Portal talk:San Francisco Bay Area

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Moribund portal
The content in this portal seems to have stopped being updated in 2007, for the most part. i just updated some of it (my first effort at editing a portal). if anyone else wants to contribute, thats great. we are definitely not ready to bring back "voting" for any of the content, if its only 1 or 2 people editing here.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 01:22, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

Revamp
Well, not really, but i did replace some content. I did create categories for EACH editable page that the portal links to, found at Category:San Francisco Bay Area portal. This makes it easier to navigate. Ive added some guidelines to how to add articles. I think that quarterly rotation where appropriate is about right. at least as long as i am the only editor.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 09:11, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I plan to revise the rotating content in early 2013, assuming the world doesnt end this month:)Mercurywoodrose (talk) 07:31, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

Dates for last major changes:

Do you know, Sept 28, 2012: change in january. possibilities from more recent articles: (this is hard to collect, i will try to use the new article tool at the project page): checked oct 5 to nov 1, found these: A Thousand Lives: The Untold Story of Jonestown, Carneros Creek (Napa River), Cordilleras Creek, Arizmendi Bakery, Downtown Oakland Historic District, Forts Baker, Barry, and Cronkhite, List of Crystal Dynamics video games (may be FA soon)

Cities panel 2: oct 1, 2012. change entirely in january, or just add some CDP's as list is nearly complete. not sure yet. (see below)

quote: sept 28, 2012. change in january. possibilities:, ,

selected article: sept 30, 2012. change in january. possibilities: White Night riots, Phoenix (fireboat), Leo Ryan

selected picture: sept 28, 2012. change in january. possibilities: File:San Francisco in ruin edit2.jpg, File:Mission Santa Clara.jpg, File:Devastation in San Bruno.jpg

topics column 2: oct 1, 2o12. change in january. this can rotate entirely, but thats a lot of work. possibilities:, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
 * I have decided to keep all previously added topics. column 1 is featured articles, which should increase slowly over time. column 2 is for C grade and up, of Mid importance and up, and i will not remove old articles for now, but simply add new ones as i see fit, to at least keep it on par with the FA column. other portals have complete lists of A, B, and GA articles, so i dont see a reason to keep these columns at any particular length.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 21:44, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

so see y'all in january some time.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 07:45, 6 December 2012 (UTC)


 * decided to just start adding C grade and higher city articles to the section, and not swap any out, or add CDP's (yet). it will just get longer. i can shorten the taglines if i need to.

Bold items were added this cycle, so others may still be used in April 2013.

2013 new articles
for consideration in about 3 months (april 2013)
 * James L. Patton (7 jan 2013) ADDED April 2013
 * Christmas in the Park (San Jose) (30 dec 2012)
 * James Walker Benét (9 jan 2013)
 * Marion Irvine, an actual dyk jan 2013
 * Kate Dillon Levin jan 2013
 * Cheryl Cohen-Greene jan 2013
 * Travis Kalanick jan 2013
 * Government of Solano County, California jan 2013
 * Ace Cider jan 2013
 * Irving Saraf jan 2013
 * Fruitvale (film) jan 2013
 * Semifreddi's Bakery jan 2013
 * Sarah Stierch, wikipedian, jan 2013
 * SFJAZZ Center, jan 2013
 * Bing Concert Hall jan 2013
 * Japanese Historical Text Initiative feb 2013
 * Tom Lantos Tunnels feb 2o13 ADDED in april 2013
 * 2013 Santa Cruz shooting mar 2013, services held in san jose
 * Live at Keystone mar 2013 ADDED april 2013
 * Michelle Maykin mar 2013
 * Twomey Cellars mar 2013 ADDED april 2013
 * Daniel Baron mar 2013
 * Hey, if i keep up a list like this, we could return to multiple DYK's here. Which i just did for April 2013, as there a few of very high quality.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 05:20, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

Images
We should just cycle through Category:FM-Class San Francisco Bay Area articles first. thats a few years.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 05:49, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
 * heres a great image worth featuring, probably could be a featured image officually: File:Palace of Fine Arts and the Lagoon.JPGMercurywoodrose (talk) 06:15, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Featured april 2013. so i broke my own rule.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 06:11, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
 * The Portal:California uses a randomizer function for selected articles, images, etc. While our backlog of selected articles is poor, we could easily set the randomizer to choose from among the Featured Media. I may try to parse this and do it. I think it means adding ALL the FM to the "archives" page for images, lots of work formatting, etc.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 16:47, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

Current list of FM
if we consider the files of similar types (3 of the bridge, 4 of the earthquake) as "1 for each general type" (ie use each one 1/3 or 1/4 as often), we then have 11 images to rotate through, with 5 not used yet: not enough. so, we need to collect a list of other images to add eventually to cycle through.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 01:43, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
 * File:1967 Mantra-Rock Dance Avalon poster.jpg
 * File:2010 mavericks competition.jpg
 * File:Agassiz statue Mwc00715.jpg
 * File:Albino Alligator 2008.jpg feb 2014
 * File:Alcatraz03182006.jpg -panorama, wouldnt fit
 * File:CampanileMtTamalpiasSunset-original.jpg
 * File:Devastation in San Bruno.jpg
 * File:Fort Baker and Angel Island.jpg -panorama, wouldnt fit
 * File:Fort Mason Center and Downtown San Francisco.jpg -panorama, wouldnt fit
 * File:GGB reflection in raindrops.jpg gg bridge, 1 of 3 (artistic, though, not representational)
 * File:Ggb by night.jpg gg bridge, 1 of 3
 * File:GoldenGateBridge BakerBeach MC.jpg gg bridge, 1 of 3
 * File:Hawk eating prey.jpg
 * File:Mission Santa Clara.jpg jan 2013
 * File:SFO at night.jpg dec 2006
 * File:SanFrancisco1851a.jpg -sf historic, 1 of 4
 * File:SanFranciscoharbor1851c sharp.jpg sf historic, 1 of 4
 * File:San Francisco in ruin edit2.jpg nov 2011, sf historic, 1 of 4
 * File:Sfearthquake3b.jpg -sf historic, 1 of 4
 * File:Vineyards of Napa Valley panorama.jpg -panorama, wouldnt fit
 * ALL ADDED AS OF JUNE 2014

Biography
Added selected biography.99.101.139.189 (talk) 20:23, 31 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Which logically means that the selected article will not be a biography.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 16:44, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Lots of GA ranked articles to choose from that are sfba related.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 08:39, 10 July 2013 (UTC)

New article nominations
New articles, from late march through june 2013. I may add 2, 3, or 4 DYK's if we have enough. 5 bold articles were added july 2013.
 * Zelma Long march
 * Stephen Porter Dunn march
 * Kent Harrington march
 * Nata Piaskowski mar
 * Chictopia mar
 * William Poy Lee mar
 * South San Francisco Hillside Sign april
 * Golden Gate Park windmills april
 * Second Church of Christ, Scientist (San Francisco, California) april
 * San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department april
 * RAE Systems april
 * Selden Connor Gile april
 * Pure Jerry: Marin Veterans Memorial Auditorium, San Rafael, California, February 28, 1986 april
 * Pure Jerry: Bay Area 1978 april
 * Jack Harker april
 * Luther Burbank Rose Parade and Festival april
 * A Boy and His Atom may
 * Eric Krenz may
 * Peninsula Temple Sholom may
 * Stanley Saitowitz may
 * Vacaville tree pruners' strike may
 * Santa Clara Cannery Strike may
 * Henry Walton (American painter) may (thru may 29th)
 * Brit Morin june
 * Brit + Co. june
 * Santa Clara Cannery Strike june
 * Vacaville tree pruners' strike june
 * The Humboldt Bank Building june
 * Candy Dawson Boyd june
 * San Francisco in the 1970s june
 * Stanford Graduate School of Education thru june 23
 * Vasco Caves Regional Preserve july
 * Asiana Airlines Flight 214 july

Mercurywoodrose (talk) 01:54, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

Quotes
The Wikiquote link leads to the collection of SF quotes: there is no SFBA page. Here are some other pages which have SFBA related quotes:


 * Huey Newton
 * Jerry Brown, We The People quotes, one added in 2013
 * Elaine Brown
 * "The Play"
 * Theresa Sparks
 * Mario Savio quote added july 2013

Mercurywoodrose (talk) 06:20, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

July 2013
I replaced the quote, new articles, selected image, selected bio. another contributor replaced the selected article, right on my schedule, which is nice but not necessary, as i dont own the format here. thanks for the good work, and please, anyone can add their own timeline for changing articles to this portal, add randomization, choose their own articles if they are at least close in spirit to other portal guidelines. I am no expert, i just dont want this to be a moribund portal.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 08:38, 10 July 2013 (UTC)

New articles starting july 2013

 * Blake Colburn Wilbur july
 * Vasco Caves Regional Preserve july
 * California Faience july
 * Frank Somerville
 * Julia Morgan School for Girls july
 * Dittrichia graveolens (august)
 * Warren Hall aug
 * San Francisco Model Yacht Club aug
 * added:
 * Liberty Head double eagle aug
 * Anne Gust oct
 * Blue Wing Inn sep
 * Bay Area Bike Share sep

Work towards new material in October 2013
Use 2-4 of the new articles above, add new biography, new quote, new select article, new image.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 03:08, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

Mercurywoodrose (talk) 22:12, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Quote-done
 * picture-done
 * new-done (the four highligted above)
 * featured article-done
 * featured bio-done

Work towards new material january 2014
New articles started since the last batch above:
 * Hutchings' Illustrated California Magazine nov - not well organized
 * Merrill Newman nov - blp1e, no pic
 * Richard B. Norgaard nov - not balanced
 * California Grand Casino nov skimpy
 * Steven Page (murderer) nov blp1e
 * Thomas Ayres (artist) nov not directly tied to sfba much
 * 340 Fremont Street oct skimpy
 * Google barges oct good, will add
 * Isaac Friedlander nov good, will add

Work towards new material, contd

 * Circle Magazine (upgraded recently, not new), good now
 * Crystal Lee feb, too recent, not very notable (nice photo though)
 * Terrific Street jan, unreviewed.

I dont think im going to upgrade every 3 months. maybe every 4. its february now, ill try for end of month, maybe. last set was placed in late october, so we have nov, dec, jan so far, if i wait till feb its 4 months. i may start now, as i started late before.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 05:03, 16 February 2014 (UTC)

Selected article: Eastern span replacement of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge

selected biography:
 * Serranus Clinton Hastings june 2014
 * Gavin Newsom feb 2014
 * Glenn T. Seaborg

Selected image: thumb|Albino Alligator 2008

Selected quote:

A city on hills has it over flat-land places. . . . This gold and white acropolis rising wave on wave against the blue of the Pacific sky was a stunning thing, a painted thing, like a picture of a mediaeval Italian city which can never have existed. John Steinbeck, in Travels With Charley (1962)

More quote sources
mark twain

New articles March 2014
To be considered for my planned update mid june (4 months from the previous update)
 * Breakthrough Institute
 * Abby Martin (journalist)
 * Stanford University Computer Science
 * Palo Alto (2013 film)
 * David Canfield Smith
 * Earth Law Center

April 2014

 * Murder of Tammy Vincent
 * Tibet Justice Center
 * Silicon Valley (TV series)
 * SS City of Chester

May 2014

 * Lucy Li- wait for an image
 * Victor Arnautoff not new, but recent and expanded

June 2014

 * Oceanic Society

More work for june update

 * Cedric Wright- good bio for next time
 * Malloch Building
 * Serranus Clinton Hastings

Work towards mid september update
If i dont switch to random images prior to then, heres a good one to add:
 * File:ACE EMD F40PH Fremont - San Jose.jpg
 * File:Orthodox Church in Fort Ross.jpg

Random!
I figured out the random function. all archives are now a list of the full set of selections. no more updating any section EXCEPT DYK. I do NOT want to rotate through DYKs, as long as i can find 1-4 new articles every few months to feature here.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 03:49, 25 June 2014 (UTC)

Panoramas
we ahve about 4 fm panoramas, and more at the commons, to add a new section. Ive added the new panel, and highlighted have been added to the archive:
 * File:San Francisco with two bridges and the low fog.jpg
 * File:California Sea Lions at Pier 39 August 7 2009.jpg
 * File:Foggy morning at Lake Merced.jpg
 * File:Pano of Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco from Twin Peaks 1 1.jpg not great
 * File:Preparation for schooner race.jpg
 * File:Marin Headlands with Rodeo Beach.jpg
 * File:A beachcomber is touching a dead whale washed ashore at Ocean beach edit 1.jpg
 * File:Pillar Point Harbor.jpg
 * File:San Francisco with approaching fog.jpg
 * File:SanFrancisco from TwinPeaks dusk MC.jpg
 * File:San Francisco Panorama from Twin Peaks 2013.jpg just ok
 * File:Seal Rocks and Cliff House big.jpg
 * File:Foggy morning at Twin Peaks.jpg murky
 * File:San Francisco through GGB.jpg odd
 * File:San Francisco from Pier 7 September 2013 panorama edit.jpg
 * File:Vineyards in Napa Valley 7.jpg
 * File:Arched Rock as seen from Goat Rock Beach.jpg not a panorama, select pic 52
 * File:Crissy Field beach and Golden Gate Bridge.jpg

not fm

 * File:San Francisco at Sunset Panorama.jpg at california portal
 * File:Lake Berryessa.jpg at cali portal boring
 * File:CABeniciaCapitolSenateCh.jpg at cali portal low res, not great

Mercurywoodrose (talk) 05:33, 23 June 2014 (UTC)

DYK's for next batch
I may do dyk's whenever i have at least 2. I have shortened the taglines to fit convention. I dont want to rotate dyk's, that seems weird, to see old selections of new articles. I have instead added an "previous DYK" section, and given each batch, by month, their own page. the current dyk's will be given the next page in that series, and the main page will have new dyk's, either when we get 3, or if its been 3 months, whichever comes first. i found the DYK's used at the cali portal that are sfba related, added them to the listMercurywoodrose (talk) 03:52, 25 June 2014 (UTC)

DYK's and other items to add or consider. as always, highlighted means they were added:

DYK
for august
 * Joseph Naso june dyk? NO
 * The Cruise of the Dazzler june (needs cover)
 * Lucy Li- she will get both a DYK and a selected article, as she was on the main page dyk this month. NO, no selected bio, too recent
 * Sonoma Barracks

Selected article

 * Leo Ryan article will be added
 * Cedric Wright article will be added shortly
 * San Francisco International Airport article will be added

selected images, set one

 * File:Art Pepper, Jack Hirschman, Dexter Gordon.jpg NO
 * File:Jack Hirschman.jpg -add to historic? NO
 * File:Berkeley Sunset - Flickr - Joe Parks.jpg
 * File:Point Reyes National Seashore headlands from Chimney Rock.jpg
 * File:Colorful rock at Point Reyes.jpg
 * File:Abbotts Lagoon, October 2012.jpg
 * File:Point Reyes National Seashore, Marin County, California for Wiki Loves Monuments USA 2012 Contest Submission.JPG
 * File:Cypress Tree Avenue at KPH, Point Reyes.jpg
 * File:Salt ponds, South Bay, SF.jpg
 * File:Annie Staninec.jpg
 * File:Burgess-lark-cover-2.jpg
 * File:Kontinentalsformaljpg.jpg NO
 * File:Pont Reyes Light Station.jpg
 * File:Point Reyes Lighthouse light.jpg
 * File:Artemia breeding ponds.jpg
 * File:Sunrise-San Pablo Bay.jpg
 * File:Año Nuevo Island off Año Nuevo South Point.jpg
 * File:Thorsen House (Sigma Phi) detail.jpg
 * File:PeraltaHomeInterior SanLeandroCA 1960.jpg
 * File:Thorsen House (Sigma Phi) entrance tall.jpg
 * File:NOVA laser.jpg
 * File:Preamplifier at the National Ignition Facility.jpg
 * File:NIF Laser Bay.jpg
 * File:National Ignition Facility's target chamber.jpg
 * File:Crane moves the National Ignition Facility's target chamber.jpg
 * File:MSRI 2012 698.JPG
 * File:Berkeley University Sather Gate.jpg
 * File:Bay Blue - Flickr - Joe Parks.jpg
 * File:Barrel room at Merryvale.jpg
 * File:Schramsberg cellars 2.JPG
 * File:Hundertwasser Quixote Entrance.jpg
 * File:Lick Observatory Refractor.jpg
 * File:Univac 1232 Computer interface at NASM.jpg
 * File:Koreantacos1.jpg
 * File:Spe r's.jpg
 * File:US Navy 051009-N-7559C-001 The Navy's Flight Demonstration team, the Blue Angels lead solo, performs the sneak pass.jpg
 * File:Bondage Knots at Folsom Street.jpg
 * File:Woman with exposed breasts at Folsom Street Fair 2012.jpg
 * File:Crazy Blue (2945114689).jpg
 * File:Blanket design of the Haida Indians, WPA poster for Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, 1939.jpg
 * File:Muse at Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival 02.jpg
 * File:Captain America cosplay o.jpg
 * File:Auguste Rodin-The Thinker-Legion of Honor-Lincoln Park-San Francisco.jpg
 * File:San Francisco Civic Center Historic District 09.jpg
 * File:War Memorial Opera House auditorium chandelier.jpg
 * File:Lemondrop, an albino reticulated python.jpg
 * File:CA Academy of Sciences Living Roof 4.JPG
 * File:California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco (2013) - 16.JPG
 * File:The refraction of The Holocaust Memorial at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco in a dew drop.jpg
 * File:1590 Sutter Queen Anne SF CA.JPG
 * File:Photograph of a vault with gold bars - NARA - 296609.jpg

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 * File:Arnold Genthe - Merchant and Body Guard, Old Chinatown, San Francisco - Google Art Project.jpg
 * File:Ampex recorder internals.jpg
 * File:Dolby SR breadboard.jpg
 * File:John Cipollina 121976.gif
 * File:Jefferson airplane fillmore poster 1966.jpg
 * File:Condor Club North Beach1973.jpg
 * File:Coit Tower, San Francisco (2013) - 04.JPG
 * File:Coit Tower, San Francisco (2013) - 08.JPG
 * File:Japanese Garden Golden Gate Park.JPG
 * File:Japanese tea garden Golden Gate Park.JPG
 * File:Japanese Tea Garden (4594245283).jpg
 * File:San Francisco Oracle Cover Vol.1 No.5, January 1967.jpg
 * File:Ansel Adams and camera.jpg

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 * File:Menu, Coppa’s Restaurant, San Francisco (12001587454).jpg
 * File:Restaurant palace san francisco 2007.jpg
 * File:"Cliff House and Seal Rocks." - NARA - 520071.jpg
 * File:City Lights Bookstore.jpg
 * File:Frank Lloyd Wright - V.C. Morris Gift Shop, SF - 1.jpg
 * File:Westfield SF Centre dome skylight.JPG
 * File:Anchor Brewing Company brewhouse.jpg
 * File:Ghirardelli Chocolate can photographed March 23 2013-8588.jpg
 * File:USS San Francisco LOC det 4a14708.jpg
 * File:St Pat cheese.jpg
 * File:Port of Oakland A.jpg
 * File:Marine Corps tanks-ready for the front lines-are swung aboard a barge at the Naval Supply Center by crane, for... - NARA - 541949.tif
 * File:Wine cave & vineyard.jpg
 * File:DSC25004, Jacuzzi Family Vineyards & Winery, Sonoma Valley, California, USA.jpg
 * File:Mission Peak Fremont CA.jpg
 * File:Quercus agrifolia-9.jpg NO
 * File:Quercus agrifolia-6.jpg
 * File:Quercus douglasii-6.jpg NO
 * File:Rodeo Cove.jpg
 * File:2008 Fire on Angel Island.jpg
 * File:Golden Gate Bridge, view of Marin Headlands from South Tower, 1984.jpg
 * File:KFRC Fantasy Fair Dryden Balin Kantner.png
 * File:Tamalpais-derangedtaco.jpg
 * File:LomaPrietaOaklandHighwayNakata7ct.jpg
 * File:BayBridgeLomaPrietraMeyerB.jpg
 * File:MaximumSpeed50LomaPrietaEarthquake.jpg
 * File:NimitzFreewayUpperDeck1989Quake.jpg
 * File:LomaPrietaSFMissionStopPlafker.jpg
 * File:Topsy's Roost Restaurant.jpg
 * File:"On the wharves, San Francisco, 1900." - NARA - 520072 restored.jpg
 * File:Bummer and Lazarus plaque, Transamerica Redwood Park.JPG

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 * File:Baldwin's Hotel and Theatre San Francisco.jpg
 * File:Duck Hunt Marshy Shoreline San Francisco Bay Alameda County california.jpg
 * File:No. 246A Battery Davis Fort Funston, Calif., Placing Concrete Under step - ring at Gun Block No. 1. - NARA - 296373.jpg
 * File:San Francisco, California. Many children of Japanese ancestry attended Raphael Weill public School, . . . - NARA - 536439.jpg
 * File:Camp Merritt, California Transport Indiana receiving troops and freight at Pacific Mail Docks on eve of departure. Crowd - NARA - 530697.tif
 * File:Landscape photograph of San Francisco during the Earthquake and Fire of 1906 - NARA - 296864.tif panoramic
 * File:San Francisco Earthquake of 1906, The building with the large arch is the entrance to the Olympic Club on Post Street... - NARA - 531014.tif
 * File:Detroit Photographic Company (0117).jpg
 * File:Pavilion from Gestie, from Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views.jpg
 * File:Effects of the Earthquake, Oct. 21, 1868, Railroad House, Clay St, from Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views.jpg
 * File:J Gundlach California Vintage 1889.jpg
 * File:Headline SF Call Nov 23 1896.jpg
 * File:California volunteers saying goodbye on SF wharf before embarking, 1898.jpg
 * File:San Francisco (5766197730).jpg
 * File:Officiers of the Six Companies b.jpg
 * File:Dupon Gai.jpg
 * File:Chinatownsf-large1.jpg
 * File:Palace Hotel hosts Pres. McKinley 1901.jpg
 * File:SF Waterfront Workers 1901.jpg
 * File:Grant Avenue at Market Street, San Francisco, 1915.jpg
 * File:Panama Pacific International Exposition postcard 1915.jpg
 * File:Fort Point 1934.jpg
 * File:Boeing 314A NC18602 (8727352160).jpg
 * File:James Flood Mansion (San Francisco).jpg
 * File:San Francisco's cable cars climbing the Powell Street hill, ca. 1945 - NARA - 535921.jpg
 * File:San Francisco Mission Freeway (1948) (3890830634).jpg
 * File:SFO Terminal Dedication (5166008090).jpg
 * File:1957a Waiting for Godot 2.jpg
 * File:Finocchio's club in 1958, San Francisco, California.jpg
 * File:San Francisco - Powell Street (1959).jpg
 * File:Whittier Mansion (San Francisco).jpg
 * File:Chestnut and Taylor Safeway (1963).jpg
 * File:Candlestick Park 1965.jpg
 * File:Death of hippie.jpg
 * File:MUNI 1149 East Portal Feb 1967xRP - Flickr - drewj1946.jpg
 * File:Ratha1969.jpg
 * File:STAIRWAY, FROM FIRST FLOOR - Carolans, 565 Remillard Drive, Hillsborough, San Mateo County, CA HABS CAL,41-HILBO,1-6.tif
 * File:Carolands Chateau.jpg

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 * File:1008 Mission and First apr1970 - Flickr - drewj1946.jpg
 * File:Whale Sculpture.jpg
 * File:Jagger-Richards.jpg
 * File:Mick Taylor 1972.jpg
 * File:LNER 4472 on Jefferson March 1972xRP - Flickr - drewj1946.jpg
 * File:Carol Doda Condor Club 1973.jpg
 * File:Condor Club North Beach1973.jpg
 * File:Baycityreds castrostfair 1975.jpg
 * File:The Last Waltz.jpg
 * File:HAER-Alvord Lake.jpg
 * File:San Francisco 1992 colorful costumes.jpg- NO
 * File:San Francisco STS058-083-023.jpg
 * File:Folsom 9.jpg
 * File:Stow Lake with pagoda, pigeons and the Moonjpg.jpg
 * File:Only in San Francisco!.jpg
 * File:Nikki Nez twirling in purple at a God is Love gathering in SF's Golden Gate Park.jpg
 * File:De Young Museum pano.jpg panoramic
 * File:Windmill - SF - Stierch C.jpg
 * File:Japanese Gardens Gift Shop offerings 1.jpg
 * File:GoldenGatePark01.jpg
 * File:Golden Gate Park – and stand (Spreckles) (5168276850).jpg
 * File:The City of San Francisco, panorama by Currier & Ives, 1878.jpg
 * File:VampireLandlord1882.jpg
 * File:Die Gartenlaube (1884) 445.jpg
 * File:Fortune teller.jpg
 * File:Photograph of San Francisco Yeomen Attached to the Naval Reserve, 06-1918 - NARA - 533764.tif
 * File:Palace-of-fine-arts-1919.jpg
 * File:Destitute man vacant store.gif
 * File:DWIN pg149 MISSION OF DOLORES OF SAN FRANCISCO (1830).jpg
 * File:Die Gartenlaube (1874) b 463.jpg
 * File:Chinese American Woman and Child.jpg
 * File:Interior chinese lodging house, san francisco.JPG
 * File:Photograph of Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco, California, ca. 1891 - ca. 1891 - NARA - 513106.tif
 * File:Circus on Market at Powell San Francisco.jpg
 * File:Lone Mountain ca 1910.jpg
 * File:ProposedSanFranciscoBayBridge2.jpg
 * File:1920s Fashions for young Flappers in San Francisco.jpg
 * File:Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco , 1950s , Kodachrome by Chalmers Butterfield.jpg
 * File:Early morning fog over San Francisco and Golden Gate Bridge copy Perspective corrected.jpg
 * File:Jungle gym Berkeley 60s.jpg

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 * File:Oakland Chevrolet factory c.1917.jpg
 * File:Oakland, California. Hot Jazz Recreation. Swing enthusiasts crowd against the band stand at an appearance of the... - NARA - 532265.tif
 * File:Oakland, California. High School Youth. Two Negro youngsters look over the shoulders of a couple of fortunate enough... - NARA - 532226.tif
 * File:Open air school after the 1906 Earthquake. (4026961450).jpg
 * File:"Women shipfitters worked on board the USS NEREUS, and are shown as they neared completion of the floor in a part of... - NARA - 296892.jpg
 * File:Caldecott Curves - Flickr - Joe Parks.jpg
 * File:Nightly Rotation above San Jose International Airport.jpg
 * File:SAN JOSE CALIFORNIA PALM TREE 2010.jpg
 * File:Time Exposure Shot of the Carquinez Bridge.jpg
 * File:Oakland bay bridge - below (9328895401).jpg
 * File:Bay Bridge from treasure island.JPG
 * File:Bay Bridge from Yerba Buena Island.jpg
 * File:San Francisco tug employs water cannons.jpg
 * File:San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge-4.jpg
 * File:San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge at night.jpg
 * File:Coast Guard Cutter Eagle Arrives in San Francisco (2697758820).jpg
 * File:Sailboat seen from the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco 100.jpg we have VERY few images like this
 * File:Kenny Barron.jpg
 * File:Archie Shepp.jpg
 * File:Orgullo y diversidad sexual 2014 - orgullo glbti - orgullo gay guayaquil - asociación silueta x con Diane Marie Rodríguez Zambrano (9).jpg no, cant determine if this us US or sudamerica
 * File:Beautiful yellow Latina dancer.jpg
 * File:Historic American Buildings Survey Robert W. Kerrigan, Photographer August 18, 1936 VIEW TOWARDS FRONT SOUTH ELEVATION - Trocadero Inn, Sigmund Stern Grove, San Francisco, San HABS CAL,38-SANFRA,2-1.tif
 * File:Historic American Buildings Survey S.F. Examiner Library Signal Corps Photo May 1928 LOOKING WEST - Naval Training Station, Yerba Buena Island, San Francisco, San Francisco HABS CAL,38-SANFRA,131-1.tif
 * File:Historic American Buildings Survey Nelson Collection, McCoy Label Co., S.F. Circa - 1876 VIEW DURING ERECTION - U. S. Sub-Treasury and Mint, 608 Commercial Street, San HABS CAL,38-SANFRA,17-3.tif
 * File:Historic American Buildings Survey A. J. Wittlock, Photographer March 1940 TELEGRAPH HILL AND MONTGOMERY STREET HOUSES - Telegraph Hill (House), 1301 Montgomery Street, San HABS CAL,38-SANFRA,126-1.tif
 * File:Historic American Buildings Survey INTERIOR OF LIBRARY (with Sturo) - Adolph Sutro House, Point Lobos and Forty-Eighth Avenue, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA HABS CAL,38-SANFRA,31-6.tif
 * File:Historic American Buildings Survey HOUSE AND FRAME TERRACE - Adolph Sutro House, Point Lobos and Forty-Eighth Avenue, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA HABS CAL,38-SANFRA,31-2.tif
 * File:Historic American Buildings Survey A. J. Wittlock, Photographer March 1940 TELEGRAPH HILL - ALTA STREET HOUSES - Telegraph Hill (Houses), Alta Street, San Francisco, San HABS CAL,38-SANFRA,118-1.tif
 * File:October 1960 SOUTH ELEVATION - Spreckels Mansion, 2080 Washington Street, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA HABS CAL,38-SANFRA,74-1.tif
 * File:INTERIOR, LOOKING NORTHWEST TO ALTAR - Church of the Nativity, 210 Oak Grove Avenue, Menlo Park, San Mateo County, CA HABS CAL,41-MENPA,2-13.tif

break

 * File:A large float in the parade (2542399340).jpg
 * File:San Francisco Carnival 2009.jpg
 * File:Rainbow flag breeze.jpg
 * File:San Francisco, California-02.jpg
 * File:Cindy Lauper.jpg
 * File:Policeman and his boyfriend.JPG
 * File:Sf2006pride-Firefighters couple.jpg
 * File:AMaupin.jpg
 * File:Carnaval San Francisco 2005 - Samba dancers.jpg
 * File:Chronicle Building, San Francisco, 1901.jpg

Portal peer review
Portal peer review/San Francisco Bay Area/archive1

portal ukraine has a selected painting, some portals put a banner at the top. Portal:Texas has a spotlight city. portal bangladesh has a cityMercurywoodrose (talk) 17:11, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
 * I just added a selected historical image (for paintings, old photos, old drawings), and a selected city. they currently have only 1 image to choose from, so random doesnt do anything yet. i will transfer all the historic images from selected images, and add more cities. the separate page on cities will simply list all start class or higher cities in alphabetical order. i may or may not leave the big 3 at the top.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 17:11, 30 June 2014 (UTC)

Images
Collection is unfortunately inevitably biased towards San Francisco. i tried to find other photos, but there are so many great SF shots, i couldnt help add them. I went through the entire commons category tree, skipping only a few sections, such as the endless historic building images, many of which are ordinary. please add more of the other regions if you find them. they dont have to be perfect, just show a unique feature of the area.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 16:38, 6 July 2014 (UTC)

New dyk
for either august (actually, the august slate was moved to july) or october (now can be a monthly feature, so august it is):
 * Oorja Fuel Cells
 * Guy Diehl
 * Drakes Bay Oyster Company

Mercurywoodrose (talk) 06:06, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

New features
Bay area by year. I will add years chronologically in reverse order. i am back to 1984 now. I am sure i can find at least one item for each year going back to 1848.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 03:32, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Done. every year from 1846 to present. room for more items in many earlier years.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 04:08, 21 July 2014 (UTC)

another new feature: bay area events (ie periodic events). added the biggest or most interesting. articles are uniformly horrible, but the events are a highly notable aspect of the region.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 07:26, 18 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Done. added all the significant events.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 04:08, 21 July 2014 (UTC)

Status report
Mercurywoodrose (talk) 06:33, 29 July 2014 (UTC)
 * All FA, GA, and many B articles are now listed, of high or top importance to the SFBA task force, and also many of mid importance.
 * Selected articles: 101
 * Selected biographies: 58
 * Selected cities: 29
 * Selected images: 198
 * Recently in the Bay Area: up to date as of July 2014. as new ones are added, older ones can drop off and be added to the 2014 page, which is already in the random selection, showing all the older items (2 at this point)
 * The Bay Area by year: every year from 1846 to early 2014 (170 years) has at least 2 listings, almost all with at least 3. 1 page showing events prior to 1846. each item is an article or article subsection, no "news" reports a la wikinews, which i don't like putting here. this is a WP/Commons portal.
 * Selected historical images: 177
 * Did you know: current listing was posted this month, scheduled items available for next month
 * Previous did you knows: 35 sets, all the DYK's that have appeared on the main page, or the California DYK, or here, that i could find, grouped by month or so that they first appeared.
 * Selected periodic events: 40
 * Quotes: 33
 * Selected panoramas: 49
 * There are probably a few more B class articles to include, and lots more pictures are possible (i think i may have hit a max: 200 is a lot of random images to cycle through).
 * Regions box has a good sampling of all the major areas in the Bay area.
 * The intro article is updated fairly often
 * The subpage on cities is a sortable list copied from a list article. It can easily be updated as new census data is published.
 * The subpage on quality content was manually created from the California quality content page, as i have not figured out if a task force can have such a list automatically generated.
 * TO DO: place the portal tag on all the articles referenced at this portal. I have not been consistent with this. There are lots more to tag.

In the news
in petaluma. add small article or section, add to 2014. 50.193.19.66 (talk) 17:22, 20 August 2014 (UTC)
 * done.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 23:55, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

New section?
Videos:


 * File:San Francisco Earthquake aftermath, 1906.ogg
 * File:Teddy Roosevelt, San Francisco, 1903.ogg
 * File:Rattlesnake Dance.ogg
 * File:Pfnswiki.ogg
 * File:Imperial-japanese-navy-cruiser-chitose-1898.ogg
 * File:Hotel vendome.ogv
 * File:Exploded gas tanks us mint.ogv
 * File:Crestmoor immolated, San Bruno gas explosion.ogv no, poor quality
 * File:California Sea Lions MVI 4560.ogv
 * File:Cablecar 7 turntable.ogg
 * File:Bongo Board female models newsreel ca. 1955.ogv
 * File:Arrest in chinatown.ogv
 * File:Army pack train bringing supplies.ogv
 * File:City at night.webm
 * File:Faetopia.webm
 * File:Lombard street (the crookedest street).webm
 * File:Statue of Buddha.webm
 * File:Water flowing from fountain.webm
 * File:Cable Car.webm
 * File:California Windmills 4493.ogv

and audio:


 * [[File:2010-10-28 VOA News report - San Francisco Giants Take Game One of Baseball's World Series.ogg]]
 * [[File:AAR214-KSFO-Crash.ogg]]
 * [[File:Big C (California).ogg]]
 * [[File:Lights Out.ogg]]
 * [[File:All Hail Blue and Gold.ogg]]
 * [[File:Fight for California.ogg]]
 * [[File:Hail to California.ogg]]
 * some of the above music files not added as redundant UC songs. 1 or 2 of those added

all addeed unless indicatedMercurywoodrose (talk) 15:00, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

Status report

 * Selected articles: 103
 * Selected biographies: 62
 * Selected cities: 29
 * Selected images: 210
 * Recently in the Bay Area: up to date as of January 2015.
 * Selected historical images: 200
 * Did you know: current listing was posted this month, scheduled items available for next month
 * Previous did you knows: 35 sets, all the DYK's that have appeared on the main page, or the California DYK, or here, that i could find, grouped by month or so that they first appeared.
 * Selected periodic events: 40
 * Quotes: 61
 * Multimedia files: 25
 * Selected panoramas: 52
 * TO DO: place the portal tag on all the articles referenced at this portal. I have not been consistent with this. There are lots more to tag.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 17:19, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

New event for 2015
 108.94.2.49 (talk) 14:54, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
 * added.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 03:22, 2 October 2015 (UTC)

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160524123447.htm

2602:304:CFD0:6350:896:BD54:CBD0:AD39 (talk) 14:36, 26 May 2016 (UTC)

current events
weird. i may have different inclusion criteria, but if not, there seems to be fewer newsworthy events in the Bay Area since May. i didnt include the various free speech stuff, cause they seemed like nothing burgers. nothing actually happened here of any import. you can add them if you like, but it will sound a little...pathetic.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 03:11, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

Notice from the Portals WikiProject
WikiProject Portals is back!

The project was rebooted and completely overhauled on April 17th, 2018. Its goals are to revitalize the entire portal system, make building and maintaining portals easier, support the ongoing improvement of portals and the editors dedicated to this, and design the portals of the future.

As of May 2nd, 2018, membership is at 60 editors, and growing. You are welcome to join us.

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And, if you are bored and would like something to occupy your mind, we have a wonderful task list.

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This place for consensus
Is this place to make SF Transportation consensus? or where is that wiki project for specific city? Colton Meltzer (talk) 00:18, 6 January 2019 (UTC)

events int he bay area
i keep this up. i am no longer willing to. sort of triggered by the gilroy killings. just dont want to place it in the timeline. im done. wake me up when we get rid of guns.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 03:12, 31 July 2019 (UTC)

Proposal to delete all portals
The discussion is at Village pump (proposals). Voceditenore (talk) 15:21, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

Expensive function calls
This portal is not rendering properly, because it has too many expensive Lua function calls. This is not a software bug but requires that we simplify the portal. Please can someone who knows the topic suggest which parts could be trimmed down without significant loss? Thanks, Certes (talk) 16:41, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Cities
Two quick comments: 76.14.122.5 (talk) 22:24, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * 1) On my monitor and with my eyes, the blue on brown heading: "CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA" is unreadable. You may want to adjust the color scheme to make the heading more accessible. (Also, making this heading sentence case may make it more readable.)
 * 2) Same issue with color scheme on the recognized content tab
 * 3) I'd guess that the land area numbers are square miles and square kilometers. You may want to consider adding specific headers.


 * Thank you for the comments. I've edited the portal and hope this improves the headings. Certes (talk) 22:57, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Looks much better. Thank you. 76.14.122.5 (talk) 22:59, 9 March 2024 (UTC)

wow
have to say i still cant believe i got so into doing work on this portal. glad its not all been deleted. i tell everyone to try editing WP. its a blast if you get into it. thanks for the memories. i havent returned to editing, but still might. a new home computer would help. Mercurywoodrose (talk) 00:25, 16 April 2024 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your contributions, . It's very helpful for someone who knows the topic to visit a portal occasionally and replace any outdated items with fresh content.  I check and occasionally update portals myself but more on a technical level as I'm not a subject expert.  Wikipedia hasn't changed much in the last three years and you'd be very welcome to rejoin us. Certes (talk) 08:27, 16 April 2024 (UTC)