Talk:Bolinas, California

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Contents 1 Hello? Could you be more specific? 2 Famous Residents 3 Erroneous Information 4 :-/

[edit] Hello? Could you be more specific?

Article needs to have more factual history, and less of a negative viewpoint. If no verification of the alchohol and drug use accusations appears, I will be removing it. Athryn 12:21, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Famous Residents

This needs to have some legitimate source backup. While I know that many of those listed in that section did indeed live/own property in Bolinas (I attended grade school with Walter Murch's daughter, for instance,) there are several people included in that list that seem erroneous. Proper reference is needed, or they should be removed. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Athryn (talk • contribs) 23:06, 10 September 2006.

Some of these are also linked deceptively. Deletion seems called for. UniversalSnip 21:21, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Erroneous Information

The image map showing the location of Bolinas in the bay seems to be wrong. It points to what I think is Paradise City inside the bay, where as, other maps show Bolinas being on the Pacific Coast. The map indicates it's from the Census Bureau, not sure where to get an updated/corrected version.

Also, the GPS coordinates are wrong. When plotted on several online maps it points to a point far out in the pacific. This could be a simple typo, but I don't know where to look up its correct GPS coordinates.

Working on the assumption that the photo was originally uploaded incorrectly as a mirror image, I've corrected that problem. I'll try to resolve the lat/long issue, and confirm that the photo is indeed of Bolinas. Please remember to sign your posts with ~~~~. - Itsfullofstars 16:50, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Update: The photo is legitimate, but was simply reversed. Various lat/long entries in the article worked OK for me, but I didn't try all of them/ - Itsfullofstars 17:34, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

That location in the image is definitely incorrect. Bolinas is on the ocean and not inside the bay. Even if the image was mirrored, bolinas would be to the northwest of the land that's indicated in the image Athryn 07:44, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Everything matches up when I compare the high-altitude image with all the maps I've looked at. - Itsfullofstars 16:51, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Update: The OTHER image in the article (the purported map) is way off, and shows Bolinas on the bay. That map (which I never bothered to enlarge beyond thumbnail size until now) is completely wrong. I'm getting rid of the map, but the photo taken from 40,000 feet is correct. - Itsfullofstars 16:56, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Ummm... You guys might want to Google "Bolinas Border Patrol" for a possible explanation of the anomolous edits you've turned up.--Hjal 01:29, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] :-/

This article was so much better before all the edits. I would push for bringing back at least some of the details about the reclusiveness, free store, sign-hiding, etc. The original incarnation of this article inspired me to drive from my flat in SF in an attempt to find Bolinas (I failed). Slugmaster 17:47, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Possibly, you were trying to get there using this map, which used to appear on the page! --Shoshoni 14:20, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Yeah - this could be about any town - it belongs in a CONTENT-free encyclopeda. There has to be some way to talk about what made Bolinas interesting and unusual - a history section perhaps. It will, of course, be controversial. Even though I grew up there, I'm not sure I would add anything. For one thing, even if I did try to stick to the dry, factual style that seems to be evolving here on Wikipedia, I couldn't "reference" what would be, after all, personal memories. Now if I wrote my biography and put it up as a website, then I could reference that... Zerodeconduite 12:39, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

FYI: About 8-9 years ago, I volunteered to install a networking system at the Bolinas elementary school so they could have inter class connectivity, Internet access, etc. It took me about 2.5 hours to find it, after several wrong turns. If I had known at the time that the locals enjoyed tearing the sign down, I would have turned around and headed home with the job undone without a moment's hesitation. - Richfife 15:36, 26 August 2007 (UTC)