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Hi, Thanks for your input on the Shakespear disambiguation page. Please see my comments on the talk. I'd be interested in your response. Interesting to note that you knew he'd appeared in xkcd without my contribution referencing xkcd. Seems like you took note of him. Garemoko ( talk) 22:19, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
What makes you say the coordinates were bad? — EncMstr ( talk) 17:49, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
In the fear that mine is even more woefully less adequate than yours, I know what you mean about the Ritz book. It is a good starting point, however. Ritz mentions an article I want to find at the library: Spencer, "The Legacy of Elmer Feig" in the February, 1987, Northwest Examiner. Although I have not met Ed Teague, I have relied on his work and think of him as a bright light in the quest for truth. I wonder what he thinks about Portland's late-20s building boom, Feig-wise. Visitor7 ( talk) 23:56, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
I know I am persistently remiss in this. Thanks for the reminder.I'll try and stick to it. All the best Notafly ( talk) 10:05, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
Context: Benjamin Wistar Morris (architect)
...should really only be used if you're uncertain that the purported fact is true or not, not when you're reasonable sure the fact is true but a citation hasn't been provided. Doing it any other way would have most of Wikipedia tagged. BMK: Grouchy Realist ( talk) 04:52, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
Editor and publisher of the 12-15-1970 issue was A.M. Tewksbury. Albert Mackey Tewksbury died in 1974 per this brief obit in the Bulletin. Previous editors were C.C. Chapman (editor 1915-1955) (Charles Clarence, state rep 1939, b. 1876 d. 1956) and Walter W.R. May (editor 1955-1965). I think this is something of a FUTON bias issue--a quick search reveals very little on Tewksbury. He was apparently buried in Pennsylvania. Oh and there was some hanky panky in regards to a timber-industry publication, from what looks like a related company. Valfontis ( talk) 00:39, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for the feedback, Valfontis. I may have mentioned I added additional references, and stripped down ANY language so as not to appear flattering. This is merely informational, and was approved initially. Also, via chat, I was informed I need to add references, which I did. Please advise if it needs even more. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by LovemyOregonducks ( talk • contribs) 19:18, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
I have never heard of a cucumber tree, nor do I believe such a thing exists, any more than a tomato tree or a lettuce tree. The article on
cucumbers indicates they grow on "a creeping vine" or a
trellis.
Quis separabit? 21:21, 18 February 2014 (UTC)
I never heard of a cucumber tree, nor did I believe such a thing exists. The article on cucumbers indicates they grow on "a creeping vine" or a trellis, however I did check belatedly your cucumber tree wikilink and I see your point. Thanks. Yours, Quis separabit? 21:27, 18 February 2014 (UTC)
Margaret Jewett Smith Bailey at DYK is giving me some problems. The article seems good but very similar to its sources, but we can fix that. However the Grains is said to be part auto-biography part novel ... and the article uses that as a source. Her version of events differs from the official? version. I feel that we need to make this apparent. Do you agree? Victuallers ( talk) 11:42, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
Look, I can appreciate that you want a DYK. For me, though it would be nice to see some women's history on the front page, but I'm not really motivated by DYKs and such. I'd rather have time to develop this article in the way it deserves using the dozen or so sources I have found. I can take care of the close paraphrasing of the bare-bones summary given at OE and that should take care of your DYK. If you need proof the new sources are not closely paraphrased I can send you or the DYK reviewer scans. Cheers, Valfontis ( talk) 15:18, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
Valfontis: I removed the first paragraph in the Menu section of the Pine Tavern article as you suggested. I left the second paragraph which talks about using local products. I think that info is important to ties the restaurant to other Wiki-projects interests (e.g. Wiki-food and Wiki-agricultural perhaps). I also removed a sentence and a Bend Bulletin quote from the Landmark section since it may have sounded like guidebook info. In any case, I hope these changes are enough to clear the advertising tag…which I did after making the changes. Feel free to put it back if this isn’t enough.-- Orygun ( talk) 01:19, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi Valfontis - Thanks for the copyedit, I appreciate it. I ended up putting Naomi's article up late at night overly-tired when I probably should've waited until the next day to do so. I'll go back over my last half dozen recent articles to make sure I didn't make similar silly errors. I may change the capitalization of some of the titles of her positions at some point back to how I previously had them after I doublecheck them against her CV again; schools tend to differ in how they handle capitalization of academic appointments - some positions (like director) are pretty much always capitalized and whether or not professorships are capitalized depends on the school. (Some schools look at it as "John Smith is a professor of philosophy at XYZ School," and some as "John Smith is Professor of Philosophy at XYZ School." Pretty much difference of a job versus a formal title.) Just as a small note, I posted this before I had noticed you'd podsted on Zack's talk page. Let's keep the discussion mostly there, but thanks again.) Best, Kevin Gorman ( talk) 01:57, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
This situation does appear to be an edit war. Factual information is being replaced with sensationalized and unsubstantiated information. I am not sure the process of editing so that the sensationalized information is minimized and the factual, verified information sticks. If you have advice, I would appreciate it. Right now, in this devastating Oso mudslide, there are many victims who perished, an entire community is buried under mud, and those whom wish to pursue their own agendas are proffering from correlative, not causal information. Would you please give me advice on how to make edits that are substantiated? Trying to reconcile this situation with the other editors appears futile. thank you. Forestrystudent ( talk) 19:21, 2 April 2014 (UTC)
If anyone is looking at my contribs, I hereby slap myself with a fresh Chinook salmon for adding 300 extra edits to my count because I can't spell "wiki" correctly. But hey, I found 300 new Oregon categories. Valfontis ( talk) 21:13, 7 April 2014 (UTC)
I've appreciated your involvement with the 2014 Oso mudslide article. I have some questions that are more "how-to" than article-related, so I'm posting it here instead of there. The talk page is getting long and unwieldy again. I'd like to archive some of it, but:
I made a list of sections that have been dormant for at least seven days, and I'll go ahead with the job if your answers to the questions are positive. Thanks! - Gorthian ( talk) 21:00, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
You reverted a number of (or all) my edits to Oregon places. Please explain why. You edits generally do not match the text of the articles which govern what categories can be used for the articles. In addition, a place cannot both be an incorporated community and a ghost town. A community must by definition have people; a ghost town has no people. Hmains ( talk) 16:42, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
… for attending the meetup this afternoon. It was a pleasure meeting you. I hope to see you at another Wikipedia event soon! -- Another Believer ( Talk) 04:10, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
Awesome! The same blog has lots of talk about the urban renewal district. See also Finetooth's excellent article on Pringle Creek and Union Street Railroad Bridge. Lots of material for expansion. Now I need to get off my butt and write about Minto-Brown Island Park and also Wallace Marine Park--they are all going to be connected eventually. Some things about So-Lame are actually pretty cool... Valfontis ( talk) 22:05, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
(belated reply) I love taking photos, I hate uploading them. So I can't really commit to any photo projects. I'd be glad to show you (or anyone else who's interested) around though. There is a pass that gets one in to Deepwood Estate, Bush House, Hallie Ford Art Museum, and Mission Mill, if you're up for all that history. Plus three historic districts. Valfontis ( talk) 19:08, 6 April 2014 (UTC)
![]() | On 28 March 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Margaret Jewett Smith Bailey, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the first novel written on the West Coast of the United States may have been that by "Ruth Rover" (title page pictured)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Margaret Jewett Smith Bailey. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
Thank you Victuallers ( talk) 20:46, 28 March 2014 (UTC)
![]() | On 15 April 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Frank M. Warren, Sr., which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that salmon canning magnate Frank M. Warren, the only first-class passenger from Oregon to perish in the sinking of the Titanic, played for one of the first baseball teams in Portland? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Frank M. Warren, Sr.. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
slakr\ talk / 16:12, 15 April 2014 (UTC)
Hooray! Valfontis ( talk) 16:33, 15 April 2014 (UTC)
You tagged this section of the article for cleanup without specifying a reason. Please clarify. EagerToddler39 ( talk) 03:47, 19 April 2014 (UTC)
For future reference: Example and FAQ. Valfontis ( talk) 19:10, 19 April 2014 (UTC)
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The Original Barnstar |
Good job with the sources on Astro Pops. You managed to find a lot of references I didn't. Howicus (Did I mess up?) 19:40, 19 April 2014 (UTC) |
Anyone is invited to come to the Thatcher Road post office on May 4th, 2014 around 1pm. 5901 Thatcher Road, Forest Grove, OR. You will be able to meet the family (children) that lived there when the building was purchased while still in the post office format and they will be able to describe in detail the remodel of the post office to a residence. I hope to have historical photos of the building there on May 4th, if I do not get them printed out in time, they will be posted on this Wiki site.
There is also another building directly across from 5901 that was the Thatcher Grange Hall. It is now in very poor condition as it was used to house cattle.
The building (5901) is set to be destroyed and May 4th, 2014 will be the last opportunity for anyone to visit it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MJduyck ( talk • contribs) 16:08, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
My family is well established in the Forest Grove community (Duyck). The FG Fire Dept is doing the burn on the building. We will request that the FG News Times be in attendance. We will offer them photos (old and current), for both the post office and the Grange Hall. MJduyck ( talk) 22:03, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
Yeah, I saw from the history that you were the main person on that... I took liberties with a few titles adding the city name, figuring that having 5 papers listed as The Times wasn't as useful as Smalltown Times and Littleville Times etc. I think it works.
A bit weird having the first section alphabetical by city and the second section alphabetical by title, but even that has a little bit of logic if one things about it from the perspective of a person searching for information, i.e., they'd be looking for the paper TODAY published in a given city or the history of a given PAPER published in the past. Anyway, have fun with it, I'm done with that piece for now. —Tim Davenport, Corvallis /// Carrite ( talk) 19:47, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
![]() | This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Archive 20 | Archive 21 | Archive 22 | Archive 23 | Archive 24 | Archive 25 | → | Archive 30 |
( context--see mouseover text)
Hi, Thanks for your input on the Shakespear disambiguation page. Please see my comments on the talk. I'd be interested in your response. Interesting to note that you knew he'd appeared in xkcd without my contribution referencing xkcd. Seems like you took note of him. Garemoko ( talk) 22:19, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
What makes you say the coordinates were bad? — EncMstr ( talk) 17:49, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
In the fear that mine is even more woefully less adequate than yours, I know what you mean about the Ritz book. It is a good starting point, however. Ritz mentions an article I want to find at the library: Spencer, "The Legacy of Elmer Feig" in the February, 1987, Northwest Examiner. Although I have not met Ed Teague, I have relied on his work and think of him as a bright light in the quest for truth. I wonder what he thinks about Portland's late-20s building boom, Feig-wise. Visitor7 ( talk) 23:56, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
I know I am persistently remiss in this. Thanks for the reminder.I'll try and stick to it. All the best Notafly ( talk) 10:05, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
Context: Benjamin Wistar Morris (architect)
...should really only be used if you're uncertain that the purported fact is true or not, not when you're reasonable sure the fact is true but a citation hasn't been provided. Doing it any other way would have most of Wikipedia tagged. BMK: Grouchy Realist ( talk) 04:52, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
Editor and publisher of the 12-15-1970 issue was A.M. Tewksbury. Albert Mackey Tewksbury died in 1974 per this brief obit in the Bulletin. Previous editors were C.C. Chapman (editor 1915-1955) (Charles Clarence, state rep 1939, b. 1876 d. 1956) and Walter W.R. May (editor 1955-1965). I think this is something of a FUTON bias issue--a quick search reveals very little on Tewksbury. He was apparently buried in Pennsylvania. Oh and there was some hanky panky in regards to a timber-industry publication, from what looks like a related company. Valfontis ( talk) 00:39, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for the feedback, Valfontis. I may have mentioned I added additional references, and stripped down ANY language so as not to appear flattering. This is merely informational, and was approved initially. Also, via chat, I was informed I need to add references, which I did. Please advise if it needs even more. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by LovemyOregonducks ( talk • contribs) 19:18, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
I have never heard of a cucumber tree, nor do I believe such a thing exists, any more than a tomato tree or a lettuce tree. The article on
cucumbers indicates they grow on "a creeping vine" or a
trellis.
Quis separabit? 21:21, 18 February 2014 (UTC)
I never heard of a cucumber tree, nor did I believe such a thing exists. The article on cucumbers indicates they grow on "a creeping vine" or a trellis, however I did check belatedly your cucumber tree wikilink and I see your point. Thanks. Yours, Quis separabit? 21:27, 18 February 2014 (UTC)
Margaret Jewett Smith Bailey at DYK is giving me some problems. The article seems good but very similar to its sources, but we can fix that. However the Grains is said to be part auto-biography part novel ... and the article uses that as a source. Her version of events differs from the official? version. I feel that we need to make this apparent. Do you agree? Victuallers ( talk) 11:42, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
Look, I can appreciate that you want a DYK. For me, though it would be nice to see some women's history on the front page, but I'm not really motivated by DYKs and such. I'd rather have time to develop this article in the way it deserves using the dozen or so sources I have found. I can take care of the close paraphrasing of the bare-bones summary given at OE and that should take care of your DYK. If you need proof the new sources are not closely paraphrased I can send you or the DYK reviewer scans. Cheers, Valfontis ( talk) 15:18, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
Valfontis: I removed the first paragraph in the Menu section of the Pine Tavern article as you suggested. I left the second paragraph which talks about using local products. I think that info is important to ties the restaurant to other Wiki-projects interests (e.g. Wiki-food and Wiki-agricultural perhaps). I also removed a sentence and a Bend Bulletin quote from the Landmark section since it may have sounded like guidebook info. In any case, I hope these changes are enough to clear the advertising tag…which I did after making the changes. Feel free to put it back if this isn’t enough.-- Orygun ( talk) 01:19, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi Valfontis - Thanks for the copyedit, I appreciate it. I ended up putting Naomi's article up late at night overly-tired when I probably should've waited until the next day to do so. I'll go back over my last half dozen recent articles to make sure I didn't make similar silly errors. I may change the capitalization of some of the titles of her positions at some point back to how I previously had them after I doublecheck them against her CV again; schools tend to differ in how they handle capitalization of academic appointments - some positions (like director) are pretty much always capitalized and whether or not professorships are capitalized depends on the school. (Some schools look at it as "John Smith is a professor of philosophy at XYZ School," and some as "John Smith is Professor of Philosophy at XYZ School." Pretty much difference of a job versus a formal title.) Just as a small note, I posted this before I had noticed you'd podsted on Zack's talk page. Let's keep the discussion mostly there, but thanks again.) Best, Kevin Gorman ( talk) 01:57, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
This situation does appear to be an edit war. Factual information is being replaced with sensationalized and unsubstantiated information. I am not sure the process of editing so that the sensationalized information is minimized and the factual, verified information sticks. If you have advice, I would appreciate it. Right now, in this devastating Oso mudslide, there are many victims who perished, an entire community is buried under mud, and those whom wish to pursue their own agendas are proffering from correlative, not causal information. Would you please give me advice on how to make edits that are substantiated? Trying to reconcile this situation with the other editors appears futile. thank you. Forestrystudent ( talk) 19:21, 2 April 2014 (UTC)
If anyone is looking at my contribs, I hereby slap myself with a fresh Chinook salmon for adding 300 extra edits to my count because I can't spell "wiki" correctly. But hey, I found 300 new Oregon categories. Valfontis ( talk) 21:13, 7 April 2014 (UTC)
I've appreciated your involvement with the 2014 Oso mudslide article. I have some questions that are more "how-to" than article-related, so I'm posting it here instead of there. The talk page is getting long and unwieldy again. I'd like to archive some of it, but:
I made a list of sections that have been dormant for at least seven days, and I'll go ahead with the job if your answers to the questions are positive. Thanks! - Gorthian ( talk) 21:00, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
You reverted a number of (or all) my edits to Oregon places. Please explain why. You edits generally do not match the text of the articles which govern what categories can be used for the articles. In addition, a place cannot both be an incorporated community and a ghost town. A community must by definition have people; a ghost town has no people. Hmains ( talk) 16:42, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
… for attending the meetup this afternoon. It was a pleasure meeting you. I hope to see you at another Wikipedia event soon! -- Another Believer ( Talk) 04:10, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
Awesome! The same blog has lots of talk about the urban renewal district. See also Finetooth's excellent article on Pringle Creek and Union Street Railroad Bridge. Lots of material for expansion. Now I need to get off my butt and write about Minto-Brown Island Park and also Wallace Marine Park--they are all going to be connected eventually. Some things about So-Lame are actually pretty cool... Valfontis ( talk) 22:05, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
(belated reply) I love taking photos, I hate uploading them. So I can't really commit to any photo projects. I'd be glad to show you (or anyone else who's interested) around though. There is a pass that gets one in to Deepwood Estate, Bush House, Hallie Ford Art Museum, and Mission Mill, if you're up for all that history. Plus three historic districts. Valfontis ( talk) 19:08, 6 April 2014 (UTC)
![]() | On 28 March 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Margaret Jewett Smith Bailey, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the first novel written on the West Coast of the United States may have been that by "Ruth Rover" (title page pictured)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Margaret Jewett Smith Bailey. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
Thank you Victuallers ( talk) 20:46, 28 March 2014 (UTC)
![]() | On 15 April 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Frank M. Warren, Sr., which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that salmon canning magnate Frank M. Warren, the only first-class passenger from Oregon to perish in the sinking of the Titanic, played for one of the first baseball teams in Portland? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Frank M. Warren, Sr.. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
slakr\ talk / 16:12, 15 April 2014 (UTC)
Hooray! Valfontis ( talk) 16:33, 15 April 2014 (UTC)
You tagged this section of the article for cleanup without specifying a reason. Please clarify. EagerToddler39 ( talk) 03:47, 19 April 2014 (UTC)
For future reference: Example and FAQ. Valfontis ( talk) 19:10, 19 April 2014 (UTC)
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The Original Barnstar |
Good job with the sources on Astro Pops. You managed to find a lot of references I didn't. Howicus (Did I mess up?) 19:40, 19 April 2014 (UTC) |
Anyone is invited to come to the Thatcher Road post office on May 4th, 2014 around 1pm. 5901 Thatcher Road, Forest Grove, OR. You will be able to meet the family (children) that lived there when the building was purchased while still in the post office format and they will be able to describe in detail the remodel of the post office to a residence. I hope to have historical photos of the building there on May 4th, if I do not get them printed out in time, they will be posted on this Wiki site.
There is also another building directly across from 5901 that was the Thatcher Grange Hall. It is now in very poor condition as it was used to house cattle.
The building (5901) is set to be destroyed and May 4th, 2014 will be the last opportunity for anyone to visit it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MJduyck ( talk • contribs) 16:08, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
My family is well established in the Forest Grove community (Duyck). The FG Fire Dept is doing the burn on the building. We will request that the FG News Times be in attendance. We will offer them photos (old and current), for both the post office and the Grange Hall. MJduyck ( talk) 22:03, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
Yeah, I saw from the history that you were the main person on that... I took liberties with a few titles adding the city name, figuring that having 5 papers listed as The Times wasn't as useful as Smalltown Times and Littleville Times etc. I think it works.
A bit weird having the first section alphabetical by city and the second section alphabetical by title, but even that has a little bit of logic if one things about it from the perspective of a person searching for information, i.e., they'd be looking for the paper TODAY published in a given city or the history of a given PAPER published in the past. Anyway, have fun with it, I'm done with that piece for now. —Tim Davenport, Corvallis /// Carrite ( talk) 19:47, 23 April 2014 (UTC)