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Insert profound knowledge and wisdom here with wacky side effects

Greetings from WikiProject Oregon. First, thank you to all those who helped improve the Ducks and Beavers football teams. Second, now on with the countdown. For this edition of the COTW, we have by request Portland Hempstalk Festival and Munson Valley Historic District. As always, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Aboutmovies (talk) 07:09, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

Goodbye summer, hello Dolly!

Hello WikiProject Oregon member, it is time for another Collaboration of the Week. First, thanks to those who helped out the last few weeks improving the Portland Hempstalk Festival and the Munson Valley Historic District articles. This week we have by request Rasheed Wallace and the Oregon Zoo. The later should have lots of recent news with the new/old exhibit opening. As always, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Aboutmovies (talk) 08:15, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

Merry Columbus Day 2 all and 2 all a goodnite, beware of large windstorms bearing gifts

Greetings fellow WikiProject Oregon member, time to uncork a fine wine as it is once again time for the Collaboration of the Week. As always, thank you to those who helped out the last few weeks improving the Oregon Zoo, the Rasheed Wallace, Willamette Bridges, and the Vanport articles. This week we have by request Jim Paxson and Films shot in Oregon. The later can easily be improved just by adding some sources. As always, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. And with Halloween fast approaching, remember that pennies really suck as a “treat” and you can expect toilet paper and or eggs on your residence for your “trick”. Aboutmovies (talk) 08:19, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Templating the regulars

When moving pages, as you did to Made in Oregon, please remember to fix any double redirects. These can create slow, unpleasant experiences for the reader, waste server resources, and make the navigational structure of the site confusing. Thank you. Happysailor ^(Talk) 22:45, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

He knows better. I'm sure he just forgot. :) Katr67 (talk) 22:54, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Did I mention redirect class is hard? --Esprqii (talk) 22:57, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

yeah my bad - was doing something else with this open on the other monitor so only about 1% of me was concentrating on wiki :( - Happysailor ^(Talk) 00:08, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

No problem at all. I shoulda been more careful. --Esprqii (talk) 01:00, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

Turns out I made and didn't repair a double redir the same day. D'oh! Katr67 (talk) 17:55, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

Hopefully you didn't redirect Binford to Mort...just catching up on that scandal du jour! Sniff, I miss Pete already... --Esprqii (talk) 18:00, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

(unindent)::passes the popcorn:: I'll miss Pete just as long as the traitor doesn't join WikiProject California. Katr67 (talk) 18:51, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

So true! One "California's Canada" edit and he's dead to me. --Esprqii (talk) 19:04, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

Made in Oregon sign

I'm flattered, but I don't think you need to give me credit on the DYK. All I did was mention Rudolph. Katr67 (talk) 17:49, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

Pshaw, I'm happy to split the DYK bonus money with you. But seriously, you did a lot of leg (click?) work on the White Stag info; even though it didn't make it into the article, it will get into one someday. --Esprqii (talk) 20:52, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

Well gee shucks. And congrats! No barnstar, but a Swell Jacket! And now I finally understand the male brain. Katr67 (talk) 14:27, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Hey, I want one! That's awesome. Thanks. --Esprqii (talk) 15:34, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Made in Oregon sign

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Tax revolt in critical care at a hospital near you

Hello fellow WikiProject Oregon member, once again time for the Collaboration of the Week in the land of Oregon. As always, thank you to those who helped out the last few weeks improving List of films shot in Oregon and Jim Paxson. This week we have by request Oregon tax revolt and not by request, the annual Hospital creation drive. For the later, I have laid out some sources here, and the remaining red links are all over the state, so you can find one near you! As always, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. May the wind always be beneath your wings. Aboutmovies (talk) 08:20, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Californication Barnstar

		The Californication Barnstar
		From one Californicator to another: for all you do, this Blount's for you. Thanks for keepin' an eye on LeGarrette Blount. Careful though, if you mess up on that article, you're liable to get hurt! Anyway, it's a good thing we Californians are around, or these Oregon articles would probably never be properly maintained, right? -Pete (talk) 23:51, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

It's sunny out, quick take a picture!

Greetings to WikiProject Oregon folks. It is time again for another installment of as the Collaboration Of The Week Turns. A big thank you to last time’s guest stars who worked on Oregon tax revolt‎ and creating hospital articles, we had 3 DYKs off the hospital articles createdd. This week is the star-studded affair of the Semi-annual Great Oregon Picture Drive, starring Esprqii. You can go out and take a picture, browse through Commons for an existing one, or search for a free one on the Internet, and in some cases remove an old request (or even add a request to an article that has no images). See the bottom of this page for some links to a variety of free sources. Again, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Aboutmovies (talk) 23:18, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

Idea

What not give out some DYK awards? Anyone can ...

25 DYK

		The 25 DYK Medal
		Hi John, this is to thank you for your first 25 DYKs, although I see you are already on your way to 50. Can I thank you on behalf of Oregon, myself and the Wiki. Do keep it up. Cheers Victuallers (talk) 23:33, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

PayLess at Sprouse-Reitz for your G.I. Joe's, brought to you by Troutman's Emporium and Frederick & Nelson

Hello WikiProject Oregon member, and seasons greetings. Here at Collaboration Of The Week we thank you for your efforts making Oregon better, at least on Wikipedia, and hope you are doing better than Joe's. Or, in the eloquent words of some marketing manager for another now defunct Oregon chain, Merry Christmas from PayLess... Merry Chriiiistmaaaasssss!!!

Now that pleasantries have been exchanged, thank you to those who worked on the last two collaborations, the Semi-annual Great Oregon Picture Drive, and Oregon Country Fair and Geoff Petrie. For this edition of the COTW we have Gambling in Oregon and NRHP in Washington County. The hope for the later is to fill in the last few images (5) and then see if we can make it the first NRHP list in Oregon with an article for every entry (need 27). As always, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Aboutmovies (talk) 08:59, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

One last time for 2009

Happy New Year to you, you WikiProject Oregon member! Tis the season for one last Collaboration Of The Week to get started this year. Thank you to those who worked on Gambling in Oregon and NRHP in Washington County the last few weeks. For the final COTW of 2009, we have Archiving Article Talk Pages and Mr. Standard TV & Appliance, Bill Schonely. For the archiving, we have a lot of old, stale comments on article talk pages from before 2009 that should be archived away, so that new comments are not added to things that either were addressed or not worth addressing. Personally, I archive anything older than a year. Anyway, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Adios. Aboutmovies (talk) 22:29, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

1938–39 Ducks

Thanks for the praise! It was fun for me to write this article, and I thought a team as historically important as the first NCAA basketball champions deserved to have a decent page. Best of luck with writing pages on the remaining starters, and feel free to add links for them on the team page if you do so. Giants2008 (27 and counting) 02:51, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Mike Mikulak

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Unreferenced BLPs

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Oregon COTW v 3.0.2010ish

Greetings WikiProject Oregon team member. Time for the first new Collaboration Of The Week in 2010. Thank you to those who worked on Bill Schonely and archiving talk pages. For this week, we have Concordia University and the Berry Botanic Garden. Hopefully we can mine the garden’s website before it closes down. As always, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Cheers and stuff. Aboutmovies (talk) 09:46, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Christmas Valley, Oregon

Can you take a look at Christmas Valley? Since you added the Phillips info something seems to have gone wrong with your citations. Though clearly a run-of-the-mill real-estate scam, folks on both sides of the POV seem to have an hand in alternately playing up the ebilness and santizing the article. Since one of the current sources is a print source, I'm having trouble fact checking--maybe you could straighten it out. And I dunno about the radar station stuff. It's true there was one there, but the current info is lacking. Katr67 (talk) 21:19, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

I think I've pinpointed the problem. Katr67 (talk) 21:27, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

The link added is actually the the link to the "One Man's Dream..." citation already listed. I'll add it back and link the two together. I suspect that is a book produced by Central Oregon Books aka Ms. Tupper, but which seems to have decent citations. It was definitely a scheme; I changed it from a "swindle" to a "scam" before; not sure I'm ready to make the vowel shift down to scheme.

{ec) Ah, your diff is helpful. I remember that link. I think Tupper's work is well-researched but that she's white-washing a bit. I'll take a look. --Esprqii (talk) 21:35, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

I think there might be some folks who would like to promote the area again... Katr67 (talk) 21:47, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Could be. Let's see what happens next. I took out the radio tower stuff. Don't see anything that points to a reliable source. --Esprqii (talk) 22:07, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Recent O travel section. Doesn't mention the lawsuits, but possibly useful. --Esprqii (talk) 22:20, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Contemporary report (1962). --Esprqii (talk) 22:22, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

That great Scottish singer and Oregon historian, Susan Doyle

OK, it wasn't just a one-time thing. Did you notice that folks keep removing the author name from certain OE templates because apparently they can't tell the difference between "D" and "B"? Pretty funny. What an esoteric form of vandalism it would be too. Katr67 (talk) 22:56, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Well, since Susan D redirects to Susan B, maybe the person doesn't know the woman's real name. --Esprqii (talk) 23:01, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Apparently it's a common mistake. But still. Insert rant about folks not checking links or being aware that more than one person could possibly have that name here. Katr67 (talk) 23:09, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Or underestimating Susan B again! Sure she's got bushy eyebrows, but she can sing and she can write about Oregon history! What can't she do??? --Esprqii (talk) 23:14, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Hey, I resemble that remark. I can cook too. Katr67 (talk) 23:43, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

High on the Hogg

Coincidence? I think not! Katr67 (talk) 23:56, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, see my comments on AM's page...it gets weirder. --Esprqii (talk) 23:58, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Just Out, COTW does well in new decade

Howdy WikiProject Oregon folks, time again for the latest installment of As the Collaboration Of The Week Turns. Last week was one of the more successful COTWs in recent memory as we really worked hard as a community to improve Concordia University and Berry Botanic Garden. Both are now at least C class articles and nicely illustrated (thanks to Tedder, Finetooth, and Ipoellet). Plus it really was a group effort as we had five different WPORE editors work on the garden and ditto with the school, with some overlap between the two.

Anyway, this week, we have by request the completely unrelated Just Out and Terrell Brandon. As always, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. This message paid for by Fooians against COTW killing taxes. Aboutmovies (talk) 09:26, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Heads up

This guy is writing a book on the Oregon Land Fraud Trials. Katr67 (talk) 00:15, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Ah, your tentacles are everywhere! I'll watch for it. I hope he can make sense out of it all. --Esprqii (talk) 00:18, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

He wrote a very good post about the history of the Portland Hotel, which I found when searching for an image to replace a deadlink. Again I lament our inability to cite reliable-ish blogs. Katr67 (talk) 00:22, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

East County Blackshirts

What's up with this team? The league page is a redlink, sources and information aren't terribly well-supported. tedder (talk) 03:44, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Somebody just made a bad edit there. I fixed it. So the background is that I was walking near Lincoln High School one day and I quite literally ran into one of the members of the Portland Raiders team. I thought their logo was cool so I thought: wiki! I soon learned they weren't terribly well covered in the RSs, but thinking that was because they were new and that would soon change and everyone in Portland would soon have Raider fever, I forged ahead. Not wanted to leave the rest of the Oregon teams out, I made articles for all of them too. They all ended up getting deleted except the East County one, which seems to have a tad more coverage than the others. So anyway, I lost interest and you won't hurt my feelings if you put it up for AFD. --Esprqii (talk) 04:17, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. I have no interest or knowledge in (most) sports. At least the league exists, which was sort of the point of the original AFD. tedder (talk) 04:30, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Articles for deletion nomination of East County Blackshirts

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DYK for United States Senate election in Oregon, 1974

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Hey there

Let me know if you ever feel like collaborating on Mark Radford. I used to play a lot of basketball with his brother. Terrible COI, I know ;) -Pete (talk) 06:03, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

I was going to say no, since my standards are so high, but I see he was on the 80-81 team which is in the OSHoF, so you betcha. Speaking of washed-up hoopsters, I keep running into another one and I never have my camera! Shoot. --Esprqii (talk) 18:25, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

Wyeth, Oregon

Sorry to ec ya. Just remember that noon to one is my one shot at obscure podunk glory until 5! Katr67 (talk) 20:49, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

Oh no problem at all. Glad you did. I was just trying in vain to fill the nestled dell in our project. Oh well, back to my signature drive to put a measure on the ballot to free state workers from the evil eye of Big Bro. --Esprqii (talk) 21:46, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

You might have better odds winning a few million in the Oregon Lottery. Just give me half and I could become self-employed. Problem solved. Katr67 (talk) 01:25, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Oregon COTW and randomness

Greetings fellow WikiProject Oregon member, it is once again time for the Collaboration of the Week (yes, I know they are not actually every week anymore). Thank you to those who helped out the last few weeks improving Terrell Brandon, Just Out, 75th Oregon Legislative Assembly, and all the unreferenced BLPs. This week we have by request Oregon Coast Aquarium and Arvydas Sabonis (maybe the Blazers can sign him as I think he's healthy). Both need more sourcing. As always, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. And remember folks, the only thing we have to fear is death and taxes, unless of course the dingo ate your baby, at which point you may feel the need, the for speed to get away from said dingos, which in turn can lead to a failure to communicate due to the dynamics of sound waves, though at some point hopefully we can all just get along. Aboutmovies (talk) 09:08, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

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Visual edition of the Oregon COTW featuring the Glass Palace

Hello WikiProject Oregon member, time for a new edition of the Collaboration of the Week. Thank you to those who helped out the last few weeks improving Oregon Coast Aquarium and Arvydas Sabonis. Also thank you to those few of you helped with the attempt to celebrate Women's History Month with Barbara Roberts and Ursula K. Le Guin.

This week we have by request the Memorial Coliseum that has been in the news a lot lately, and then one of the more important political figures in our state's history, Douglas McKay. The MC needs some ref work and EL work, and McKay really needs a lot more sourcing. As always, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Aboutmovies (talk) 20:03, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

DYK for United States Senate election in Oregon, 1980

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Materialscientist (talk) 00:05, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

Oregon gubernatorial election, 2010

I just found that table to be needlessly confusing exercise in space-saving at the expense of clarity and readability, with the effect that it's needlessly difficult to discern the actual numbers. It's unclear, for example, what the difference is between a grey-shaded cell and a cell containing "--". I initially thought it was trying to combine primary and general election polling into one table, but that doesn't seem to be the case. I'd personally recommend remodelling it along the lines of New Mexico gubernatorial election, 2010, which is concise and easily understandable. (It's probably also not worth keeping polling data for candidates who've since dropped out or declined to run, though I understand this is somewhat controversial on other articles.) That's just my $0.02 though, feel free to remove the template if you think it's fine as it is. :) – Hysteria18 ^{(Talk • Contributions)} 21:55, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

1980 Oregon election

I'm kinda confused. Do you want to keep a seperate subsection and simply cut out some of the info?--Jerzeykydd (talk) 02:26, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

• I'm ok with it as long as you keep the picture in that one subsection because it looks much better.--Jerzeykydd (talk) 02:35, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of United States Senate election in Oregon, 1992

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DYK for United States Senate election in Oregon, 1992

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Discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject U.S. Congress/Congressional districts#"Territory At-large" or just "Territory"

You are invited to join the discussion here. —Markles 19:54, 16 April 2010 (UTC) (Using {{Please see}})

DYK for Rick Bauman

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Materialscientist (talk) 00:02, 23 April 2010 (UTC)