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Looks like there are some issues here. The thing she's most known for in Oregon is not mentioned in the lead section, and there's a whole lot of external links in the text. I'm not going to be able to dig in in the immediate future. - Pete Forsyth ( talk) 16:38, 28 August 2023 (UTC)
Back by popular demand. I once made a redirect from Literary Arts, Inc. to the Oregon Book Award and the redir eventually ended up as an ("my") abandoned draft, about which I was notified today. Redirects are weird. Anyway, is it ready for primetime? If anyone has a minute to see if it's good for a standalone article, please move it into mainspace or if not, restore the redirect.
On a personal note, I've returned to College and my major is totally in line with my interests here, and I have access to all the databases, so hit me up for distracting research projects or just drop me line. I promise I will only be mucking about in a student-y way in collaborative open source projects that aren't Wikipedia.
Cheers, Valfontis ( talk) 14:22, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
Here's another tiny article on a tiny place. I have just about exhausted all my resources and patience for finding encyclopedic bits and need to move on. There was a neighborly stabbing and the shooting death of a ne'er-do-well younger brother of the Hon. Mr. Hadley, but that's alas either trivia or original research.
However. I learned at the 11th hour that Hadleyville was clamoring for an extension of the Oregon Electric in the 1930s. I can't find anything on when the effort ended (probably circa 1934) but if you look on newspapers.com under Valfontis, amongst all the other bits and bobs are some clips about the proposed rail extension. There might be enough words with the addition of the rail info to make a nice DYK, if there are any bored railfans about.
P.S. Other mysteries include the need for RSs on the last location of the post office (likely the source of the GNIS coords), and the fact the Hadley House served as a stage stop (only source is real estate listings). Cheers, Valfontis ( talk) 21:20, 3 December 2023 (UTC)
Teammates, can I get experienced Wiki-Oregon editors to assess article on George C. Brownell. He was president of the Oregon State Senate in 1903 and 1904. DYK bullet for this article (plus related image) has been approved and is now in DYK prep area. It will be posted on Wikipedia’s main page sometime soon. I’d really appreciate someone from WikiProject Oregon taking time to do assessment before DYK appears on main page. Thanks!-- Orygun ( talk) 06:51, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Meek's Cutoff (film)#Requested move 4 March 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. voorts ( talk/ contributions) 22:49, 4 March 2024 (UTC)
Wiki-Oregon teammates, can I get experienced editors to assess article on William Kuykendall. He was a Eugene physician who founded the city’s first hospital and served as President of the Oregon State Senate in 1905 and 1906. DYK hook has been approved and should at some point be posted on Wikipedia’s main page. Someone assessed importance, but the article still needs Wiki-Oregon editor to give it class assessment. I would really like to have assessment done before DYK appears on main page. Thanks!-- Orygun ( talk) 06:07, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
Congress Hotel (Portland, Oregon) has been nominated for deletion, if any project members want to participate in the ongoing discussion. --- Another Believer ( Talk) 18:38, 29 March 2024 (UTC)
A non-fan of non-places is prodding some likely-to-be-places. I'll be working on Rice, Oregon. OGN is apparently now considered just a gazetteer, so use moar sources. Others:
Happy researching, Valfontis ( talk) 04:42, 31 March 2024 (UTC)
Regarding Kingsley, it was demoted to a ghost town, which is fine, but can one link to Google Maps to prove that nothing is there? Seems like WP:OR to me. Said the amateur geographer. I'm also curious, @ WeirdNAnnoyed: why Kingsley didn't get a Prod while Rice did. Rice also has a cemetery... Valfontis ( talk) 18:46, 31 March 2024 (UTC)
@ WeirdNAnnoyed: I created the Dant article about 10 years ago. Although the article's claims are faithful to the sources cited, the claims are thin, and Dant probably fails the notability test. Tedder is correct in saying that Dant is not mentioned in Stations West, which does however include a map of the Oregon Trunk Railway showing the location of a station named Frieda. The station name was changed from Frieda to Dant in honor of the perlite mine guy. All that is of such minor historical interest that deleting the Dant article seems reasonable. Oregon Trunk Railway and Oregon Trunk Railroad both redirect to Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway, which has only one paragraph about this trunk line. If someone wanted to use the station list in Stations West to expand that paragraph, Dant (Frieda) could rise again as a tiny part of a minor list. Finetooth ( talk) 00:00, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
This is the
talk page for discussing improvements to the
WikiProject Oregon page. |
|
Archives: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31Auto-archiving period: 45 days |
WikiProject Oregon was featured in a WikiProject Report in the Signpost on 15 August 2011. |
Looks like there are some issues here. The thing she's most known for in Oregon is not mentioned in the lead section, and there's a whole lot of external links in the text. I'm not going to be able to dig in in the immediate future. - Pete Forsyth ( talk) 16:38, 28 August 2023 (UTC)
Back by popular demand. I once made a redirect from Literary Arts, Inc. to the Oregon Book Award and the redir eventually ended up as an ("my") abandoned draft, about which I was notified today. Redirects are weird. Anyway, is it ready for primetime? If anyone has a minute to see if it's good for a standalone article, please move it into mainspace or if not, restore the redirect.
On a personal note, I've returned to College and my major is totally in line with my interests here, and I have access to all the databases, so hit me up for distracting research projects or just drop me line. I promise I will only be mucking about in a student-y way in collaborative open source projects that aren't Wikipedia.
Cheers, Valfontis ( talk) 14:22, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
Here's another tiny article on a tiny place. I have just about exhausted all my resources and patience for finding encyclopedic bits and need to move on. There was a neighborly stabbing and the shooting death of a ne'er-do-well younger brother of the Hon. Mr. Hadley, but that's alas either trivia or original research.
However. I learned at the 11th hour that Hadleyville was clamoring for an extension of the Oregon Electric in the 1930s. I can't find anything on when the effort ended (probably circa 1934) but if you look on newspapers.com under Valfontis, amongst all the other bits and bobs are some clips about the proposed rail extension. There might be enough words with the addition of the rail info to make a nice DYK, if there are any bored railfans about.
P.S. Other mysteries include the need for RSs on the last location of the post office (likely the source of the GNIS coords), and the fact the Hadley House served as a stage stop (only source is real estate listings). Cheers, Valfontis ( talk) 21:20, 3 December 2023 (UTC)
Teammates, can I get experienced Wiki-Oregon editors to assess article on George C. Brownell. He was president of the Oregon State Senate in 1903 and 1904. DYK bullet for this article (plus related image) has been approved and is now in DYK prep area. It will be posted on Wikipedia’s main page sometime soon. I’d really appreciate someone from WikiProject Oregon taking time to do assessment before DYK appears on main page. Thanks!-- Orygun ( talk) 06:51, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Meek's Cutoff (film)#Requested move 4 March 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. voorts ( talk/ contributions) 22:49, 4 March 2024 (UTC)
Wiki-Oregon teammates, can I get experienced editors to assess article on William Kuykendall. He was a Eugene physician who founded the city’s first hospital and served as President of the Oregon State Senate in 1905 and 1906. DYK hook has been approved and should at some point be posted on Wikipedia’s main page. Someone assessed importance, but the article still needs Wiki-Oregon editor to give it class assessment. I would really like to have assessment done before DYK appears on main page. Thanks!-- Orygun ( talk) 06:07, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
Congress Hotel (Portland, Oregon) has been nominated for deletion, if any project members want to participate in the ongoing discussion. --- Another Believer ( Talk) 18:38, 29 March 2024 (UTC)
A non-fan of non-places is prodding some likely-to-be-places. I'll be working on Rice, Oregon. OGN is apparently now considered just a gazetteer, so use moar sources. Others:
Happy researching, Valfontis ( talk) 04:42, 31 March 2024 (UTC)
Regarding Kingsley, it was demoted to a ghost town, which is fine, but can one link to Google Maps to prove that nothing is there? Seems like WP:OR to me. Said the amateur geographer. I'm also curious, @ WeirdNAnnoyed: why Kingsley didn't get a Prod while Rice did. Rice also has a cemetery... Valfontis ( talk) 18:46, 31 March 2024 (UTC)
@ WeirdNAnnoyed: I created the Dant article about 10 years ago. Although the article's claims are faithful to the sources cited, the claims are thin, and Dant probably fails the notability test. Tedder is correct in saying that Dant is not mentioned in Stations West, which does however include a map of the Oregon Trunk Railway showing the location of a station named Frieda. The station name was changed from Frieda to Dant in honor of the perlite mine guy. All that is of such minor historical interest that deleting the Dant article seems reasonable. Oregon Trunk Railway and Oregon Trunk Railroad both redirect to Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway, which has only one paragraph about this trunk line. If someone wanted to use the station list in Stations West to expand that paragraph, Dant (Frieda) could rise again as a tiny part of a minor list. Finetooth ( talk) 00:00, 2 April 2024 (UTC)