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Events

The events section should probably go above the landmarks section. It should probably also include Pride, and AIDS Walk.Kaibab 08:25, 2 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

As one of the largest and earliest gay pride parades and festivals in the US, the West Hollywood celebration probably deserves it's own article as well. I wish that I could remember where I read a fairly recent description of the early history of the parade—maybe the LA Weekly. BlankVerse 09:32, 2 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

90069 zip code

While it is funny that part of West Hollywood has a zip code of 90069, it's not really that unsurprising, given the close proximity of the 90068 (Hollywood Hills) and 90067 (Century City) zip codes. Part of the "gay village" area on Santa Monica Boulevard is in the 90046 zip code as well, by the way. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.231.178.189 (talk) 22:39, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The zip codes were assigned when WeHo was an unincorporated part of L.A. County, so they all overlap into Los Angeles. In fact, the Postal Service does not officially recognize West Hollywood as a place! Originally, they refused to deliver mail that was addressed to WeHo instead of L.A., but bowed under community pressure. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.179.227.58 (talk) 00:10, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Landmarks

Neither the Beverly Center nor the Hard Rock is in West Hollywood, so why are they in this article?66.215.75.10 05:29, 14 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

So far nobody has supplied an explanation, so I'm editing them out. Moksharamana 04:32, 30 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WeHo?!

I live in West Los Angeles, and am in West Hollywood very often (that's where all the good music is, of course). I read this article, and had to ask everyone I know whether they had ever called or even heard of anyone call West Hollywood "WeHo." Never. North Hollywood is sometimes called "NoHo," but West Hollywood is never called WeHo, not even in a comical sense. Ever. I'm fixing this in the article. Any comments? -Kingurth 07:26, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Check the City of West Hollywood website. The preferred address is WeHo.org — Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.193.144.201 (talk) 00:51, 27 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've been a gay West Hollywood resident for years. I hear West Hollywood shortened to WeHo quite often. On top of the city website being weho.org, the Chamber of Commerce also calls itself the "WeHo Chamber"^[1]PWdiamond 10:35, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

(humor) It would only be accurate if it was "WeHos", since "We" is plural, (except for the royal "We", which only a VERY pretentious queen would use). (dougcweho) DCX (talk) 10:52, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

References

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WEHO Continued...

I live in LA County and I've heard people use the term "WEHO" repeatedly...both comically and as a shortened version a la NOHO. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Leodios (talk • contribs) 08:18, 8 March 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Contradiction

"All of West Hollywood is zoned to Fairfax High School; some areas are jointly zoned to Fairfax High School and Hollywood High School."

How can all of weho be zoned to Fairfax High and also jointly zoned to Fairfax High and Hollywood High? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.236.0.127 (talk) 17:23, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I read it to mean that in some areas of West Hollywood, the lucky residents can choose between attending Fairfax or Hollywood High School, their choice. Is this correct? Sccosel (talk) 19:08, 29 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

weho

i live in weho. the use of weho for west hollywood is extremely common. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.236.0.127 (talk) 17:24, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

So did my grandmother. We used to come down on the Daylight behind a GS-4 to visit her. She died at her rolltop, giving orders to "her boys" at Frazier Brothers Burner Company in West Hollywood. You're lucky we cremated her, or she'd rise up out of the grave and beat you to a pulp with her artificial leg. "WeHo", gag me with a spoon. Could all the cool hipster carpetbaggers from Omaha please return whencever they comethed ? Thanks 210.22.142.82 (talk) 11:04, 22 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

POV - the intent of ordinances

An unregistered user (much like myself) has made the below change. With my emphasis:

Residents of the City vote overwhelmingly Democratic, and regularly pass ordinances geared toward reducing perceived discrimination, and protecting the public health and dignity of all living things at the cost of individual liberty.

I think it's pretty hard to read that as anything but an attempt to inject the author's suspicion of such measures into the description of what I at least can imagine to be legitimate aims of ordinances - whether we agree with them or not. I was quite tempted to remove it immediately but I welcome consensus. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.32.86.41 (talk) 14:49, 30 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

POV label in Politics section

I will go ahead and remove the POV lable in the politics section because there is no explanation for it in the talk page. I perceive that the POV label had been placed on the politics section because West Hollywood passed a lot of ordinances. So, the POV label is more on disagreeing with the POV of the city rather than the POV of the section in the article. Of course, the article saying that the city is a frontrunner in social justice legislation could be POV, but that seems more like a cheerleading issue rather than an issue on a particular POV since social justice encompasses the ordinances mentioned in the article. EECavazos (talk) 11:25, 5 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Rearrange sections

This article is on a city so the nut and bolts of the city should be arranged first in the article such as geography, education, and politics because that relates more to the information in the introduction of the article. Then the history section should go in for background and then finish off with events and pet friendly. I'll give that a try and then give it a look-see if you think that works. EECavazos (talk) 11:31, 5 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Edited to remove...

Neither Drew Barrymore nor Tila Tequila are gay. Tila Tequila is bisexual and I'm not sure Drew Barrymore is even bisexual, but certainly neither is gay. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.184.76.241 (talk) 07:59, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Drew Barrymore is definitely bisexual.

Nuttyskin (talk) 14:35, 18 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Effigy

This blurb seems out of place. Far too much weight in the "history" section. It's not that significant to the city and will be forgotten in a decade. No more than a single line is warranted in my opinion, if that. There have certainly been many, many other equally significant events/protests/etc but few are mentioned anywhere. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.166.221.39 (talk) 21:09, 20 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Chatter

Hey everyone! This article is really coming along! Fantastic work everyone! I'd love to have expanded neighborhood info under geography, maybe a short blurb about any neighborhood that has defined itself with an association or neighborhood watch? We Could define the general area and describe the buildings and character of the areas (homes, apartments, businesses), and perhaps any groups or events specific to the area. This could get very interesting if we can find demographic info at this level of detail, showing things like areas with older residents, more Russians, etc. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ca tallguy (talk • contribs) 20:11, 17 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Barney's

"Sometime in the 1940s a sign appeared over the bar at Barney's Beanery that said "FAGOTS – STAY OUT". It was so offensive to local homosexuals that Life magazine did an article on opposition to the sign in 1964, which included a photograph of the owner steadfastly holding on to it.[19] The owner died in 1968, and efforts continued to have the sign removed. The Gay Liberation Front organized a zap of the restaurant on February 7, 1970 to push for its removal. The sign came down that day.[20] The sign was put up and taken down several times of the next 14 years, but the practice ended in December 1984, days after the city voted itself into existence. The then-mayor, Valerie Terrigno, the entire city council and gay rights activists marched into Barney’s and relieved the wall of the offending sign."

No personal knowledge of Barney's Beanery bar practices pre-1982. No offending sign appeared over the establishment's bar, in or around the early 1980's. Frequented the establishment for four to five years; personally knew the staff. Staff was never anti-gay. What Barney's Beanery did engage in was the practice of printing "No Faggots Allowed" on the back of their matchbook's. Perhaps this is the behavior to which you refer?

The owner died in 1968, and a sign was taken down in 1970. So, through 1970 up until 1984 this sign hung over the bar and I didn't see it? From 1982 to 1984? No one who was with me saw it. That number is approximately a dozen individuals. Just a head's up, is all. Thanks --Dgerm2009 (talk) 04:23, 20 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"Landmarks and distinctive places" Section

Since all but one of the items (Plummer Park) are unreferenced, what are the standards for inclusion here? I propose either adding a hat to the section or removing it until we reach consensus on standards for inclusion.

In addition, there are words like "elegant", "famous", "iconic", and "historic" that are not appropriate per WP:WORDS. I'm going to remove those now since they do not add anything extra in a section where the items listed are already supposed to be distinctive. Olegkagan (talk) 01:38, 26 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Image of Fairfax High

Removed, then replaced here with an edit summary of Students in West Hollywood are zoned to Fairfax HS, aren't they? Yes, but.. Fairfax High is in the city of Los Angeles, so it doesn't really illustrate anything about the city of West Hollywood in itself. There's nothing characteristically West Hollywoodian about the building or the school. Furthermore, West Hollywood is part of the LAUSD, which means that high school students in West Hollywood are eligible to attend any one of hundreds of magnet and charter schools run by or associated with the LAUSD, also not in the city of West Hollywood. Is that an argument for putting photos of those schools in there? Just because West Hollywood kids can go to them?— alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 13:59, 30 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Laugh Factory and Chateau Marmont aren't in West Hollywood

The Laugh Factory isn't located in West Hollywood, but rather the City of Los Angeles, so the bit about Michael Richards's 2006 outburst should be removed. The same goes for the Chateau Marmont, which is in Los Angeles. Yesitsnot (talk) 03:17, 12 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The section West_Hollywood,_California#LGBT_Community is a little heavy on the peacock language WP:PEACOCK.

Can we please clean this up and make it more encyclopedic / neutral? Thanks.

- 189.122.52.73 (talk) 17:40, 16 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

West Hollywood Soap Opera

Watching “Melrose Place” set in West Hollywood. 24.96.38.67 (talk) 03:21, 20 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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