Talk:Bel Air, Los Angeles, California
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[edit] Population statistics
As of the census of 2000, there are 7,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 people in the neighborhood. The racial makeup of the neighborhood is 86.24% White (82.95% non-Latino white), 1.93% African American, 0.06% Native American, 6.84% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 1.30% from other races, and 3.59% from two or more races. 4.65% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The largest defined racial group is the Whites. Next, at 6.84%, are "Asians". Next, Latino & Hispanic (4.65%)
So why is it that in writing this entry, blacks (merely 1.9%) are mentioned after whites? And then Native American (who, at 0.06%, is the very smallest group)?
Because the demographics information was written by a bot, Ram-Bot, which used a standard boilerplate. 172.172.35.229 21:16, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Hyphen?
What is the source for the hyphen in the name? The GNIS has it as "Bel Air" (no hyphen), and in Google, the only hyphen that comes up quickly is the link back to this article. --Ken Gallager 20:39, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
- It also is shown as "Bel Air" throughout the Los Angeles city website. --Ken Gallager 21:00, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
Okay, answered my own question. The neighborhood association spells it that way and shows a street sign with the hyphen. That would trump the outsiders. --Ken Gallager 14:13, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
Ken was right the first time; the neighborhood association is wrong. I've never seen a map of this area that had a hyphen, and I've been around a long time. Download the picture of the Sunset Blvd entrance shown at the beginning of the article. Enlarge the gatehouse on the left side of the entrance sufficiently, and you'll see the scripted words "Bel Air" - no hyphen. Herb3WH 11:38, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
- Plaques and signs are often wrong, so that isn't definitive. The Hotel Bel-Air uses a hyphen.[1] OTOH, the L.A. Almanac, which is very reliable, does not.[2] So there clearly isn't one right answer. However I'd favor removing the hyphen as that orthography appears to be used in more official settings. ·:· Will Beback ·:· 22:28, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Requested move
This article has been renamed from Bel-Air, Los Angeles, California to Bel Air, Los Angeles, California as the result of a move request.
- The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. 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 proposal was - move.
Bel Air has no hyphen, according to the Thomas Guide, Google maps, Mapquest and numerous other sources. The request is to move everything on here to a new page without the hyphen. Please indicate below any opposition to or endorsement of this move. Sincerely, GeorgeLouis (talk) 16:35, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
- Support. Good discussion above, refreshing to see! Suspect that either name is acceptable, but I'd want more than one hotel name and a couple of street signs to justify the hyphen; It seems safest to leave it out. Andrewa (talk) 17:45, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
- Since there was a rough agreement on this last year, and no disagreement this year, I've gone ahead and made the move. Some care will be needed to make sure that subsidiary articles are correctly titled, as some may properly use hyphens (such as the hotel). ·:· Will Beback ·:· 18:37, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
- The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.
[edit] Sources for 1961 fire?
What are the sources for the 1961 fire? Are they all from Life magazine? Then they should be cited by page number. Sincerely, GeorgeLouis (talk) 08:37, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Bel Air Country Club
No need to modify exclusive with a superfluous adverb (highly). The adjective is the enemy of the noun, or, in this case, the adverb is the enemy of the adjective.
- "Exclusive" is not an absolute modifier, unlike "unique". However "exclusive" means different things depending on who is being excluded. Many street gangs are very exclusive, for example. Plain "exclusive" will do. ·:· Will Beback ·:· 10:00, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Image requests
People in the Los Angeles area need to take pictures of the public schools that serve Bel-Air: "These Los Angeles Unified School District schools serve the area: Warner Avenue Elementary School, Emerson Middle School, and University High School. [8]
Some Bel Air area homes are within the Roscomare Road Elementary School attendance area.
In addition, an LAUSD magnet school named Community Magnet School is near the area. [9]"
It would be nice to see them uploaded. WhisperToMe (talk) 16:46, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
- Well there is [[Image:American Jewish University, Bel Air, California.JPG|this image if the Jewish University. I'll go ahead and add it in. Happyme22 (talk) 17:36, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
- Cool! That's neat! When you get the chance, please see if you can get the schools too :) WhisperToMe (talk) 23:29, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
