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WikiProject Oregon Collaboration of the Month

Oregon-oriented editors take on two collaborative projects every month. Please join in!

This month's projects: Women's History Month: Create or improve articles for women listed at Oregon Women of Achievement (modern) or Women of the West, Oregon chapter (historical)

This COTM is organized by WikiProject Oregon. (Nominate future collaborations or see past collaborations.)

This is a WikiProject, an area for focused collaboration among Wikipedians. New participants are welcome; please feel free to participate!

This WikiProject was formed to foster better articles on the U.S. state of Oregon with a spirit of cooperation. This page and its subpages contain suggestions on formatting and layout of articles, which can be discussed at the project's talk page. To participate, simply add your name at the participants section. A kind shoutout to the folks at WikiProject Wisconsin, from whom this layout was copied.

To join this WikiProject, please sign your username under the members section and put {{User WikiProject Oregon}} on your user page.

	Congratulations to WikiProject Oregon on your Featured Article appearing on Wikipedia's Main Page!
	From all of us at the Portland WikiWednesday. Ray, Audrey, Ward, Ingy, VanTucky, Pete, David, Kyle Stephen, Michael, Chuck, Nick, Vinh, Oliver, Kristina

Scope

This project covers the creation and editing of articles related to the U.S. State of Oregon, including its cities, geography, history, etc. It aims to make Wikipedia the foremost online reference for all topics Oregon.

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Participants

This section lists Wikipedia editors who have chosen to participate in WikiProject Oregon. Please add your name to the list!

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Users marked with a "*" are administrators on the English Wikipedia

signed up 2006

Sarge Baldy* March
Andrew Parodi March
Adam850 April
VegaDark* April
Pete April
Ajbenj April
EngineerScotty May

Big Smooth May
Cacophony May
Katr67 June
Zinc2005 June (active again May 2007)
EncMstr August
Duff August

Esprqii November
Aboutmovies November
Christian B December

signed up in 2007

DaKine 10 January 2007
Ryanositis 17 February 2007
kotra 19 February 2007
Scientizzle* 21 February 2007
Adumbvoget 24 February 2007
Otebig 6 March 2007
Werewombat 12 March 2007
TommyMoullet 20 March 2007
Katt 21 March 2007
Bradybd 29 March 2007
Trashbag 1 April 2007
Woodstein 52 1 May 2007
akendall, 8 May 2007
Mdazey 17:26, 9 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Masterchief46517 9 May 2007
Theophilus75 17 May 2007
T Van Wormer 02:12, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oregongirl0407 19:19, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Rvannatta 18:14, 16 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
— Zaui (talk) 17:57, 17 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Jlhw 00:17, 3 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Ulmanor 00:47, 3 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Bryan the Magnificent 07:11, 3 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Fcb981 16:12, 3 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
D.Kurdistani 08:20, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
King256 01:23, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Ahimoe 03:45, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Boo Twitty 23:55, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Coldpaws 03:44, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
GoodDamon 22:42, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
RepublicanLeague 13:00, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Awotter 01:43, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Nojika 02:46, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
LordBoreal51 18:10, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Poetas 21:08, 5 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
PeteJacobsen 18:38 7 October 2007 (PST)
Abluescarab 20:21 27 October 2007 (PST)
Merzperson 05:46, 29 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Permalearning 01:11, 8 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Orygun 04:58, 14 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Ljmajer (talk) 22:44, 25 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Studiomanager 10:53, 26 November 2007 (PST)
Jeepin22 (talk) 18:01, 18 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Äþelwulf Talk to me. 12:43, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Signed up in 2008

Aaron Ray (talk) 21:32, 4 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Inactive members

For those who have fewer than 5 edits in the last two months. Feel free to move yourself back to active status.

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Project divisions

Focused sub-projects of WikiProject Oregon

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Admin (talk) — A table listing articles included in WikiProject Oregon and some status information
Assessment (talk) — how to evaluate WikiProject Oregon articles
Cities (talk) — Cities, unincorporated communities, villages, hamlets, and counties
Companies (talk) — Companies, private and public, that are headquartered or have major operations in the state
Culture (talk) — Music, art, architecture, icons, mass communication
Government (talk) — Governance, as well as federal, state and local politics in relation to Oregon
Graphics (talk) — A repository for all picture, map, drawing, or other graphics needed for WPOR articles
History (talk) — History of Oregon during and prior to statehood
People (talk) — Includes Oregon natives, pioneers, politicians, and those residents who have shaped Oregon
Physical geography (talk) — Regions, parks, climate, physical features
Portland (talk) — All articles covering Portland
Sports (talk) — All levels of sports and sports venues
Transportation (talk) — Roads, airports, trails and rails in and around Oregon

Navigational boxes and info boxes

This section contains boxes that you may want to include in Oregon-related articles.

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Navigational boxes about Oregon, or of particular relevance to Oregon. These boxes can be a great way to navigate around Oregon content; if we ever make a portal for Oregon, these could provide a good starting point.

(Note: Nav boxes are boxes at the bottom of articles, which assist in exploring related articles. Info boxes typically appear in the upper-right part of an article, and provide data about the article's subject.)

{{Cascade volcanoes}}
{{Columbia River}}
{{List of Portland, Oregon sports teams}}
{{OR-FedRep}} - congressional delegation
{{Oregon}} - Nav box for Oregon topics, regions, counties, cities, symbols
{{Oregon Pioneer History}}
{{Oregon Supreme Court}}
{{Oregon University System}}
{{Portland neighborhoods}}
{{Portland, Oregon Architecture}}
{{Volcanoes of Oregon}}

To create

Useful navigational boxes that don't exist yet.

{{Oregon Tribal History}} - YES please!!!
{{Notable Oregon legislation}} - initiative system, bottle bill, land use planning…

Templates

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What to type

What it makes

What it's for

{{User WikiProject Oregon}}
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To be used on your user page, to show you joined the project.

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This article is part of WikiProject Oregon, a WikiProject dedicated to articles related to the U.S. state of Oregon.
To participate: join (or just read up) at the project page, or contribute to the project discussion.

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To be used in conjunction with the WPOR template for articles supported by the Oregon Government & Politics Workgroup

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Wikipedians in Oregon may be able to help!

For Oregon-related articles needing a photograph, use {{reqphoto|in=Oregon}} in the talk page, which adds the article to Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Oregon. You can help Wikipedia by uploading freely licensed photographs for these articles to Wikimedia Commons.

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Categories and recent changes

This section contains categories and other methods for easily browsing Oregon-related content, and getting a sense of what's already on Wikipedia.

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- Recent changes – shows activity on "talk" pages of WikiProject Oregon pages.
- Recent changes – based on work by EncMstr. Shows recent changes in articles that were part of the project as of midday December 31 2007.
User:AlexNewArtBot/OregonSearchResult - link to bot search of recently created articles that may relate to WikiProject Oregon.
Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Oregon - a list of discussions about the deletion of Oregon-related articles, also used to keep track of proposed mergers

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Featured content related to Oregon

See Portal:Oregon for Feature-class articles related articles, lists, and images. "Good" articles (one step down) and "Did You Know" entries are listed below.

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Good articles

Articles on Oregon-related subjects, not necessarily improved to Good Article Status by this WikiProject:

Did you know?

These articles on Oregon-related subjects have been featured on Wikipedia's homepage in the Did You Know section for the best new articles:

2004

...that Oregon Ballot Measure 51, if it had passed, would have repealed Oregon's Death with Dignity Act? March 2004

2006

...that amateur wrestling Olympic gold medalist Robin Reed could pin every member of the 1924 United States Olympic wrestling team, despite being in the second lowest weight class? January 30 2006
...that at 7'3" (2.21 m), Swede Halbrook became the tallest person to ever play college basketball when he joined the Oregon State Beavers in 1954? September 13 2006
...that U.S. judge Charles Crookham held a mock funeral for Roman numerals when they were retired from use in state pleadings? December 15 2006
...that the Department of State Lands is one of Oregon's oldest government agencies? December 16 2006
...that a wooden grain elevator is the only building still operational in Boyd, Oregon? December 16 2006

2007

...that the 1985 Oregon State vs. Washington football game resulted in the biggest overcome point spread in college football history when the Beavers beat the Huskies, 21-20? January 9 2007
...that Joseph Ingraham, an American sailor who discovered several of the Marquesas Islands, was lost at sea in 1800? March 9 2007
...that William P. Bryant presided over the first criminal trial in what is now the U.S. state of Washington? March 10 2007
...that the Hallie Ford Museum of Art in Salem, Oregon, is the third largest museum in the state - and Yahoo! Travel's tenth best thing to do in Salem? March 25 2007
...that Katherine Ann Power, a fugitive from justice for 23 years before turning herself in, was treated for depression while on the run in Oregon by Courtney Love's mother? April 13 2007
...that bats comprise about 20% of all mammal species found in the Central Oregon Coast Range (pictured)? April 19 2007
...that in 1961 the Portland Buckaroos hockey team beat the Seattle Totems in the Western Hockey League championship to win the Lester Patrick Cup in its first season of existence? April 22 2007
...that in 2000, Willamette Industries, Inc. was fined a then-record $11.2 million by the United States Environmental Protection Agency for violations of the Clean Air Act? April 23 2007
...that the Portland Power’s Natalie Williams was the leading scorer in the ABL during the 1997 to 1998 season? April 23 2007
...that James T. Brand of the Oregon Supreme Court was the presiding judge for most of the Judges' Trial, in which 10 German lawyers and judges were convicted of war crimes after World War II? April 24 2007
...that Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club was the site of Tiger Woods’ record third consecutive amateur championship? April 25 2007
...that Gatke Hall, a former post office, was moved completely intact on rollers down a city street over a six month period in 1938 to its new home at Willamette University? April 30 2007
...that in 1927, Oregon congressman Maurice E. Crumpacker drowned in San Francisco Bay after claiming he had been poisoned? May 5 2007
...that in 1851, Hugh O'Bryant was elected the first mayor of Portland, Oregon by a mere four votes? May 6 2007
...that Pokey Allen, former head coach of the Portland State Vikings football team, appeared in television commercials threatening to have himself shot out of a cannon into the backyards of anyone not buying season tickets? May 19 2007
...that Betty Roberts was the first woman to serve on Oregon's Supreme Court? May 21 2007
...that alpine skier Jean Saubert won one-third of all medals earned by the entire United States Olympic team at the 1964 Winter Olympics? May 22 2007
...that Vortex I, which took place in Oregon in 1970, remains the only state-sponsored rock festival in United States history? May 22 2007
...that William R. Ellis served as mayor of two Iowa cities before being elected to represent Oregon in the United States Congress? May 29 2007
...that Hjalmar Hvam came up with the design for the world's first safety ski bindings while recovering from a skiing injury in the hospital? June 5 2007
...that Oregon Governor Oswald West sent his personal secretary Miss Fern Hobbs to Copperfield, Oregon, to shut down illegal activities and impose martial law in 1914? June 5 2007
...that L.L. "Stub" Stewart Memorial State Park is the first new full-service state park in Oregon since 1972? June 6 2007
...that the oldest state government building in the US state of Oregon, the 1914 Supreme Court Building in Salem, has a stained glass skylight in the shape of the State seal? June 24 2007
...that the first teacher and practicing doctor in Portland, Oregon, Ralph Wilcox killed himself with a Deringer pistol while at work at the federal court? July 4 2007
...that in 1970, University of Oregon head baseball coach Don Kirsch fell to his death out of a second-story window at Stanford University Medical Center? July 5 2007
...that the Oregon Coast Range was created by a forearc basin along the Pacific Ocean? July 5 2007
...that Charles A. Johns went from being a justice on the Oregon Supreme Court to a justice on the Supreme Court of the Philippines in 1921? July 7 2007
...that under the First Organic Laws of Oregon, the de facto constitution of the Provisional Government, women could get married at the age of 14? July 20 2007
...that of the sixty delegates to the Oregon Constitutional Convention, (Oregon Territory Seal pictured) thirty-four were farmers, while eighteen were lawyers, including three justices of the Oregon Supreme Court? July 26 2007
...that John Beckett is the only American football player to have been the team captain for two different Rose Bowl teams: the University of Oregon in 1917 and Mare Island in 1918? July 27 2007
...that an image of Tesslynn O'Cull, a child abuse victim who was murdered by her stepfather at the age of two, was used in the Stop the Abuse poster for Oregon? August 6 2007
...that St. Paul Roman Catholic Church in St. Paul, Oregon is the oldest brick building in the Pacific Northwest? August 6 2007
...that while working for the Department of Justice attorney Jacob Tanzer worked on the case that led to the movie Mississippi Burning? August 6 2007
...that in 1904, H. Chandler Egan won the U.S. Amateur golf championship, and was a member of both the U.S. college championship and the gold medal-winning United States Olympic golf teams? August 7 2007
...that Oregon Supreme Court justice George Van Hoomissen wrote the decisions for both the most cited case of that court and the controversial overturning of a voter approved ballot measure? August 7 2007
...that Oregon's Salmon River is the only river in the 48 contiguous U.S. states to be a protected National Wild and Scenic River along its entire length? August 15 2007
...that a clock tower added to the old Washington County Courthouse in 1891 did not have a working clock? August 20 2007
...that the Weinhard Brewery managed to survive prohibition by producing near-beer, root beer and syrup, which were marketed as "Gourmet Elixirs"? August 23 2007
...that University of Oregon athletic director Leo Harris gained the right to use Donald Duck as the school's mascot through an informal handshake deal he made with Walt Disney in 1947? August 27 2007
...that a portion of the money used to purchase land for the publicly owned Noble Woods Park in Hillsboro, Oregon, came from private pledges? September 7 2007
...that Isaac Homer Van Winkle served for 23 years as Oregon Attorney General, the longest of any attorney general in the state’s history? September 8 2007
...that judge Otto Richard Skopil, Jr. was nominated to the federal district court by a Republican U.S. President and to the federal court of appeals by a Democratic President? September 9 2007
...that The Simpsons’ creator Matt Groening’s father was a founding director of the American Advertising Museum in Portland, Oregon? September 11 2007
...that though Theodore Thurston Geer was the tenth Oregon Governor, he was the first native Oregonian to serve in that office? September 13 2007
...that Thomas Milton Gatch, an Ohioan educator and politician, was the first president of Oregon State University to hold a doctorate degree? September 18 2007
...that the 371-acre Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge provides nesting for 1.2 million seabirds—more than California and Washington combined? September 19 2007
...that Spec Keene's Willamette University football team was stranded in Honolulu for two weeks following Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor? September 19 2007
...that Samuel Parker was a lawmaker in the Provisional, Territorial, and State governments of Oregon? September 20 2007
...that missionary Josiah Parrish drove the first spike for the Oregon and California Railroad, and had a land dispute reach the U. S. Supreme Court? September 21 2007
...that Oregon's Three Arch Rocks National Wildlife Refuge was the first National Wildlife Refuge established west of the Mississippi River and will be a hundred years old next month? September 21 2007
...that after Oregon's Point Adams Lighthouse changed colors to reduce confusion, it caused a ship to run aground in 1881? September 22 2007
...that long-time University of Oregon track coach Bill Hayward also played lacrosse for the world champion Ottawa Capitals? September 26 2007
...that Oregon pioneer Levi Scott is the namesake for a town, a valley, and a mountain, as well as the highest peak in Crater Lake National Park? October 1 2007
...that the namesake for Hondo Dog Park in Hillsboro, Oregon, won an award for valor just weeks before being killed in the line of duty? October 2 2007
...that NW Natural in Portland, Oregon was the first gas company in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States when it started in 1859? October 4 2007
...that gold was first discovered in Oregon in 1850 in the Illinois Valley near Cave Junction, Oregon, the same valley in which a 17 pound gold nugget was found, the largest in Oregon history? October 5 2007
...that the Hillsboro Civic Center was only the second city hall in America to earn an LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council? October 8 2007
...that the Hillsboro Police were the first law enforcement agency in Oregon to collect demographic statistics from traffic stops to combat racial profiling? October 11 2007
...that the U.S. state of Oregon has a rail network of over 2,400 miles? October 12 2007
...that the murder of Michael Francke while he was at work became the basis of the movie Without Evidence? October 17 2007
...that former Portland mayor Frank Ivancie was defeated in his run for re-election by a local tavern owner with no prior political experience? October 17 2007
...that the Rose Quarter sports and entertainment complex in Portland, Oregon was constructed in the parking lot of the Memorial Coliseum? October 29 2007
...that Hare Field was the first all-weather high school football field in Oregon? November 1 2007
...that Elijah White's only two children drowned in separate instances in Oregon Country during 1838? November 7 2007
...that Cornelius, Oregon is named after pioneer Thomas R. Cornelius, who served in the both the Territorial and State legislatures? November 8 2007
...that Don Durdan was selected as the most valuable player of college football's Rose Bowl in 1942, and six years later, won a professional basketball championship with the Portland Indians? November 11 2007
...that Oregon's longest covered bridge is the Office Bridge and is the only one west of the Mississippi River with a sidewalk? November 16 2007
...that in 1846 Albert Wilson became the first American merchant to open a store in Astoria, Oregon? November 19 2007
...that the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in Yasui v. United States and its companion case Hirabayashi v. United States that curfews for a minority group were constitutional during war time? November 22 2007
...that the 1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack was the first bioterrorism attack in the United States, and one of only two confirmed terrorist uses of biological weapons to harm humans? November 23 2007
...that the Solomon Courthouse has twice served as a post office, and was the setting for a courtroom scene in The Hunted? November 25 2007
...that American federal judge James Alger Fee ruled in 1942 that Minoru Yasui lost his U.S. citizenship after Yasui had worked for the Japanese consulate until the attack on Pearl Harbor? November 27 2007
...that seven followers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh were convicted for being part of a 1985 assassination plot to murder the United States Attorney for the District of Oregon? December 2 2007
...that the Platypus Trophy, awarded to the winner of the Civil War college football game between Oregon and Oregon State, was lost for more than 40 years before being found in a closet in 2005? December 3 2007
...that the tallest commercial building in Salem, Oregon was commissioned by Thomas A. Livesley? December 6 2007
...that Portland General Electric CEO Peggy Y. Fowler is blind in one eye? December 9 2007
...that George K. Gay's house was the first brick house in Oregon and served as the boundary marker between Yamhill and Polk counties? December 16 2007
...that Hallie Ford made the largest donation in the history of Willamette University in 2006, and the largest donation ever to a cultural group in Oregon in 2007? December 21 2007
...that the community of West Union, Oregon, has the oldest Baptist church west of the Rocky Mountains? December 22 2007
...that as Oregon State University athletic director, Percy Locey agreed to play the 1942 Rose Bowl at the opposing team's home field due to the attack on Pearl Harbor? December 23 2007
...that before becoming the Judge Advocate General of the United States Navy, Thomas Leigh Gatch was awarded two Navy Crosses? December 27 2007
...that Oregon State University’s Wave Research Laboratory has the world’s largest tsunami simulator? December 28 2007

2008

...that Ade Schwammel of the Oregon Agricultural College football team was part of the 1933 "Pyramid Play", where a player stood on the shoulders of two others to block a kick, a ploy since banned? January 3 2008

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Success stories

Where has Wikipedia excelled at providing information about Oregon? Share your stories here! (Note, many of these will include significant contributions from folks who haven't joined our project. No need to worry about such pesky details! These stories are meant to be useful in explaining to Oregonians why Wikipedia is cool, so "whether it's WPOR" or not isn't really important.) (See also http://www.aboutus.org/Wiki_success_stories )

Barlow Road: During a Collaboration of the Week, Wikipedia editors noted that several historic sources said that Sam Barlow's party went over Lolo Pass during their 1845 trip across the Cascades. This claim does not jive with the geography of the region and other details of the trip. From a careful reading of Palmer's journals, editors discovered where the misunderstanding originated, and wrote up a more accurate account of the journey.
Mary Ramsey Wood: This Oregon pioneer is reputed to have lived to 120 years of age, in many supposedly authoritative sources. Partially on this basis, she was named the "Queen Mother of Oregon" by the Oregon Legislature. Wikipedia editors searched the census records of 1880 and 1890, and determined that she was in fact no older than 97 when she died.
List of Oregon ballot measures: The Oregon Secretary of State maintains historic information about ballot measures, but it is not as useful as it could be; the complete list contains no hyperlinks to detailed information about the measures, or other relevant information. Wikipedia has a better version. (Note: this is a work in progress, and is not yet very complete before 1989.)
William Pope McArthur: One editor created an article on a historical figure, William Pope McArthur. Within a few hours a "domino effect" of collaboration among several editors from different states led to the creation and expansion of several articles. See User talk:Katr67.

Related WikiProjects

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Project awards

Barn stars and other awards for excellent Oregon-related writing or editing.

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		WPOR Award: Sponsored in part by the Big Gold Dude.
		You are hereby granted this shiny object for all your hard work at WikiProject Oregon! Hello world! Aboutmovies 18:25, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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		The COTW award from WPOR.
		Thanks for leading the way in last week's Collaboration of the Week! Aboutmovies 19:10, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Service awards

Did You Know awards: For every five DYKs featured on the DYK template that is part of the Main Page, you get a bronze DYK award. When you reach 10, then you trade the bronze in for the silver. Five more and trade up for gold (15 total). After that, keep the gold and start collecting a second set, then third,... Collect them all! Self-awarded, just place with your userboxes.
Gold Badge for 15 DYKs: {{WPOR DYK gold}}
Silver Badge for 10 DYKs: {{WPOR DYK silver}}
Bronze Badge for 5 DYKs: {{WPOR DYK bronze}}

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