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Requested move (2010)[edit]

Note to closing admin: please delay the closing of this RFM until Talk:Los Angeles#Various move requests involving LA Neighborhoods has closed, on May 4, 2010.   Will Beback  talk  20:05, 30 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: Page moved - see also Talk:Los_Angeles#Various_move_requests_involving_LA_Neighborhoods  Ronhjones  (Talk) 23:55, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]


Van Nuys, Los Angeles, CaliforniaVan Nuys, Los Angeles — Per naming conventions of neighborhoods in Chicago, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Cleveland, Detroit, &c (American cities who are notorious enough to not need the states in their names), and to make names shorter and more navigable (WP:COMMONNAME). There are four of these as it only allows me to request twenty pages at a time Purplebackpack89 (Notes Taken) (Locker) 19:33, 24 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Requested move 1 October 2016[edit]

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: MovedJFG talk 15:54, 16 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]


Van Nuys, Los AngelesVan NuysWP:PRIMARYTOPIC, WP:COMMONNAME, also WP:USPLACE does not apply because Van Nuys is not a city, but a subdivision of LA. See Talk:Brooklyn#Requested_move_28_September_2016, and Harlem Prisencolin (talk) 04:33, 1 October 2016 (UTC)--Relisting. Andrewa (talk) 19:43, 9 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

And the same goes for the rest of Category:Neighborhoods in Los Angeles In ictu oculi (talk) 09:07, 10 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. "Van Nuys" is also a family name and the name of a rather long street in the San Fernando Valley. I believe that all the other neighborhoods in Los Angeles are identified as such. If not, they should be. Thank you. BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 19:03, 3 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per WP:CONCISE, and WP:CONSISTENCY with Hollywood, Queens, etc. As said in the nom, WP:USPLACE does not apply as it is not a city. And it's not "California" as the disambiguator anyway. We should remove all disambiguators of this nature where they aren't necessary as they don't help anyone.  — Amakuru (talk) 14:29, 8 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Van Nuys already redirects here, which means we've already determined it to be the primary topic, and no cogent argument has been made to the contrary. As others have noted, neighborhoods need not follow the "city, state" convention, and this move is consistent with that. Calidum ¤ 02:44, 10 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
No, that just means that it is a WP:Primary redirect, which is consistent with WP:USPLACE. In ictu oculi (talk) 09:08, 10 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion[edit]

I think there's a consensus to move but that's partly because I think both oppose votes give questionable rationales, so relisting.

User:BeenAroundAWhile, you don't say whether you think this is the primary topic as claimed. If so, why should this be an exception to the guideline?

User:In ictu oculi, I don't see the parallel with Brooklyn, rather it seems to follow the guidelines as it's suggested this article should too, can you elaborate? Andrewa (talk) 19:43, 9 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

There was recently an RM discussion at Talk:Brooklyn on the applicability of WP:USPLACE since the 5 boroughs are listed as an exception, however WP:USPLACE also indicates that Category:Neighborhoods in Los Angeles follow California consistency. In ictu oculi (talk) 09:07, 10 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Van Nuys is not primary because it is also the name of a historic family in Los Angeles County and also the name of a street. BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 17:55, 10 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
If that was the consensus, the dab page would be Van Nuys, rather than Van Nuys (disambiguation) and Van Nuys would not redirect to the neighborhood. —Roman Spinner (talk)(contribs) 20:48, 10 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: Announcement of this discussion appears at Talk:New York City, Talk:Los Angeles, Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (geographic names) and Wikipedia talk:WikiProject United States —Roman Spinner (talk)(contribs) 20:40, 10 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  1. In examining the lengthy discussions and move requests compiled at Talk:Los Angeles/Archive index, one can find numerous proposals to remove the state name as a suffix (Talk:Los Angeles/Archive 5#Various move requests involving LA Neighborhoods), but none that arrives at a consensus or even fully discusses stand-alone neighborhood names.
  2. The only specific guideline at WP:USPLACE concerns the five boroughs of New York City, with no indication as to neighborhoods. However, still using New York City as an example, inconsistencies become apparent in the stand-alone naming of Manhattan neighborhoods such as Lower East Side, Greenwich Village or Harlem, but not those in other boroughs (Mott Haven, Dyker Heights or Rego Park, which are listed as Mott Haven, Bronx, Dyker Heights, Brooklyn and Rego Park, Queens). South Bronx or Downtown Brooklyn are among the exceptions, probably because in would be redundant to reference them as South Bronx, Bronx or Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn. In fact, a glance at such categories as Neighborhoods in Manhattan highlights examples of various inharmonious headers, including Hudson Yards redirecting to Hudson Yards, Manhattan, with a further Hudson Yards (disambiguation) page.
  3. Lengthy past discussions at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (geographic names), such as 2009's Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (geographic names)/Archives/2009/October#RfC: Article titles for US neighbourhoods or 2010's Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (geographic names)/Archives/2010/November#US neighborhoods and, especially, Neighborhoods of US cities (which placed emphasis on consistency and attempted to formulate a guideline) devoted considerable time and space to the subject but, again, none arrived at a consensus which could be represented as an "official" guideline at WP:USPLACE.
  4. The numerous remaining aspects of this matter may be submitted for discussion at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (geographic names) along with a first-time proposal for enabling all uniquely-named neighborhoods in Los Angeles to collectively shed the suffix "Los Angeles". Thus, instead of (for example) Glassell Park, Los Angeles or Harbor Gateway, Los Angeles, we would move the redirects Glassell Park and Harbor Gateway to become main title title headers, with the forms Glassell Park, Los Angeles and Harbor Gateway, Los Angeles becoming redirects. Common name multi-use forms, such as Westwood, Los Angeles would, of course, have to remain unchanged. Such changes may be concurrently or subsequently proposed for all U.S. city neighborhoods under Category:Neighborhoods in the United States by state.
  5. As matters stand now, however, lacking a specific "neighborhood guideline" at WP:USPLACE, each discussion, such the one here, regarding Van Nuys, appears to be applicable solely to the specific entry in question, without creating a precedent, although it may serve as an example for the potential wider discussion at WT:NCGN. —Roman Spinner (talk)(contribs) 20:40, 10 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Requested move 13 May 2021[edit]

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The result of the move request was: No consensus. (closed by non-admin page mover) -- Calidum 00:47, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]



Van NuysVan Nuys, Los Angeles – The "Neighborhood, Los Angeles" format is followed by pretty much every neighborhood in Los Angeles (with only a few very famous exceptions such as Hollywood). Crossover1370 (talk | contribs) 20:40, 13 May 2021 (UTC) Relisting. ~ Aseleste (t, e | c, l) 09:05, 21 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.