Talk:La Conchita, California

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I'm the one who put in the line about the town formerly being known as Punta. (Example).

I think this is a critical bit of information to include in the article, whether or not the town was actually called Punta by anyone who lived there, since it is that way in the USGS database. Sites such as Topozone use the USGS nomenclature, and if you enter "La Conchita" in the search field at Topozone, you won't find the place; it thinks it is called "Punta." Antandrus 22:13, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Yeah I agree with you, I clicked on your link to the map and saw Punta, and tried to edit the comments to let the person know but have screwed it up.--Pope 03:44, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Hello, I've added historical information found by the History Committee of the La Conchita Community Organization (LCCO). The Committee is currently engaged in collecting oral histories and documenting significant historical events of our community. We hope to add this information once complete. User:Toezovr 14:46, 19 Jul 2006

this page is not at all written in an encyclopedic tone; the information regarding the slides is written in an inflammatory and biased manner.

[edit] Mudslide portion needs to be rewritten per Wikipedia standards

Hello NPOV?! A portion called "The 2005 Catostrophic Disaster" that contains a line that reads: "A 100-mile-per-hour death flow of mud and debris"... are you serious? This is an encyclopedia not a blog or an editorial or a rant page. Somebody needs to either clean that up or delete it entirely. How insensitive of a person do you have to be to call a mudslide "catostrophic" that destroyed only 15 homes and killed 10 people who knew how unstable that hill was and assumed the risk by living in La Conchita (especially up against the hill!). In the past 2 years we have witnessed a tsunami that killed over 100,000 people and Hurricane Katrina that destroyed a major U.S. metropolis. And you call La Conchita "catostrophic". Again, hello NPOV?! 69.227.2.153 02:30, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Grant from Spain?

In 1840 the territory belonged to Mexico, not Spain. Cobylub 15:02, 11 April 2007 (UTC)