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I've corrected one error of fact, and removed one bit of trivia. Pacific Coast Highway does run through Long Beach, but does NOT run through downtown Long Beach. The reference to Long Beach having an Original Tommy's is just about as significant as Long Beach having a McDonalds. Original Tommy's is a local Los Angeles burger chain, of which there are 27 of them. The only one that might be worth noting in the Wikipedia is their very original hamburger stand at the corner of Beverly and Rampart Boulevards.
gK 8 Oct 2004 11:56 PST
Wheely Willy, the celebrity Chihuaha, TV star and featured in How Willy Got His Wheels and How Willy Got His Wings — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.20.14.2 ( talk) 19:42, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
I'm going to delete the entire paragraph about homosexuality in Long Beach. The entire paragraph is full of unsourced information. Reinoe ( talk) 18:52, 11 December 2007 (UTC)Reinoe
There ought to be a section on Long Beach's political/social leanings —Preceding unsigned comment added by unknown editor ( talk • contribs) unknown date
Answering User:Willmcw's question about the San Pedro-Mormon connection: I was a little surprised to find out that this info is apparently true (my Mormon 2nd great grandfather's autobiography talks about visiting California in August 1855, including the nearby Dominguez Ranch, but makes no mention of a Mormon colony in San Pedro). A quick check on the internet, however, found this [1]:
"Brigham Young saw southern California as a source of supply for Utah. He also wanted to establish a mail route as well as a way station betwieen Utah and San Pedro Harbor as a rest stop for missionaries and immigrants....{Jefferson] Hunt also successfuly introduced a bill to construct a road from San Pedro Harbor through the Cajon Pass towards Utah. The harbor had become "the permanent depot for the territory of Utah... with emigrants and merchandise."
There is another Mormon connection to San Pedro: The Mormon Battalion camped there in 1847. [2]
I couldn't find anything specifically about a Mormon colony in San Pedro on the internet (but I didn't look that hard), but the suggestion is that there was one for awhile. I have a number of CD-ROMs with some Mormon history, so I will try to find out more. I might also try to contact the local Long Beach Family History Center to see if they can tell me anything. [[User:GK|gK ¿?]] 08:06, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
IMHO, much of the newly introduced section describes a fantasy land that hasn't existed in Long Beach since the days of the Spanish land grants. It sounds more like it is describing some sections of the Palos Verdes Peninsula instead.
Here are some of my concerns:
I welcome anyone to counter my points. I will keep an open mind if you can provide evidence from the California Native Plant Society, the local Audobon Society chapter, etc. Otherwise, I'm going to take a weed-whacker to the Environment section and turn it into something more reality-based. Blank Verse 10:21, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
I object to the link to the Longo Street Gang. The page is cleverly watered down and advertises a murderous group of street terrorists that is responsible for ongoing violence against citizens and Long Beach police officers. The existence of the link to Long Beach is offensive and should be removed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.5.119.136 ( talk • contribs)
Gangs are a fact of life in all of America's large cities. Is it being suggested that each city on Wikipedia have an isolated gang link to profile each metropolises extent of infestation? This is not the police department or the Chamber of Commerce. I propose that without further debate, the Longo link be removed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.5.119.136 ( talk • contribs)
Added the new banner. Assigned it a B quality rating with High importance to start, after reading the rating system. -- Justin.Johnsen 20:38, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
I'd like to suggest a link to be included on the Long Beach page, under maps. www.longbeachcamap.com. I'm not going to add it in myself because I am the co-owner of the publication (so my opinion admittedly is subjective!), but if you think it useful and relevant, please feel free to put it in. Lbmap 21:29, 30 October 2006 (UTC) lbmap
Hi, thanks for taking a look - your points are well taken. Lbmap 18:55, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
Suggest deleting nicknames from the banner. If these are some sort of official slogans, it should say that. Gaohoyt 22:36, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
I know "The Beach" is a nickname of CSULB, but is it also a nickname of the city of Long Beach? Alanraywiki 03:53, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
The introduction stated Long Beach is the most diverse large city in the US, but forgot to include other facts. Many white ethnic groups like Irish, Scottish, Dutch, Danes, Italians, Portuguese, Greeks and Armenians build Long Beach in the early 20th century. Their families came to the city's oceanic fishing and canning industries settled in Long Beach, but most of them migrated outside the city since the 1960's. Back in the great depression, Long Beach was a destination for "Okies" from states affected by the dust bowl found better paying jobs in factories and docks other than at the farms or fields. Asians from China, Korea, the Philippines and South Asia, as well Pacific Islanders from Hawaii and Samoa moved to Long Beach formed distinct sections of their own, like I recalled the sight of Korean language signs on storefronts on Lakewood Blvd. by the Long Beach airport. The city's large Hispanic population is largely Mexican (some are Mexican American) and Central American, but includes South Americans from Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia, makes Long Beach have one of the largest South American communities in the US. Please add the entries to a new paragraph: Diversity, since it's too long for the introduction. + Mike D 26 15:16, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
Retrieved from " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Mike_D_26"
Hello, I borrowed your anonymous i.p. to leave my opinion on the matter on Long Beach's history of races, culture, whatever to call it.
The US census, local history books and the World Book have different answers...1975 is old, get new sources please or you look like a pervasive vandal.
I can speak for it: I'm the eldest daughter of portugese parents from the Azores (1965) from south bay, but I seen my home town (Not Long Beach, but repeated in L.A. beach cities) changed and people come or go in time.
The page on racial diversity is about persons of color and other continents, not ethnic groups (sorry you're confused), Long Beach is perfect to raise a family and find work, just like my Mama and Papa did.
Usually like most of my neighbors' children...they assimilated, married to other groups and relocated to new homes, you find most Spanish, portugese, Italian, greek etc. in other towns.
Long Beach like older US cities is where immigrants start new lives before they move on. The article is correct on the festivities by locals embrace diversity of many countries they come from.
I predict Cambodian Americans (refers to the 2nd generation) won't reside in one area, but soon the Cambodians spread out the L.A. area and predominate in another county, I think is a good thing to seek new opportunities.
I wanted to make a note of North Long Beach/Bixby Knolls aren't Black areas, more racial groups live there, and on the Korean signs in the Rancho Los Cerritos area, not only Koreans live there but drive to their jobs here.
The city experienced a renaisance and no longer I can afford to live in south bay (this has to do with Long Beach, but seen it in san Pedro, Palos verdes and seal Beach in Orange county). Long Beach's coastal sections are generally homes of upscale couples and retired people too.
I hope to clear the issue and Mike D, don't be lazy next time you want to edit the page. Bye.- Patricia :-)
Yes, please people. Before adding in your beliefs and assumptions of racial diversity and demographics, why not look them up? There's a wealth of referential information gathered on this topic.-- Loodog 15:26, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
Can anyone identify some details in this image? What is the large body of water in front, the Pacific? And the bridge on the left side? Part of the 710? This is downtown, is it not? Thanks. howch e ng { chat} 00:18, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
There is not a single source in this article. I threw source tags all over the article, but as it stands any information IN THE WHOLE ARTICLE is liable to be deleted.-- Loodog 15:37, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
Also, citation needed re: CSULB "largest publicly funded art school west of the Mississippi". In the west, that's a large claim to make uncited. UCLA is pretty big and certainly better known, but I'd also like to know on what basis "largest" is determined. It should be specific: is it square footage, number of facilities, number of majors, number of graduate students, etc. Bmccarren 02:08, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
I removed the claim that "Long Beach is the largest U.S. city that is not a county seat." Both Baltimore and Washington DC are larger, and neither is a county seat, because neither lies in a county (Baltimore is an independent city and is not part of Balitmore County, and DC is not subdivided into counties at all). Although it would be correct to state that "Long Beach is the largest U.S. city that is in a county of which it is not county seat," that may not be sufficiently noteworthy to warrant inclusion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.95.170.233 ( talk • contribs) 13:16, 25 June 2007
Eh, I always say that Long Beach is the largest city which is not the seat of its own county. This conveys the same information and is correct in all technical respects. StevenE365 ( talk) 08:41, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
WikiProject Cities has a nice template article structure, with some thought behind it. Since our article looks to have been pieced together at random, I'm going to rearrange the sections. Here's my proposed format, open for discussion before I make the change.
Your thoughts? -- Justin 21:25, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
While I agree that a clean-up needs to be done, as many sections are a bit long and not well-written, I disagree with removing the culture section and have restored it. After looking at many other city articles, they all make mention of their cultural attributes (museums, symphonies, theaters, etc). A strong and diverse arts and cultural inventory is a key factor in a mature and diverse city. Besides, the editor who removed the section saw fit to leave in references to the local rugby team and sailing instructional center, and while I'm not advocating removing those references, I feel the LB Symphony, MoLAA, LB Municipal Band, etc., are certainly at least as important and relevant to the life and fabric of the city as a whole.
I reiterate that I feel the section (and the article as a whole) needs cleanup and tightening. But it does not need removal and have therefore restored it. I'm happy to discuss further. Dtcomposer 00:17, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
I just created Los Cerritos, Long Beach, California. Only a few more neighborhoods to go before there is an article on each one. JohnABerring27 ( talk) 18:49, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
Someone on that article keeps adding Long Beach to a list of communities that belong to South Los Angeles (formerly South Central). This is not accurate.-- Parkwells ( talk) 21:50, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
I had created a rather comprehensive sex offender registration information section in the Miscellaneous section. Long Beach became the first city in California that has created restrictions for all sex offenders, and in fact has created several ordinances. As it is the first major city to actually have such ordinances on the books in California, and may be the battleground for such constitutionality for the entire state, I felt it important enough to include of its own merit.
However, I would like to request some assistance on the posting of such information. Other states such as Georgia and Florida have greater restrictions with harsher consequences. But because of the ambiguity of the California state law coupled with the fact that Long Beach has actively put something on the books, I feel this is a notable inclusion into the city information. Also, I don't think this should be a "criminal" issue, as much of an overall "quality of life" issue...thoughts? OH, one other thing, just noticed that the city standardization format is being discussed. I don't see a place for crime or city security; perhaps "demographics"? Storac ( talk) 03:33, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
which is it? there are varying sources here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.106.187.212 ( talk) 12:36, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
Where to begin. I seriously suggest someone omit the "Pep Flag" portion from the sports section from this article. It has no citations, seeing how there are over 60 different "National" titles for Cheerleading, and, not to mention the links included do not link to relevant pages. The roller derby portion as well, reads like an advertisement, has no citations, and tops the "Sports" section. There is also no mention of the Semi-professional hockey team that used to play in Long Beach and was a conduit for many future NHL stars, let alone a link to the article. Shocuda ( talk) 09:15, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
I have posted a wonderful picture of ALL of Long Beach, that I took while flying out of LGB at the top area of the Long Beach page. I feel this is a far better photo to show ALL of Long Beach and have again replaced the picture that someone posted of a street and trees in Long Beach. I am working on all the Southern California Costal Cities to provide a perspective that is able to show more then some trees and buildings. WPPilot 20:43, 3 September 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by WPPilot ( talk • contribs)
I have reverted a edit that posted a rather busy photo of a number of areas in Long Beach. It was too busy and looked too much like a scanned postcard WPPilot 02:13, 27 January 2011 (UTC) WPPilot ( talk • contribs)
As of now the photos being considered for candidacy to be place in the infobox are the montage up now and the photo that will no doubt appear when a user chooses to revert the image to a concrete mess that poorly displays Long Beach. My logic is that the photo should be a montage as it has a relatively large population (comparable to Miami), and other large cities in Southern California (Los Angeles and San Diego) have similar montages. If it is not to be between either of them, there are very good photos that display the skyline of Long Beach which could be chosen. However, I feel we need more than three opinions on this matter. 08OceanBeach SD ( talk) 10:05, 29 January 2011 (UTC)
I'm not a regular at this article, so will leave it to others to place or not place this new image. Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 04:04, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
Here is a map
WhisperToMe ( talk) 20:03, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
The "Print" section is way too long and has too many external links in the middle of the paragraph. This is an encyclopedia article, after all. 108.254.160.23 ( talk) 01:35, 16 October 2013 (UTC)
The article says the fire department received a Class I rating, citing http://www.longbeach.gov/fire/ for the claim. However, that page does not mention the rating. I looked at an old copy on http://web.archive.org/web/20040820163939/http://www.longbeach.gov/fire/ and there was no mention then, either. I found http://www.lbreport.com/news/sep06/fdcla2.htm from 2006, which says the rating was lower, with one city council member agitating for an upgrade but city management advising against it. The same story says "for years, LB officials had routinely stated as a matter of civic pride that LB had a Class One ISO designation". I also found www.burrconsulting.com/lalafco/Gateway%20Adopted%20Final%20MSR.pdf from 2005, which states on the page numbered 144 (316th page of the PDF) that the rating was Class I. — rybec 01:10, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
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Archive 1 |
I've corrected one error of fact, and removed one bit of trivia. Pacific Coast Highway does run through Long Beach, but does NOT run through downtown Long Beach. The reference to Long Beach having an Original Tommy's is just about as significant as Long Beach having a McDonalds. Original Tommy's is a local Los Angeles burger chain, of which there are 27 of them. The only one that might be worth noting in the Wikipedia is their very original hamburger stand at the corner of Beverly and Rampart Boulevards.
gK 8 Oct 2004 11:56 PST
Wheely Willy, the celebrity Chihuaha, TV star and featured in How Willy Got His Wheels and How Willy Got His Wings — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.20.14.2 ( talk) 19:42, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
I'm going to delete the entire paragraph about homosexuality in Long Beach. The entire paragraph is full of unsourced information. Reinoe ( talk) 18:52, 11 December 2007 (UTC)Reinoe
There ought to be a section on Long Beach's political/social leanings —Preceding unsigned comment added by unknown editor ( talk • contribs) unknown date
Answering User:Willmcw's question about the San Pedro-Mormon connection: I was a little surprised to find out that this info is apparently true (my Mormon 2nd great grandfather's autobiography talks about visiting California in August 1855, including the nearby Dominguez Ranch, but makes no mention of a Mormon colony in San Pedro). A quick check on the internet, however, found this [1]:
"Brigham Young saw southern California as a source of supply for Utah. He also wanted to establish a mail route as well as a way station betwieen Utah and San Pedro Harbor as a rest stop for missionaries and immigrants....{Jefferson] Hunt also successfuly introduced a bill to construct a road from San Pedro Harbor through the Cajon Pass towards Utah. The harbor had become "the permanent depot for the territory of Utah... with emigrants and merchandise."
There is another Mormon connection to San Pedro: The Mormon Battalion camped there in 1847. [2]
I couldn't find anything specifically about a Mormon colony in San Pedro on the internet (but I didn't look that hard), but the suggestion is that there was one for awhile. I have a number of CD-ROMs with some Mormon history, so I will try to find out more. I might also try to contact the local Long Beach Family History Center to see if they can tell me anything. [[User:GK|gK ¿?]] 08:06, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
IMHO, much of the newly introduced section describes a fantasy land that hasn't existed in Long Beach since the days of the Spanish land grants. It sounds more like it is describing some sections of the Palos Verdes Peninsula instead.
Here are some of my concerns:
I welcome anyone to counter my points. I will keep an open mind if you can provide evidence from the California Native Plant Society, the local Audobon Society chapter, etc. Otherwise, I'm going to take a weed-whacker to the Environment section and turn it into something more reality-based. Blank Verse 10:21, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
I object to the link to the Longo Street Gang. The page is cleverly watered down and advertises a murderous group of street terrorists that is responsible for ongoing violence against citizens and Long Beach police officers. The existence of the link to Long Beach is offensive and should be removed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.5.119.136 ( talk • contribs)
Gangs are a fact of life in all of America's large cities. Is it being suggested that each city on Wikipedia have an isolated gang link to profile each metropolises extent of infestation? This is not the police department or the Chamber of Commerce. I propose that without further debate, the Longo link be removed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.5.119.136 ( talk • contribs)
Added the new banner. Assigned it a B quality rating with High importance to start, after reading the rating system. -- Justin.Johnsen 20:38, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
I'd like to suggest a link to be included on the Long Beach page, under maps. www.longbeachcamap.com. I'm not going to add it in myself because I am the co-owner of the publication (so my opinion admittedly is subjective!), but if you think it useful and relevant, please feel free to put it in. Lbmap 21:29, 30 October 2006 (UTC) lbmap
Hi, thanks for taking a look - your points are well taken. Lbmap 18:55, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
Suggest deleting nicknames from the banner. If these are some sort of official slogans, it should say that. Gaohoyt 22:36, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
I know "The Beach" is a nickname of CSULB, but is it also a nickname of the city of Long Beach? Alanraywiki 03:53, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
The introduction stated Long Beach is the most diverse large city in the US, but forgot to include other facts. Many white ethnic groups like Irish, Scottish, Dutch, Danes, Italians, Portuguese, Greeks and Armenians build Long Beach in the early 20th century. Their families came to the city's oceanic fishing and canning industries settled in Long Beach, but most of them migrated outside the city since the 1960's. Back in the great depression, Long Beach was a destination for "Okies" from states affected by the dust bowl found better paying jobs in factories and docks other than at the farms or fields. Asians from China, Korea, the Philippines and South Asia, as well Pacific Islanders from Hawaii and Samoa moved to Long Beach formed distinct sections of their own, like I recalled the sight of Korean language signs on storefronts on Lakewood Blvd. by the Long Beach airport. The city's large Hispanic population is largely Mexican (some are Mexican American) and Central American, but includes South Americans from Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia, makes Long Beach have one of the largest South American communities in the US. Please add the entries to a new paragraph: Diversity, since it's too long for the introduction. + Mike D 26 15:16, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
Retrieved from " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Mike_D_26"
Hello, I borrowed your anonymous i.p. to leave my opinion on the matter on Long Beach's history of races, culture, whatever to call it.
The US census, local history books and the World Book have different answers...1975 is old, get new sources please or you look like a pervasive vandal.
I can speak for it: I'm the eldest daughter of portugese parents from the Azores (1965) from south bay, but I seen my home town (Not Long Beach, but repeated in L.A. beach cities) changed and people come or go in time.
The page on racial diversity is about persons of color and other continents, not ethnic groups (sorry you're confused), Long Beach is perfect to raise a family and find work, just like my Mama and Papa did.
Usually like most of my neighbors' children...they assimilated, married to other groups and relocated to new homes, you find most Spanish, portugese, Italian, greek etc. in other towns.
Long Beach like older US cities is where immigrants start new lives before they move on. The article is correct on the festivities by locals embrace diversity of many countries they come from.
I predict Cambodian Americans (refers to the 2nd generation) won't reside in one area, but soon the Cambodians spread out the L.A. area and predominate in another county, I think is a good thing to seek new opportunities.
I wanted to make a note of North Long Beach/Bixby Knolls aren't Black areas, more racial groups live there, and on the Korean signs in the Rancho Los Cerritos area, not only Koreans live there but drive to their jobs here.
The city experienced a renaisance and no longer I can afford to live in south bay (this has to do with Long Beach, but seen it in san Pedro, Palos verdes and seal Beach in Orange county). Long Beach's coastal sections are generally homes of upscale couples and retired people too.
I hope to clear the issue and Mike D, don't be lazy next time you want to edit the page. Bye.- Patricia :-)
Yes, please people. Before adding in your beliefs and assumptions of racial diversity and demographics, why not look them up? There's a wealth of referential information gathered on this topic.-- Loodog 15:26, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
Can anyone identify some details in this image? What is the large body of water in front, the Pacific? And the bridge on the left side? Part of the 710? This is downtown, is it not? Thanks. howch e ng { chat} 00:18, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
There is not a single source in this article. I threw source tags all over the article, but as it stands any information IN THE WHOLE ARTICLE is liable to be deleted.-- Loodog 15:37, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
Also, citation needed re: CSULB "largest publicly funded art school west of the Mississippi". In the west, that's a large claim to make uncited. UCLA is pretty big and certainly better known, but I'd also like to know on what basis "largest" is determined. It should be specific: is it square footage, number of facilities, number of majors, number of graduate students, etc. Bmccarren 02:08, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
I removed the claim that "Long Beach is the largest U.S. city that is not a county seat." Both Baltimore and Washington DC are larger, and neither is a county seat, because neither lies in a county (Baltimore is an independent city and is not part of Balitmore County, and DC is not subdivided into counties at all). Although it would be correct to state that "Long Beach is the largest U.S. city that is in a county of which it is not county seat," that may not be sufficiently noteworthy to warrant inclusion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.95.170.233 ( talk • contribs) 13:16, 25 June 2007
Eh, I always say that Long Beach is the largest city which is not the seat of its own county. This conveys the same information and is correct in all technical respects. StevenE365 ( talk) 08:41, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
WikiProject Cities has a nice template article structure, with some thought behind it. Since our article looks to have been pieced together at random, I'm going to rearrange the sections. Here's my proposed format, open for discussion before I make the change.
Your thoughts? -- Justin 21:25, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
While I agree that a clean-up needs to be done, as many sections are a bit long and not well-written, I disagree with removing the culture section and have restored it. After looking at many other city articles, they all make mention of their cultural attributes (museums, symphonies, theaters, etc). A strong and diverse arts and cultural inventory is a key factor in a mature and diverse city. Besides, the editor who removed the section saw fit to leave in references to the local rugby team and sailing instructional center, and while I'm not advocating removing those references, I feel the LB Symphony, MoLAA, LB Municipal Band, etc., are certainly at least as important and relevant to the life and fabric of the city as a whole.
I reiterate that I feel the section (and the article as a whole) needs cleanup and tightening. But it does not need removal and have therefore restored it. I'm happy to discuss further. Dtcomposer 00:17, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
I just created Los Cerritos, Long Beach, California. Only a few more neighborhoods to go before there is an article on each one. JohnABerring27 ( talk) 18:49, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
Someone on that article keeps adding Long Beach to a list of communities that belong to South Los Angeles (formerly South Central). This is not accurate.-- Parkwells ( talk) 21:50, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
I had created a rather comprehensive sex offender registration information section in the Miscellaneous section. Long Beach became the first city in California that has created restrictions for all sex offenders, and in fact has created several ordinances. As it is the first major city to actually have such ordinances on the books in California, and may be the battleground for such constitutionality for the entire state, I felt it important enough to include of its own merit.
However, I would like to request some assistance on the posting of such information. Other states such as Georgia and Florida have greater restrictions with harsher consequences. But because of the ambiguity of the California state law coupled with the fact that Long Beach has actively put something on the books, I feel this is a notable inclusion into the city information. Also, I don't think this should be a "criminal" issue, as much of an overall "quality of life" issue...thoughts? OH, one other thing, just noticed that the city standardization format is being discussed. I don't see a place for crime or city security; perhaps "demographics"? Storac ( talk) 03:33, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
which is it? there are varying sources here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.106.187.212 ( talk) 12:36, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
Where to begin. I seriously suggest someone omit the "Pep Flag" portion from the sports section from this article. It has no citations, seeing how there are over 60 different "National" titles for Cheerleading, and, not to mention the links included do not link to relevant pages. The roller derby portion as well, reads like an advertisement, has no citations, and tops the "Sports" section. There is also no mention of the Semi-professional hockey team that used to play in Long Beach and was a conduit for many future NHL stars, let alone a link to the article. Shocuda ( talk) 09:15, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
I have posted a wonderful picture of ALL of Long Beach, that I took while flying out of LGB at the top area of the Long Beach page. I feel this is a far better photo to show ALL of Long Beach and have again replaced the picture that someone posted of a street and trees in Long Beach. I am working on all the Southern California Costal Cities to provide a perspective that is able to show more then some trees and buildings. WPPilot 20:43, 3 September 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by WPPilot ( talk • contribs)
I have reverted a edit that posted a rather busy photo of a number of areas in Long Beach. It was too busy and looked too much like a scanned postcard WPPilot 02:13, 27 January 2011 (UTC) WPPilot ( talk • contribs)
As of now the photos being considered for candidacy to be place in the infobox are the montage up now and the photo that will no doubt appear when a user chooses to revert the image to a concrete mess that poorly displays Long Beach. My logic is that the photo should be a montage as it has a relatively large population (comparable to Miami), and other large cities in Southern California (Los Angeles and San Diego) have similar montages. If it is not to be between either of them, there are very good photos that display the skyline of Long Beach which could be chosen. However, I feel we need more than three opinions on this matter. 08OceanBeach SD ( talk) 10:05, 29 January 2011 (UTC)
I'm not a regular at this article, so will leave it to others to place or not place this new image. Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 04:04, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
Here is a map
WhisperToMe ( talk) 20:03, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
The "Print" section is way too long and has too many external links in the middle of the paragraph. This is an encyclopedia article, after all. 108.254.160.23 ( talk) 01:35, 16 October 2013 (UTC)
The article says the fire department received a Class I rating, citing http://www.longbeach.gov/fire/ for the claim. However, that page does not mention the rating. I looked at an old copy on http://web.archive.org/web/20040820163939/http://www.longbeach.gov/fire/ and there was no mention then, either. I found http://www.lbreport.com/news/sep06/fdcla2.htm from 2006, which says the rating was lower, with one city council member agitating for an upgrade but city management advising against it. The same story says "for years, LB officials had routinely stated as a matter of civic pride that LB had a Class One ISO designation". I also found www.burrconsulting.com/lalafco/Gateway%20Adopted%20Final%20MSR.pdf from 2005, which states on the page numbered 144 (316th page of the PDF) that the rating was Class I. — rybec 01:10, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
Hi. I'm going through all the US Cities (as per List of United States cities by population) in an effort to provide some uniformity in structure. Anyone have an issue with me restructuring this article as per Wikipedia:WikiProject Cities/US Guideline. I won't be changing any content, merely the order. Occasionally, I will also move a picture just to clean up spacing issues. I've already gone through the top 20 or so on the above list, if you'd like to see how they turned out. Thoughts? Onel5969 ( talk) 16:07, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
What is missing from the recently created city timeline article? Please add relevant content. Contributions welcome. Thank you. -- M2545 ( talk) 08:08, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
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