Talk:List of fiction set in Oregon

Page move
This page should be moved to Portland, Oregon in popular culture, so as to not be confused with other places named Portland. Blackcats 07:04, 30 December 2005 (UTC)


 * I agree. Let's do it. --Liface 17:01, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

Paranormal?
I have been interested in Portland for a long time. I've lived near it my whole life, and have lived in it for a year and a half. The longer I live here the more I am convinced that Portland is a convergence of paranormal activity (Supernatural Magnet). There is too much strange history, and a quiet acceptance of our "querky" ways. It's a great city, but did you ever notice that no matter where you go in Portland...even the pearl distric it feels old and odd, like a rickety museum. Does anyone know if portland is on a Leyline or was there a great history of the Occult here. It sure feels like it. Thanks, MattTHEtruth —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.56.143.105 (talk • contribs) 03:04, February 22, 2006

Cleanup
A lot of the films in this article don't seem to have any ties to Portland, so I am removing them. I don't think "within a 100 mile radius of Portland" counts as Portland. Katr67 02:18, 9 November 2006 (UTC)


 * I don't think things from the Portland metro area should be added to this list. Thoughts? Also, I removed "Empire" again, one, because it wasn't shot in Portland and two, I can't find a reliable source for the info. The cite provided seem to just be a fan site and speculation. imbd no longer says the film was shot in FG. Sorry I said "Jedi" in the summary, I was confused because originally someone had said "Jedi" in the FG article but I had changed it to "Empire". I have since removed the reference alltogether. Katr67 22:36, 14 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Agreed. Forest Grove isn't Portland.  If a reliable source could be found for whichever Star Wars film, then it would be worthy for inclusion in the Forest Grove article, and maybe a new Oregon in popular culture article.  —EncMstr 22:56, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

The Empire Strikes Back
I'd like to comment on movies made in the Portland metropolitan area. If you click on that link you'll find that the Wikipedia definition of the Portland metro area: "'Major cities in the region in addition to Portland include Beaverton, Gresham, Hillsboro, and Vancouver across the Columbia River in Washington.'" It seems reasonable that if a film was made in or taking place one of these places, that movie could be included in a list of movies related to Portland. Comments?

The television and video production company Asia-Pacific Productions made a list of feature films and made for TV movies that were made in Oregon and placed it on their official website. Their list states the following: "Compiled by Asia-Pacific Productions, USA. Assistance by: Oregon Film and Video Office, The Northwest Film and Video Center, The Oregon Historical Society, The Oregonian, Leonard Maltin American Film Institute." They list the location of Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back as a feature film filmed in 1980 as "Banks, Forest Grove., Hillsboro" and that it was not entirely fimed in these locations. Other films that cannot be verified, such as Fields of Honor are listed as "Cannot verify location." Empire Strikes Back does not have this listing.

Still it's entirely possible that the Empire Strikes Back being filmed in Oregon is an urban legend and that numerous websites are all quoting an inaccurate source. Has found confirmation of Oregon not beig used as an Empire Strikes Back location been found? Madrat 00:09, 15 March 2007 (UTC) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Madrat (talk • contribs) 00:08, 15 March 2007 (UTC).


 * Empire Strikes Back filmed here feels wrong. At the time, I had buddies in several closely connected capacities (special effects, film production support, remote network broadcasting, and a few star trackers) and who had close ties with Forest Grove, Aloha, Banks and Beaverton.  Not one of them mentioned Empire was shooting nearby—and they would have had they remotely suspected it.
 * As for geography: Portland Metropolitan Area and Portland are closely related, but Forest Grove and Banks are arguably not part of the former, and certainly not part of the latter. —EncMstr 00:18, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Another page move
There should be a similar article for Oregon as a whole, but there would be so much overlap, it seems silly to maintain separate pages. Any objections to moving this page to Oregon in popular culture? -Pete 05:57, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Please do, though perhaps we should just go ahead and create this as Culture of Oregon? Then the list of movies should be moved to a List of films shot in Oregon. See this search for examples of "Culture of" articles. We will need one as a main for Oregon eventually. What say you? (And here are the "films" articles) Or we could wait and split them out later... Katr67 14:51, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Seems there are several naming conventions used for different states/cities. See Category:Lists of films by location and List of films by location. I think there are two major considerations: (1) it should be as inclusive as possible, to minimize arbitrary division of content (so, it would be better to have a page that includes movies and TV shows and novels.) (2) Not sure if we should be aiming to have an article, a list, or both. I would expect "Culture of Oregon" to be an article, but it almost sounds too inclusive to be interesting, or to be writeable.
 * I think I'd favor renaming and repurposing this page to List of fiction set in Oregon (which matches Chicago and some other places), and leaving the Culture of Oregon article for another time.
 * Also, even though it's not technically accurate, I think a section within such an article called "Films shot in Oregon, but not set there" would be fine, to cover examples like The Empire Strikes Back. Better than having an overly cumbersome article name, or creating a whole separate article for that. -Pete 19:04, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Discussion copied from Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Oregon
''This discussion was brought up at WP:ORE, I'm copying it here to keep us from getting too scattered. -Pete 00:52, 22 June 2007 (UTC)''

[This article] ...is up for Afd. A couple of us had been discussing  turning this into a statewide and better-sourced Culture of Oregon (or similarly named) article. Other than investing quite a bit of time keeping an eye on the article in order to keep it from sucking entirely, I don't see the need to keep this. I'd rather see the movies added to Category:Films shot in Oregon and the rest also put into the proper Oregon categories if they haven't been already: Category:Oregon writers, Category:Oregon musicians, etc. Perhaps start Category:Fiction set in Oregon as well and do away with the lists all together? Any hope of turning this collection of trivia into something useful? It does help keep the movie trivia and such out of the other articles... Latr, Katr 20:50, 21 June 2007 (UTC)


 * I think it's enormously helpful to have articles, not just categories, for the purpose - as you say - of keeping other articles clean. I think that point alone justifies the existence of this kind of article/list. To be honest, I don't much care what they look like - I occasionally read/edit such pages when I'm bored out of my mind, but that's about it.


 * Keeping it simple is really important to keeping administrative overhead down…so I like the idea of a single page, "List of fiction set in Oregon," with as many sections as people choose to add…I guess if it got huge, it could be separated into pages about movies, books, plays, whatever, but I'd think that's down the road a bit. -Pete 00:53, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

if we make it a prose article
Above, I've been trying to focus on how we should rename or split this article up as a list. But Katr made a good suggestion, of reworking this into an article on Culture of Oregon. I think that's a good idea (but a lot more work.)

If we do it, how should we go about it? I'd say that musicians/groups, authors, and filmmakers initiating in Oregon and making a (citable) national splash should get coverage. The X-Ray Cafe, a sort of grunge breeding-ground for acts like Nirvana and Elliott Smith probably deserves a mention (and citations will be easy to come by.) Works of art that concern themselves with Oregon, like My Own Private Idaho, should be in there, and also ones with strong Oregon connections (like the works of Beverly Cleary and The Simpsons.) -Pete 20:09, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

So is the cut-off point post-1970?
Odd that we don't have any references to earlier pop culture references, like Stewart Holbrook or H. L. Davis. Think Mill Ends Park might merit inclusion? -- llywrch 22:28, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I would say yes, except that there's an ongoing discussion about "what is the purpose of this page." We've been trying to figure out what to rename it to, and whether to split it into multiple articles. In fact, I've got an urge to be bold right now... -Pete 21:42, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Title makes no sense
This article only deals with Portland, but the title makes it seem like it's all of Oregon. -Liface


 * Up until the name change, the article was artificially restricted to Portland. Its previous name was Popular culture in Portland, Oregon. There were debates about whether the suburbs of Portland qualified, etc. So, you're right - the present content is very Portland-centric. We should make an effort - and I will work on this myself - to add in other Oregon-related topics. (There currently are some, such as Jean Auel.) -Pete 22:40, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Oops, I was mistaken - I see that Jean Auel currently lives in Portland (though she lived in eastern Oregon for some time.) -Pete 22:41, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Plays?
I'd like to add a section on plays/theater but I am only aware of one Shanghaied In Astoria which is a locally performed and not widely known enough to be the only entry in a list. Anyone aware of other examples? 198.6.33.13 (talk) 23:06, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm not aware of others, but I don't see any harm in making a section with only one entry. Wikipedia articles are works in progress! -Pete (talk) 23:14, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

"Oregon fiction" vs "Oregon authors"
Because the title of this article is now "List of fiction set in Oregon," shouldn't entries like Jean Auel, Brad Bird, and Will Vinton Studios be deleted from the list? The creators of these works may be based in Oregon, but if they haven't produced any fiction that takes place in the state of Oregon, their inclusion in this article makes no sense. It'd be more appropriate to put them on a List of Oregon authors or List of Oregon filmmakers. --20 September 2009

External link I think should be allowed
I am gradually compiling a long bibliography, annotated when possible, of novels set in Oregon. Although I am the owner of the site, and I know Wikipedia frowns on self-submission, I think this site should be included. It is hosted on a commercial website (an Oregon bookstore), but a glance at the site shows that it does not meet Wikipedia's description of a site "that primarily exist to sell products or services, or to web pages with objectionable amounts of advertising." I think it DOES, however fall under Wikipedia's rule for inclusion of sites: "Sites that contain neutral and accurate material that is relevant to an encyclopedic understanding of the subject and cannot be integrated into the Wikipedia article due to copyright issues,[2] amount of detail." I tried submitting the site & it was rejected, and I'd like to see some discussion as to why this is considered in appropriate. The list is growing weekly, and I will be updating my own list rather than Wikipedia's. Since it is so much more comprehensive than the article's bibliography, I think it is truly a worth addition to the article. Check it out & let me know: www.browsersbookstore.com/oregonfiction.html March 2011 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.100.40.141 (talk) 00:52, 6 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I am extremely biased because I detest spammers and at least two other accounts, such as this one and this one were spamming links to browsersbookstore in the past. So I hope some other editors will comment here. That said, Wikipedia is not a collection of links. If you wish to contribute to Wikipedia, we ask that you add, content, not links. It would be nice if this list were as comprehensive as the list you say you are compiling. If you would rather update your own site rather than add to this article, that's fine, but since that doesn't benefit Wikipedia, I don't think you should be using Wikipedia to drive traffic to your site. And yes, I am not assuming good faith here. Sorry. I hate spammers. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not an advertising medium. Valfontis (talk) 03:19, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Does anyone object to deleting the Authors and Filmmakers?
Keep the books set in Oregon, delete the authors who are from Oregon or live there. Same with filmmakers. If not, why not? --Dennis Bratland (talk) 16:57, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I came here to the talk page to suggest that very thing. The list is entitled "List of fiction set in Oregon," so we shouldn't have authors or filmmakers that just live in the state.  If they write a book or make a movie set in the state, then that should be included. Rytyho usa (talk) 22:56, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

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