Talk:Putah Creek

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Article improvements[edit]

I have gone through the article and improved spelling, refs, sourcing, and added a new section regarding the interesting and controversial name. -- Fyslee (talk) 05:47, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Rio de los Putos[edit]

"The true meaning of "Putah" in Putah Creek has been the subject of discussion and speculation." is nonsense. Rio Los Putos is the earlier name: see map at the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley;Rio De Los Putos remains an administrative division in Solano County. "Putah" is a modern invention to avoid the demeaning putos: the "traitorous conniving son-of-a-bitchin' cabrónes". See the history of Rancho Los Putos, of which Wikipedia gives the circularity "The Los Putos name comes from the nearby Putah Creek". --Wetman (talk) 00:09, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No doubt Putah Creek comes from Rio Los Putos. I think the Putah Creek (native_name = Liwaito) speculation is about the origin of "Los Putos".Emargie (talk) 16:40, 18 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That's not what The true meaning of "Putah" in Putah Creek has been the subject of discussion and speculation. is telling the reader.--Wetman (talk) 01:20, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Then how did William Bright, Catherine A. Callaghan, Madison S. Beeler, Otto Von Sadovszky, and UC Davis Natural Reserve System come to the conclusion that puta wuwwe (grassy creek) from the Lake Miwok language was the root? According to them, puta means "grassy". The first written version, appearing on the map, might well have followed an unwritten aboriginal language version passed to the Spaniards. Binksternet (talk) 16:10, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Mercury[edit]

Should this article contain more information on mercury mines in the Putah creek watershed and also potential information about the Laboratory for Energy-Related Health Research Superfund site located next to the creek on UCD property polluting nearby groundwater? Guillermodominguezjr (talk) 22:42, 13 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

If it's in RS, it's fair game. I suggest you find the sources and formulate your inclusion and place it here. If no one objects, then include it. Otherwise, collaborate with those who object and find better wording and/or sources. -- BullRangifer (talk) 15:53, 14 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]