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[edit] Cerritos, California

Excellent article. Far more inoformative than those of other cities Ive read, actually Id say 300 percent more informative. Excellent choice and layout of photos as well. Antonio extramultiple lanes road Martin

<Jun-Dai 28 June 2005 07:39 (UTC)> It is too detailed for a single article. The local landmarks section should be broken out into another article or set of articles, retaining two or three of the main ones. There are too many pictures; there should only be a few, and they should be larger. The article seems mostly like a listing of discrete and not terribly-related buildings, projects, etc. There certainly doesn't need to be three sections for individual high schools. Even one high school should not have a section unless it has had a significant impact in the world's awareness of Cerritos, which is not apparent from the article. All in all, this seems more like a brochure or travel guide than an encyclopedia article. That Frank Sinatra once performed in Cerritos is not relevant information for the article. </Jun-Dai>

I have a question about the usability of the photos in the article. They all seem to be from the City of Cerritos website ([1]), which has a clear copyright notice and no separate info on the copyright status of the photos, yet the photos have all been given either {{fairuse}} and {{PD}} tags. Also: Some of the text in the article looks like it was directly copied from the city website.

I also agree with Jun-Dai that the article is a rather jumbled listing of various locations around the city without any good indication of the importance of each location. Whitney High School, for example, has at least a state-wide reputation for the quality of the school, while the article gives no indication of that.

The article should also cover some of the local controversies, such as the problems with expanding the Cerritos Auto Square. There is also nothing about the Aeromexico DC-9 airplane that went down in Cerritos. BlankVerse ∅ 28 June 2005 08:25 (UTC)

    • Actually, the Aeromexico DC-9 IS mentioned. There is a small photo of the tragedy in the article as well. Thats the only thing I knew Cerritos for before I read the article. I thought Cerritos was a farm town before I read the article. Beng an aviation fan, I guess if I ever go there, I'd still feel chills thinking of the Aeromexico plane! Antonio Puertorriquena Airlines Martin

Needs to be divided into separate articles. Also, pictures are too small. Kaldari 28 June 2005 18:26 (UTC)

  • Object. Lots of problems here: Too many, too small images with a bad layout; unencyclopedic wording in many places of the article (the city takes prides in its beautification..., Cerritos' tradition of intelligent, progressive government is reflected in its civic facilities., etc...); many lists ("City beautification", "Notable characteristics"); structural problems ("Tournament of Roses Parade" has the same heading level as "Geography" and "Demographics", some sections are also out of place: the "Landmarks" section should be put after "Geography" and "Demographics", and couls probably use a renaming); insufficient references (the single web-based reference is also ill-formatted); inappropriate lead. This article should spend some time on Peer Review. Phils 28 June 2005 19:46 (UTC)
  • Support. Another well-written and well-furnished city article. However, yes, a bit too long. --Deryck C. 2005-06-30 15:41:08 (UTC)
  • Object. I like the information, but the alignment is really grotesque. I would switch to support as long as there's an observable improvement in textual arrangement. -- Jerry Crimson Mann 20:23, 1 July 2005 (UTC)