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Semi-protected edit request on Dec 9 2015

The bicycling paragraph of the transportation section needs an update, problem sentences:

"San Diego's roadway system provides an extensive network of routes for travel by bicycle"

Bicyclists are able to use roadways in a large majority of states and all U.S. cities have extensive road networks (covering all of there developed area), this statement should be removed as it does not describe the unique characteristics of san diego cycling infrastructure.

"Testament to San Diego's cycling efforts, in 2006, San Diego was rated as the best city for cycling for U.S. cities with a population over 1 million.[211]"

this is a very out of date reference, multiple more recent sources rank San diego average or below average in bicycle infrastructure, number of bicyclists and fatalities.

http://www.aarp.org/content/dam/aarp/livable-communities/documents-2014/2014-Bike-Walk-Benchmarking-Report.pdf https://www.walkscore.com/CA/San_Diego

" Older and denser neighborhoods around the downtown tend to be friendlier to utility cycling. This is partly because of the grid street patterns now absent in newer developments farther from the urban core, where suburban style arterial roads are much more common"

Several older more urban communities have blocked the development of bicycle infrastructure http://fox5sandiego.com/2015/03/25/debate-stirs-over-proposed-hillcrest-bike-lanes/ http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/sep/23/coronado-bike-lanes/

I propose the entire paragraph be replaced with:

The dry and mild climate of San Diego makes cycling a convenient and pleasant year-round option. The city has some segregated cycle facilities, particularly in newer developments, however the majority of road facilities specifically for bicycles are painted on regular roadways. The city's hilly, canyoned terrain and long average trip distances—brought about by strict low-density zoning laws—somewhat restrict cycling for utilitarian purposes. In 2014 .9% of commuters traveled by bicycle, below the average 1% for large U.S. cities. Also in 2014, San Diego experienced 6.8 bicyclist fatalities per 10,000 cyclist commuters, the average for all large cities was 4.7.^[1] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.172.73.102 (talk) 21:39, 9 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ https://www.bikewalkalliance.org/storage/documents/reports/2014BenchmarkingReport.pdf

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Demographics Seem Incorrect

The median age was 32; two-thirds of the population was under 35.

Unless 1/6 of the population is between the ages of 32 and 34, which is very unlikely, this is incorrect. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.38.190.9 (talk) 22:02, 2 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for catching that. It is what the source said, but as you point out it can't be right. I found a better source for this kind of information. --MelanieN (talk) 23:01, 2 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

San Diego Wiknic - July 9, 2016

You are invited to the annual picnic of San Diego-area Wikimedians on Saturday, July 9. Join us! --Worldbruce (talk) 22:21, 28 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Proposal for change of External links

1) Link is ok, but the Title is uninformative

Title should be updated

"Official website" >> "City of San Diego Official Website"

2) Demographic Fact Sheet

Link should be updated

http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0666000.html >> https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/0666000

3) History of San Diego from San Diego Historical Society

Link should be updated, (without repeating twice same link)

http://sandiegohistory.org/index.html >> http://sandiegohistory.org/

4) San Diego Unified School District

Link should be updated

https://www.sandiegounified.org/Page/1 >> https://www.sandiegounified.org

D.Nino (talk) 22:58, 6 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I've made changes to #2–4. #1 works indirectly, through Wikidata, via a template. It's possible to re-title it, via setting a parameter; but I'd wait on consensus for doing that. Dhtwiki (talk) 04:35, 7 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, #1 I've realized later. It's OK. D.Nino (talk) 05:10, 7 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Utilities

Water is supplied by the Public Utilities Department of the City of San Diego. Almost all of the drinking water comes from the three water treatment plants that the city owns and operates. The treatment plants can produce up to 298 million gallons of drinking water per day all fed by local reservoir lakes.

Gas and electric utilities are provided by San Diego Gas & Electric, a division of Sempra Energy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 156.29.64.65 (talk) 19:55, 4 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sandi?!

Is there a single source on this? I've never heard this in my life. 59.124.5.22 (talk) 03:28, 24 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed it as unsourced. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 04:02, 24 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Top image is from the wrong place

The title of primary image on this article is "Cementerio de San Diego de Quito, en Ecuador" - which means it's not a photo of San Diego, California. So it seems like it should be replaced with one from the right city. Valley17 (talk) 15:39, 1 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 25 September 2020

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Please add to the Pre-Colonial History section: The Kumeyaay people were horticulturists, hunters, and gatherers, and inhabited the land for 10,000 years before settlers arrived in 1592. Now, the tribe is divided into 12 bands: Barona, Campo, Ewiiaapaayp, Inaja-Cosmit, Jamul, LaPosta, Manzanita, Mesa Grande, San Pasqual, Santa Ysabel, Sycuan and Viejas. The Kumeyaay now have 70,000 acres of land in East County, but more than 15,000 acres is unusable because of the removal of the El Capitan reservoir from Indian Government ownership. Kishabka (talk) 18:40, 25 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your request, but I would need a reference to add this. Can you suggest a Reliable Source? -- MelanieN (talk) 18:52, 25 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 7 December 2020

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I have no clue if I am aloud to try and put this image in the article, or if it is good enough to. I figured I'd go ahead and try anyways. I'm also not sure if I need to do any other formatting for it. Itsfluky (talk) 03:41, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{edit semi-protected}} template. The article already has a night photo of San Diego skyline. It would be good to get consensus from other editors before replacing it. RudolfRed (talk) 04:15, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Idea!

Could we please replace the older statistics, and information regularly, like, have a group that regularly every January/December, with up-to date statistics, as a regular thing, as well as updating the number of ships regularly, because that is actually pretty fluid, also please note that the Midway, is NOT an active Aircraft carrier, and is actually now is a museum, and has been for quite some time, please, lets make sure that only Active service naval ships are included, thank you, and I wish to express my respect for those who have more experience than my single day (at the posting of this) Kiri621x (talk) 19:21, 25 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

San Diego not being distinguished from Santiago

Why is it not necessary to add a distinguishing link to distinguish San Diego from Santiago? 2A02:C7E:321A:1000:E4E4:569D:B3BF:8BA2 (talk) 14:46, 6 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

They are entirely different names, there is little to no risk of confusion. Cristiano Tomás (talk) 18:45, 6 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Climate

Climate is missing from article. Pretty huge oversight. 2604:5500:50A5:7800:E9D7:39D8:FFD9:FF92 (talk) 10:30, 12 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

There is a climate section San_Diego#Climate, which includes a link to a standalone article. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 14:46, 12 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"Venturan" listed at Redirects for discussion

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Spoken Wikipedia thing

I'm going to do an audio recording for this article San Diego for the spoken Wikipedia just so you guys know.

Scrappy 19:28, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note the American tuna fleet was driven out of San Diego (and the United States) by US government law/ regulation forbidding the incidental killing of dolphins while using nets to catch the tunafish. So, all the fishing boats moved to Panama et/al. I lived in San Diego when this happened. 2600:8801:AD14:8A00:21B7:3B96:C625:BC08 (talk) 23:06, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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