Talk:San Andreas Fault

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"The Big One (earthquake)" listed at Redirects for discussion

File:Information.svg The redirect The Big One (earthquake) has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Template:Slink until a consensus is reached. JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 08:27, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

Article condition

There is no doubt I am sometimes as slow, as well as behind, as Wikipedia maintenance. In the Vague writing- lack of timelines section above I made comments and there was a reply from JJ of an impending update after finishing other work. A parenthetical quote was supplied, "any week now?" The thing that could be funny, if not so serious, is that as of today that was "8 years, 5 months, 1 day ago".

Today I told someone going to visit Bishop, California, as a friend lived on the Bishop Reservation, that I was pretty sure that might be in or near the middle of the San Andreas Fault or maybe in an area with a lot of fault lines. I typed the name into my browser and I clicked on one result. WOW! Bishop is almost surrounded by fault lines and one seems to point straight at the city. I brought up the old faithful Wikipedia article and while reading ended up at the "External links" section. A bell went off. It seems I was planning to work on the section, actually trim it with a chainsaw. I "took a gander" at the history then the talk page. OOPS! I might have dropped the ball on my practice of revisiting my edit history. A reminder might have been a notice that the impending "any week now?" might have arrived.

Well, in my defense I was a strapping young pup, of only about 59, so might have been somewhat impetuous. My daughter has informed me that I definitely have ADD, possibly ADHD, and surely Bipolar disorder. Maybe hypomania?. She claims she inherited it from me. There could be a little bit of right somewhere.

The task at hand, I will bring up the "External links" issues in a separate section, is that I do feel the article could, and really should, be worked to a better classification, maybe reaching Featured article status. This hasn't happened in the last 8 years but a review certainly would not hurt. -- Otr500 (talk)

External links

This is a largely an unregulated section meaning there is little or no maintenance. I will give my rationale, supported by policies and guidelines as to why I am moving most (maybe all but three) here for any possible discussion resulting in consensus of a choice of three or maybe four, total.

Some things just grow during incremental edits and sometimes get out of hand. The "External links" section, one of the optional appendices, has grown to an astounding 11 entries. Three seems to be an acceptable number and of course, everyone has their favorite to try to add for a forth.

The problem is that none is needed for article promotion.

Policies and guideline for section

Around eight years overdue:

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  • See: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Astronomy/Solar System task force#External links for discussion. Also Wikipedia talk:WikiProject External links#Mass links.

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Transferred list for any possible discussion, swapping out, or maybe some inclusion in the article.

• Complete Report for San Andreas fault zone, Peninsula section (Class A) No. 1c from the USGS
• New Scripps Study Reveals San Andreas Fault Set for the 'Big One' Template:Webarchive at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography
• San Andreas Fault at Wallace Creek – Kite Aerial Photography from the USGS
• "Scientists Search for a Pulse in Skies Above Earthquake Country" Template:Webarchive at JPL
• The Day California Cracks at Bloomberg Businessweek
• Interactive Google Map
• San Andreas Fault in Southern California
• Thule Scientific Interactive Map of the San Andreas Fault. -- Otr500 (talk) 07:58, 21 September 2024 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: California Natural History Fall 2024

— Assignment last updated by Imoreno1112 (talk) 05:12, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

When was the last time the southern section of the San Andreas ruptured?

When was the last time the southern section of the San Andreas ruptured? 2600:6C51:647F:3FDC:8798:8B30:D8C7:1175 (talk) 04:28, 26 February 2025 (UTC)