Talk:Timberline Trail

Not clear on "contains instructions"

I'm trying to help clean up for project Oregon but am new to this. I saw the "contains instructions" tag on this article, read through the article, and need some help determining what's considered instructions here. If all that material about trail conditions and hazards is instructions and should be removed, then there's almost nothing left in the article. If that's the case, what should go in an article about a trail like this? Sylvia A (talk) 05:11, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

The how-to content was minimal and reasonably subtle. I took care of it—I think. The how-to tag's text needs improvement, but The purpose of Wikipedia is to present facts, not to teach subject matter is close. An article should not say "do this" or "don't do that". It should just say "this exists" or "that happened." Is that clearer? —EncMstr (talk) 05:23, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Yep, thanks. Sylvia A (talk) 00:01, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

I think it was me who tagged that. Yeah, the tag is a bit inadequate, and the "how-to" language is subtle but a section on "Hiking the trail", especially when it is unsourced sets off my Wikipedia is not a hiking guidebook alarms. For example is it really encyclopedic to mention that the parking is free? I suspect much of this article is still original research, but you're right, what do you put in an article like this if not a description of trail conditions? Maybe there is a good or featured article on a trail we could compare to. If this were sourced, I likely wouldn't have any quarrel with it... Katr67 (talk) 04:15, 28 January 2009 (UTC)