly educated, affluent district" are you kidding me? This is unacceptable. Please keep the racism and bigoted descriptions to your self.
What does anyone think about the use of the word "affluent" to describe Tarzana? It seems both wrong and silly to me. I know the LAT has the median income higher than average, but really, "affluent" is like Bel Air or Beverly Glen or something, not Tarzana. Thoughts?— alf laylah wa laylah ( talk) 22:30, 26 January 2014 (UTC)
A lot of erroneous or irrelevant information has popped up on this page over the years (that Snopes hoax continues to circulate around the internet).
Author Edgar Rice Burroughs, who purchased Harrison Gray Otis's ranch, and whose efforts led to the founding of Tarzana, kept diligent business records. His life has been extensively biographied, most definitively by Irwin Porges in the 820-page "Edgar Rice Burroughs: The Man Who Created Tarzan" (Brigham Young University Press, 1975), and more recently by Scott Tracy Griffin, in "Tarzan: The Centennial Celebration" (Titan Books, 2012). There is a wealth of information in these books on the town's history that can be incorporated into the text here. I may get around to it eventually, but if others want to take a crack at it, please do so. It's a shame that there is so little of the town's rich history here. Carolann Wright ( talk) 05:07, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
These three musicians all owned one after another the same house on Caritina Drive; I knew this as a teenager because I lived down the street from them, and it was local lore. But the only confirmation I've been able to find so far is this really unusable source. I'd love it if someone could find something usable. --jpgordon 𝄢𝄆 𝄐𝄇 01:16, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
I have never edited Wikipedia and don't want to mess it up, but if someone could add Benny "The Jet" Urquidez to the list of notable people from Tarzana, that would be awesome. He is one of the greatest martial artists alive, with only one defeat in his 27-year career (and even that one wasn't totally clear, depending on who you ask). I feel that leaving him off this list is an injustice. Here's his article on Wikipedia: /info/en/?search=Benny_Urquidez
Thanks! 67.177.175.51 ( talk) 03:13, 9 September 2019 (UTC)