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New COTW

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 18:39, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Don Durdan

I just wanted to say great work on the Don Durdan page! VegaDark (talk) 04:08, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

DYK

On 11 November, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Don Durdan, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

—Wknight94 (talk) 16:56, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

WPOR's newest COTW

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 20:05, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Oregon COTW version 11.20

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) 08:55, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

AfD nomination of San Leandro High School

San Leandro High School, an article you created, has been nominated for deletion. We appreciate your contributions. However, an editor does not feel that San Leandro High School satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in the nomination space (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and the Wikipedia deletion policy). Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/San Leandro High School and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of San Leandro High School during the discussion but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Goochelaar (talk) 18:09, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

defaultsort

Hi! I saw, that you have added "defaultsort" to Louis Kuehn. Please allow me to tell you, that this is unnecessary when the Template:BD is used. Thank you and :) Doma-w (talk) 13:22, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply. I havn't created this template and up to now I havn't seen that one user has changed the text. I think that new text is not correct? Kind regards Doma-w (talk) 18:48, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

WPORE Civil War COTW

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)

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What have ""question marks"" ever done to you?

??? Katr67 (talk) 18:33, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Well, first of all, why can't we have cool upside down ones like in Spanish? It makes so much more sense.

Face, meet egg. I spotted that one right away and tried to cover it up, but you're too quick! Where is that undo button? --Esprqii (talk) 18:37, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Duck Colors

Way to be bold, my friend! Katr67 19:26, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

I know a set-up when I see one... --Esprqii 19:27, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

An article which you started, or significantly expanded, Platypus Trophy, was selected for DYK!

On December 3, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Platypus Trophy, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 (talk) 20:40, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

FA for WPORE COTW

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 20:53, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

RE: Template Colors

I realize that the hexadecimal colors that the University of Oregon says are official are the colors of the school. However I do not feel as though those colors represent the University of Oregon Athletics Department, not just the football of basketball teams but all teams. I have sent messages to individuals whom I believe would have knowledge of what colors are used at sites such as GoDucks.com. At this time I am "eye-balling" the colors until I receive word as to the proper colors. I have no problem with altering the University of Oregon templates to match the official hex colors, however I don't believe that the colors in question are representative of Oregon Athletics. I may sound like a broken record, but that is merely to iterate how passionate about the subject. Until I receive word from the sources I have emailed I am choosing colors that seem to represent Oregon Ducks teams the best.Aplaceicallhome (talk) 22:32, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Ok, so I received a reply from Site Support at GoDucks.com, the response that they have given me is that the official PMS colors used are PMS Yellow and PMS 3425, which are yellow and forest green, I have altered the template to reflect this change in information.Aplaceicallhome (talk) 00:33, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

I see what you are talking about, however something else has come to my attention. There are two different "O" logos on this site. The first being the one you referenced, the other being the one found at the Oregon Ducks football page as well as the individual Oregon Football seasons. I am curious to the reason for the difference, as I have seen both O's in use.Aplaceicallhome (talk) 05:11, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

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Ducks track

Good catch -- I think I edited the wrong revision by mistake! Didn't mean to put that back in. -Pete (talk) 19:58, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

No prob. Thanks for doing some edits on this article, it really REALLY needs it.

Hey, I cited the national championships, but as a rule, do we need to provide citations for facts that are easily verifiable in an almanac or by following the links provided? I guess it doesn't hurt, but just wondering as to the rules. --Esprqii (talk) 20:01, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

May have gone overboard in my zeal. I've been on library withdrawal -- my account's locked out, haven't had a chance to investigate -- so I'm unable to look up newspaper cites myself. Probably overcompensating with my tagging ;) Feel free to revert any that don't seem necessary to you. -Pete (talk) 20:31, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Just to clarify though…while I agree that links like that aren't really needed, I definitely think it helps the article, to give the reader a link to get started on further research. Ya know? -Pete (talk) 20:39, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Oregon COTW #25 (or so)

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. Aboutmovies (talk) 07:57, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

		The COTW award from WPOR.
		Thanks for leading the way in last week's Collaboration of the Week! For your work on Linus, shared with Awotter. Aboutmovies (talk) 08:14, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

ranking

I will probably regret asking this, but...what is the difference between a "ranking" and the BCS ranking? Is there a competing system for ranking? College football utterly confounds (and fascinates) me. -Pete (talk) 21:52, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

There are two polls: the AP poll of sportswriters and the Coaches Poll, each of which rank the teams. Toward the end of the season, those poll numbers are combined with various computer rankings and other mumbo-jumbo to calculate the BCS ranking. In the Dixon article, all the other rankings cited (not even really cited) were the AP numbers. I reverted the edit because when Oregon was ranked #2 before, it was in the AP and coaches poll, NOT the BCS poll: they got, controversially, bumped down to #4 in the BCS ranking and therefore missed a chance to play for the national championship (this was in 2001: see here. So my edit note wasn't very clear, but basically I reverted because it was an inaccurate comparison.

Actually, now that I type this, I'm thinking maybe they were #2 in the BCS for a week before getting bumped to #4, but I'd need to look that up. (But I'm not gonna.) OK, they were never #2 in BCS in 2001: see http://msn.foxsports.com/id/7894693_37_1.pdf. In any case, the edit needed to be cited and made clear that it was using a BCS ranking instead of the other rankings shown in the article. And besides, this is Dixon's article, not the Ducks' 2007 season article. --Esprqii (talk) 22:30, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Happy Holidays from WP:ORE

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) 23:55, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Howard Fox

I have started an article on a different Howard Fox and changed redlinks to Howard Fox (Baseball). Sorry for the inconvenience. Vernon White ^{. . . Talk} 16:22, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Holiday COTW

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) 05:53, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

DYK nom

Did you know? was updated. On 23 December, 2007, a fact from the article Percy Locey, which you recently nominated, was featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

So Essperkwee? Well, thank you Mr. Essperkwee for nominating this article! I really think that finding an article from a new editor and getting it on to DYK is one of the best things we can do here. Thanks for taking the time to do it. --JayHenry (talk) 22:36, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

New Year COTW from WP:ORE

Happy New Year to all the Oregon WikiProject People. A big round of applause for everyone last year, we got a lot done. A thank you to everyone who helped with the last Collaboration of the Week, I saw a large number of articles in the unassessed section and our total number of articles is over 5000 (we were around 4000 in June when the assessment program finished the initial run) so I know at one person was busy tagging. This week we are back to a High importance Stub article the one and only max security prison, first prison, and only one with a death row in the state, the Oregon State Penitentiary. Then, by request we have one of the most prolific ballot measure sponsors in Mr. Bill Sizemore. Once again, to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts, click here. Aboutmovies (talk) 16:46, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Re:Message

::snicker:: Katr67 (talk) 19:45, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

City View Cemetery

Yay, Old Dead Guys! Do you think the redlink to City View should be disambiguated? So far only Oregon ODG articles link to it, but I suspect it's a common name for a cemetery. If I ever get a better camera I'll get up there one of these days... Got any names for folks interred in Mount Crest Abbey Mausoleum (see Ellis F. Lawrence)? It's either in City View or in Salem Pioneer Cemetery, I think. Katr67 (talk) 23:58, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Well, most hits went to City View in Salem; the only other one that came up was in Pasco, and...well...come on. If you have to have two other cities with you all the time to get attention...

I get it now, MCA Mauso is at City View: http://www.city-view.org/cremat_options.htm The Congressional Bio listed it as Cong. Mott's final resting place, but I didn't make the connection.

I see 3 OR guvs on the list at MCA Maus: http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?page=cem&FScemeteryid=186744, plus some other wikiworthy folks.

Guess it needs an article. I guess I'm it, since I made the wikilink... --Esprqii (talk) 00:19, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Oregon GA COTW

Howdy to WikiProject Oregon members, time for another edition of the Collaboration of the Week. As you may have already noticed, our flagship article Oregon is up for the third time as we make a push to get WP:GA status before going for WP:FA. Since this will take some time to get where it needs to be, this will be the COTW for more than just a week. Also, so we hopefully don’t trip over ourselves, try to coordinate on the article’s talk page. Once again, to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts, click here.

On another note, just a general good job/pat on the back to the project for a great 2007, the first full year of the project. We had 83 DYKs about Oregon, improved one article to FA, and went from around 4 GAs to 17 GAs. Plus numerous new articles, improvements to existing, the introduction of the COTW, and the introduction of article assessment at the project. Again, great job and here’s to a new year. Aboutmovies (talk) 16:54, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

DYK

On 22 January, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Nancy Merki, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Archtransit (talk) 20:40, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Snowy COTW from WPOR

Hello again from WP:ORE. Please note the Collaboration of the Week is running two hours late, no morning kindergarten, and routers are on snow routes. Thank you to those who helped improve Oregon, we are inching towards GA quality. This week we have another High importance Stub in our official state insect (who knew?) with the Oregon Swallowtail, and then a new article I came across, Biglow Canyon Wind Farm. Help if you can get out of the snow. Once again, to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts, click here. Good day! Aboutmovies (talk) 16:04, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Jeff Merkley edits

Thanks a lot for your help in trying to keep the page on an even keel. I realize I am not as objective as others. Though I try to limit bias, it can still creep in. Since it seems like you are so proactive in Oregon Wikis, it would be great if you or someone un-affiliated could post stuff from the discussion page as appropriate. That way it won't languish there for awhile, and someone with a strong bias won't post.

As far as the "(intentionally) omitted clause", that section relating to supporting the removal of Saddam was added by someone else. Except for some formatting and removal of a duplicated section of Jeff Merkley's speech, I did not change anything that was posted by someone else. KalHazer (talk) 20:48, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Edit: My apologies. I didn't realize that the omitted quote in question was posted by Henryk2687, where the second part of the resolution was left off, and that's what you were talking about. Good catch, and thanks again for your help. KalHazer (talk) 20:48, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Butterfly Man

		The COTW award from WPOR.
		Thanks for leading the way in last week's Collaboration of the Week! Thanks for taking an interest in the mighty Papilio oregonius. Aboutmovies (talk) 06:49, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Tom Peterson says it time for Oregon COTW

Wake up! Wake up to a happy day! Says Tom Peterson. Greetings to the gang at WP:ORE, its time for another round of Collaboration of the Week. Last week was a very successful endeavor with great improvement to Oregon Swallowtail and Deuce Biglow Canyon Wind Farm. OK, so there’s no “e” but it makes me laugh. The Biglow production was so successful we got our first DYK out of it. So, let’s try for a second with the tallest building in the state, the Wells Fargo Center. Then by request we have the former governor (among other things) Neil Goldschmidt. Again, to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts, visit here. Aboutmovies (talk) 07:44, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Zuck Carlson

Both the IMDB and databasefootball sources say he was born in Isaca. Are you sure your change is correct? Perhaps it was a town that used to exist? VegaDark (talk) 23:02, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Len Younce

Yow! When did you figure out the "Clayton"/Dayton thing? Where was I? Good job! Katr67 (talk) 01:47, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

You must've been pre-bonked... hope you come out of it soon, but I know where you're coming from!

I wish I could find a citation for Zuck's hometown, but The Google is letting me down. --Esprqii (talk) 03:53, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Clown COTW

Greetings once again to members of the best encyclopedia online about Oregon (aka WP:ORE)! Last week we improved Neil Goldschmidt to close to GA level, and moved the Wells Fargo Center from Stub to Start for the Collaboration of the Week. This week we’re clowning around with some bozo from Oregon, Pinto Colvig, and then in an attempt to garner another DYK, the rather stubby Cooper Spur. As always, any contribution is appreciated, and to opt out of these messages visit here.

As we have quite a few new members over the last six months, I’ll make another pitch for our various subprojects. Listed here, you will find a variety of groups focused on specific areas of Oregon from transportation to culture. Not only can you sign up and coordinate work there, but each often has useful sources and templates related to that topic. No pressure, just an introduction to those new to the project. Adios. Aboutmovies (talk) 16:55, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Jeff Merkley

Nice work adding WP:NPOV to Jeff Merkley! Thanks! —EncMstr 19:16, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

I'm glad *you* agree...that will make two of us! --Esprqii (talk) 19:18, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Our weekly COTW message from WPOR

Welcome to another wonderful world of WP:ORE COTW. Thanks again to those who lent a hand improving Pinto Colvig and Cooper Spur ski area this past week or so. This week we return to the High importance Stubs, with the mighty Seal of Oregon and former governor and legal superstar Sylvester Pennoyer. To opt out of these messages, or suggest an article, swing by here. Or to stop receiving any WPORE messages just remove your name from the list of members at WP:ORE. Auf Wiedersehen. Aboutmovies (talk) 07:12, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Old Buildings and Pictures

Greetings from WP:WikiProject Oregon. Blah blah blah. This week we have our semi-annual Picture Drive and a article creation drive for the NRHP List. For the picture drive, go take a picture, or find a free use one (lots of links to gov sites above) and upload it Wikipedia. For the National Register of Historic Places, find a red link on the main Oregon list or one of the county lists at start a new article. If its more than just a stub, don’t forget to nominate it for a DYK! Once again, to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts, click here. Aboutmovies (talk) 19:58, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Nice "wikiscoop"

On Bunn ;) By the way, I posted on the Oregonian and BlueO blogs re: the Merkley article. Predictably ignored (politicos seem to get so bored when you say "nothing to see here, move along") but, trying to get the word out! -Pete (talk) 02:28, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Oregon Lt. Gov.

I knew Bradbury wasn't the lt. gov., I was just trying to get around the template's mandate for a lt. gov. Your solution was much better, and I copied it to all the other states that don't actually have lt. governors. Thanks!--Nkrosse (talk) 19:21, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

March 14 OR COTW

Hello again or welcome if you are new to WP:WikiProject Oregon! Last week we did a picture drive and a NRHP creation drive. It’s hard to track the picture results, but I know I saw quite a few pictures added, so great job. With NRHP we added 7 that I saw: Mitchell Recreation Area, Salem First United Methodist Church, Portland City Hall, Crater Lake Lodge, Central Library (Portland, Oregon), Watchman Lookout Station, and Alvin T. Smith House; with most now nominated for DYK’s! So great work everybody.

This week, its back to stubs with one of the largest newspapers in the state, The Register-Guard, and a request with Oregon Coast. Feel free to help with either one, and the paper article is so short a DYK should be pretty easy to get (just need 5X expansion). As always, to opt out, opt in, or suggest future collaborative efforts, click here. Aboutmovies (talk) 23:59, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

DYK double

On 16 March, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jack Crabtree, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

On 16 March, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article 1958 Rose Bowl, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Double congratulations! --Espresso Addict (talk) 03:47, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Possibly unfree Image:Gillbanner.jpg

An image that you uploaded or altered, Image:Gillbanner.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images because its copyright status is disputed. If the image's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the image description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Parhamr (talk) 06:53, 25 March 2008 (UTC) Parhamr (talk) 06:53, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Vera Katz and History

Howdy folks, its time for another installment of WikiProject Oregon’s Collaboration of the Week! Last week we made some improvements to the Oregon Coast and brought The Register-Guard up to B class while garnering a DYK! Great job to those who lent a hand. This week we finish up the High priority Stubs with former mayor and Speaker of the House, Vera Katz, which is pretty much a Start class now and could easily get to B class. We also have History of Oregon by request. Help out if you can, where you can. As always, to opt out, opt in, or suggest future collaborative efforts, click here. Aboutmovies (talk) 07:38, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

DYK notice

On 27 March, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Artie Wilson, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Congratulations! Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 12:59, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

{{WikiProject Oregon COTW}}

With the evolving WP:ORE main page, I was wondering if you have any objections to shrinking the template down? Maybe a 3 line banner that is not as wide, and incorporating this template for the updates: {{WikiProject Oregon COTW}} ? Or maybe a third template that is a single line that matches the WPORE nav banner? Just something that takes up less space on the main WPORE page. Thoughts? Aboutmovies (talk) 22:33, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

I have no objections to making it smaller. I just ripped off the basic format from another project, so if we can make it better, that's great. Maybe you want to take a stab at your idea, and if I have any other improvements, I'll add 'em! --Esprqii (talk) 21:00, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Oswego Lake

Nice work! Katr67 (talk) 21:40, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Tualatin River settlements

Thanks for the addition. I used Googlemaps and the Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer, but it was tricky because some of those places that didn't used to be near the river sure are now. Should Wankers Corner be added? Katr67 (talk) 22:29, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

I guess I don't know what constitutes a settlement. Shadowood strikes me as a neighborhood of West Linn, and AFAIK, WC just has the general store, 4-way stop (soon to be a big ol' traffic circle), and the awesome name. Oh, and the megachurch (hence the need for the traffic circle, sigh). --Esprqii (talk) 22:37, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Yes, and Blooming looks like it is part of Cornelius. I stayed up late last night messing with the USGS data base and I believe it and Shadowood are considered populated places, which usually means they had a p.o. at some point, which most of the time="settlement". Blooming is in OGN, Shadowood isn't. If they're neighborhoods, they should certainly be redirected to the appropriate articles and removed from the list. Eventually. Wankers Corner has never been more than a "locale" apparently. Katr67 (talk) 23:15, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

And yet, Wankers shows up as an unicorporated community on Template:Clackamas County, Oregon... --Esprqii (talk) 23:32, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

I no speak county template. Katr67 (talk) 01:42, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

DYK

On 7 April, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Oswego Lake, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Deacon of Pndapetzim (Talk) 21:33, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Elected Oregon

Hello fellow WikiProject Oregon folks and entities. Thanks to those who helped out with improving Vera Katz and History of Oregon during the last Collaboration of the Week! As you may have noticed, we have changed the banners a bit, but not our dedication to everything Oregon! This week, in honor of the political process, we have: Current Oregon Senate members & Current Oregon House members. Hopefully by November we can have an article on every current member of the Oregon Legislature. So feel free to turn a red link blue or expand an existing article. Since it is an election year, there should be plenty of newspaper stories. Plus, the state archives has this site that allows you to go back and see when they started serving and district info, plus at a minimum show they were a state legislator from a WP:RS. And per WP:BIO, all state legislator's are notable so no need to worry about AFD. As always, to opt out, opt in, or suggest future collaborative efforts, click here. Aboutmovies (talk) 07:46, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

FITBOW

I ALMOST had to ask you what it meant. . .  :) (John User:Jwy talk) 23:47, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

No its perfect. Its appropriate that you have to dig around to get the meaning of it. (John User:Jwy talk) 00:00, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Got the popcorn out yet?

;) Katr67 (talk) 21:55, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Richard Devlin

Wow. People could definitely learn a thing or two from you on quickly creating pages which are up to Wiki standards. Tool2Die4 (talk) 20:30, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Matthieu

Thanks for fixing that--it was driving me crazy! Katr67 (talk) 22:59, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

That *was* weird. But fun twiddling for a Friday afternoon... --Esprqii (talk) 23:07, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

DYK

On 20 April, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Kurt Schrader, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Wizardman 15:53, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

DYK

On 21 April, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Richard Devlin, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Cheers, Daniel (talk) 00:41, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Juxtaposition COTW

Howdy Ho WikiProject Oregon! Time for another installment of Collaboration of the Week. The last few weeks we’ve knocked out quite a few articles of our current state legislators, and even a few former ones too. Great job to all those who helped make it happen. On a related note, we have had several DYKs from this and now have 53 DYKs so far this year (not counting multiples), less than four full months into the year. Last year we had a total of 83 DYKs for the entire year, and 7 combined for 2006 & 2005. So we are well on our way to another record year. Each time an article makes it to the main page as a DYK it will typically get an extra 1000 hits, which is usually far more than the typical 100 hits per month most minor articles receive. With that said, this week we have two requests, Portland Lumberjax and Silicon Forest. As always, to opt out, opt in, or suggest future collaborative efforts, click here. Aboutmovies (talk) 03:16, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

DYK

On 22 April, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article John Dick (basketball), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Cheers, Bobet 15:11, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Break?

I'm mostly just waiting something out so I'm not compelled to act like a bitch. :) Depending on how much activity and/or overlap with my watchlist there is, I may make myself scarcer. You've probably had enough popcorn this month anyway. Katr67 (talk) 23:03, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Are you kidding? I managed to prove Godwin's law on a project talk page... Katr67 (talk) 23:13, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Belated COTW

		The COTW award from WPOR.
		Thanks for leading the way during the legislator drive! Aboutmovies (talk) 04:28, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

if only

I'll take a look tonight. Katr67 (talk) 21:00, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. Some future generations of wikipedians will wonder about that edit summary for years...

Probably not a lot of new info. I could only see a small snippet, which referenced Elijah Coalman (of glacier fame) and he seemed to pop up several more times in the good book, which also had me intrigued. --Esprqii (talk) 22:36, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

So is it on GoogleBooks or something? Katr67 (talk) 23:05, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Google has the 4th ed in "snippet view" so you only see enough to become intrigued. You can eventually piece it all together (eg, [1] + [2] + other googling = something coherent), but it would be nice to see the whole thing. --Esprqii (talk) 23:22, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for reporting vandalism by Snotchrewlzall

Lots of disruptive moves, will need admin support to undo this mess.

That was a mild understatement. I think I just spent the better part of an hour undoing all of said vandal's page moves. Thank you very much for this report, so we could stop it before it got any worse. —C.Fred (talk) 17:43, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Cinco de COTW

Greetings once again from the Collaboration of the Week at WikiProject Oregon. Thank you to those who helped out with the last set of articles. This week we have the lone Stub class article left in the Top importance classification, Flag of Oregon, and by request, Detroit Lake. Help where you can, if you can. To opt out of these messages, leave your name here. Adios. Aboutmovies (talk) 22:03, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Zzzz Oregon COTW

Howdy ya’ll, time for another Collaboration of the Week from WikiProject Oregon. Last week we improved Flag of Oregon & Detroit Lake, enough I think to move them to Start class, so great job everyone! This week, we have another request in Oregon Ballot Measure 47 and a randomly selected two sentence stub that should be easy to expand enough for a DYK in Wallowa-Whitman National Forest. To opt out of these messages, leave your name here, or click here to make a suggestion. Aboutmovies (talk) 18:45, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

5/14 DYK

On 14 May, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Rick Metsger, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Bedford 05:01, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Santiam Academy

Thanks very much for cleaning up my mess. No attention span yesterday...oh look!...shiny hotel! Katr67 (talk) 21:34, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

Oh, it was my pleasure. Love that collaboration!

Say, did Awotter go rogue on us? Check out his recent contribs... --Esprqii (talk) 21:45, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

Odd. Compromised account? Or unable to see the WikiForest for the WikiBS? Katr67 (talk) 22:01, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

Nice article! Is that a Henry Failing redlink I see? Eesh, a slacker's work is never done (for real!) -Pete (talk) 23:29, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

May 2008

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. Regarding your edit(s) to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Oregon, it is recommended that you use the preview button before you save; this helps you find any errors you have made, and prevents clogging up recent changes and the page history. Thank you. Per your request. Aboutmovies (talk) 22:46, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Awwww. AM beat me to it :( Katr67 (talk) 22:54, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

You people from Clayton and Silverdale are so compliant. --Esprqii (talk) 22:57, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Autzen quote

I am trying to find a citation but having trouble. Kinda new at this, thank you for helping! (~JDM~) (talk) 00:45, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

QWERTY: Oregon COTW

Hello WikiProject Oregon participants, time for another edition of Collaboration of the Week. Last week we made some great improvements to Wallowa-Whitman National Forest and Oregon Ballot Measure 47 (1996), with a DYK for the forest. Great job everyone! This week we have another stub, George Lemuel Woods, one of only two governor stubs left, and should be an easy job getting it to Start class. Then, in honor of the long weekend, we have our second State Park Article Creation Drive. Lots of red links to turn blue, lots of opportunities for DYKs. Help if you can, even if it is only adding pictures of state parks. To opt out of these messages, leave your name here, or click here to make a suggestion. May the The Schwartz be with you. Aboutmovies (talk) 10:26, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

X marks the WPOR COTW spot

Guten Tag WikiProject Oregon team members! Great job last week with the Collaboration of the Week, we improved George Lemuel Woods and added eleven new state park articles. This past week we also surpassed the 6000 article mark as a project. The weather may suck, but WPORE is not. For this week we have by request Music of Oregon and Phil Knight. Both need some help, and with Knight we might be able to improve it to GA standards. Once again, to opt out of these messages, leave your name here, or click here to make a suggestion. Aboutmovies (talk) 19:21, 29 May 2008 (UTC)