Talk:California

Questionable Assertion about Men in Women's Clothing

The section 'Indigenous' needs to change. In the start of the section, current understand of the demographics of native people says "greater than 300,000 people" in "more then 70 distinct ethnic groups". Yet the very next paragraph goes into detail with one theory of "men in women's clothing have traditional roles" and declares it to be "common". No one knows that those gender roles were "common" in California. This wording is directly misleading. It is not intellectually honest to put forward one particular theory as "common", without admitting the context or considering other theories, if not equally even in passing at all. Secondly, there were warrior tribes, and practices of slavery among some tribes. The implication is that the tribes really were diverse, including savage and cruel behavior associated with dominant hunter clans with territory. This portion of history is not mentioned at all. This section shows obvious bias, does not meet standards of fairness, accuracy and rigor.

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Hello all!

I would be interested in getting this up to GA article status.

If anyone would like to help me, that would be much appreciated.

Thank you! _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 20:43, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

"Cali." abbreviation: clarify informal status?

I've removed the mention of "Cali." in the Etymology section as an abbreviation for California. There's no reason we can't mention it, but I do believe standard journalistic practice is to avoid this form; therefore, if someone decides to add it back, I'd argue they should also at least include clarification about its more informal reputation. Nicklaf (talk) 21:36, 3 July 2026 (UTC)

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