User:EncMstr

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Thank you for looking at my user page. I endeavor to be to the point, except an occasional fun detour.

I have several interests, including
 * Correct, clear, unambiguous use of the English language, courtesy of two years of Latin language study, frequent travel abroad, and developing and maintaining computer software for 25+ years.
 * Learning new things. Special:Random is perfect to humble and challenge me.
 * Numerous activities. Recent prevalences are
 * filmmaking
 * bicycling
 * alpine skiing (part time seasonal instructor)
 * backpacking (in Austria and at home in Oregon)
 * kayaking
 * scuba (divemaster)
 * aviation (private pilot)
 * kickboxing
 * yoga
 * vegetarian cuisine

Places Visited
I have spent significant time in and have respectable cultural exposure to the people of

The best government is that which governs least —Walt Whitman, Duties of Government (1846)

Some works in progress

 * User:EncMstr/Coord:Explanation of geographical coordinate encoding on Wikipedia
 * User:EncMstr/Oregon ZIPs: a prototype for table formatted version of List of ZIP Codes in Oregon
 * User:EncMstr/List of Frank Lloyd Wright works: an upgrade of List of Frank Lloyd Wright works
 * User:EncMstr/sandbox: personal tests

Tools

 * Cool tool from Geonames database plotted on Google maps

Create

 * Portland Business Journal create over redirect
 * Laurel Hill Chute
 * Aufderheide National Scenic Byway
 * Willamette floods
 * general:
 * 1861:
 * 1890:
 * Carl L. Linde Sovereign Hotel (Oregon) Camlin Hotel
 * 1890:
 * Carl L. Linde Sovereign Hotel (Oregon) Camlin Hotel
 * Carl L. Linde Sovereign Hotel (Oregon) Camlin Hotel
 * Carl L. Linde Sovereign Hotel (Oregon) Camlin Hotel

Expand

 * Badger Creek Wilderness
 * Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness
 * Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness
 * Mount Jefferson Wilderness
 * Zigzag River
 * Salmon River National Recreation Trail
 * Ray Atkeson
 * Rajneeshpuram‎ (refs on talk page)
 * List of Oregon covered bridges: 3 of 51 articles started

Oregon lists

 * User:EncMstr/List of Oregon GNIS features an experiment.  Yikes!  there are 27,239 Oregon features in the gnis database!

These have Oregon mixed in with other states. Might be good candidates for creating another article, or reworking these with sortable tables.
 * Concert hall
 * List of American football stadiums by capacity
 * List of areas in the National Park System of the United States
 * List of art schools
 * List of astronomical observatories
 * List of AZA member zoos and aquariums
 * List of festivals in the United States
 * List of indoor arenas in the United States
 * List of Mexican American communities
 * List of National Monuments of the United States
 * List of the United States National Park System official units
 * List of bascule bridges
 * List of bus companies
 * List of fossil sites
 * List of intentional communities
 * List of National Fish Hatcheries in the United States
 * List of postal killings
 * List of rail transit systems in the United States
 * List of university and college name changes in the United States
 * List of water polo organizations
 * List of waterfalls