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I couldn't decide if retiring to Ashland counted as being WPORworthy, so I'm glad you made that call for me. I used to live right next to store #2, does that make me non-neutral? I guess I'll walk to store #10,000 for lunch to toast the old guy.
I did see the Eugene Amtrak station on the NHRP just as I was posting my note to AM; glad to make your morning, or at least a few minutes of it... -- Sprkee 17:55, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
While researching the Patrick Duffy claim (I've sold things to him and Annette O'Toole while working in stores in Ashland), I ran across this thread from the Medford Mail Tribune's Forum and thought you might be interested.
By the way, some Google searching seems to indicate Duffy's ranch is in the Gold Hill, Oregon area, not Medford.-- DaKine 18:19, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
Hi Katr67! I followed your advice and I deleted all the links except one where I added some information as to the images. Thank you very much. I truly admire your knowledge and abilities. Best regards, ( Salmon1 02:22, 1 September 2007 (UTC))
Hi Katr67! I wonder how "to clean" this article more then what we have done? It would be nice to finish the process. Sincerely, ( Salmon1 13:56, 2 September 2007 (UTC))
Hi Katr67! Thanks for the warning. I have per your email removed all mention of the Conger Street Clock Museum, Illuminated clocks, and the water clock.
I didn't mean to do a bad think. The Conger Street Clock Museum has the oldest domestic water clock (clepsydra) on display in any museum in the United States, and has many other very rare clocks that are only on display in that museum. I thought it would be nice to share the information about those clocks with the people that use Wikipedia. I have since read the rules and realize that Wikipedia is not meant for that kind of information. I will leave Wikipedia to the pros and leave the clocks to the Conger Street Clock Museusm's website.
Thanks again for the warning.
On the Portland, Oregon site re "redundant link". Guess I was a bit sleepy... Brian Pearson 00:27, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
sorry to muck up the page so as to require your clean up.
the page was was poor condition to start with, and half the information there was wrong.
I tried to water down some of the misinformation and got rid of the piece about a railroad being there as it never was. (the Railroad the previous writer was likely speaking of was the Kerry Line which is a significant railroad but it didn't go to Mist, --- it came down from Fishhawk after coming over the mountain (and through the mountain) from Woodsen. (Near Westport) The roundhouse was at Neverstill west of Birkenfeld.
the depleted gaswell storage there is important and significant, as Oregon's only storage site. It also has a lot to do with why the Lower river is the site of no less than 3 highly controversial LGN terminal proposals.
also need something there to upstage the black photo (which I think should be deleted since it doesn't show anything. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rvannatta ( talk • contribs) 03:50, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
The Harvard referencing system is specifically acknowledged by WP:CITE. Woodsylass 05:08, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the heads-up! I've plugged what little I've already done into that article, and I'll work up some new contributions for the future. Ipoellet 19:09, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
Here's a new article on a former airport I thought you might want to check out. Happy editing! Katr67 21:19, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
I indeed started a draft. Feel free to add/edit/change/rearrange, I am off for the night. See you all tomorrow (though I will be busy). -- Dirk Beetstra T C 23:44, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
When you have a chance, could you work your magic at Charles L. McNary with an eye towards GA. Let me know if you think it needs anything else. Thanks. Aboutmovies 19:04, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
I just wanted to let you know, because Christmas trees are a big industry in Oregon, that I am doing quite a bit of work on Christmas tree farming. Most of it is in my user space at User:IvoShandor/Christmas tree farm (you'll have to poke around in the sub pages to find everything--it's all linked on my user page). The only article that is ready for the main space (and I moved it there) is Christmas tree cultivation, which doesn't have a lot of Oregon specifics as it is a rather general article. Some of the production articles I am working on will be quite full of Oregon stuff. Just thought I would let you know. : ) Have a nice day! IvoShandor 19:30, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
Did you see this discussion? It's a blog, but Russell Sadler is a reliable source, he used to be a commentator on the local news and the Eugene Register-Guard... The reply about tax breaks is interesting... Katr67 21:26, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
Thank you so much for telling me(I'm [[User:Mary divalerio)!!! I really apreiate it, especially, since I'm new to Wikipedia!!!-- Mary divalerio 21:59, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
I'm sure you'll see my edit before I finish typing this, but I'm requesting to change my user name. It's not a big deal, but since many people know that Sprkee is my usual secret identity, it's just a little weird to have people find me based on my wikiedits... "hey, weren't you supposed to be working then?" -- Sprkee 22:13, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
Wow, that's freaky, that penguin sounds just like me! Maybe he needs a name change too. (BTW, I keep picturing Feathers McGraw in all these penguin discussions...). -- Sprkee 23:16, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
I would very much appreciate you taking me off the spammer list. My site is non-commercial. I sell nothing. I simply have a database of what to look for when identifying a first edition. I started the web site to inform people so they don't go and spend hundreds of dollars on something on eBay or other places for something they think is a first edition, when in fact it is not. The Deep End of the Ocean is one such book. I believe the information my site provides compliments the literary information, and that is the reason it placed links. The site is much like IMDB, it tells you details about the physical first edition book. But I am not selling the books I show on the site, I am simply giving people a way to identify a first edition. I ask that you kindly take my site off the list, It was never my intention to spam anyone, and if the community thinks that is what I am doing, then I promise to never enter another link -- Tklein 8:42, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for keeping an eye on my spelling and grammar. I was going to read it over later today, but you've already done the job! What do you think, is it anywhere near publishable? Thanks again! -- Dirk Beetstra T C 16:53, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
Hi: I see you added a no footnotes tag to Jean Baptiste Charbonneau. As the person who added the sources, I'm willing to add footnotes, but can you help me out with which sentences you want cited? Jlittlet 00:49, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
First off, great job to all WikiProject Oregon folks for last week’s List of Oregon State Parks work. We pounded out six new state park articles: Sarah Helmick, Bald Peak, Bob Straub, Sumpter Valley Gold Dredge, Tumalo, and Peter Skene Ogden. Plus numerous other edits to improve the existing articles. As a reward, we are introducing the COTW award {{ WPOR COTW award}}, and this time it goes to User:Woodstein52 for starting three of the articles.
On to this week. We are back to the usual two Top importance Stubs: Sunstone and Oregon, My Oregon. Both are stub pluses, so it shouldn’t take much to upgrade them both. Again to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts click here. Good day! Aboutmovies 22:33, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
Congratualtions, you are almost to the top 500 in edits! Aboutmovies 17:40, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
Cultural Practice -- I originally prod'ed it as unsourced OR. The article has since been expanded and references have been added, but it still still smells OR-ish. Whaddaya think? Thanks... -- Finngall talk 20:48, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
Dear Katr67,I belive you accused me of sock puppetry. Let me explain. Mary divaleriois my user name . Liddydivalrio is my little sisters username and my moms username is gigilili. since we all use the same computer, sometimes another username is already logged in when we start to do our homework.(the reason all of our accounts started at the same time was because school started)!!!! also the "commen intrest mail" was actully a prank on my little sister.Trust me, as you can tell from my spelling mistakes, (I'm sure I have quite a few)I 'm just a kid that uses "wikipedia " for homework. By the way our computer is having diffucultly editing the evidence page so I was wonndering if you could add this message to it-- Mary Di Valerio 16:38, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
Since plagiarism constitutes copying verbatim, attribution or not, public domain or not, I stand by it. Public domain means "no payment to publisher or writer required", not "I can reproduce this under any name I want". Maybe you ought to investigate the use of plagiarised material. Nobody eles on WP seems to give a damn, as far as I can tell. And POV? How about "ethical"? Or doesn't ethics enter into it? Trekphiler 19:18, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
The Spamstar of Glory | ||
Presented to Katr67 for ongoing work in keeping spam out of Wikipedia, especially the rainy part. -- A. B. (talk) 20:39, 12 September 2007 (UTC) |
Katr67, I want to thank you for your discussion about Libraries making external links to their resources. As a professional librarian with interest in discussing this further among other librarians, I'm considering doing a presentation at Online Northwest in Corvallis, OR in early 2008. It would be a better presentation if I had someone more familiar with the Wikipedia view as part of the presentation. Would you be interested in contacting me directly to discuss a joint presentation at the conference? Richardaedwards 22:56, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for reporting User:Dreadfulwater to WP:AIV. However, none of this editor's edits appeared to be vandalism, or made in bad faith. I blocked the user for 24 hours for violating the three-revert rule, however. In the future, you can report 3RR violations to Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/3RR. Cheers! -- Ginkgo100 talk 01:52, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for correcting my errors on List of People from Oregon. Mental note to self: Do not edit Wikipedia when tired and/or lacking time. Also thanks for your hard work and good attitude here. You have inspired me to want to do better.-- DaKine 05:19, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
Saw this NRHP item, thought of you. Aboutmovies 07:23, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
OK, apparently there are two Parkers in Oregon history. Samuel Parker (missionary) who was here 1835-6, and then the politician one Samuel Parker (Oregon politician) who was here 1845 till death in 1886. My guess is the later is the one with the Liberty ship and name on the Capitol wall, but I though you might check your reference to determine for sure before correcting the link from your sandbox. Stupid dead guys. Aboutmovies 00:17, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
I've suggested a rename of the Gray Sails the Columbia River article here. VanTucky Talk 02:55, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
All righty WPOR ladies and gentleman, great job last week with our state song and gemstone. I have bumped them up to Start class. I haven’t looked at the contributions, so the COTW award will be later. This week’s articles are Darlene Hooley, by special request, and another Top stub, our very own state rock, the Thunderegg. Yes, apparently we have a state rock and state gemstone. No word on whether there is a state stone too. Hooley basically needs some sources to make it to the next level. Again to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts click here. In the words of Beaver Joe, whoop! Aboutmovies 18:05, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
I have no idea why this guy is buried in Salem, but he has now "lived" here longer than any other place, should we tag him for WPOR? And with Beers, the source says 1800, but also that info before he came to Oregon is scarce. So I'm guessing the wife got the headstone made and hopefully she knew the correct year. Aboutmovies 03:13, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for catching that. Smmurphy( Talk) 15:32, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
Note: please take any continued discussion about this topic to the relevant article's talk page or to WP:PLANTS, where other people can see it, thanks.
Did you check with anyone before redirecting all those or was it a unilateral decision? I'm all for being BOLD, but I have a feeling there's a consensus that the articles have a hyphen. Katr67 22:35, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
It's not incorrect English. What I'm saying is that the half-dozen works I checked were written by professionals in the field of botany. The real answer is that botanical nomenclature changes faster than Webster's dictionary. For botanists, the hyphenated version is correct and we should defer to them. Feel free to leave it and see what happens. I've contacted User:MPF about the page moves, as we've had a few discussions about nomenclature, so I'm sure s/he will check it out. I feel your pain, however. I work for an agency that misuses the word "everyday" in its slogan, when what they really mean to say is "every day". It's printed at the bottom of all the letterhead and is prominently displayed on the webpage. *sigh*
I believe I haven't had success using the "undo" button on a page move and that they have to be moved back using the "move" feature (unless it's so mucked up that you need an admin to do the move).
I think sometimes you end up watching the redirect page instead of the page the article was moved to.
Note: please take any continued discussion about this topic to the relevant article's talk page or to WP:PLANTS, where other people can see it, thanks.
I'd like to weigh in as a botanical editor, who is also a botanist by profession, who has not "failed to notice" these hyphens and hates them. No, there is not a consensus in the botanical community to hyphenate common names like "poison-ivy" or "douglas-fir"; for every example of a field guide that does this, I could provide a counter-example that doesn't. In fact this rather strained construction is certainly the exception rather than the rule when you take into account all the sources that refer to these species by their common name, and as already noted, most visitors to Wikipedia will find it quite odd. I have noted numerous such names and have generally left them as is without making a fuss, primarily because I know that certain vociferous editors have demanded that they stay this way and attempting to change them will be useless as they will be immediately reverted (as has already been done in this case). But don't make the mistake of assuming there's a consensus simply because nobody has argued with it; sometimes it's just easier for those of us who disagree to accept things as the way they are, whether we like them or not. MrDarwin 13:54, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
Welcome to autmun and the weekly COTW news. Great job to those who helped out with last week’s articles: Darlene Hooley & Thunderegg. Both made great improvements. This week, something a little different. With fall upon us, the photo ops are going to be harder to get, so we have a photo request fulfillment drive. Take a look at the requested pictures for Oregon category or the graphics subproject for what’s needed. Then go take a picture, or search online for a free picture to upload (US gov sites are great and there are links available from the above links). If you fill a request, be sure to remove the request template from the article’s talk page. Our other item is another red link removal drive, this time on the flagship Oregon article. Like the state parks red link drive, try to coordinate on the talk page. Again to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts click here. Aboutmovies 01:54, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
Hola! Thanks for the copy-edit, but:
REF: Wikipedia:Only make links that are relevant to the context#Dates
I only think important dates should be linked. Dates of birth and death, elections, disasters, dates of founding, merger completion, battles, book, album, movie, release, etc. What do you think?
And, by reading that and this: Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates and numbers)#Dates, I learned about the comma not being necessary. I notice that you knew that one already. That'll save a keystroke! Thanks again... WikiDon 17:17, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
You said: "no superscripts per WP:MOS"
But, I can't find it in there. Is it somewhere else? WikiDon 17:39, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
...was your commencement speaker? That's pretty cool. And I think it belongs in his wiki article, right at the end of the "Later Life" section. "To keep up his strength while addressing apathetic teens, Kesey was forced to eat stale sweaty jelly beans out of his hat." -- Esprqii 17:16, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
Please inform me which user you are refering to? If i did, it was not on puprose as i am aware of that rule. thank you! Tiptoety 18:38, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
Summit High School (Bend, Oregon) has been nominated as a possible Article for Deletion. The reason is that an editor believes that the subject of the article is not notable and/or the article does not assert its importance. We welcome your input on the articles AfD page, which you can get to by clicking Here!. Thank You. - Rjd0060 23:55, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
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Thanks for the message. I saw your changes and I didn't realize the pranks were moved to the talk page. I set Twinkle to watch the reverts to Bend High, and I changed them back without carefully examining it. Please accept my apologies about that. There used to be a lot of vandalism on the page, especially from rival schools, such as Mountain View High School, and Summit High School. I know you have a lot of edits and are a contributer to Oregon articles, but rather than just moving or deleting sections on articles, please consider discussing the content in Bend High's Talk Page about why you feel need to move it instead of just moving it. I was at that Sadie Hawkins dance, and we were the class that had our school make national news for that. It took us three years to find the source to the Sadie Hawkins Incident and many people felt the need to just delete it. Thanks for the message, and thanks for not only being a contributer to Oregon articles, but for protecting and keeping an open mind about what is published. Even though they are just a list of pranks or just an incident about a dance, those were good times and it means a lot to not only me, but thousands of other kids that go to that school. I'll keep the pranks in the talk section until sources are found. BeanoJosh 07:50, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
Maybe you can help me out. I can't find a page that lists good wikipedia templates to put on my profile. I'm just getting it started but I see a lot of people have templates that say "USERNAME enjoys videogames", etc. Where can you find those? Thanks. BeanoJosh 07:52, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
I'm continuing to add info and refs to the CJ page, and I have a question and you seem to be the person to ask. I'm finding a good amount of info, and a lot of it's from good sources like the New York Times and Seattle Times, but it's mostly about visiting Cave Junction. I know wikipedia isn't supposed to be a travel guide, so I would like suggestions on two things. 1. How do I write about points of interest and keep it neutral (Maybe we have manual of style pages or something that will help)? 2. Are there any standard resources that you could point me to that info on Oregon cities? Thanks, Peregrine Fisher 23:39, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
whoops sorry I didnt know I should create articles for the nationally noted people first before adding to the "List of artists and art institutions in Portland, Oregon" page... it really is pathetic as a page at the moment and it should be updated. I'm new to this so forgive my lack of protool. thanks -Gugnir PDX —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gungnir PDX ( talk • contribs) 00:21, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
I am happy to announce i have created another article relating to Oregon, but it is far from being complete, and i would love your help and comments on making it better. The article is Portland Police Bureau. Thank you, Tiptoety 18:32, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
Is the IV chamber of commerce considered a reliable source? - Peregrine Fisher 23:18, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
Hi! I got a very nice letter from the government today. I am so excited I have to frame it! It points me to here: http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1144788 . This Lake Creek thing has been a good experience for me, and scored me an A in two different classes. The whole thing went over quite well. Thank you for the direction. Zab 00:15, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
Thanks.. I've never even been to Oregon, I've just taken an interest in improving the state-by-state college lists. This is the second one I've done after Vermont. Toohool 00:44, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
Please see Wikipedia:Redirect#Do not change links to redirects that are not broken. Some of the topics are capable of having separate articles; North Roseburg in fact does. In other places, you changed the community name, which is on signs, to the road name, which is not. -- NE2 09:38, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
The actual text in the article was fixed in my edits. -- NE2 15:56, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
Just in case you were wondering, I am part of the WikiProject Indigenous peoples of North America and thought it would have been a good idea to randomly select a few users from there for a third party participation. So, you were one of the editors I randomly selected that was listed on that WikiProject page. Please accept my humble appologies about this. I hope there are no hard feelings. Kind regards. Wiki Raja 22:27, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
Just wanted to thank you for your discussion with me, as well as the others involved with Bend High School's Wiki Page. No hard feelings with the unsourced materials, the revisions, or the kids. I'm trying to get into reverting unencyclopedic and irrelevant materials, other than vandalism. Feel free to message me anytime in my Talk page with whatever you need. I might be interested in joining Wikiproject: Oregon. It just depends on my hours at work, and my school work. Thanks again. Happy wiki'ing! BeanoJosh 07:24, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
I know everyone has been waiting anxiously for this week’s COTW, so here they are: Barlow Road and Columbia River Plateau. Both are almost Start class, just some formatting and referencing, plus a little expansion and they will be there!
As to last week, it is difficult to track the items we were working on, but I know some pictures were added and at least three red links were removed from Oregon, so thank you to all those who participated. The award winner will be GoodDamon for their creation of the Oregon Forest Resources Institute article. We have now worked through all the Top class stubs and are into the High class stubs. Again to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts click here. Happy editing, and remember if you see a downed power line, don’t pick it up. Aboutmovies 20:15, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
oops, sorry, lesson learned, I did add it to the list on WP:ORE prior to putting a message on a few users talk page. I will not do the same next time. Thank you, Tiptoety 03:17, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
Ooh, I always had a hunch the Columbia River Plateau was nestled into the Columbia Basin. But it looks like some kind of double-nestling…the Basin is nestled in the Plateau, is nestled into the Basin! Awesome! I'm gonna go updated those articles! ;) - Pete 05:33, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
Where do I go to sign up for your online wikipedia tutorial? -- Esprqii 23:22, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
Hey'der Kay-der,
I did some work on the Steve Novick article, but I'm not sure if it was enough to warrant the removal of the advert banner. That removal was done by one of the people puffing him up. You might consider putting it back up, if you think the article still needs work. Your call of course, just FYI. - Pete 21:30, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
Nice save! I knew that there must be a "Silver Lake" somewhere in Oregon, but didn't have the means to improve it, and the creator didn't give us much to work with. Acroterion (talk) 22:00, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
Thanks. I try to tag articles as I see them. Don't worry about offending me, I would let you know. Again, thanks. -- Robbie Giles 15:03, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
Greetings WPOR world. Last week was great with the Barlow Road seeing lots of improvement, maybe even B class. Columbia River Plateau also saw some improvement, maybe enough to bump it to Start. On with the countdown, another two Stubs in the High category, both happen to be people: Don Schollander a multi-gold medalist; and then world-renowned bridge architect and all-around swell guy Conde McCullough. Schollander needs sources more than anything, and McCullough needs more of a bio, plus maybe a nice chart for the bridges with type/year/location/length. Again to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts click here. This week’s safety tip, stranger=danger. Aboutmovies 18:05, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
Regarding your editing of my comments at User talk:209.91.51.141:
Thank you. -- Hi Ev 22:39, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
Hello Katr67. A while ago you removed a chunk of information about Greek societies, clubs, majors, and club sports becuase they weren't encyclopedic. I was wondering how one writes them to be sufficiently encyclopedic, or if they should be left out altogether. Note most colleges have a greek section at least. I will rewrite the greek section to be a paragraph with more information, but if you have anymore suggestions or reasoning for not having the other sections, please tell. Thanks a ton! —Preceding unsigned comment added by DerRichter ( talk • contribs) 09:09, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
Aggh. What a horrible mess. I think we should weigh in (again) at the Coordinates WikiProject. You can post a message to the whole community at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Style issues (if this counts as a style issue) or Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Policies (if this is a policy). Another WikiProject who may care is Wikipedia:WikiProject Cities (who explicitly call for a Geolinks in their U.S. Cities guidelines). hike395 02:15, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
I'm not sure where I can help with this article: activity on this article has appeared to have stalled. However, from his publications history, I'd say he just passes the bar for notability -- being published by a univeristy press IMHO tips the scale. But, as you said on the talk page, the article is a mess. -- llywrch 05:28, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
Hey, i guess Image:Ep1002oregonstatepolice.jpg does not have a fair use rational. I am not sure how to properly create a fair use rational for this image. Would you mind helping me out? Tiptoety 22:14, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
post copied to Talk:Great Cats World Park
Hello,
I have a concern about an article I found on Wikipedia regarding my company Great Cats World Park. I was wondering what I need to do to have the article US Fish and Wildlife Service probation removed.
The articles referenced are from The Daily Triplicate. I would also like to know if the newspaper gave permission to post these articles or if they were posted illegally.
My reasons for having the articles removed are because they are biased and reflect a negative image of my company. Under court order I was not allowed to tell my side of the story about the fine and the facts of the case are much different than what was written in the newspaper article.
Any help you can give me on this matter would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Craig Wagner Director Great Cats World Park http://www.greatcatsworldpark.com info@greatcatsworldpark.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.32.168.35 ( talk) 21:42, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
Hello, as you might have noticed I have brought up a new proposal for a guideline on school naming conventions. However, there has been very little input for it to go anywhere. I remember you were involved in the last proposal, so I would appreciate your input once again at WT:NC(S) if possible. Thanks. Camaron1 | Chris 11:44, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
Greetings once again WikiProject Oregon members. Thank you to those who help out with improving Conde McCullough and Don Schollander last week. This week is a Stub break, with a Ref improvement drive for Oregon and a request for work on Portland Police Bureau. For the ref improvement, this means sourcing tagged statements and standardizing all existing citations, both of which are needed for GA and FA status. Again to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts click here. Aboutmovies 18:07, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
Hi There,
I have tried it again. Please have a look and let me know if this is a better start. I will keep working on the article, this is my first "major" article, so I appreciate your patience ;-) Nostrada 07:03, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
Many moons ago, we ran into each other on my first and only attempt to offer feedback at Editor review. I just wandered onto that page again, which prompted me to see if you were still around. Would you care to revisit your response to the second to last question on your FAQ? - Banyan Tree 08:50, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
Hello Katr67, thank you for your suggestions. Yes, I am associated with the Port of Longview. I have attempted to edit the article to make it as neutral-point-of-view as possible. Please let me know if you have additional suggestions or even specific instructions on how to do things. I am new to Wikipedia and am learning as I go. The trouble is that there are not very many sources within Wikipedia that I can reference. I also do not understand the signature concept. Your assistance is appreciated. Sincerely, longviewport. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Longviewport ( talk • contribs) 23:13, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
Hello Katr67. I noticed your "unearthing" of extensive deletions from this article last year. It seems to me that the other material which was deleted (in addition to the part you restored) was in fact sourced, and should be returned to this article. There is a multiplicity of sources cited and the edit summary which accompanied the deletions did not indicate what parts were in question. I am prepared to restore the former text, as you did with the one paragraph. What do you think?
There is a large amount of vandalism on this page during the school year. I succeeded in getting it semi-protected last spring; we may have to resort to that again. It is good that someone else is watching it. Regards, Kablammo 22:29, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
Hi Katr67! I had added one of Avery Dennison's websites, www.printandmailcenter.com, to the Avery Dennison entry. Avery Print and Mail Center is the direct mail marketing group of Avery Dennison Office Products and would like to included in the Avery Dennison properties, would it be better to have an entry created for the company itself or, since I'm directly involved (they've been a client for 8 years) have someone else edit the entry? Thanks so much for your guidance. I'll be participating in one of the wikipedia projects to become better educated about site guidelines. Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lisawilliams40 ( talk • contribs) 12:15, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
I noticed you'd contested the prod for Camp Pioneer - the article is now up at AfD, so thought you may wish to drop by and explain your reasoning. Thanks. Hersfold ( t/ a/ c) 19:21, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
I re-entered the changes I had made earlier. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Toddloggan ( talk • contribs) 21:46, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
Well, shoot, I know he's fairly notable...I trip over his books every morning. But his website lists so gosh-darn many piddly awards I can't sift through them all right now. -- Esprqii 22:44, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
Howdy doody ya’ll WPOR poke, time for more COTW. Thanks for the work on Portland Police Bureau and improving the references at Oregon. This week we are back to Stubs with Eastern Oregon and Fort Vancouver National Historic Site. Both need just a little TLC to make it to Start. Again to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts click here. Aboutmovies 01:49, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
Hey, good work on getting those images tagged. Sorry I didn't get to it quicker to share the load…I'll keep an eye out for new ones though. - Pete 22:55, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
Sorry for not fixing it right away, i was in a rush and did not have time to cite the ref in the text, so i just added the tag. My bad. Tiptoety 04:44, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for informing me about the problem with the fair-use rationale of the image. I added a fair-use rationale as good as I could. I hope this will do it. Greetings from Europe Martin1971 18:35, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
Why have you deleted WikiProject Oregon from the BNSF & ATSF pages? Amreatsf4620 01:39, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for cleaning up my new articles...I'm just not good at catsorting and whatnot, so I'm glad others will pick up my slack. Cheers, — Scien tizzle 22:03, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
I would put a {{ editprotected}} on the Talk page of the templates, and try to convince an admin that we need to revert to prevent empty EL section, and we are actively discussing what to do next. I would do this, but I'm spending very little time on WP nowadays. hike395 18:18, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
Gabriel Park is the first page I made from scratch, feel free to clean it up. Thank you for your invitation, I will join WikiProject Oregon and start contributing ASAP! - Merzperson —Preceding comment was added at 05:07, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
Ladies and Gentlemen its time for another episode of Collaboration of the Week. Last week’s show starring Fort Vancouver National Historic Site & Eastern Oregon received high ratings. This week’s show star two more stubs, Johnny Kitzmiller & John Wesley Davis. As always, to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts, click here. Don’t delay, act today! Aboutmovies 18:18, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the heads-up. It seems awfully unnecessary. You seem to have this all well in hand but I will drop a note over to the comics project for people to keep an eye on it (and offer a third party perspective on this). ( Emperor 17:15, 30 October 2007 (UTC))
I know it's not the COTW but for some reason, I've been into fixing this one. Maybe because it was in such bad shape before. Anyway, I removed your fact tags about the "unique acoustics" because I'm pretty sure that's unverifiable, and the other one because it's verifiable that the stadium is e/w by looking at a map and that doesn't need a citation, does it? But then I realized maybe you were challenging the conventional wisdom about N/S stadiums. Do you think that needs a citation? -- Esprqii 19:32, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
You got the {{ db-move}} template magic correct. The temporary "backwards" redirect was my fault. :) Resurgent insurgent (as admin) 04:03, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
Hi! The title now is misleading. Could you please move it back? It is not about the floristic province, it is about the floristic region, as evident from the text and the sources, which includes two floristic provinces (Rocky Mountain and Vancouverian). The RMFP exists, but it is a subdivision of the region and we have no article about it. Colchicum 13:09, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
Oh, you just knew that would draw me into your little NRHP circle, didn't you?!?!? OK, I should be able to visit that one and take some snaps, it's actually pretty close. That could give us a start on W. H. Pipes too. -- Esprqii 17:26, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
My bad. - Pete 10:12, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
When you speak of a troll, were you referring to me? If not, then I'm sorry for bringing it up. But I saw your notes regarding a troll. I wanted to make it clear that I'm not a troll. I was attacked, and I'm responding to it. that's all. It appears to me that a group of friends closed in and started attacking me. I'm not saying you're included in this, but nonetheless, I'm not a troll. ~~~~
Not a problem. At this point it's mostly just enforcing fair use guidelines and adding to WP:MUSICIAN. Hopefully it leads to getting a few of the articles in better shape, though. – Zytsef 01:01, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
I have moved some of the messages around on my talk page and put comments to clear up the misunderstanding with one of the two anon users with the IP that started with 216, who I think is a relative of mine. With two different conversations on my talk page happening at once, it provided the perfect situation for such a thing to happen. Especially when you have people who are unfamilar with Wikipedia. I'll also let the anon I mentioned know your comments weren't meant for him.
I'll lay off the comments on the other anon. I was just quite irriated in terms of what happened. That is exactly why I don't edit on Wikipedia very often anymore. Too much bickering going on. Davidpdx 02:21, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
Is this image an oregon spotted frog or a columbia spotted frog? Noahwoo 03:09, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
Katr67, I question why you tagged the page Gail Kimbell for deletion? The information was taken from the U.S. Forest's Service's Web Site: About the Chief. This information is public domain. As stated in the policy for speedy deletion ( WP:CSD#G12) there must be "no credible assertion of public domain, fair use, or a free license" for a page's speedy deletion. The problem is, this information was taken from a government website which under the Wikipedia:Public domain policy is public domain. It is also stated under the U.S. Forestry Service's Privacy Policy that the information presented on the website is considered public information and "may be distributed or copied unless otherwise indicated". Bottom line, it is not copyrighted material and should not have been deleted. I will also forward this note to the administrator who deleted the page. If I have overlooked something please leave a comment. Thank you, -- Cladestine 23:39, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for reminding me of that one. I added a couple more to the beginning, but that's as far as I go because they get stinky and NN for a while up to Fouts prior to that. (I had the same issue when I was going to make a Stanford starting QB one.) I'll let a real fan deal with the rest. -- Esprqii 00:03, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
Hi Katr, I have corrected the isbn for the Dynamic Great Lakes and made a page number in text citation. Is all o.k. now?
Barbara Spring —Preceding unsigned comment added by Barbaraspring ( talk • contribs) 15:22, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
Hi Katr67
I have corrected the in text citation for Chinook salmon and the ISBN. Now why is there still a question mark?
Barbaraspring 18:10, 27 September 2007 (UTC)Barbara Spring
Could you look up Cave Junction in your OGN book? I'm trying to expand the lead, and this is the glaring ommition so far. - Peregrine Fisher 17:16, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
OK, I think I'm done with Hillsboro, Oregon's GA work. Could you please copy edit it before I nom it, pretty, pretty please. Thanks. Aboutmovies 02:17, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
OK, your pick Pete. I need to do something else for a while... Katr67 03:02, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
Now you're just pouring salt into the wound. It's obvious this Rfa isn't going to succeed. What's to be gained by continuing this public humiliation of a user who has screwed up but clearly is growing, evolving, and trying to make the project better? It potentially drives a good contributer away and paints you as being highly mean-spirited. Give it some thought. Jeffpw 16:20, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
I have two quick question! Is a plaque that is from the national historical society stating that Howard's Grist Mill (or the mill as we call it) is the oldest industrial building still standing in the state of Oregon and the longest running business in one place a reliable source??? The other question is whether or not a journal written by Richard Howard wife is a reliable source??? Smileyface 12 91 05:37, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
Hey I have a question also. I accidentally created a page titled Linfield Review and then realised The Linfield Review was the correct name, and being stupid I just created a second page instead of renaming the first one. I couldnt find in the editor manual how to delete an incorrect page, and was wondering if you could tell me how. Thanks -- DerRichter 17:43, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
Hello again from WikiProject Oregon. A round of applause for the project in October when we added three GAs, one FA, plus 10 DYKs! Next, thanks to all those who participated in last week’s Collaboration of the Week, John Wesley Davis & Johnny Kitzmiller. This week we have the Cayuse War, and in honor of the home opener, the Portland Trail Blazers. Once again, to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts, click here. Aboutmovies 18:37, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
The COTW award from WPOR. | ||
Thanks for leading the way in last week's Collaboration of the Week! Good work on Davis. Aboutmovies 18:54, 5 November 2007 (UTC) |
Are you intentionally declining to vote on that one? If so, carry on…but I'm hoping you'll weigh in, your input into why we made the article to begin with was valuable. - Pete 00:31, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
For the record, we should have until the 9th (five days from nom). Katr67 19:40, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
I would like to change the University of Oregon templates to more deserving colors, however I would like to be directed to the templates that you are refering to as I have only been able to locate one. Thank you. Aplaceicallhome 02:01, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
It happened 207.6.36.85 23:52, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
Ok, Katr67, it seems we are finally in agreement. Let's keep it that way. Ryoung122 22:54, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
Thank you to all those editors who helped improve Cayuse War and Portland Trail Blazers last week as part of the Collaboration of the Week. They are looking much better. This week, with the election season over, we’ll tackle a request for Oregon Ballot Measure 37 (2004), which should have plenty of WP:RS available to work with on improvement. Our other article is another Stub in the High category, our only Miss America, Katie Harman. Once again, to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts, click here. Legal disclaimer: WikiProject Oregon and its affiliates are not liable for any personal injuries acquired while editing on the COTW including but not limited to carpel tunnel syndrome, Wikistress, alcoholism, anxiety attacks, or extreme emotional distress. Aboutmovies 20:04, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
About your edit to Camp Pioneer, MinsiPatches has been attacking a number of pages in response to having a page he favored get AfD'ed. Perhaps I messed up the formatting of the title Eagle Scout in the reversion, but that deosn't justify snarky comments in the Edit Summary. That's generally just bad form. -- evrik ( talk) 20:57, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
I have deleted the redirect and reversed the move as you suggested. Did you know that you could have done so yourself? A redirect with no other page history does not block moves by non-admins, so you could just have reversed the move and nominated the strange redirects for deletion. The move became impossible for non-admins to do only after you added the deletion template. Happy editing, Kusma ( talk) 07:32, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
Welcome to the jungle folks. Thanks to those who helped out with Katie Harman and Oregon Ballot Measure 37 (2004) last week. This week, we have two high priority stubs, one of the two major hospitals in Legacy Emanuel Hospital & Health Center, and Oregon Department of Education. Enjoy your turkeys, or for some enjoy your tofurkeys. As always, to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts, click here. Aboutmovies ( talk) 08:54, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
There's this really cool tool at http://tools.wikimedia.de/~magnus/watchflickr.php that searches Flickr for free images based on WP categories and uploads them to commons. I've been running through various Oregon related cats:Oregon; Portland, Oregon; Buildings in Oregon; etc. I highly recommend it,what would take hours now takes minutes. - Peregrine Fisher 17:25, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
Hi,
It was nice to see your work on EFS on Wiki. I haven't searched for additonal information on him in quite awhile. The picture of the his sculpture was a delight to view.
My mother's maiden name was Helen May Skinner and she is the great-granddaughter of Eugene F. Skinner and I the great-great-grandson.
As my brothers and I were growing up in Oak Grove/Milwaukie, Oregon, my mom was always proud to state her heritage and instilled that in us.
As a child I often visited my grand parents Eugene and Emma Skinner in Eugene and always knew how important it was to them for me to realize my pioneer history.
Pauline Walton a distant cousin, daughter of Judge Walton in Lane County made quite an impression on me. She really carried the family torch. Being the head librarian at U of O put her in a position to keep the family history alive and often in the news. Her diary was donated to the library.
When my mom moved from La Grande to Eugene attending University High School, she stayed with Pauline in the Judge Walton home, now Moreno's Mexican restaurant on E. Broadway. Our family dined there many times over the years. We confirmed much to my mom's delight that the heat vent my mom sat on while doing her homework was still there.
Well I do go on. Anyway, thanks very much for your contribution to the pioneer history of Eugene Franklin Skinner.
Sincerely,
Kenneth W. Darling
<email address removed by Katr67 to save you from spambots--these pages get copied all over the Internet>
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.193.154.234 ( talk) 19:31, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
Hello, I am obviously new to this and do not understand all of the in and outs of this process. As far as gaining permissions to use images specifically Copyright problems with Image:1871 Campbell.jpg(warning body removed) and text from University printed material. The University and the State of Oregon would be considered the copyright holder. I have been given permission through through the PR office and my job description to use a wide range of images as well as text from various printed material like the current catalog which provides excellent paraphrased information. I am also considered a contact concerning the release of printed and online materials for publication. So is it okay for me to give other folks permission to use this, but not use it myself or how do I note that myself or any other individual can act as an representative of the copyright holder (the univ). Also for elements like history, if it is published by the univ is this considered proper documentation or do I need other documentation - the library archives would be the provider.
Concerning conflict of interest. I do work as the web designer and was tasked to update and monitor this page with current information. I have no problem with many of the directions for conflict of interest sense we have very strict rules here about using material for monetary or promotional purposes. Also the individuals making these request will understand these limitations too. It would seem that anybody interested and knowlegable in a specific area would have a conflict of interest in their topic. Many proffesors here edit their areas of special study sometimes using quotes from their or other like minded individuals work. So from what I gathered it is not just a matter of having a possible conflict of interest, but really using the forum to actively promote a view over the stated goals of Wikipedia.
I did notice that there are specific entries on academic departments added by faculty, which I am not free to remove because of perceived academic freedom violations. Would these actually belong in a list or a special feature and how would they document this information (is it better to make the footnote be a link to the material online or in printed format). Also is it proper to link to the current online listing of this information (as a footnote or inline).
I will have to admit so far the easiest way for me to find the correct methods of adding material and making edits is to just go at it and wait until I get a notice with the correct link. The help and user guides are written like the refference pages with too much info on the reasons and very little specific how too examples, and is it my imagination or do the links on copywritten materials take me back and forth to the same pages. Note: I use mostly tech help message boards more than research tools.
Is there a spell check or should I always use firefox with the dictionary plug-in?
I was hoping for an reply to editor button to send this message so hopefully was not placed in the wrong place.
thanks Moonpoint 20:32, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
What needs to be done to verify that permission has been granted from the copywrite holder? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Huggler ( talk • contribs) 23:19, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
I've added quite a bit on the McLoughlin house (less info on the Barclay House)... and I'm thinking that there is enough material for a separate article. My thought is that Fort Vancouver National Historic Site be kept kind of small; and link to Fort Vancouver (and possibly Officers Row), and new articles on the McLoughlin House and Barclay House (the former currently redirs back to Fort Vancouver National Historic Site). The fact that the McLoughlin House was apparently a brothel during the late 1800s is a good WP:DYK hook. Oregon History Project has lots of good material. Let me know what you think. -- EngineerScotty 00:31, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your help in removing the Carpenter's Gothic novel stuff from this article. I was trying to straighten this out so that there would be an article on Carpenter Gothic architecture. Originally Carpenter Gothic redirected to a section of Gothic Revival architecture. (You have taken care of the Main article reference there, for which I thank you also.) I found the original Carpenter's Gothic article which had the novel stuff added into it and today merged it into Carpenter Gothic. I was trying to figure out what to do the the novel stuff when you solved the problem. Many thanks. My interest in Carpenter Gothic arises from my long time membership in an 1898 Carpenter Gothic church in Florida. I'd appreciate any help you can to give in expanding this article. clariosophic 14:42, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
I was wondering if we should add Arago and Cape Arago to the List of cities and unincorporated communities in Oregon that I noticed you were helping to tidy up. When I looked at the list I noticed that Arago wasn't on it, and I recalled that most of the old timers from Myrtle Point knew where Arago was, as if it was a generally accepted place. Maybe there just aren't enough people living there now. I remember taking drives to Arago with my father when I was very young, though I can't recall why we went. I know there is a page for the Cape Arago Light, but I thought perhaps Cape Arago itself should be noted as an unincorporated place or have a page as a place of interest. I'll have to search for citation materials for each place of course. Thanks, Permalearning 01:01, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
Aren't you just a DYK away yourself? Just start a nice 2,000+ character article on a beautiful, little, vibrant, historic, and wonderful hamlet nestled amongst meadows, brooks, streams, and stunnily clear lakes where fine living and friendly people come together to make a community. It touches my heart just thinking about it right now. I need a tissue. Aboutmovies 03:10, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
Could you check to see if either Cornelius Gilliam or Thomas R. Cornelius is the namesake for Cornelius Pass? Thank you. Aboutmovies 07:10, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
Since you're so good at finding these tools, do you know of a tool that can give you a list of all the articles you have created? -- Esprqii 18:13, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
Hi Katr67,
Thank you so much for the warm welcome to Wikipedia. As you surmised, my creating a user account and editing the Volga Germans page was very job-related. A colleague and I were charged with investingating Wikipedia after the article about the University of Washington appeared in D-Lib. I had contacted one of the authors and she told me about the controversy of adding the links and that was included in our investigation. One option she suggested for legitimately adding a link to any of our digital collections to a Wikipedia article was to add real content and to use the digital collections as a reference for that content. Although this is a little more time consuming than just adding an external link, I can see the value--now to see if our administrator's perceive the value vs. the resources necessary to do this.
Colorado State University is investing heavily in digital collections. Why? Because we have a wealth of primary research materials that we want to make available to the scholarly and learning community. Two of our digital collections, The International Poster Collection and the Carnations and the Floriculture Industry collection were previously linked to the Posters and Carnations articles in Wikipedia, and we found that we did have a significant number of referrals to our collections from Wikipedia. We found that exciting! It meant that our resources are at least being accessed (if not really used--little way to determine that) based on people using Wikipedia. You know, I'm not sure I understand the full set of objections to these library-collections links (maybe I am missing something and you can enlighten me--that would be awesome!). We know that students access Wikipedia when given research assignments--to me that is little different than pulling for the Encyclopedia Brittanica when beginning research on a topic. Ideally, they would then delve further, using secondary and primary resources to continue their research, and the references and external links from to 'more authoritative' sources would be the next responsible, logical step. I view adding external links, or in the case of the Volga Germans article, content and a reference, as helping these students, whether they are elementary, secondary, or higher-ed students. Oh well. Thank you for not being critical of what I did. I will be meeting with some of the higher-ups here at CSU Libraries to see if they want to pursue finding legitimate ways to use Wikipedia to direct students and other interested individuals to authoritative sources of information.
It is very interesting to hear that you are descended from Germans from Russia. Of course, here in Colorado, there are many, but practically every time I demonstrate the site, or talk about it, someone in the audience (usually a library-related conference of some type) comes up to me to say that they are descended from a German from Russia. I, on the other hand, and just descended from plain old Germans (my Grandmother's maiden name was Kaiser until they changed it to Keyser during WWI!).
Anyway, I ramble on. Again, thank you for the welcome. And if you should see me doing something 'wrong' or inappropriate, by all means, let me know. I have personal interests that might spark adding/editing articles in Wikipedia, and I certainly don't want to get on anyone's wrong side!
Cheers!
Nancy Hunter 19:41, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
Hi. I added the book back into the article as it is both about the restaurants and the food they serve. I agree with you about the duplicate external link, and I've removed it. — Viriditas | Talk 23:13, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
Sorry to keep bugging you, but I just wanted to give you an update. I'm still working on the rewrite (haven't done much yet), but I did want to take a quick glance at WP:CORP and get your opinion. From what I can tell, the Blossoming Lotus has been the subject of coverage in multiple, reliable secondary sources independent of the organization. And while their activities are local in scope, verifiable information from reliable independent sources is easily obtained, and the book has increased this local scope internationally. The paperback version was just released, BTW. Another thing I found interesting is that the San Francisco Chronicle calls the restaurant "world-famous", which in many ways is true, as the majority of their customers consists not of local Hawaiians, but of tourists from all over the world, many of whom return again and again. There's also a small, but significant Indian clientele who make a habit of visiting the Blossoming Lotus in addition to Kauai's Hindu Monastery, and the temple even promotes the restaurant on their website. [5] This may also explain the glowing review in Hinduism Today. outdated link removed Anyhoo, back to the article... — Viriditas | Talk 03:32, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
Hello Katr67. I noticed that you changed the resolution of the thumbnail of the panoramic picture I uploaded on the Wallowa Mts article. I decided to browse around and I couldn’t find any stated policy regarding which resolution to use in wikipedia, or which is preferred Help:Contents/Images and media. Actually, if you take a look at the article on panoramic photography you’ll see a picture that stretches all the way out of the viewing area, even when you use a 1280x1024 resolution. Now, I had the pictures in the article “optimized” in such a way that their frames would align on a resolution of 1024x768, something that I find “elegant” (a subjective point of view of course) but having in mind that it is the most used resolution format (I’d rather have it in 1280x1024, which is the resolution I normally use). Because of that I’m reverting the changes. As you state in your page, I’m assuming that you made them in good faith, so no harm done. It’s good to know that there’s a wikiproject on Oregon, I hope I can keep on contributing. PV -- Fbolanos 19:49, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your help with this as well. I've been reading Le Guin's Searoad and was surprised to see that we had nothing on the awards. I think it'll also be useful in helping the WikiProject locate notable Oregon authors that are yet to have an article. (And for that matter provide a resource for finding good local reading material.) Owen 21:41, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
That House picture looks just like a house I have seen in downtown Silverton. It might be worth the trip to check it out —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fitzgerw ( talk • contribs) 19:19, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
I'm sure you'll notice that I made a Maurice Crumpacker House page soon enough...please feel free to add any additional NRHP fancy stuff that I was not aware of.
(Oh, and the picture is kinda crappy because I am obviously not brave enough to be a full-on NRHPer. I thought an open house was balloons and signs and nice old ladies waiting for my arrival; but this was just a big ol' house with no clear indication of open housiness and no one around. So I was chicken and just snapped the pic from my car before driving off. Oh well. I have a good pic of the plaque if you think that would add to the article.) -- Esprqii 00:54, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
Follow up on open houses: Well this month I got a nice tour from the owner of Grand Theater (Salem, Oregon) (and a frustrating amount of fascinating original research I can't use), found another place (city block of businesses and apartments) wasn't open on the day stated and their "open house" was moved to a different day and seemed to be a holiday sales event. I checked out one private home but this was one of the times it felt weird. Beautiful woodwork though. Imbrie Farm's open house is coming up next month, not sure if it matters since it's open to the public anyway? I'll post more on the project page. Katr67 17:47, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I knew I couldn't have been the only one. An actual Manx person, now that would be a find—they're seldom seen on the internet. Do you ever plan on going? Even if you were in the UK, it could be difficult to manoeuvre a visit but it's a great place Yohan euan o4 ( talk) 13:14, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
I think Jeff may be watching my page since a previous conversation? ;) Katr67 ( talk) 22:03, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
Katr67, There are only 2 members left in the band, Ju Suk and Oblivia. The other members have been removed or told they are no longer needed. Check any listings for their shows, Dr. Id no longer plays with them or records them. The drummer was dismissed. And the rubber band guy has some medical problems. Anyway, as a long-time fan, 2 members of a band do not make the band. Sadly, it is no longer. Slosssssss —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sloss ( talk • contribs) 22:28, November 18, 2007
Just wanted to say thanks, a couple of times I've made a hash of things and you've cleaned it up! Awotter ( talk) 05:06, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
Huh, it's interesting where your name will show up sometimes. Although it's probably true that I don't have much of an opinion about their debate. Owen ( talk) 00:38, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
How ya doin'? Where you at? :-) -- Finngall talk 19:06, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
Hello again to WikiProject Oregon members, time for this week’s Collaboration of the Week. Thank you to those who helped out improving Legacy Emanuel Hospital & Health Center and Oregon Department of Education last week. This week, in honor of the annual Civil War, we have the University of Oregon Ducks and the Oregon State University Beavers. Or if you attended some other school, feel free to improve your alma mater’s article. Once again, to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts, click here. Aboutmovies ( talk) 06:58, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
The COTW award from WPOR. | ||
Thanks for leading the way in last week's Collaboration of the Week! Thanks for taking on the OED. Aboutmovies ( talk) 07:14, 26 November 2007 (UTC) |
Hello,
I am writing to discuss my submission of the " Nathaniel Berg" bio. I see that it is repeatedly flagged as questionable in the area of "notability". I submitted Mr. Berg's bio based on his contribution to the community of Guam. Mr. Berg has introduced current radiology equipment to Guam. This is notable because, in the past, Guam health care patients thought they had to seek radiology tests off island because of the state of disrepair or mismanagement of radiology equipment at the one and only civilian hospital on Guam. He has been a staunch proponent of improving the overall health care system of Guam. Guam is set to receive nearly 8,000 U.S. Marines over the next five years. They will bring with them approximately 9,000 dependents and possibly 30,000 foreign workers as a result of needed infrastructure upgrades. Given the upcoming increase to the existing population of 150,000 Berg emphasizes the need for accountability in the governance of Guam's health care system. Berg is consistently sought out by members of Guam's media for his opinion on public health care and medical issues. Berg also hosts a radio talk show. He is a medical correspondent for the ABC Pacific News Center. Berg's tenacity for accountability in Guam's public health care system and at Guam's civilian hospital has earned him recognition in Guam's GU magazine. I am only aware of who he is because of his appearances in the media and his endeavor to be a watchdog of government and public healthcare. What must be done to ensure his name is not flagged for questionable notability? Please let me know. You can e-mail me at <e-mail removed>
Thank you,
Buffradio —Preceding unsigned comment added by Buffradio ( talk • contribs) 07:52, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
OK, so I was looking at this again and was thinking of cool wordings like, this user carries an Ax and knows how to use it. Then I was thinking, we have a bearded man with an ax and a tarp on the roof of our capital, are we trying to promote serial killers as a state? Aboutmovies ( talk) 21:20, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
Katr67: Got tagged with "tone" violation on Reub Long article. Presume referring to subject as "Reub" (vice "Long") trigger clean-up note. Checked writing guide before submitting article--while it says tone should be formal, it also says articles "should follow tone used by reliable sources." Every source I found (including OPB and Oregon Historical Society) introduced this subject as "Reub Long" (never "Reuben" Long) and then referred to him as "Reub" thoughout their text--don't recall a single exception. In any case, I thought about this up front--i.e. whether to be formal or follow the sources' tone. What do you suggest in case like this? My vote is to follow sources--their the experts after all. Also, article got "unknow importance" tag. Here's my thought on that--anybody who's life is interesting enough to be highlighted in OPB special 30 years after their death is worth capturing in wikipedia.-- Orygun ( talk) 04:30, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
Katr67: Made changes you suggested. Hopefully, article has right tone now. If there's anything else to fix let me know. Thanks for your help!-- Orygun ( talk) 02:58, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
Didn't know if you had seen this. It might even be true. Aboutmovies ( talk) 06:07, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
Hey Katr67. I believe you are the person editing my article about the @Large Films National Commercial Production Company within Portland, OR. I believe I edited everything needed and added some sources to verify my information. Does it need anymore cleaning up and/or editing. Please let me know. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cosondra ( talk • contribs) 18:49, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
Utah Italians. First of all, the title should probably be "Italians in Utah", but the whole idea just feels wrong. Would any [[<ethnic group> in Oregon]] articles be justifiable, for instance? Thanks. -- Finngall talk 23:27, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for cleaning up and polishing in my wake. What a great gnome you are! — EncMstr 20:14, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for helping out with Woodburn Company Stores. As you noticed, things are rather messy with the article. -- Gogo Dodo ( talk) 21:01, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
Thanks I appreciate your input. - Justin (koavf)· T· C· M 00:51, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for breaking that out. I suppose I should check on Benny Beaver. That whole Oregon Ducks article is just a mess though. Sigh.
The other thing I was thinking that would be nice for this CW week would be a UO template like this: Template:OSUtemplate I dunno. Maybe those are kinda dumb. Anyway, in case you didn't have anything better to do. I don't know enough about the actual, like, school part of the University to do that. Me just watch sports. -- Esprqii ( talk) 01:19, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
Gotta practice what we preach. Besides, some of my hard-earned student loan funds went for them cranking out that style guide, so I had better get my money's worth. It's sad the duck doesn't really have a name though. I guess anything more specific than "The Duck" would bum out the Disney folk... Katr67 01:00, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
Katr67, I saw that you redirected the content for my contribution. I understand you are a volunteer and volunteer capacity is what makes wikipedia happen. I do view this as a good thing.
I actually work for the University of Oregon's PPPM department and I was asked to make this page. When you redirected the link, the page you redirected it to (University of Oregon) does not actually provide much of the information that is in the article. The big reason for this is because people do not really know what our department does and this page was a starting point to provide basic information for our organization.
To be honest, this whole process is quite interesting to me. I like the collaborative component, but I don't feel that your essential deletion of the page was very collaborative. Please write me back with your thoughts on this.
-Omar —Preceding unsigned comment added by Omarortizmercado ( talk • contribs) 20:41, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
Greetings boys and girls from the fine folks at
The Wettest Place on Earth! A thank you to those who helped last week make some good improvements on the U of O and OSU OS articles. For this week, the next stub on the list is Fortune 1000 company
Lithia Motors, Inc. way down south in Dixie, which only needs a little added to make it to Start. The other is a bit more of a challenge, but
Linus Pauling I believe is our only Nobel Prize winning Oregonian, and a former FA. So hopefully we can get it back to FA, check the talk page’s article history template for comments. Once again, to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts,
click here.
Aboutmovies 20:51, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
I understand the concept of merging a middle school article into a larger article, but in the case of Mount Angel Middle School, what's the point of "merging" it into a non-existant article? All that does is rename it; there's no article into which to merge it. It just doesn't make any sense to me so I wanted to ask in case I was missing something... VigilancePrime 20:14, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
Aw shucks, and I didn't get *you* anything. -- Esprqii ( talk) 22:48, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
Hey there! Are you an administrator? Perhaps you can help out here. Some guy has been repeatedly erasing "Environment California". It apears this is an employee of that group and keeps reverting to an old p.r. stub. User "Christopher Mann McKay" is already being blocked for 48 hours for edit warring on another page, apears to have a long history of this and will not respond to reason.
Thank You for helping! Jimmihoffa ( talk) 02:07, 5 December 2007 (UTC)Jimmihoffa
Something to think about if you make that sockpuppet report. There are also reverts to Environment California ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) from IP addresses that, via WHOIS, trace back to Portland State University. User:131.252.231.160 ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs), specifically, is the one I checked. It's too weak to warrant a checkuser request, IMHO, but it's food for thought. — C.Fred ( talk) 22:47, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
(unindent) This diff links the OHSU IP with Jimmihoffa. Disruptive edits also include Environment Oregon. Katr67 ( talk) 00:36, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
I'm stub-sorting articles, such as Grants Pass School District, if you don't mind. Bearian ( talk) 21:15, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
I've no objection at all.
-- EngineerScotty ( talk) 00:45, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
Re: [6] Just so you know, "kidnaped" was the preferred American spelling from the 1800s up until the 1980s. It's still how I spell it. I noticed the edit, but I don't normally bother to revert spelling changes. It was probably just some old guy like me that noticed what he thinks of as a spelling error. Kww ( talk) 00:41, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
Hello again from the COTW of WikiProject Oregon. We thank ye who went forth through the rain and mud and helped out with last week’s articles Lithia Motors and Linus Pauling. Hopefully Linus can return to FA status early next year. This week we have the request of Oregon Ballot Measure 5 (1990) and High importance article Portland Rose Festival. Whatever work you can contribute would be greatly appreciated by our master. Once again, to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts, click here.[ citation needed] Aboutmovies ( talk) 07:57, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
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I read your FAQ and saw you're thinking of standing for admin yourself -- let me know if there's anything I can do to help and encourage you with this -- I'd really like to see you as an admin.
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(talk) 19:27, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
Just a quick note to let you know the copyedit is done and pending proofread by another LOCE member.
I think this article needs a critical look from a citations standpoint. There are a lot of facts and figures listed in the article, such as the number of employees, the number of visitors, the number of holdings, etc. that should be backed up with a citation. I marked a few of them as I went through, but that wasn't my main focus so there are a lot that I didn't mark.
P.S. I didn't read your talk page until after the copyedit was done... I've got to admit I'm a little embarassed copyediting an article at the request of a professional copy editor :) I'd love to know what you think of my work. Livitup ( talk) 21:34, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
Hi There!I wanted to let you know that user Ultamatemike reverted the NYPIRG page on 7 December 2007 back to its original format. The original format was changed because it did not contain a single citation and was very POV. (actually it reads like an advertisement). I am not sure how to handle this because I don't want an edit war. Perhaps you could take a look! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.100.212.21 ( talk) 23:57, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
You don't have to be on my side, nor do I expect that. Your an admin so you are supposed to be impartial aren't you? Any way I am not sure what you mean about Jimmy Hoffa. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.100.212.21 ( talk) 00:59, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
I think it could potentially be expanded, but as is it could certainly be merged. I think if one were to do some research they could probably find enough to create a decent stand-alone article on it. It does, however, need to be moved to Oregon State University College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, however. VegaDark ( talk) 01:51, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
Hi. May I ask why you removed the geography templates from the article? They (the Klamath Mountains) are clearly a geographic feature. The 'Geography navigation' template merely provides further guidance to othe geography related subjects, in case that is how the user navigated to the page. The 'Physical Geography Sub-disciplines' template will help to highlight additional areas in the article that need information of further expansion. Some of those 'sections' are already included in the article, but not all. Since the Klamath Mountains are also a distinct physiographicla section of the United States, to properly 'fill out' the article, those sections should be present, as much as possible, therefore especially the second template is even more important. Please reconsider the removal, or at least make a good case for why they shouldn't be included on the article. Thank you. wbfergus Talk 19:10, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
Hello again from the Collaboration of the Week for WikiProject Oregon. This week are two more stubs, the Oregon Garden and former Congressman Robert B. Duncan. Both are close to moving up to Start class, so only a little work is needed. Once again, to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts, click here. Aboutmovies ( talk) 23:57, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
Nice!, I was just getting ready to do that myself! Dreadstar † 06:06, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
Your corrections to Evan's history are based on old articles and very biased sources. Kuam is the main competitor on Guam to Sorensen Media Group and often use Kuam news to attack the competition. Also the New York Sun printed a correction to the article you site two days after it was run and John Cook of the Chicago Tribune and Radar magazine ran a piece about David Lambino's sloppy work. Evan was attacked by right and left wing bloggers but no one ever got the facts right. He didn't authorize the loan to himself (the board of Directors approved the loan) and he was only accused of any wrong doing by the blogoshere. Even right wing assasin Michelle Malkin corrected her attackes after the court documents (posted on the web) proved Cohen demanded that the loan be repaid as part of the sale to Piquant. The story is sexier when your version is written but it is not factual. it takes time and effort to sift through and get to the truth but you should work at it if you want to edit about a human beings life and character. i work with Evan and know what happened. Leon Colaco —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.151.89.144 ( talk) 12:53, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
The banter here in this discussion is interesting but it appears despite your best efforts to stay unbiased you have become biased. In the early days of liberal talk radio, Evan Cohen and Air America became the subject of great interest in the blogosphere. So what was conjecture, speculation, and outright determination to shut down a liberal radio station then leaked into mainstream media - namely The New York Sun. However, The New York Sun retracted its story about Cohen. Cohen did borrow money from the Gloria Wise Boys and Girls Club but he did it with the consent of the board of directors. The board of directors gave him the loan. He did not give himself the loan. I have done my research and documents indicate that during the sale of Air America Cohen made it a stipulation of the agreement that Piquant LLC pay back the money from the Gloria Wise Boys and Girls Club. People may not like the fact he received a loan from the group but it was a loan the board approved. Cohen continues to be involved in media projects and all you have to do is look at www.pacificnewscenter.com (media section)or www.sorensenmediagroup.com. So no matter what was reported the facts are he asked for a loan from the Gloria Wise Boys and Girls Club and the board decided to give him the loan, Cohen did not take the money out of the organization himself. It appears Cohen had the intention of paying back the loan because the sale of Air America included a provision that would have the new owners pay back the money. The fact that the author chooses to incorporate an alleged $20,000 outstanding bill from a media competitor in the article could indicate that the author is biased especially since the story cited was written by the same media competitor. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.128.20.11 ( talk • contribs) 12:13, December 19, 2007
...for removing the "blocked" vandalism on my talk page. Jauerback ( talk) 00:56, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
Just saw your message. I am working on finding more sources now. So I hope it will be left up while I search that out. Thanks and please reply on either the discussion page of the article or on my personal talk page. THanks -- Danielquasar ( talk) 03:01, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
I just noticed the above redirects to Oregon National Guard (happened in August). Do you remember any sort of discussion somewhere? Neither page had a move request. Aboutmovies ( talk) 07:42, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
Greetings to all the WikiProject Oregon crew. Happy holidays to those who celebrate holidays. Thanks to those who helped out with last week’s articles Oregon Garden and Robert B. Duncan. Due to the holidays and people likely to be spending less time on Wikipedia, the new Collaboration of the Week will run for two weeks (OK actually I’ll be out of the country, but same difference). The first item will be a general Reference Improvement Drive. So find an article, source an tagged sentence or bring all the citations up to WP:CITE standards. The other item is a Tagging Drive, looking for those random articles about Oregon that do not yet have a {{ WikiProject Oregon}} tag on the talk page. In the past I’ve found the Category:People from Oregon and its sub cats fertile ground for the lost Oregon souls. Once again, to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts, click here. Aboutmovies ( talk) 05:52, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
Hi katr67,
when you have a moment could you take a quick look at T-34. It's the first article I've come across that uses Harvard referencing. Are the references supposed to be used like a scholarly journal where it actually shows in the text? I just spent hours cleaning up a similar article, but it was a mishmash of HR and inline and did not use the citing syntax this article uses. I certainly don't want to jump in and "fix" something just because I think it's broken. Maybe it's just me but I found that style very distracting. Any way any feedback here or my talk would be helpful. Awotter ( talk) 05:44, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
I am impressed you noticed this article minutes after I created it! McArthur mapped Oregon's entire Pacific Coast from California to the Columbia River. I probably should have itemized it since he also mapped California north of San Francisco. I am surprised to see your wonderful capitol paintings comprehensive article in a user page. It would be great if you could move it to the main space. And of course there's an appeal to get a photo of the painting. I'll try to upload a photo of him shortly. Americasroof ( talk) 01:34, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
Katr, I don't think those were test edits, I think they were intentional edits from the guy's great grandson. Some of them appear to correct uncited errors in the existing article. I left a note for the IP, hopefully he will stick around and help improve the article. - Pete ( talk) 23:26, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
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I couldn't decide if retiring to Ashland counted as being WPORworthy, so I'm glad you made that call for me. I used to live right next to store #2, does that make me non-neutral? I guess I'll walk to store #10,000 for lunch to toast the old guy.
I did see the Eugene Amtrak station on the NHRP just as I was posting my note to AM; glad to make your morning, or at least a few minutes of it... -- Sprkee 17:55, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
While researching the Patrick Duffy claim (I've sold things to him and Annette O'Toole while working in stores in Ashland), I ran across this thread from the Medford Mail Tribune's Forum and thought you might be interested.
By the way, some Google searching seems to indicate Duffy's ranch is in the Gold Hill, Oregon area, not Medford.-- DaKine 18:19, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
Hi Katr67! I followed your advice and I deleted all the links except one where I added some information as to the images. Thank you very much. I truly admire your knowledge and abilities. Best regards, ( Salmon1 02:22, 1 September 2007 (UTC))
Hi Katr67! I wonder how "to clean" this article more then what we have done? It would be nice to finish the process. Sincerely, ( Salmon1 13:56, 2 September 2007 (UTC))
Hi Katr67! Thanks for the warning. I have per your email removed all mention of the Conger Street Clock Museum, Illuminated clocks, and the water clock.
I didn't mean to do a bad think. The Conger Street Clock Museum has the oldest domestic water clock (clepsydra) on display in any museum in the United States, and has many other very rare clocks that are only on display in that museum. I thought it would be nice to share the information about those clocks with the people that use Wikipedia. I have since read the rules and realize that Wikipedia is not meant for that kind of information. I will leave Wikipedia to the pros and leave the clocks to the Conger Street Clock Museusm's website.
Thanks again for the warning.
On the Portland, Oregon site re "redundant link". Guess I was a bit sleepy... Brian Pearson 00:27, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
sorry to muck up the page so as to require your clean up.
the page was was poor condition to start with, and half the information there was wrong.
I tried to water down some of the misinformation and got rid of the piece about a railroad being there as it never was. (the Railroad the previous writer was likely speaking of was the Kerry Line which is a significant railroad but it didn't go to Mist, --- it came down from Fishhawk after coming over the mountain (and through the mountain) from Woodsen. (Near Westport) The roundhouse was at Neverstill west of Birkenfeld.
the depleted gaswell storage there is important and significant, as Oregon's only storage site. It also has a lot to do with why the Lower river is the site of no less than 3 highly controversial LGN terminal proposals.
also need something there to upstage the black photo (which I think should be deleted since it doesn't show anything. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rvannatta ( talk • contribs) 03:50, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
The Harvard referencing system is specifically acknowledged by WP:CITE. Woodsylass 05:08, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the heads-up! I've plugged what little I've already done into that article, and I'll work up some new contributions for the future. Ipoellet 19:09, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
Here's a new article on a former airport I thought you might want to check out. Happy editing! Katr67 21:19, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
I indeed started a draft. Feel free to add/edit/change/rearrange, I am off for the night. See you all tomorrow (though I will be busy). -- Dirk Beetstra T C 23:44, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
When you have a chance, could you work your magic at Charles L. McNary with an eye towards GA. Let me know if you think it needs anything else. Thanks. Aboutmovies 19:04, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
I just wanted to let you know, because Christmas trees are a big industry in Oregon, that I am doing quite a bit of work on Christmas tree farming. Most of it is in my user space at User:IvoShandor/Christmas tree farm (you'll have to poke around in the sub pages to find everything--it's all linked on my user page). The only article that is ready for the main space (and I moved it there) is Christmas tree cultivation, which doesn't have a lot of Oregon specifics as it is a rather general article. Some of the production articles I am working on will be quite full of Oregon stuff. Just thought I would let you know. : ) Have a nice day! IvoShandor 19:30, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
Did you see this discussion? It's a blog, but Russell Sadler is a reliable source, he used to be a commentator on the local news and the Eugene Register-Guard... The reply about tax breaks is interesting... Katr67 21:26, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
Thank you so much for telling me(I'm [[User:Mary divalerio)!!! I really apreiate it, especially, since I'm new to Wikipedia!!!-- Mary divalerio 21:59, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
I'm sure you'll see my edit before I finish typing this, but I'm requesting to change my user name. It's not a big deal, but since many people know that Sprkee is my usual secret identity, it's just a little weird to have people find me based on my wikiedits... "hey, weren't you supposed to be working then?" -- Sprkee 22:13, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
Wow, that's freaky, that penguin sounds just like me! Maybe he needs a name change too. (BTW, I keep picturing Feathers McGraw in all these penguin discussions...). -- Sprkee 23:16, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
I would very much appreciate you taking me off the spammer list. My site is non-commercial. I sell nothing. I simply have a database of what to look for when identifying a first edition. I started the web site to inform people so they don't go and spend hundreds of dollars on something on eBay or other places for something they think is a first edition, when in fact it is not. The Deep End of the Ocean is one such book. I believe the information my site provides compliments the literary information, and that is the reason it placed links. The site is much like IMDB, it tells you details about the physical first edition book. But I am not selling the books I show on the site, I am simply giving people a way to identify a first edition. I ask that you kindly take my site off the list, It was never my intention to spam anyone, and if the community thinks that is what I am doing, then I promise to never enter another link -- Tklein 8:42, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for keeping an eye on my spelling and grammar. I was going to read it over later today, but you've already done the job! What do you think, is it anywhere near publishable? Thanks again! -- Dirk Beetstra T C 16:53, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
Hi: I see you added a no footnotes tag to Jean Baptiste Charbonneau. As the person who added the sources, I'm willing to add footnotes, but can you help me out with which sentences you want cited? Jlittlet 00:49, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
First off, great job to all WikiProject Oregon folks for last week’s List of Oregon State Parks work. We pounded out six new state park articles: Sarah Helmick, Bald Peak, Bob Straub, Sumpter Valley Gold Dredge, Tumalo, and Peter Skene Ogden. Plus numerous other edits to improve the existing articles. As a reward, we are introducing the COTW award {{ WPOR COTW award}}, and this time it goes to User:Woodstein52 for starting three of the articles.
On to this week. We are back to the usual two Top importance Stubs: Sunstone and Oregon, My Oregon. Both are stub pluses, so it shouldn’t take much to upgrade them both. Again to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts click here. Good day! Aboutmovies 22:33, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
Congratualtions, you are almost to the top 500 in edits! Aboutmovies 17:40, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
Cultural Practice -- I originally prod'ed it as unsourced OR. The article has since been expanded and references have been added, but it still still smells OR-ish. Whaddaya think? Thanks... -- Finngall talk 20:48, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
Dear Katr67,I belive you accused me of sock puppetry. Let me explain. Mary divaleriois my user name . Liddydivalrio is my little sisters username and my moms username is gigilili. since we all use the same computer, sometimes another username is already logged in when we start to do our homework.(the reason all of our accounts started at the same time was because school started)!!!! also the "commen intrest mail" was actully a prank on my little sister.Trust me, as you can tell from my spelling mistakes, (I'm sure I have quite a few)I 'm just a kid that uses "wikipedia " for homework. By the way our computer is having diffucultly editing the evidence page so I was wonndering if you could add this message to it-- Mary Di Valerio 16:38, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
Since plagiarism constitutes copying verbatim, attribution or not, public domain or not, I stand by it. Public domain means "no payment to publisher or writer required", not "I can reproduce this under any name I want". Maybe you ought to investigate the use of plagiarised material. Nobody eles on WP seems to give a damn, as far as I can tell. And POV? How about "ethical"? Or doesn't ethics enter into it? Trekphiler 19:18, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
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Katr67, I want to thank you for your discussion about Libraries making external links to their resources. As a professional librarian with interest in discussing this further among other librarians, I'm considering doing a presentation at Online Northwest in Corvallis, OR in early 2008. It would be a better presentation if I had someone more familiar with the Wikipedia view as part of the presentation. Would you be interested in contacting me directly to discuss a joint presentation at the conference? Richardaedwards 22:56, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for reporting User:Dreadfulwater to WP:AIV. However, none of this editor's edits appeared to be vandalism, or made in bad faith. I blocked the user for 24 hours for violating the three-revert rule, however. In the future, you can report 3RR violations to Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/3RR. Cheers! -- Ginkgo100 talk 01:52, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for correcting my errors on List of People from Oregon. Mental note to self: Do not edit Wikipedia when tired and/or lacking time. Also thanks for your hard work and good attitude here. You have inspired me to want to do better.-- DaKine 05:19, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
Saw this NRHP item, thought of you. Aboutmovies 07:23, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
OK, apparently there are two Parkers in Oregon history. Samuel Parker (missionary) who was here 1835-6, and then the politician one Samuel Parker (Oregon politician) who was here 1845 till death in 1886. My guess is the later is the one with the Liberty ship and name on the Capitol wall, but I though you might check your reference to determine for sure before correcting the link from your sandbox. Stupid dead guys. Aboutmovies 00:17, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
I've suggested a rename of the Gray Sails the Columbia River article here. VanTucky Talk 02:55, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
All righty WPOR ladies and gentleman, great job last week with our state song and gemstone. I have bumped them up to Start class. I haven’t looked at the contributions, so the COTW award will be later. This week’s articles are Darlene Hooley, by special request, and another Top stub, our very own state rock, the Thunderegg. Yes, apparently we have a state rock and state gemstone. No word on whether there is a state stone too. Hooley basically needs some sources to make it to the next level. Again to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts click here. In the words of Beaver Joe, whoop! Aboutmovies 18:05, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
I have no idea why this guy is buried in Salem, but he has now "lived" here longer than any other place, should we tag him for WPOR? And with Beers, the source says 1800, but also that info before he came to Oregon is scarce. So I'm guessing the wife got the headstone made and hopefully she knew the correct year. Aboutmovies 03:13, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for catching that. Smmurphy( Talk) 15:32, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
Note: please take any continued discussion about this topic to the relevant article's talk page or to WP:PLANTS, where other people can see it, thanks.
Did you check with anyone before redirecting all those or was it a unilateral decision? I'm all for being BOLD, but I have a feeling there's a consensus that the articles have a hyphen. Katr67 22:35, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
It's not incorrect English. What I'm saying is that the half-dozen works I checked were written by professionals in the field of botany. The real answer is that botanical nomenclature changes faster than Webster's dictionary. For botanists, the hyphenated version is correct and we should defer to them. Feel free to leave it and see what happens. I've contacted User:MPF about the page moves, as we've had a few discussions about nomenclature, so I'm sure s/he will check it out. I feel your pain, however. I work for an agency that misuses the word "everyday" in its slogan, when what they really mean to say is "every day". It's printed at the bottom of all the letterhead and is prominently displayed on the webpage. *sigh*
I believe I haven't had success using the "undo" button on a page move and that they have to be moved back using the "move" feature (unless it's so mucked up that you need an admin to do the move).
I think sometimes you end up watching the redirect page instead of the page the article was moved to.
Note: please take any continued discussion about this topic to the relevant article's talk page or to WP:PLANTS, where other people can see it, thanks.
I'd like to weigh in as a botanical editor, who is also a botanist by profession, who has not "failed to notice" these hyphens and hates them. No, there is not a consensus in the botanical community to hyphenate common names like "poison-ivy" or "douglas-fir"; for every example of a field guide that does this, I could provide a counter-example that doesn't. In fact this rather strained construction is certainly the exception rather than the rule when you take into account all the sources that refer to these species by their common name, and as already noted, most visitors to Wikipedia will find it quite odd. I have noted numerous such names and have generally left them as is without making a fuss, primarily because I know that certain vociferous editors have demanded that they stay this way and attempting to change them will be useless as they will be immediately reverted (as has already been done in this case). But don't make the mistake of assuming there's a consensus simply because nobody has argued with it; sometimes it's just easier for those of us who disagree to accept things as the way they are, whether we like them or not. MrDarwin 13:54, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
Welcome to autmun and the weekly COTW news. Great job to those who helped out with last week’s articles: Darlene Hooley & Thunderegg. Both made great improvements. This week, something a little different. With fall upon us, the photo ops are going to be harder to get, so we have a photo request fulfillment drive. Take a look at the requested pictures for Oregon category or the graphics subproject for what’s needed. Then go take a picture, or search online for a free picture to upload (US gov sites are great and there are links available from the above links). If you fill a request, be sure to remove the request template from the article’s talk page. Our other item is another red link removal drive, this time on the flagship Oregon article. Like the state parks red link drive, try to coordinate on the talk page. Again to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts click here. Aboutmovies 01:54, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
Hola! Thanks for the copy-edit, but:
REF: Wikipedia:Only make links that are relevant to the context#Dates
I only think important dates should be linked. Dates of birth and death, elections, disasters, dates of founding, merger completion, battles, book, album, movie, release, etc. What do you think?
And, by reading that and this: Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates and numbers)#Dates, I learned about the comma not being necessary. I notice that you knew that one already. That'll save a keystroke! Thanks again... WikiDon 17:17, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
You said: "no superscripts per WP:MOS"
But, I can't find it in there. Is it somewhere else? WikiDon 17:39, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
...was your commencement speaker? That's pretty cool. And I think it belongs in his wiki article, right at the end of the "Later Life" section. "To keep up his strength while addressing apathetic teens, Kesey was forced to eat stale sweaty jelly beans out of his hat." -- Esprqii 17:16, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
Please inform me which user you are refering to? If i did, it was not on puprose as i am aware of that rule. thank you! Tiptoety 18:38, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
Summit High School (Bend, Oregon) has been nominated as a possible Article for Deletion. The reason is that an editor believes that the subject of the article is not notable and/or the article does not assert its importance. We welcome your input on the articles AfD page, which you can get to by clicking Here!. Thank You. - Rjd0060 23:55, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
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Thanks for the message. I saw your changes and I didn't realize the pranks were moved to the talk page. I set Twinkle to watch the reverts to Bend High, and I changed them back without carefully examining it. Please accept my apologies about that. There used to be a lot of vandalism on the page, especially from rival schools, such as Mountain View High School, and Summit High School. I know you have a lot of edits and are a contributer to Oregon articles, but rather than just moving or deleting sections on articles, please consider discussing the content in Bend High's Talk Page about why you feel need to move it instead of just moving it. I was at that Sadie Hawkins dance, and we were the class that had our school make national news for that. It took us three years to find the source to the Sadie Hawkins Incident and many people felt the need to just delete it. Thanks for the message, and thanks for not only being a contributer to Oregon articles, but for protecting and keeping an open mind about what is published. Even though they are just a list of pranks or just an incident about a dance, those were good times and it means a lot to not only me, but thousands of other kids that go to that school. I'll keep the pranks in the talk section until sources are found. BeanoJosh 07:50, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
Maybe you can help me out. I can't find a page that lists good wikipedia templates to put on my profile. I'm just getting it started but I see a lot of people have templates that say "USERNAME enjoys videogames", etc. Where can you find those? Thanks. BeanoJosh 07:52, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
I'm continuing to add info and refs to the CJ page, and I have a question and you seem to be the person to ask. I'm finding a good amount of info, and a lot of it's from good sources like the New York Times and Seattle Times, but it's mostly about visiting Cave Junction. I know wikipedia isn't supposed to be a travel guide, so I would like suggestions on two things. 1. How do I write about points of interest and keep it neutral (Maybe we have manual of style pages or something that will help)? 2. Are there any standard resources that you could point me to that info on Oregon cities? Thanks, Peregrine Fisher 23:39, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
whoops sorry I didnt know I should create articles for the nationally noted people first before adding to the "List of artists and art institutions in Portland, Oregon" page... it really is pathetic as a page at the moment and it should be updated. I'm new to this so forgive my lack of protool. thanks -Gugnir PDX —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gungnir PDX ( talk • contribs) 00:21, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
I am happy to announce i have created another article relating to Oregon, but it is far from being complete, and i would love your help and comments on making it better. The article is Portland Police Bureau. Thank you, Tiptoety 18:32, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
Is the IV chamber of commerce considered a reliable source? - Peregrine Fisher 23:18, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
Hi! I got a very nice letter from the government today. I am so excited I have to frame it! It points me to here: http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1144788 . This Lake Creek thing has been a good experience for me, and scored me an A in two different classes. The whole thing went over quite well. Thank you for the direction. Zab 00:15, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
Thanks.. I've never even been to Oregon, I've just taken an interest in improving the state-by-state college lists. This is the second one I've done after Vermont. Toohool 00:44, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
Please see Wikipedia:Redirect#Do not change links to redirects that are not broken. Some of the topics are capable of having separate articles; North Roseburg in fact does. In other places, you changed the community name, which is on signs, to the road name, which is not. -- NE2 09:38, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
The actual text in the article was fixed in my edits. -- NE2 15:56, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
Just in case you were wondering, I am part of the WikiProject Indigenous peoples of North America and thought it would have been a good idea to randomly select a few users from there for a third party participation. So, you were one of the editors I randomly selected that was listed on that WikiProject page. Please accept my humble appologies about this. I hope there are no hard feelings. Kind regards. Wiki Raja 22:27, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
Just wanted to thank you for your discussion with me, as well as the others involved with Bend High School's Wiki Page. No hard feelings with the unsourced materials, the revisions, or the kids. I'm trying to get into reverting unencyclopedic and irrelevant materials, other than vandalism. Feel free to message me anytime in my Talk page with whatever you need. I might be interested in joining Wikiproject: Oregon. It just depends on my hours at work, and my school work. Thanks again. Happy wiki'ing! BeanoJosh 07:24, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
I know everyone has been waiting anxiously for this week’s COTW, so here they are: Barlow Road and Columbia River Plateau. Both are almost Start class, just some formatting and referencing, plus a little expansion and they will be there!
As to last week, it is difficult to track the items we were working on, but I know some pictures were added and at least three red links were removed from Oregon, so thank you to all those who participated. The award winner will be GoodDamon for their creation of the Oregon Forest Resources Institute article. We have now worked through all the Top class stubs and are into the High class stubs. Again to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts click here. Happy editing, and remember if you see a downed power line, don’t pick it up. Aboutmovies 20:15, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
oops, sorry, lesson learned, I did add it to the list on WP:ORE prior to putting a message on a few users talk page. I will not do the same next time. Thank you, Tiptoety 03:17, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
Ooh, I always had a hunch the Columbia River Plateau was nestled into the Columbia Basin. But it looks like some kind of double-nestling…the Basin is nestled in the Plateau, is nestled into the Basin! Awesome! I'm gonna go updated those articles! ;) - Pete 05:33, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
Where do I go to sign up for your online wikipedia tutorial? -- Esprqii 23:22, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
Hey'der Kay-der,
I did some work on the Steve Novick article, but I'm not sure if it was enough to warrant the removal of the advert banner. That removal was done by one of the people puffing him up. You might consider putting it back up, if you think the article still needs work. Your call of course, just FYI. - Pete 21:30, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
Nice save! I knew that there must be a "Silver Lake" somewhere in Oregon, but didn't have the means to improve it, and the creator didn't give us much to work with. Acroterion (talk) 22:00, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
Thanks. I try to tag articles as I see them. Don't worry about offending me, I would let you know. Again, thanks. -- Robbie Giles 15:03, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
Greetings WPOR world. Last week was great with the Barlow Road seeing lots of improvement, maybe even B class. Columbia River Plateau also saw some improvement, maybe enough to bump it to Start. On with the countdown, another two Stubs in the High category, both happen to be people: Don Schollander a multi-gold medalist; and then world-renowned bridge architect and all-around swell guy Conde McCullough. Schollander needs sources more than anything, and McCullough needs more of a bio, plus maybe a nice chart for the bridges with type/year/location/length. Again to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts click here. This week’s safety tip, stranger=danger. Aboutmovies 18:05, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
Regarding your editing of my comments at User talk:209.91.51.141:
Thank you. -- Hi Ev 22:39, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
Hello Katr67. A while ago you removed a chunk of information about Greek societies, clubs, majors, and club sports becuase they weren't encyclopedic. I was wondering how one writes them to be sufficiently encyclopedic, or if they should be left out altogether. Note most colleges have a greek section at least. I will rewrite the greek section to be a paragraph with more information, but if you have anymore suggestions or reasoning for not having the other sections, please tell. Thanks a ton! —Preceding unsigned comment added by DerRichter ( talk • contribs) 09:09, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
Aggh. What a horrible mess. I think we should weigh in (again) at the Coordinates WikiProject. You can post a message to the whole community at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Style issues (if this counts as a style issue) or Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Policies (if this is a policy). Another WikiProject who may care is Wikipedia:WikiProject Cities (who explicitly call for a Geolinks in their U.S. Cities guidelines). hike395 02:15, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
I'm not sure where I can help with this article: activity on this article has appeared to have stalled. However, from his publications history, I'd say he just passes the bar for notability -- being published by a univeristy press IMHO tips the scale. But, as you said on the talk page, the article is a mess. -- llywrch 05:28, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
Hey, i guess Image:Ep1002oregonstatepolice.jpg does not have a fair use rational. I am not sure how to properly create a fair use rational for this image. Would you mind helping me out? Tiptoety 22:14, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
post copied to Talk:Great Cats World Park
Hello,
I have a concern about an article I found on Wikipedia regarding my company Great Cats World Park. I was wondering what I need to do to have the article US Fish and Wildlife Service probation removed.
The articles referenced are from The Daily Triplicate. I would also like to know if the newspaper gave permission to post these articles or if they were posted illegally.
My reasons for having the articles removed are because they are biased and reflect a negative image of my company. Under court order I was not allowed to tell my side of the story about the fine and the facts of the case are much different than what was written in the newspaper article.
Any help you can give me on this matter would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Craig Wagner Director Great Cats World Park http://www.greatcatsworldpark.com info@greatcatsworldpark.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.32.168.35 ( talk) 21:42, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
Hello, as you might have noticed I have brought up a new proposal for a guideline on school naming conventions. However, there has been very little input for it to go anywhere. I remember you were involved in the last proposal, so I would appreciate your input once again at WT:NC(S) if possible. Thanks. Camaron1 | Chris 11:44, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
Greetings once again WikiProject Oregon members. Thank you to those who help out with improving Conde McCullough and Don Schollander last week. This week is a Stub break, with a Ref improvement drive for Oregon and a request for work on Portland Police Bureau. For the ref improvement, this means sourcing tagged statements and standardizing all existing citations, both of which are needed for GA and FA status. Again to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts click here. Aboutmovies 18:07, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
Hi There,
I have tried it again. Please have a look and let me know if this is a better start. I will keep working on the article, this is my first "major" article, so I appreciate your patience ;-) Nostrada 07:03, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
Many moons ago, we ran into each other on my first and only attempt to offer feedback at Editor review. I just wandered onto that page again, which prompted me to see if you were still around. Would you care to revisit your response to the second to last question on your FAQ? - Banyan Tree 08:50, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
Hello Katr67, thank you for your suggestions. Yes, I am associated with the Port of Longview. I have attempted to edit the article to make it as neutral-point-of-view as possible. Please let me know if you have additional suggestions or even specific instructions on how to do things. I am new to Wikipedia and am learning as I go. The trouble is that there are not very many sources within Wikipedia that I can reference. I also do not understand the signature concept. Your assistance is appreciated. Sincerely, longviewport. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Longviewport ( talk • contribs) 23:13, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
Hello Katr67. I noticed your "unearthing" of extensive deletions from this article last year. It seems to me that the other material which was deleted (in addition to the part you restored) was in fact sourced, and should be returned to this article. There is a multiplicity of sources cited and the edit summary which accompanied the deletions did not indicate what parts were in question. I am prepared to restore the former text, as you did with the one paragraph. What do you think?
There is a large amount of vandalism on this page during the school year. I succeeded in getting it semi-protected last spring; we may have to resort to that again. It is good that someone else is watching it. Regards, Kablammo 22:29, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
Hi Katr67! I had added one of Avery Dennison's websites, www.printandmailcenter.com, to the Avery Dennison entry. Avery Print and Mail Center is the direct mail marketing group of Avery Dennison Office Products and would like to included in the Avery Dennison properties, would it be better to have an entry created for the company itself or, since I'm directly involved (they've been a client for 8 years) have someone else edit the entry? Thanks so much for your guidance. I'll be participating in one of the wikipedia projects to become better educated about site guidelines. Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lisawilliams40 ( talk • contribs) 12:15, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
I noticed you'd contested the prod for Camp Pioneer - the article is now up at AfD, so thought you may wish to drop by and explain your reasoning. Thanks. Hersfold ( t/ a/ c) 19:21, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
I re-entered the changes I had made earlier. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Toddloggan ( talk • contribs) 21:46, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
Well, shoot, I know he's fairly notable...I trip over his books every morning. But his website lists so gosh-darn many piddly awards I can't sift through them all right now. -- Esprqii 22:44, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
Howdy doody ya’ll WPOR poke, time for more COTW. Thanks for the work on Portland Police Bureau and improving the references at Oregon. This week we are back to Stubs with Eastern Oregon and Fort Vancouver National Historic Site. Both need just a little TLC to make it to Start. Again to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts click here. Aboutmovies 01:49, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
Hey, good work on getting those images tagged. Sorry I didn't get to it quicker to share the load…I'll keep an eye out for new ones though. - Pete 22:55, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
Sorry for not fixing it right away, i was in a rush and did not have time to cite the ref in the text, so i just added the tag. My bad. Tiptoety 04:44, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for informing me about the problem with the fair-use rationale of the image. I added a fair-use rationale as good as I could. I hope this will do it. Greetings from Europe Martin1971 18:35, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
Why have you deleted WikiProject Oregon from the BNSF & ATSF pages? Amreatsf4620 01:39, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for cleaning up my new articles...I'm just not good at catsorting and whatnot, so I'm glad others will pick up my slack. Cheers, — Scien tizzle 22:03, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
I would put a {{ editprotected}} on the Talk page of the templates, and try to convince an admin that we need to revert to prevent empty EL section, and we are actively discussing what to do next. I would do this, but I'm spending very little time on WP nowadays. hike395 18:18, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
Gabriel Park is the first page I made from scratch, feel free to clean it up. Thank you for your invitation, I will join WikiProject Oregon and start contributing ASAP! - Merzperson —Preceding comment was added at 05:07, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
Ladies and Gentlemen its time for another episode of Collaboration of the Week. Last week’s show starring Fort Vancouver National Historic Site & Eastern Oregon received high ratings. This week’s show star two more stubs, Johnny Kitzmiller & John Wesley Davis. As always, to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts, click here. Don’t delay, act today! Aboutmovies 18:18, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the heads-up. It seems awfully unnecessary. You seem to have this all well in hand but I will drop a note over to the comics project for people to keep an eye on it (and offer a third party perspective on this). ( Emperor 17:15, 30 October 2007 (UTC))
I know it's not the COTW but for some reason, I've been into fixing this one. Maybe because it was in such bad shape before. Anyway, I removed your fact tags about the "unique acoustics" because I'm pretty sure that's unverifiable, and the other one because it's verifiable that the stadium is e/w by looking at a map and that doesn't need a citation, does it? But then I realized maybe you were challenging the conventional wisdom about N/S stadiums. Do you think that needs a citation? -- Esprqii 19:32, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
You got the {{ db-move}} template magic correct. The temporary "backwards" redirect was my fault. :) Resurgent insurgent (as admin) 04:03, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
Hi! The title now is misleading. Could you please move it back? It is not about the floristic province, it is about the floristic region, as evident from the text and the sources, which includes two floristic provinces (Rocky Mountain and Vancouverian). The RMFP exists, but it is a subdivision of the region and we have no article about it. Colchicum 13:09, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
Oh, you just knew that would draw me into your little NRHP circle, didn't you?!?!? OK, I should be able to visit that one and take some snaps, it's actually pretty close. That could give us a start on W. H. Pipes too. -- Esprqii 17:26, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
My bad. - Pete 10:12, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
When you speak of a troll, were you referring to me? If not, then I'm sorry for bringing it up. But I saw your notes regarding a troll. I wanted to make it clear that I'm not a troll. I was attacked, and I'm responding to it. that's all. It appears to me that a group of friends closed in and started attacking me. I'm not saying you're included in this, but nonetheless, I'm not a troll. ~~~~
Not a problem. At this point it's mostly just enforcing fair use guidelines and adding to WP:MUSICIAN. Hopefully it leads to getting a few of the articles in better shape, though. – Zytsef 01:01, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
I have moved some of the messages around on my talk page and put comments to clear up the misunderstanding with one of the two anon users with the IP that started with 216, who I think is a relative of mine. With two different conversations on my talk page happening at once, it provided the perfect situation for such a thing to happen. Especially when you have people who are unfamilar with Wikipedia. I'll also let the anon I mentioned know your comments weren't meant for him.
I'll lay off the comments on the other anon. I was just quite irriated in terms of what happened. That is exactly why I don't edit on Wikipedia very often anymore. Too much bickering going on. Davidpdx 02:21, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
Is this image an oregon spotted frog or a columbia spotted frog? Noahwoo 03:09, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
Katr67, I question why you tagged the page Gail Kimbell for deletion? The information was taken from the U.S. Forest's Service's Web Site: About the Chief. This information is public domain. As stated in the policy for speedy deletion ( WP:CSD#G12) there must be "no credible assertion of public domain, fair use, or a free license" for a page's speedy deletion. The problem is, this information was taken from a government website which under the Wikipedia:Public domain policy is public domain. It is also stated under the U.S. Forestry Service's Privacy Policy that the information presented on the website is considered public information and "may be distributed or copied unless otherwise indicated". Bottom line, it is not copyrighted material and should not have been deleted. I will also forward this note to the administrator who deleted the page. If I have overlooked something please leave a comment. Thank you, -- Cladestine 23:39, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for reminding me of that one. I added a couple more to the beginning, but that's as far as I go because they get stinky and NN for a while up to Fouts prior to that. (I had the same issue when I was going to make a Stanford starting QB one.) I'll let a real fan deal with the rest. -- Esprqii 00:03, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
Hi Katr, I have corrected the isbn for the Dynamic Great Lakes and made a page number in text citation. Is all o.k. now?
Barbara Spring —Preceding unsigned comment added by Barbaraspring ( talk • contribs) 15:22, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
Hi Katr67
I have corrected the in text citation for Chinook salmon and the ISBN. Now why is there still a question mark?
Barbaraspring 18:10, 27 September 2007 (UTC)Barbara Spring
Could you look up Cave Junction in your OGN book? I'm trying to expand the lead, and this is the glaring ommition so far. - Peregrine Fisher 17:16, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
OK, I think I'm done with Hillsboro, Oregon's GA work. Could you please copy edit it before I nom it, pretty, pretty please. Thanks. Aboutmovies 02:17, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
OK, your pick Pete. I need to do something else for a while... Katr67 03:02, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
Now you're just pouring salt into the wound. It's obvious this Rfa isn't going to succeed. What's to be gained by continuing this public humiliation of a user who has screwed up but clearly is growing, evolving, and trying to make the project better? It potentially drives a good contributer away and paints you as being highly mean-spirited. Give it some thought. Jeffpw 16:20, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
I have two quick question! Is a plaque that is from the national historical society stating that Howard's Grist Mill (or the mill as we call it) is the oldest industrial building still standing in the state of Oregon and the longest running business in one place a reliable source??? The other question is whether or not a journal written by Richard Howard wife is a reliable source??? Smileyface 12 91 05:37, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
Hey I have a question also. I accidentally created a page titled Linfield Review and then realised The Linfield Review was the correct name, and being stupid I just created a second page instead of renaming the first one. I couldnt find in the editor manual how to delete an incorrect page, and was wondering if you could tell me how. Thanks -- DerRichter 17:43, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
Hello again from WikiProject Oregon. A round of applause for the project in October when we added three GAs, one FA, plus 10 DYKs! Next, thanks to all those who participated in last week’s Collaboration of the Week, John Wesley Davis & Johnny Kitzmiller. This week we have the Cayuse War, and in honor of the home opener, the Portland Trail Blazers. Once again, to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts, click here. Aboutmovies 18:37, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
The COTW award from WPOR. | ||
Thanks for leading the way in last week's Collaboration of the Week! Good work on Davis. Aboutmovies 18:54, 5 November 2007 (UTC) |
Are you intentionally declining to vote on that one? If so, carry on…but I'm hoping you'll weigh in, your input into why we made the article to begin with was valuable. - Pete 00:31, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
For the record, we should have until the 9th (five days from nom). Katr67 19:40, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
I would like to change the University of Oregon templates to more deserving colors, however I would like to be directed to the templates that you are refering to as I have only been able to locate one. Thank you. Aplaceicallhome 02:01, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
It happened 207.6.36.85 23:52, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
Ok, Katr67, it seems we are finally in agreement. Let's keep it that way. Ryoung122 22:54, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
Thank you to all those editors who helped improve Cayuse War and Portland Trail Blazers last week as part of the Collaboration of the Week. They are looking much better. This week, with the election season over, we’ll tackle a request for Oregon Ballot Measure 37 (2004), which should have plenty of WP:RS available to work with on improvement. Our other article is another Stub in the High category, our only Miss America, Katie Harman. Once again, to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts, click here. Legal disclaimer: WikiProject Oregon and its affiliates are not liable for any personal injuries acquired while editing on the COTW including but not limited to carpel tunnel syndrome, Wikistress, alcoholism, anxiety attacks, or extreme emotional distress. Aboutmovies 20:04, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
About your edit to Camp Pioneer, MinsiPatches has been attacking a number of pages in response to having a page he favored get AfD'ed. Perhaps I messed up the formatting of the title Eagle Scout in the reversion, but that deosn't justify snarky comments in the Edit Summary. That's generally just bad form. -- evrik ( talk) 20:57, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
I have deleted the redirect and reversed the move as you suggested. Did you know that you could have done so yourself? A redirect with no other page history does not block moves by non-admins, so you could just have reversed the move and nominated the strange redirects for deletion. The move became impossible for non-admins to do only after you added the deletion template. Happy editing, Kusma ( talk) 07:32, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
Welcome to the jungle folks. Thanks to those who helped out with Katie Harman and Oregon Ballot Measure 37 (2004) last week. This week, we have two high priority stubs, one of the two major hospitals in Legacy Emanuel Hospital & Health Center, and Oregon Department of Education. Enjoy your turkeys, or for some enjoy your tofurkeys. As always, to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts, click here. Aboutmovies ( talk) 08:54, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
There's this really cool tool at http://tools.wikimedia.de/~magnus/watchflickr.php that searches Flickr for free images based on WP categories and uploads them to commons. I've been running through various Oregon related cats:Oregon; Portland, Oregon; Buildings in Oregon; etc. I highly recommend it,what would take hours now takes minutes. - Peregrine Fisher 17:25, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
Hi,
It was nice to see your work on EFS on Wiki. I haven't searched for additonal information on him in quite awhile. The picture of the his sculpture was a delight to view.
My mother's maiden name was Helen May Skinner and she is the great-granddaughter of Eugene F. Skinner and I the great-great-grandson.
As my brothers and I were growing up in Oak Grove/Milwaukie, Oregon, my mom was always proud to state her heritage and instilled that in us.
As a child I often visited my grand parents Eugene and Emma Skinner in Eugene and always knew how important it was to them for me to realize my pioneer history.
Pauline Walton a distant cousin, daughter of Judge Walton in Lane County made quite an impression on me. She really carried the family torch. Being the head librarian at U of O put her in a position to keep the family history alive and often in the news. Her diary was donated to the library.
When my mom moved from La Grande to Eugene attending University High School, she stayed with Pauline in the Judge Walton home, now Moreno's Mexican restaurant on E. Broadway. Our family dined there many times over the years. We confirmed much to my mom's delight that the heat vent my mom sat on while doing her homework was still there.
Well I do go on. Anyway, thanks very much for your contribution to the pioneer history of Eugene Franklin Skinner.
Sincerely,
Kenneth W. Darling
<email address removed by Katr67 to save you from spambots--these pages get copied all over the Internet>
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.193.154.234 ( talk) 19:31, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
Hello, I am obviously new to this and do not understand all of the in and outs of this process. As far as gaining permissions to use images specifically Copyright problems with Image:1871 Campbell.jpg(warning body removed) and text from University printed material. The University and the State of Oregon would be considered the copyright holder. I have been given permission through through the PR office and my job description to use a wide range of images as well as text from various printed material like the current catalog which provides excellent paraphrased information. I am also considered a contact concerning the release of printed and online materials for publication. So is it okay for me to give other folks permission to use this, but not use it myself or how do I note that myself or any other individual can act as an representative of the copyright holder (the univ). Also for elements like history, if it is published by the univ is this considered proper documentation or do I need other documentation - the library archives would be the provider.
Concerning conflict of interest. I do work as the web designer and was tasked to update and monitor this page with current information. I have no problem with many of the directions for conflict of interest sense we have very strict rules here about using material for monetary or promotional purposes. Also the individuals making these request will understand these limitations too. It would seem that anybody interested and knowlegable in a specific area would have a conflict of interest in their topic. Many proffesors here edit their areas of special study sometimes using quotes from their or other like minded individuals work. So from what I gathered it is not just a matter of having a possible conflict of interest, but really using the forum to actively promote a view over the stated goals of Wikipedia.
I did notice that there are specific entries on academic departments added by faculty, which I am not free to remove because of perceived academic freedom violations. Would these actually belong in a list or a special feature and how would they document this information (is it better to make the footnote be a link to the material online or in printed format). Also is it proper to link to the current online listing of this information (as a footnote or inline).
I will have to admit so far the easiest way for me to find the correct methods of adding material and making edits is to just go at it and wait until I get a notice with the correct link. The help and user guides are written like the refference pages with too much info on the reasons and very little specific how too examples, and is it my imagination or do the links on copywritten materials take me back and forth to the same pages. Note: I use mostly tech help message boards more than research tools.
Is there a spell check or should I always use firefox with the dictionary plug-in?
I was hoping for an reply to editor button to send this message so hopefully was not placed in the wrong place.
thanks Moonpoint 20:32, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
What needs to be done to verify that permission has been granted from the copywrite holder? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Huggler ( talk • contribs) 23:19, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
I've added quite a bit on the McLoughlin house (less info on the Barclay House)... and I'm thinking that there is enough material for a separate article. My thought is that Fort Vancouver National Historic Site be kept kind of small; and link to Fort Vancouver (and possibly Officers Row), and new articles on the McLoughlin House and Barclay House (the former currently redirs back to Fort Vancouver National Historic Site). The fact that the McLoughlin House was apparently a brothel during the late 1800s is a good WP:DYK hook. Oregon History Project has lots of good material. Let me know what you think. -- EngineerScotty 00:31, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your help in removing the Carpenter's Gothic novel stuff from this article. I was trying to straighten this out so that there would be an article on Carpenter Gothic architecture. Originally Carpenter Gothic redirected to a section of Gothic Revival architecture. (You have taken care of the Main article reference there, for which I thank you also.) I found the original Carpenter's Gothic article which had the novel stuff added into it and today merged it into Carpenter Gothic. I was trying to figure out what to do the the novel stuff when you solved the problem. Many thanks. My interest in Carpenter Gothic arises from my long time membership in an 1898 Carpenter Gothic church in Florida. I'd appreciate any help you can to give in expanding this article. clariosophic 14:42, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
I was wondering if we should add Arago and Cape Arago to the List of cities and unincorporated communities in Oregon that I noticed you were helping to tidy up. When I looked at the list I noticed that Arago wasn't on it, and I recalled that most of the old timers from Myrtle Point knew where Arago was, as if it was a generally accepted place. Maybe there just aren't enough people living there now. I remember taking drives to Arago with my father when I was very young, though I can't recall why we went. I know there is a page for the Cape Arago Light, but I thought perhaps Cape Arago itself should be noted as an unincorporated place or have a page as a place of interest. I'll have to search for citation materials for each place of course. Thanks, Permalearning 01:01, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
Aren't you just a DYK away yourself? Just start a nice 2,000+ character article on a beautiful, little, vibrant, historic, and wonderful hamlet nestled amongst meadows, brooks, streams, and stunnily clear lakes where fine living and friendly people come together to make a community. It touches my heart just thinking about it right now. I need a tissue. Aboutmovies 03:10, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
Could you check to see if either Cornelius Gilliam or Thomas R. Cornelius is the namesake for Cornelius Pass? Thank you. Aboutmovies 07:10, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
Since you're so good at finding these tools, do you know of a tool that can give you a list of all the articles you have created? -- Esprqii 18:13, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
Hi Katr67,
Thank you so much for the warm welcome to Wikipedia. As you surmised, my creating a user account and editing the Volga Germans page was very job-related. A colleague and I were charged with investingating Wikipedia after the article about the University of Washington appeared in D-Lib. I had contacted one of the authors and she told me about the controversy of adding the links and that was included in our investigation. One option she suggested for legitimately adding a link to any of our digital collections to a Wikipedia article was to add real content and to use the digital collections as a reference for that content. Although this is a little more time consuming than just adding an external link, I can see the value--now to see if our administrator's perceive the value vs. the resources necessary to do this.
Colorado State University is investing heavily in digital collections. Why? Because we have a wealth of primary research materials that we want to make available to the scholarly and learning community. Two of our digital collections, The International Poster Collection and the Carnations and the Floriculture Industry collection were previously linked to the Posters and Carnations articles in Wikipedia, and we found that we did have a significant number of referrals to our collections from Wikipedia. We found that exciting! It meant that our resources are at least being accessed (if not really used--little way to determine that) based on people using Wikipedia. You know, I'm not sure I understand the full set of objections to these library-collections links (maybe I am missing something and you can enlighten me--that would be awesome!). We know that students access Wikipedia when given research assignments--to me that is little different than pulling for the Encyclopedia Brittanica when beginning research on a topic. Ideally, they would then delve further, using secondary and primary resources to continue their research, and the references and external links from to 'more authoritative' sources would be the next responsible, logical step. I view adding external links, or in the case of the Volga Germans article, content and a reference, as helping these students, whether they are elementary, secondary, or higher-ed students. Oh well. Thank you for not being critical of what I did. I will be meeting with some of the higher-ups here at CSU Libraries to see if they want to pursue finding legitimate ways to use Wikipedia to direct students and other interested individuals to authoritative sources of information.
It is very interesting to hear that you are descended from Germans from Russia. Of course, here in Colorado, there are many, but practically every time I demonstrate the site, or talk about it, someone in the audience (usually a library-related conference of some type) comes up to me to say that they are descended from a German from Russia. I, on the other hand, and just descended from plain old Germans (my Grandmother's maiden name was Kaiser until they changed it to Keyser during WWI!).
Anyway, I ramble on. Again, thank you for the welcome. And if you should see me doing something 'wrong' or inappropriate, by all means, let me know. I have personal interests that might spark adding/editing articles in Wikipedia, and I certainly don't want to get on anyone's wrong side!
Cheers!
Nancy Hunter 19:41, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
Hi. I added the book back into the article as it is both about the restaurants and the food they serve. I agree with you about the duplicate external link, and I've removed it. — Viriditas | Talk 23:13, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
Sorry to keep bugging you, but I just wanted to give you an update. I'm still working on the rewrite (haven't done much yet), but I did want to take a quick glance at WP:CORP and get your opinion. From what I can tell, the Blossoming Lotus has been the subject of coverage in multiple, reliable secondary sources independent of the organization. And while their activities are local in scope, verifiable information from reliable independent sources is easily obtained, and the book has increased this local scope internationally. The paperback version was just released, BTW. Another thing I found interesting is that the San Francisco Chronicle calls the restaurant "world-famous", which in many ways is true, as the majority of their customers consists not of local Hawaiians, but of tourists from all over the world, many of whom return again and again. There's also a small, but significant Indian clientele who make a habit of visiting the Blossoming Lotus in addition to Kauai's Hindu Monastery, and the temple even promotes the restaurant on their website. [5] This may also explain the glowing review in Hinduism Today. outdated link removed Anyhoo, back to the article... — Viriditas | Talk 03:32, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
Hello Katr67. I noticed that you changed the resolution of the thumbnail of the panoramic picture I uploaded on the Wallowa Mts article. I decided to browse around and I couldn’t find any stated policy regarding which resolution to use in wikipedia, or which is preferred Help:Contents/Images and media. Actually, if you take a look at the article on panoramic photography you’ll see a picture that stretches all the way out of the viewing area, even when you use a 1280x1024 resolution. Now, I had the pictures in the article “optimized” in such a way that their frames would align on a resolution of 1024x768, something that I find “elegant” (a subjective point of view of course) but having in mind that it is the most used resolution format (I’d rather have it in 1280x1024, which is the resolution I normally use). Because of that I’m reverting the changes. As you state in your page, I’m assuming that you made them in good faith, so no harm done. It’s good to know that there’s a wikiproject on Oregon, I hope I can keep on contributing. PV -- Fbolanos 19:49, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your help with this as well. I've been reading Le Guin's Searoad and was surprised to see that we had nothing on the awards. I think it'll also be useful in helping the WikiProject locate notable Oregon authors that are yet to have an article. (And for that matter provide a resource for finding good local reading material.) Owen 21:41, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
That House picture looks just like a house I have seen in downtown Silverton. It might be worth the trip to check it out —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fitzgerw ( talk • contribs) 19:19, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
I'm sure you'll notice that I made a Maurice Crumpacker House page soon enough...please feel free to add any additional NRHP fancy stuff that I was not aware of.
(Oh, and the picture is kinda crappy because I am obviously not brave enough to be a full-on NRHPer. I thought an open house was balloons and signs and nice old ladies waiting for my arrival; but this was just a big ol' house with no clear indication of open housiness and no one around. So I was chicken and just snapped the pic from my car before driving off. Oh well. I have a good pic of the plaque if you think that would add to the article.) -- Esprqii 00:54, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
Follow up on open houses: Well this month I got a nice tour from the owner of Grand Theater (Salem, Oregon) (and a frustrating amount of fascinating original research I can't use), found another place (city block of businesses and apartments) wasn't open on the day stated and their "open house" was moved to a different day and seemed to be a holiday sales event. I checked out one private home but this was one of the times it felt weird. Beautiful woodwork though. Imbrie Farm's open house is coming up next month, not sure if it matters since it's open to the public anyway? I'll post more on the project page. Katr67 17:47, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I knew I couldn't have been the only one. An actual Manx person, now that would be a find—they're seldom seen on the internet. Do you ever plan on going? Even if you were in the UK, it could be difficult to manoeuvre a visit but it's a great place Yohan euan o4 ( talk) 13:14, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
I think Jeff may be watching my page since a previous conversation? ;) Katr67 ( talk) 22:03, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
Katr67, There are only 2 members left in the band, Ju Suk and Oblivia. The other members have been removed or told they are no longer needed. Check any listings for their shows, Dr. Id no longer plays with them or records them. The drummer was dismissed. And the rubber band guy has some medical problems. Anyway, as a long-time fan, 2 members of a band do not make the band. Sadly, it is no longer. Slosssssss —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sloss ( talk • contribs) 22:28, November 18, 2007
Just wanted to say thanks, a couple of times I've made a hash of things and you've cleaned it up! Awotter ( talk) 05:06, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
Huh, it's interesting where your name will show up sometimes. Although it's probably true that I don't have much of an opinion about their debate. Owen ( talk) 00:38, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
How ya doin'? Where you at? :-) -- Finngall talk 19:06, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
Hello again to WikiProject Oregon members, time for this week’s Collaboration of the Week. Thank you to those who helped out improving Legacy Emanuel Hospital & Health Center and Oregon Department of Education last week. This week, in honor of the annual Civil War, we have the University of Oregon Ducks and the Oregon State University Beavers. Or if you attended some other school, feel free to improve your alma mater’s article. Once again, to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts, click here. Aboutmovies ( talk) 06:58, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
The COTW award from WPOR. | ||
Thanks for leading the way in last week's Collaboration of the Week! Thanks for taking on the OED. Aboutmovies ( talk) 07:14, 26 November 2007 (UTC) |
Hello,
I am writing to discuss my submission of the " Nathaniel Berg" bio. I see that it is repeatedly flagged as questionable in the area of "notability". I submitted Mr. Berg's bio based on his contribution to the community of Guam. Mr. Berg has introduced current radiology equipment to Guam. This is notable because, in the past, Guam health care patients thought they had to seek radiology tests off island because of the state of disrepair or mismanagement of radiology equipment at the one and only civilian hospital on Guam. He has been a staunch proponent of improving the overall health care system of Guam. Guam is set to receive nearly 8,000 U.S. Marines over the next five years. They will bring with them approximately 9,000 dependents and possibly 30,000 foreign workers as a result of needed infrastructure upgrades. Given the upcoming increase to the existing population of 150,000 Berg emphasizes the need for accountability in the governance of Guam's health care system. Berg is consistently sought out by members of Guam's media for his opinion on public health care and medical issues. Berg also hosts a radio talk show. He is a medical correspondent for the ABC Pacific News Center. Berg's tenacity for accountability in Guam's public health care system and at Guam's civilian hospital has earned him recognition in Guam's GU magazine. I am only aware of who he is because of his appearances in the media and his endeavor to be a watchdog of government and public healthcare. What must be done to ensure his name is not flagged for questionable notability? Please let me know. You can e-mail me at <e-mail removed>
Thank you,
Buffradio —Preceding unsigned comment added by Buffradio ( talk • contribs) 07:52, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
OK, so I was looking at this again and was thinking of cool wordings like, this user carries an Ax and knows how to use it. Then I was thinking, we have a bearded man with an ax and a tarp on the roof of our capital, are we trying to promote serial killers as a state? Aboutmovies ( talk) 21:20, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
Katr67: Got tagged with "tone" violation on Reub Long article. Presume referring to subject as "Reub" (vice "Long") trigger clean-up note. Checked writing guide before submitting article--while it says tone should be formal, it also says articles "should follow tone used by reliable sources." Every source I found (including OPB and Oregon Historical Society) introduced this subject as "Reub Long" (never "Reuben" Long) and then referred to him as "Reub" thoughout their text--don't recall a single exception. In any case, I thought about this up front--i.e. whether to be formal or follow the sources' tone. What do you suggest in case like this? My vote is to follow sources--their the experts after all. Also, article got "unknow importance" tag. Here's my thought on that--anybody who's life is interesting enough to be highlighted in OPB special 30 years after their death is worth capturing in wikipedia.-- Orygun ( talk) 04:30, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
Katr67: Made changes you suggested. Hopefully, article has right tone now. If there's anything else to fix let me know. Thanks for your help!-- Orygun ( talk) 02:58, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
Didn't know if you had seen this. It might even be true. Aboutmovies ( talk) 06:07, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
Hey Katr67. I believe you are the person editing my article about the @Large Films National Commercial Production Company within Portland, OR. I believe I edited everything needed and added some sources to verify my information. Does it need anymore cleaning up and/or editing. Please let me know. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cosondra ( talk • contribs) 18:49, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
Utah Italians. First of all, the title should probably be "Italians in Utah", but the whole idea just feels wrong. Would any [[<ethnic group> in Oregon]] articles be justifiable, for instance? Thanks. -- Finngall talk 23:27, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for cleaning up and polishing in my wake. What a great gnome you are! — EncMstr 20:14, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for helping out with Woodburn Company Stores. As you noticed, things are rather messy with the article. -- Gogo Dodo ( talk) 21:01, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
Thanks I appreciate your input. - Justin (koavf)· T· C· M 00:51, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for breaking that out. I suppose I should check on Benny Beaver. That whole Oregon Ducks article is just a mess though. Sigh.
The other thing I was thinking that would be nice for this CW week would be a UO template like this: Template:OSUtemplate I dunno. Maybe those are kinda dumb. Anyway, in case you didn't have anything better to do. I don't know enough about the actual, like, school part of the University to do that. Me just watch sports. -- Esprqii ( talk) 01:19, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
Gotta practice what we preach. Besides, some of my hard-earned student loan funds went for them cranking out that style guide, so I had better get my money's worth. It's sad the duck doesn't really have a name though. I guess anything more specific than "The Duck" would bum out the Disney folk... Katr67 01:00, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
Katr67, I saw that you redirected the content for my contribution. I understand you are a volunteer and volunteer capacity is what makes wikipedia happen. I do view this as a good thing.
I actually work for the University of Oregon's PPPM department and I was asked to make this page. When you redirected the link, the page you redirected it to (University of Oregon) does not actually provide much of the information that is in the article. The big reason for this is because people do not really know what our department does and this page was a starting point to provide basic information for our organization.
To be honest, this whole process is quite interesting to me. I like the collaborative component, but I don't feel that your essential deletion of the page was very collaborative. Please write me back with your thoughts on this.
-Omar —Preceding unsigned comment added by Omarortizmercado ( talk • contribs) 20:41, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
Greetings boys and girls from the fine folks at
The Wettest Place on Earth! A thank you to those who helped last week make some good improvements on the U of O and OSU OS articles. For this week, the next stub on the list is Fortune 1000 company
Lithia Motors, Inc. way down south in Dixie, which only needs a little added to make it to Start. The other is a bit more of a challenge, but
Linus Pauling I believe is our only Nobel Prize winning Oregonian, and a former FA. So hopefully we can get it back to FA, check the talk page’s article history template for comments. Once again, to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts,
click here.
Aboutmovies 20:51, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
I understand the concept of merging a middle school article into a larger article, but in the case of Mount Angel Middle School, what's the point of "merging" it into a non-existant article? All that does is rename it; there's no article into which to merge it. It just doesn't make any sense to me so I wanted to ask in case I was missing something... VigilancePrime 20:14, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
Aw shucks, and I didn't get *you* anything. -- Esprqii ( talk) 22:48, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
Hey there! Are you an administrator? Perhaps you can help out here. Some guy has been repeatedly erasing "Environment California". It apears this is an employee of that group and keeps reverting to an old p.r. stub. User "Christopher Mann McKay" is already being blocked for 48 hours for edit warring on another page, apears to have a long history of this and will not respond to reason.
Thank You for helping! Jimmihoffa ( talk) 02:07, 5 December 2007 (UTC)Jimmihoffa
Something to think about if you make that sockpuppet report. There are also reverts to Environment California ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) from IP addresses that, via WHOIS, trace back to Portland State University. User:131.252.231.160 ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs), specifically, is the one I checked. It's too weak to warrant a checkuser request, IMHO, but it's food for thought. — C.Fred ( talk) 22:47, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
(unindent) This diff links the OHSU IP with Jimmihoffa. Disruptive edits also include Environment Oregon. Katr67 ( talk) 00:36, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
I'm stub-sorting articles, such as Grants Pass School District, if you don't mind. Bearian ( talk) 21:15, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
I've no objection at all.
-- EngineerScotty ( talk) 00:45, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
Re: [6] Just so you know, "kidnaped" was the preferred American spelling from the 1800s up until the 1980s. It's still how I spell it. I noticed the edit, but I don't normally bother to revert spelling changes. It was probably just some old guy like me that noticed what he thinks of as a spelling error. Kww ( talk) 00:41, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
Hello again from the COTW of WikiProject Oregon. We thank ye who went forth through the rain and mud and helped out with last week’s articles Lithia Motors and Linus Pauling. Hopefully Linus can return to FA status early next year. This week we have the request of Oregon Ballot Measure 5 (1990) and High importance article Portland Rose Festival. Whatever work you can contribute would be greatly appreciated by our master. Once again, to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts, click here.[ citation needed] Aboutmovies ( talk) 07:57, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
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Katr, thanks so much for your support.
I read your FAQ and saw you're thinking of standing for admin yourself -- let me know if there's anything I can do to help and encourage you with this -- I'd really like to see you as an admin.
--
A. B.
(talk) 19:27, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
Just a quick note to let you know the copyedit is done and pending proofread by another LOCE member.
I think this article needs a critical look from a citations standpoint. There are a lot of facts and figures listed in the article, such as the number of employees, the number of visitors, the number of holdings, etc. that should be backed up with a citation. I marked a few of them as I went through, but that wasn't my main focus so there are a lot that I didn't mark.
P.S. I didn't read your talk page until after the copyedit was done... I've got to admit I'm a little embarassed copyediting an article at the request of a professional copy editor :) I'd love to know what you think of my work. Livitup ( talk) 21:34, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
Hi There!I wanted to let you know that user Ultamatemike reverted the NYPIRG page on 7 December 2007 back to its original format. The original format was changed because it did not contain a single citation and was very POV. (actually it reads like an advertisement). I am not sure how to handle this because I don't want an edit war. Perhaps you could take a look! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.100.212.21 ( talk) 23:57, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
You don't have to be on my side, nor do I expect that. Your an admin so you are supposed to be impartial aren't you? Any way I am not sure what you mean about Jimmy Hoffa. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.100.212.21 ( talk) 00:59, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
I think it could potentially be expanded, but as is it could certainly be merged. I think if one were to do some research they could probably find enough to create a decent stand-alone article on it. It does, however, need to be moved to Oregon State University College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, however. VegaDark ( talk) 01:51, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
Hi. May I ask why you removed the geography templates from the article? They (the Klamath Mountains) are clearly a geographic feature. The 'Geography navigation' template merely provides further guidance to othe geography related subjects, in case that is how the user navigated to the page. The 'Physical Geography Sub-disciplines' template will help to highlight additional areas in the article that need information of further expansion. Some of those 'sections' are already included in the article, but not all. Since the Klamath Mountains are also a distinct physiographicla section of the United States, to properly 'fill out' the article, those sections should be present, as much as possible, therefore especially the second template is even more important. Please reconsider the removal, or at least make a good case for why they shouldn't be included on the article. Thank you. wbfergus Talk 19:10, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
Hello again from the Collaboration of the Week for WikiProject Oregon. This week are two more stubs, the Oregon Garden and former Congressman Robert B. Duncan. Both are close to moving up to Start class, so only a little work is needed. Once again, to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts, click here. Aboutmovies ( talk) 23:57, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
Nice!, I was just getting ready to do that myself! Dreadstar † 06:06, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
Your corrections to Evan's history are based on old articles and very biased sources. Kuam is the main competitor on Guam to Sorensen Media Group and often use Kuam news to attack the competition. Also the New York Sun printed a correction to the article you site two days after it was run and John Cook of the Chicago Tribune and Radar magazine ran a piece about David Lambino's sloppy work. Evan was attacked by right and left wing bloggers but no one ever got the facts right. He didn't authorize the loan to himself (the board of Directors approved the loan) and he was only accused of any wrong doing by the blogoshere. Even right wing assasin Michelle Malkin corrected her attackes after the court documents (posted on the web) proved Cohen demanded that the loan be repaid as part of the sale to Piquant. The story is sexier when your version is written but it is not factual. it takes time and effort to sift through and get to the truth but you should work at it if you want to edit about a human beings life and character. i work with Evan and know what happened. Leon Colaco —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.151.89.144 ( talk) 12:53, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
The banter here in this discussion is interesting but it appears despite your best efforts to stay unbiased you have become biased. In the early days of liberal talk radio, Evan Cohen and Air America became the subject of great interest in the blogosphere. So what was conjecture, speculation, and outright determination to shut down a liberal radio station then leaked into mainstream media - namely The New York Sun. However, The New York Sun retracted its story about Cohen. Cohen did borrow money from the Gloria Wise Boys and Girls Club but he did it with the consent of the board of directors. The board of directors gave him the loan. He did not give himself the loan. I have done my research and documents indicate that during the sale of Air America Cohen made it a stipulation of the agreement that Piquant LLC pay back the money from the Gloria Wise Boys and Girls Club. People may not like the fact he received a loan from the group but it was a loan the board approved. Cohen continues to be involved in media projects and all you have to do is look at www.pacificnewscenter.com (media section)or www.sorensenmediagroup.com. So no matter what was reported the facts are he asked for a loan from the Gloria Wise Boys and Girls Club and the board decided to give him the loan, Cohen did not take the money out of the organization himself. It appears Cohen had the intention of paying back the loan because the sale of Air America included a provision that would have the new owners pay back the money. The fact that the author chooses to incorporate an alleged $20,000 outstanding bill from a media competitor in the article could indicate that the author is biased especially since the story cited was written by the same media competitor. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.128.20.11 ( talk • contribs) 12:13, December 19, 2007
...for removing the "blocked" vandalism on my talk page. Jauerback ( talk) 00:56, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
Just saw your message. I am working on finding more sources now. So I hope it will be left up while I search that out. Thanks and please reply on either the discussion page of the article or on my personal talk page. THanks -- Danielquasar ( talk) 03:01, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
I just noticed the above redirects to Oregon National Guard (happened in August). Do you remember any sort of discussion somewhere? Neither page had a move request. Aboutmovies ( talk) 07:42, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
Greetings to all the WikiProject Oregon crew. Happy holidays to those who celebrate holidays. Thanks to those who helped out with last week’s articles Oregon Garden and Robert B. Duncan. Due to the holidays and people likely to be spending less time on Wikipedia, the new Collaboration of the Week will run for two weeks (OK actually I’ll be out of the country, but same difference). The first item will be a general Reference Improvement Drive. So find an article, source an tagged sentence or bring all the citations up to WP:CITE standards. The other item is a Tagging Drive, looking for those random articles about Oregon that do not yet have a {{ WikiProject Oregon}} tag on the talk page. In the past I’ve found the Category:People from Oregon and its sub cats fertile ground for the lost Oregon souls. Once again, to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts, click here. Aboutmovies ( talk) 05:52, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
Hi katr67,
when you have a moment could you take a quick look at T-34. It's the first article I've come across that uses Harvard referencing. Are the references supposed to be used like a scholarly journal where it actually shows in the text? I just spent hours cleaning up a similar article, but it was a mishmash of HR and inline and did not use the citing syntax this article uses. I certainly don't want to jump in and "fix" something just because I think it's broken. Maybe it's just me but I found that style very distracting. Any way any feedback here or my talk would be helpful. Awotter ( talk) 05:44, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
I am impressed you noticed this article minutes after I created it! McArthur mapped Oregon's entire Pacific Coast from California to the Columbia River. I probably should have itemized it since he also mapped California north of San Francisco. I am surprised to see your wonderful capitol paintings comprehensive article in a user page. It would be great if you could move it to the main space. And of course there's an appeal to get a photo of the painting. I'll try to upload a photo of him shortly. Americasroof ( talk) 01:34, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
Katr, I don't think those were test edits, I think they were intentional edits from the guy's great grandson. Some of them appear to correct uncited errors in the existing article. I left a note for the IP, hopefully he will stick around and help improve the article. - Pete ( talk) 23:26, 29 December 2007 (UTC)