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Former good articleLos Angeles was one of the Geography and places good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
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Current status: Delisted good article

Semi-protected edit request on 5 May 2024

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In the sports section, remove Los Angeles Clippers from the tag about Crypto.com Arena and add Intuit Dome in list of venues. The Clippers season has ended. 47.153.148.108 (talk) 09:23, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Charliehdb (talk) 11:14, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
[1][2] 47.153.148.108 (talk) 15:36, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hold off until the next season begins and the Intuit Dome is actually open. Unexpected delays could occur, and there's no rush in listing it as open when it is not actually open yet. oknazevad (talk) 14:46, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

References

Semi-protected edit request on 26 May 2024

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The most common ancestries in Los Angeles are German (3.8%), followed by Irish, English, Italian, Polish and French. Add this information to the demographics section.

Source: https://data.census.gov/profile/Los_Angeles_city,_California?g=160XX00US0644000 103.38.254.254 (talk) 10:12, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ABG (Talk/Report any mistakes here) 05:29, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 26 May 2024 (2)

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Spanish is spoken by 39.4% in Los Angeles. Add this information to the demographics section.

Source: https://data.census.gov/profile/Los_Angeles_city,_California?g=160XX00US0644000 103.38.254.254 (talk) 10:14, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ABG (Talk/Report any mistakes here) 05:29, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 19 June 2024

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The top non-English languages spoken at home in Los Angeles are Spanish, Korean, Armenian, Chinese and Persian. Add this to demographics section.

Source: https://research.newamericaneconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/G4G_CityOfLA.pdf 2600:6C50:7E00:20C:55B:9069:94D4:62B7 (talk) 00:55, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: The source is pretty outdated. (from 2021) '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talkcontribs) 07:05, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hmm, really, you expect that to change in three years?? I mean, it could, if they're currently close, but that sort of thing is more on the order of a generation usually. --Trovatore (talk) 21:17, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Third Largest Node of American Film Production"

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Neither of the two sources listed for this statement seem to say anything supporting it. Section should be reverted to a previous version or an additional source should be provided. Cosmomaduz (talk) 01:18, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's odd wording anyway. Who talks like that? What's a "node of film production"? And if LA really is the third-largest one, what are the first two? Not sure how to fix it though; we can't claim that LA is the biggest movie city if it isn't (though that surprises me a little). --Trovatore (talk) 01:48, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Seems to have been added by Castncoot, somewhere in this series of edits on 12 June. Castncoot, care to comment? --Trovatore (talk) 01:52, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
This report surprised me a little, saying that in 2018 California surpassed New York in Film Production. I Donald Albury 12:57, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That was 2018, pre-pandemic. It’s an entirely different world now. Los Angeles is now struggling to get much done within its borders. Atlanta and NYC have zoomed ahead. But at least L.A. hasn’t dropped to fourth place yet. Castncoot (talk) 20:58, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
But thank you for for bringing up this point. Going forward in this new world, it’s going to be an ever-changing horse race. So I’ve rephrased it to say, “one of the largest”, which I’m sure it will be for the foreseeable future. Castncoot (talk) 21:06, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think the problem is the rank, but the use of the word "node." I assume it's supposed to be mean "hub" or "center" here but that's a pretty uncommon definition of the word. ~~ Jessintime (talk) 22:50, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
 Done. Changed it to “hubs.” Best, Castncoot (talk) 23:07, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What are these wildly different population numbers?

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First it says 4 million, then below that it says, urban: 12 million. What's going on? 2604:3D08:5B80:B70:7B4B:B05A:3702:FA12 (talk) 23:03, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The city (incorporated municipality) has a population of 3.9 million. The metropolitan area, which is defined for statistical purposes by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (see Metropolitan statistical area) and includes the city and 5 counties, has a population of about 13 million. Donald Albury 23:13, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you very much. To be sure, the page lists "urban" as 13 million and "metro" as 17 million. OK, thank you. 2604:3D08:5B80:B70:7B4B:B05A:3702:FA12 (talk) 00:43, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, and the combined statistical area has 20.6 million. See Greater Los Angeles. The 17 million may be an older figure that has not been updated. I'm busy with other things, but hopefully someone will figure out and fix up the article. Donald Albury 13:27, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There are wildly disparate (and unofficial) population figures in many US city articles, including this one. They should not be used, in order that all US city, metropolitan, and combined areas follow the same US Census Bureau yardstick: the latest official estimates listed in List of US cities by population, List of United States urban areas, Metropolitan statistical areas, and Combined statistical areas. All are 2023 except for urban areas, which are 2020. I just now corrected the LA figures in both infobox and lede, plus I added the 2023 CSA population. This parallels the infobox's separate GDP numbers for LA's MSA and CSA as well. Mason.Jones (talk) 20:16, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for dealing with this. Editors inserting population figures from unofficial, unreliable sources is a constant problem. I just didn't feel up to dealing with it today. Donald Albury 23:26, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
No problem. Also corrected inconsistent populations for the City of Los Angeles. The tag "2023 estimate" should actually give 2023, not other years. Mason.Jones (talk) 15:18, 13 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Lack of good, useful map showing neighborhoods of Los Angeles

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Where is the good map showing all the neighborhoods of Los Angeles? It's very, very, very, very, very, very ridiculous and unencyclopedic that there isn't one in the current version of this article.

An example of such a map: https://imgcap.capturetheatlas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/neighborhood-map-los-angeles.jpg 98.123.38.211 (talk) 00:35, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Any existing maps on the internet are obviously not free to simply upload into Wikipeadia. So if you feel so passionately about this, why dont YOU make the map you desire? Wikipedia is what we make of it.Cristiano Tomás (talk) 15:19, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]