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Kim Peyton
Craig, it's a pleasure to have an editor who, even when writing an article to which they have a personal connection, is willing to work with others to create what is a good article that is getting better. You'd be amazed at how many other people get very possessive about "their" articles.

A quick tip, be sure to read the copyright rules, especially the part about images, before posting any photos or SI covers.

From reading your user page, it appears that you are no longer in Oregon, but I hope you will consider writing other articles for the Oregon project from your areas of interest and knowledge (know any more famous swimmers? See Oregon Sports Hall of Fame for a few famous missing swimmers), and even consider joining it. --Esprqii (talk) 19:13, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the tip Esprqii. I will have to wait until the summer when my aunt will be back in Oregon. They winter over in Arizona. All of her archives on Kim are up in Oregon. Once I have the actual acticles and details, I will contact any copyright holder and get permission first before posting. She also has many personal photos of Kim that I could scan and put up as GFDL since she will release them to me.  Again, thanks for the invite.  I miss Oregon and love to see that the WikiProject Oregon is going strong.  I hope to retire back to Oregon. C. Williams (talk) 22:53, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Expand flags
Hi. I see that you slapped an "expand" flag on Tadasuke Akiyama and Taiji Arita. Both, of course, are crappy bot-generated substubs. They and hundreds more like them are listed here (look for any item marked "BGSS").

This matter has already been brought up here in WP History of photography and also somewhere I can't immediately locate at WikiProject Japan, and perhaps other places too.

As far as I can see, the population of en:WP editors who are inclined to contribute to articles on twentieth-century Japanese photographers who neither happen to be (justifiably or otherwise) feted in the west nor specialize in pornography can be counted on the thumb of one hand. Viz myself. (Though much more interested in nineteenth-century photographers, Pinkville sometimes pitches in too.) Now, I know very well that the articles on Akiyama, Arita and hundreds of others need expansion. Sticking a template on one of these articles that says it needs expansion is, I think, unlikely to achieve anything. I can't fault you for doing it, but I do think that if you continue you'll just be wasting your time.

Meanwhile, I'm slowly expanding the bloody things. Katsuji Fukuda is a recent example.

Probably no need to reply, but if you'd like to reply, please do so here. Thanks. -- Hoary (talk) 15:49, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the information. Sounds like you are aware of the situation and it is just taking a bit of time to slap the expand on it.  No problem.  Again, thanks for letting me know what the issue is.  That helps me a lot.  C. Williams (talk) 16:13, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

I'm vividly, painfully aware of the situation, I can tell you. Meanwhile, how about this? |priority=low |needs-photo=yes. Sorry if I seem impertinent, but I wonder how you know about the significance of this news photographer, whose photos of the Vietnam war shocked and disgusted the Japanese public, and who has won a number of highly coveted prizes for his work. (His article at Japanese Wikipedia is modest, but then war photography isn't the kind of thing that much interests your average ja:WP contributor.) Instead, how about rating Japanese photographers who actually have articles that are informative? The terse comment "OK" is given out very freely within this list (it just means "not utterly crappy"), but still it gives you a sporting chance of landing on a decent article. Just avoid the rubbish marked "BGSS". All the best! -- Hoary (talk) 12:32, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

PS Hang on ... I read here: [The criteria used for rating article priority] attempt to gauge the probability of the average reader of Wikipedia needing to look up the topic (and thus the immediate need to have a suitably well-written article on it). Then that's simple. Now that the Japanese cameraman shot by the dimwitted Burmese military has had his fifteen minutes, we're left with a grand total of one Japanese photographer who "Had some impact outside their country of origin": Nobuyoshi Araki in your project's terms. The others may be important (indeed, I'd say that several are way more important than Araki), but "the probability of the average reader of Wikipedia needing to look up" any of them is infinitesimal when one considers the degree of fascination of such worthies as Paris Hilton. So some bot can mark the whole lot of them "Low". -- Hoary (talk) 13:09, 24 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Hoary, I tend to agree with you. I wish there was some rating below class=stub and below importance=low.  I have been reviewing now hundreds of biographies out of the 77,000 unassessed backlog.  I am new to the project, but have been learning lots about WikiBio's that have been created here.  Generally, I rank everything importance=low unless they are a major figure.  Out of the 200 some that I have rated now, I think I have run across less than 10 that I have rated as Mid.  As to the stub class, I have found many one liners that should be pre-stub class or after-thought class instead of stub.  But my belief is that this is an electronic world that we live in and anyone that is here should be left.  I have run across only 1 or 2 that I have questioned their notability and have tagged them accordingly.  Most of the articles that I am reviewing out of the unassessed list have already been here for >1 year and thus have already gotten past the editors that monitor new articles.  Many that I have seen have been tagged for deletion due to notability and have been retained after a discussion.  I am just the friendly reviewer who is going through and glancing at articles for WP:BIO and setting the appropriate flags.  If they do not have a photo of the individual, then they get a |needs-photo=yes tag.  Nothing more.  I am staying neutral about the content.  Thanks for your comments.  I find them very helpful to understand other editors here as to what their views are.  C. Williams (talk) 14:58, 24 February 2008 (UTC)


 * PS: On a side note, I have actually met Paris Hilton and agree that a non-historian and/or just general user of Wiki might look her up. Her importance is now high because of just that.  I have been going through unassessed so never reviewed that.  Nice B grade article on her. C. Williams (talk) 15:11, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Could you please explain more fully?
Could you please explain more fully the placement of this Blpdispute tag? Geo Swan (talk) 01:26, 16 March 2008 (UTC)


 * I have explained on the talk page of Abdul_Bin_Mohammed_Bin_Abess_Ourgy that I am not sure why I tagged a Blpdispute tag on that article. I have since removed it after a 2nd review of the article for assessment by the WP:BIO group. C. Williams (talk) 03:57, 17 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the followup!
 * Cheers! Geo Swan (talk) 16:45, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Maressa Orzack
Thankyou for your recent edits. Unfortunately they were on an old sandbox version of the article at User:Gazimoff/Maressa Orzack. I've since moved the article over to Maressa Orzack in the mainspace, which I'm currently developing. I should really tag the old ones for speedy deletion as they are old sandboxes that are now surplus.

Having said that, thankyou for your interest in the article and for taking the time to edit it, it's much appreciated. Many thanks! Gazimoff (talk) 07:09, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Monobook.js on unassessed bios list
Yikes -- Sorry about that. My monobook.js has a script with shortcuts to tag articles for a few manjor WikiProjects, and apparently the  tags vanished the last time I edited it. Seems to be fixed now. --Avocado (talk) 00:31, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Bert E. Haney
READ the articles before assessing, or maybe, just maybe, stick with the grade given by people who have been associated with WPOR for a lot longer than you, and by the way, wrote the assessment criteria for the importance classification. Notice where it is FDR doing the nominating (i.e. not a state judge). HE WAS A FEDERAL JUDGE. OSC judges would prefer to be elevated to the Fed. Dist. court in Portland, as many have (none the other way). Fed. district court judges want to be elevated to the Federal Circuit Courts (where Haney went) or even better SCOTUS. Aboutmovies (talk) 08:13, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Must have caught you on a bad day. Sorry about this misunderstanding. I have learned some valuable information about the importance scale and honestly thank you for your assistance. I see your point that a Federal Judge from Oregon would be in that 30% mid level and thus more significant than a local judge.  Thanks for the help in understanding your importance scale. C. Williams (talk) 08:44, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Category:Place of birth missing
Please take not that Category:Place of birth missing and Category:Date of birth missing must not be placed on the article but on the talk page. So, partially, this edit of yours was wrong. Thanks, Magioladitis (talk) 18:35, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the information. I have changed my saved page of key categories and tags that I use when editing and reviewing articles for assessment.  Appreciate it when someone actually shares knowledge.  C. Williams (talk) 23:56, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

José Sarria is up for Featured Article status
And I need your help to get it there. An image you uploaded, JOSE1.jpg, is being used in the article. The current licensing is causing concern. There needs to be clarification as to who or what entity specifically is releasing the image into the public domain. Currently it says it's released by the ICS itself. Can you, or whoever actually took the photo, please contact the Wikimedia Foundation to confirm that the photo has been released into the PD? Thanks for your assistance! Otto4711 (talk) 19:55, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Not sure how to respond to this. Do I get the person who gave me the photo to write?  I have permission and Jose Sarria will be is in New York now and I will be meeting with him on Monday, September 29, 2008.  I'll double check and get a statement or something from him.  C. Williams (talk) 02:03, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for getting back with me. If it's all right, can we keep the discussion on your talk page rather than splitting it between the two? I have left a request at the FA review asking exactly what needs to happen to make sure that this photo is usable in the article. One of the image experts will respond there. I also emailed Empress Milo since she's listed as being the admin for Internet Services for the Courts and may know more about this licensing stuff. Enjoy your time with José, with luck we'll have an answer on what needs to be done before your meeting. Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. Otto4711 (talk) 03:36, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Otto, thanks for everything in advance. It's very helpful to know where to put messages rather than having to guess. Thanks for the direction.  Hopefully we will have some direction.  Panzi provided me the picture and express permission to use it for anything I needed.  I could take some digital photos Monday of Jose to supplement the article.  I'll let you decide after seeing them if you think we should add one.  Maybe under the heading, still performing and entertaining.  Have a good weekend. C. Williams (talk) 08:18, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I think a current photo would be great. For any new images, what you'll want to do is send an email with the images atached to permissions@wikipedia.org including the following statement verbatim: I own the copyright to the images attached. I grant permission to copy, distribute and/or modify these documents under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. and put your name on it.
 * The person who took the current picture (or if there's a similar color picture we could use, the person who took it) can email you the same statement with their name at the bottom. You would then send an email to permissions@wikipedia.org with the image attached. Within 24 hours you'll get a reply including what's called an OTRS ticket number. The image will be updated with the appropriate licensing tag and we'll be good to go.
 * I hope that makes sense! If you don't want to mess with emailing permissions, you can have the person email me at otto00 (at) yahoo.com and I'll handle it. Otto4711 (talk) 16:44, 25 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Sorry, I've now been advised that there is a preferred text which is found here.

I hereby assert that I am the creator and/or sole owner of the exclusive copyright of WORK Image:JOSE1.jpg. (or whatever the name of the image file is)

I agree to publish that work under the free license LICENSE [choose at least one from ].

I acknowledge that I grant anyone the right to use the work in a commercial product and to modify it according to their needs, provided that they abide by the terms of the license and any other applicable laws.

I am aware that I always retain copyright of my work, and retain the right to be attributed in accordance with the license chosen. Modifications others make to the work will not be attributed to me.

I acknowledge that I cannot withdraw this agreement, and that the content may or may not be kept permanently on a Wikimedia project.

DATE, NAME OF THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER

And then email the above, along with the URL of the image or images, to permissions-en AT wikimedia DOT org and if I'm reading the instructions right, the gnomes at the Wikimedia Foundation take it from there. Sorry this is so complicated. Otto4711 (talk) 17:12, 25 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Sorry, I feel like I'm bombarding you with messages. Another possibility would be for someone who has authority to speak on behalf of the Courts to submit the above release for the picture here. Since the Courts are asserting copyright, no one would have to try to track down whoever took the current picture. Plus it's in color which IMHO is almost always better than b/w. Empress Panzi as the president of the council or Empress Milo as the Internet admin would probably be the best choices. Otto4711 (talk) 17:57, 25 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Ok, thanks. I will be talking to Panzi on Monday too. I think she told me the person who originally took the picture has passed on and that Jose ownes the rights to the photo.  I will double check for you.  Where do you live Otto?  If you are in NYC, I could set up a meeting with you and Jose.  C. Williams (talk) 01:54, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks
Hi, just wanted to shoot you a quick thank-you for all your assessment work. It's always nice to know someone reads my work -- and keeping the assessments in order is pretty vital to keeping the Oregon project on the same page! Much appreciated, -Pete (talk)

Date Wikilinks
Hey, as I noticed you added wikilinks to dates on Rachel Maddow I thought I would just make you aware that WP:MOS was changed several months ago to remove that part of date standards, therefore dates should no longer be linked. I only recently found out about this and was surprised, so I thought I'd pass the word on! Regards, NcSchu (Talk ) 01:40, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I was unaware of this change. C. Williams (talk) 02:07, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

Stubs
As you see to find a lot of stubs in your assessments, I wanted to remind you that a stub is: A stub is an article containing only a few sentences of text which is too short to provide encyclopedic coverage of a subject, but not so short as to provide no useful information. Or The article is either a very short article or a rough collection of information that will need much work to become a meaningful article. It is usually very short, but can be of any length if the material is irrelevant or incomprehensible. Thus neither Joseph C. Hare nor Gene Whisnant are stubs. They both are more than a few sentences, the information is both relevant and comprehensible, and the info provides encyclopedic coverage of the topic. Further they are structured, well sourced, and even have infoboxes, which are elements of B class, not stubs. Bruce Hanna is an example of a Stub on the outer edge, almost at Start class. Paul Holvey is a classic example of a true Stub, short and little coverage of the topic (and not sourced). Aboutmovies (talk) 06:33, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
 * So it really has nothing to do with the length as long as the article does have good information and provides some details. Seems like there should be a D class or something else.  Stub, Start, C, B... I am really glad that they added the C class a bit back.  Again, thanks for your useful comments and direction. C. Williams (talk) 18:37, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Length is a good initial indicator. A couple sentences (2-4) and yes it is a stub, as you cannot really provide context and basic info needed to make it to start. A few paragraphs, and you have to review what is being covered. In general, if you look at the history, an article with more than 4000 bytes usually is not a stub. An article with more than 5000 bytes and sources almost never is a stub. Aboutmovies (talk) 19:23, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Huh?
Not sure which rating you were trying to add, as the summary says B (along with BIO) but the rating added was C. Aboutmovies (talk) 06:05, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
 * That was my bad. Fat fingers typed one thing on the summary and something else in the talk page. B it should be from my point of view.  I think it is an excellent article. C. Williams (talk) 06:10, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Great, thanks, and thanks for working through the back log on the re-assessment page. Aboutmovies (talk) 06:36, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
 * No problem. It is great seeing all of the hard work people have put into improving Oregon articles.  There is really some great stuff being created here.  It all helps to expand the knowledge base.  C. Williams (talk) 11:47, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Thank ye, good sir!

 * Thanks, I love reading about the history of Oregon and related articles. Being a 3rd generation native, I look forward to being able to eventually move back to Portland someday.  C. Williams (talk) 13:09, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Happy New COTW
Greetings from WikiProject Oregon’s Collaboration of the Week. First off, thank you to everyone who has done work the last few weeks on the last two COTWs. This week we have by request Oregon and California Railroad, part of the lands involved in the Oregon Land Fraud Scandal. Then as part of the Stub elimination drive, we have longtime politician Grattan Kerans, which hopefully can be turned into a nice DYK entry. As always, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Aboutmovies (talk) 10:24, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Museums & Prisons COTW
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B-day for Oregon
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Xenophopia does not involve a Xylophone: Another WPORE COTW
Greetings to WikiProject Oregon members. A big thank you to everyone who helped last week with the Oregon Constitution and John Whiteaker. This week, we have by request Clyde Drexler and a newer article in Religion in Oregon (I thought surveys said we didn’t have religion in Oregon). Once again, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Aboutmovies (talk) 10:06, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Pics and assessment
I'm guessing from your edit summaries that you are rating articles at Start due to them not having images. That is, if it had an image, you would rate it higher. Just to clarify, you can have B class and GA class articles without images. They are recommended, but not required mainly due to the very strict usage policy Wikipedia has, which makes it very difficult to find images that can actually be used on Wikipedia. To quote the B class criteria:
 * The article contains supporting materials where appropriate. Illustrations are encouraged, though not required. Diagrams and an infobox etc. should be included where they are relevant and useful to the content.

So the same would go for C class, not required, and since C even says "but fails one or more of the criteria for B-Class"; so even if B class required a photo, C class could still get by without one. Aboutmovies (talk) 19:44, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I was right on the verge of making them B class since they were very well put together and really only lacked a picture. I need to take the time to review the B and C class scale a bit more in depth.  Very busy with work and all.  Thanks for the helpful hints.  The Oregon Project is really lucky to have someone as dedicated as you.  I run into various people from time to time as I stick my toe into the water of Wiki.  Many are just as dedicated as you in their own realm.  I really enjoy reading some of your articles that you have had a significant contribution too.  Again, thanks for the help and advise to a novice. C. Williams (talk) 21:46, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Killer Oregon COTW, its Totally Rad
Greetings WikiProject Oregon peoples. It is once again time for another edition of the World Famous Collaboration Of The Week. Thank you to those who worked on Clyde and [the lack of] Religion in Oregon. This week (as many have noticed), we have the “it was a red link” and by request Eugene Station and Heceta Head in honor of the work that’s been going on at Oregon Coast. Once again, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. On a side note, does the recent news of Portland being the unhappiest place in all the land make people there more unhappy? Aboutmovies (talk) 06:53, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

V is for Victory at the COTW: Brought to you by the Letter W (naming rights still available)
Hear ye, hear ye WikiProject Oregon villagers. Tis time for another edition of ye ol’ Collaboration Of Thine Week. Thank you to those who worked on Eugene Station and Heceta Head the last few weeks, may the Black Death spare ye family. This time we have a we little stub in the John Ross Tower and by request Bill Walton in honor of a pretty good chance at making the playoffs for the Blazers (sorry can’t think of a good Old English type language for that one, but if we go with Olde English 800, then the Jail Blazers could come into play). Anyway, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Aboutmovies (talk) 08:10, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

Zeus is a really cool dude and he thinks these WP:ORE articles are cool too
Greetings WikiProject Oregon guys and gals. Once again it is time for another edition of the our niche market Collaboration Of The Week. As always, thank you to those who worked on the Ross Tower and Walton. For this week we have the Calapooya Mountains and by request (and in honor of the opening) the venerable Portland Saturday Market. Just remember, if you are feeling blue, try breathing (rimshot please). Once again, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Aboutmovies (talk) 21:44, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

U too can help Oregon
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Bring on the COTW
Good afternoon WikiProject Oregon peoples. It is time again it is time for another round of the Collaboration Of The Week, Volume 82. Thank you to those who worked on Algoma, Oregon‎ and Brian McMenamin, both saw some great improvements and are up for DYks. This week we have Mary Alice Ford and by request Waterfront Blues Festival. Once again, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Live long and phosphorous. Aboutmovies (talk) 23:28, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

XOXOXO - Oregon loves you, now love Oregon back!
Greetings to WikiProject Oregon folks. It is time again it is time for another round of the Collaboration Of The Week. A big thank you to those who worked on Mary Alice Ford ‎ and the Waterfront Blues Festival, both saw some great improvements. In honor of the great weather, we have our Semi-annual Great Oregon Picture Drive for this week’s collaboration. You can go out and take a picture, or search for a free one on the Internet, or in some cases remove an old request. 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) 07:57, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Blah blah blah, Oregon COTW
Hello to members of the WikiProject o' Oregon. Once again it is time for the Collaboration Of The Week. A thank you to everyone who participated in the Semi-annual Great Oregon Picture Drive, we added a lot of pictures. For this edition we have by request Mr. Maurice Lucas of the Blazers, and a maintenance type project with the Dab Patrol. For the later, pick any Oregon disambiguation page (mainly common city names) and use the "What links here" feature to find any stray incoming links and direct them to the correct article. Again, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Peace out! Aboutmovies (talk) 07:27, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Kite Man Says beware of powerlines
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Boz rates the day a Perfect Ten
Greetings and salutations to members of WikiProject Oregon. We hear bye announce another Collaboration Of The Week. Thanks to anyone who participated in updating any FA articles and for the improvements on FLIR Systems. This week we have two requests: former Blazer Sidney Wicks, and a key historical event with Oregon land fraud scandal. Again, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Aboutmovies (talk) 09:33, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Hot outside, so stay inside working on the Oregon COTW!
Hello to WikiProject Oregon folks, and get ready for another Collaboration Of The Week. Thank you to those who worked on the land fraud scandal and Mr. Wicks. This week we have one by request, Central Oregon, and a gnomish task, the Great Infobox Drive of '09. For the infobox drive, just find some articles without infoboxes and add one. People and companies are two prime areas as many do not have infoboxes, yet infoboxes exist for those areas. Again, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Aboutmovies (talk) 07:47, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back, Mr. COTW
Howdy after a long message absence to those of WikiProject Oregon. To answer a common question, no you did not get removed from the COTW notification list, I was just too busy to send out the notification for the last change. So, thank you to all those who helped improve Central Oregon and Mount Jefferson, as well as those who added infoboxes and adopted a governor. For this edition of the COTW, we have partly by request and in honor of the return of college football, Duck football and Beaver football. If you are a fan of neither, maybe go back and work on a governor or add infoboxes this time around. As always, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Aboutmovies (talk) 06:27, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

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) 07:12, 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) 08:21, 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) 08:22, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

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) 08:27, 3 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. 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) 23:22, 22 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) 09:03, 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) 22:32, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

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) 09:49, 22 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) 09:29, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Frosty Little assessment
Hi. I don't mean to second-guess you, but I'm curious as to why you felt the article Glen "Frosty" Little did not meet the B-class requirements. I added an infobox, but there's not much more that can be said about the gentleman from available sources.--Father Goose (talk) 23:43, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Generally I look at the WP:BIO assessment quality scale. The examples provided for B example of Captain Beefheart as of July 2008 and then the C example of Yma Sumac as of June 2008 show the differences.  Just because their is a lack of third party information on the subject matter does not mean that the class should be rated higher. It is all just a subjective view.  B is the highest class that I can give any article.  A and GA must go through a formal process to be rated such. Hope this helps you. C. Williams (talk) 07:25, 21 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) 09:11, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

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) 20:08, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

It Takes a Rim Village - Oregon COTW
Greetings WikiProject Oregon member, time for the next edition of the Collaboration of the Week. Thanks to those who assisted in improving a few articles over the last month. For May Day edition of the COTW (in Wikipedia time its May already), we have by request Rim Village Historic District and the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (AKA OMSI). Rim Village just needs some refinement to get to GA, while OMSI needs a lot of work in general. As always, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Adios (on May 5th that is). Aboutmovies (talk) 04:49, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

Invitation to join WikiProject United States

 * Welcome to the project. --Kumioko (talk) 03:29, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

New WikiProject United States Newsletter: February 2011 edition
Starting with the February 2011 issue WikiProject United States has established a newsletter to inform anyone interested in United States related topics of the latest changes. This newsletter will not only discuss issues relating to WikiProject United States but also: You may read or assist in writing the newsletter, subscribe, unsubscribe or change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you by following this link. If you have an idea for improving the newsletter please leave a message on my talk page or the Newsletters talk page. --Kumioko (talk) 20:44, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
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April 2011 Newsletter for WikiProject United States
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File permission problem with File:JesValNYC.jpg
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Orphaned non-free image File:JesValNYC.jpg
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Orphaned non-free image File:JesValNYC.jpg
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WPORE COTW 2.0 - the picture edition
Greetings one and all. For some of you, this will be your first time receiving one of these messages, as it has been a year since the WikiProject Oregon Collaboration of the Week (COTW) was a regular thing. My hope is it gets back to being a regular thing.

Usually I would go over the past COTW, but we are basically starting out anew. So, without further adieu, this edition is our semi-annual picture drive. We usually try to do it when there is decent weather in the state, and today seems to fit the bill. Now although you are encouraged to go out and take pictures, you can also just search the internet for images that have the proper licensing and upload those. Flickr is one site that has a fair amount of content with the proper licensing (most images on Flickr are not compatible). See WP:COPYRIGHT in general. For some “free” sources, check out the our dormant subproject that has some links to sources.

Lastly, if you need to know what images we need, here are the requests. Please remove the request from the talk page if you add an image.

Finally (this is not image related), as the years have passed, we have lost many good editors, and others, like myself, are no longer in school or are working full-time or both, and thus are less active in the project. The project lives on, but it has created a bit of a power vacuum without a de facto cabal still around all the time. With that in mind, I encourage newer project members to step-up and fill some leadership type roles. Granted, we have no formal ruling junta or anything and no real defined roles, but there are many maintenance type tasks that some of us just took on to keep the project going. For instance, I ran the COTW, was pretty much the only one doing assessments, updating the portal, and even handing out the awards. I am sure others in the project can name what things they have done. The point being, that while I enjoyed those and still do some of those, I simply no longer have the free time to do all of it at a level that the project deserves. That said, I hope to start a discussion at WT:ORE where we can see if some newer editors would like to step-up and take on some of these tasks, which will hopefully make for a more inclusive project, and maybe get us back to the heyday of say 2008 when things were really rocking for WikiProject Oregon.

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May 2011 Newsletter for WikiProject United States
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June 2011 Newsletter for WikiProject United States
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July 2011 Newsletter for WikiProject United States
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September 2011 Newsletter for WikiProject United States
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December 2011 Newsletter for WikiProject United States
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File:Thom hansen.jpg needs authorship information
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January 2012 Newsletter for WikiProject United States and supported projects
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Republic of China article
Since you mentioned the Republic of China in your user page, I guess you are interested to share your insights at Talk:Republic of China#Requested Move (February 2012). Thanks for your attention. 61.18.170.119 (talk) 17:22, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

Matt Bomer Infobox photo consensus discussion
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Wikipedia edit-thon: Saturday, February 9, 2013
Hope to see you there! -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 16:43, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

Portland "Wiknic" 2013!
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Wiki Takes Portland 2013!
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Wikipedia Edit-athon!
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File permission problem with File:JOSE1.jpg
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"Wiki Loves Libraries" edit-athon in Vancouver, WA
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Get your cameras ready! Christmas in Oregon and PDX Pods
This month, WikiProject Oregon features two photo campaigns:
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Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, Portland Oregon (March 7, 2015)
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 * Saturday, March 7: Art+Feminism – noon to 5pm
 * Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at the Portland Art Museum's Crumpacker Family Library (Mark Building, 2nd Floor; 1219 SW Park Avenue). Art+Feminism is a campaign to improve coverage of women and the arts on Wikipedia. No Wikipedia editing experience necessary; as needed throughout the event, tutoring will be provided for Wikipedia newcomers. Female editors are particularly encouraged to attend. Attendees should bring their own laptops and power cords.

Hope you can make it! If you have any questions or require any special accommodations, please let me know.

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WikiProject Fire Service
Hello and good afternoon (at least it is afternoon where I am). I was looking at the Wikipedian firefighters category and noticed that you are one of the members of the Wikipedia community that lists yourself as being a firefighter. First and foremost let me say thank you for your service. While I myself am not a firefighter, I do work as a photographer with multiple local fire departments. I am honored to have firefighters as some of my closest friends.

I have been taking an active role in the Fire Service WikiProject and am trying to recruit more members to this cause. If this is something you have any interest in, please let me know? You can leave me a message on my talk page. Obviously there is zero obligation. An interest can be anything from helping out with a couple of pages in your local area to helping to overhaul major templates, and anything in between.

Once again, thank you for your service. Hope to hear from you soon. Stay safe! --Zackmann08 (talk) 17:54, 10 April 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia Women's Health Information Edit-a-thon: Tuesday, May 12 at OHSU
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 * Tuesday, May 12, 2015: Wikipedia Women's Health Information Edit-a-thon – 1 to 4pm
 * Wikipedia Edit-a-thon hosted by OHSU's Center for Women's Health in honor of National Women's Health Week
 * Location: Biomedical Information Communications Center (3280 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97239)
 * This edit-a-thon is intended to address some of these important differences and to generally improve women’s health information in key articles and topics. Areas for improvement have been identified in cooperation with WikiProject Medicine. Prior Wikipedia editing is not required; assistance will be available the day of the event. Attendees should bring their own laptops and power cords.

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Upcoming Art+Feminism events in Oregon
You are invited to participate in Oregon's upcoming Art+Feminism events, which will be held in Portland and Eugene on Saturday, March 5, 2016. Please see the following links for additional information, or to sign up: About Art+Feminism: Art+Feminism is pleased to announce its third annual Wikipedia edit-a-thon, an all-day event designed to generate coverage of women and the arts on Wikipedia and encourage female editorship. Last year, over 1,500 participants at more than 75 events around the world participated in the second annual campaign, resulting in the creation of nearly 400 new pages and significant improvements to 500 articles on Wikipedia. For more information, see Art+Feminism.
 * Portland: Yale Union (800 SE 10th Avenue), 12:00–5:00pm
 * Eugene: Architecture and Allied Arts (A&AA) Library (200 Lawrence Hall, University of Oregon), 12:00–5:00pm

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Nomination of Craig Hollywood for deletion
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Wikipedia:WikiProject United States/The 50,000 Challenge
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Interview invitation from a Wikipedia researcher in the University of Minnesota
I am Weiwen Leung, a student at the University of Minnesota. I am currently conducting a study on how people on the LGBT+ Wikipedians group use and contribute to Wikipedia.

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Art+Feminism @ Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (March 18, 2017)
You are invited to the upcoming Art+Feminism edit-athon, which will be held at the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (415 Southwest 10th Avenue #300, Portland 97205) on Saturday, March 18, 2017 from 10:00am – 5:00pm. For more information, visit Eventbrite.

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Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon @ PNCA Library (April 29, 2017)
You are invited to the upcoming Art+Feminism edit-athon, which will be held at the Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) Library at 511 NW Broadway on Saturday, April 29, 2017, from 11am to 4pm. For more information, visit the Facebook event page.

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Meetup Invitation
You are invited to the upcoming Asian Pacific American Heritage month edit-athon.

This will be held on the first floor of the Knight library at the University of Oregon.

For more information please see: Meetup/Eugene/WikiAPA, a Facebook event link is also available on the Meetup page.


 * Date: Friday, May 26, 2017
 * Time: 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
 * Location: Edminston Classroom, Knight Library, Room 144
 * Address:1501 Kincaid Street, Eugene, Oregon, 97403-1299

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Wiki Loves Pride at PNCA: Tuesday, June 27
You are invited to the upcoming Wiki Loves Pride edit-athon, which will be held at the Pacific Northwest College of Art (511 NW Broadway) on Tuesday, June 27, 2017, from 5–8pm. For more information, visit the meetup page or Facebook event page.

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Upcoming Wikipedia edit-a-thon dedicated to artists of color - Thursday, Oct. 26 at PNCA
On Thursday, October 26, a Wikipedia edit-a-thon dedicated to artists of color will be held from 4–8pm at the Pacific Northwest College of Art (511 NW Broadway). Learn more at Facebook. Hope to see you there! -MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:26, 21 October 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon: Jewish Women Artists (March 8, Oregon Jewish Museum)
On March 8 (International Women's Day), the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education and artist Shoshana Gugenheim will be hosting a Wikipedia edit-a-thon to create and improve Wikipedia articles about Jewish women artists. Click here for more information. You can also express interest or suggest articles to create or improve here. This event is free and open to the public, and will serve as both a public art action and a public educational program. Participation is welcome in person and remotely (for those outside of Portland). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:25, 2 March 2018 (UTC)

Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon (March 10, Pacific Northwest College of Art)
On Saturday, March 10 (11am to 4pm), the Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) will be hosting a Wikipedia edit-a-thon to create and improve Wikipedia articles about art, feminism, and women. You can read details on the Facebook event page, or this Wikipedia meetup page. Tutorials for new editors, reference materials, childcare, and refreshments will be provided. Bring your laptop, power cord and ideas for entries that need updating or creation. For the editing-averse, you're welcome to stop by to show your support! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:50, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon (April 13, University of Oregon)
On Friday, April 13 (3pm to 6pm), the University of Oregon will be hosting a Wikipedia edit-a-thon to create and improve Wikipedia articles about art and feminism. You can learn more at the Dashboard page, or our Wikipedia meetup page. Tutorials for new editors, reference materials, and snacks will be provided. Please bring your laptop, power cord and ideas for entries that need updating or creation. For the editing-averse, we urge you to stop by to show your support and have snacks! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:01, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

Wikipedia Editathon: The Visibility Project - Saturday, January 19
Make+Think+Code and the Pacific Northwest College of Art are hosting a Wikipedia editathon at the Shipley Collins Mediatheque (511 NW Broadway) on Saturday, January 19 from 10am to 2:30pm. The purpose of the event is to make Wikipedia a more vibrant, representative, inclusive and diverse resource. Please visit Meetup/MakeThinkCode/TheVisibilityProject for more information. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:46, 14 January 2019 (UTC)

Oregon State University Black History Month Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, Friday, February 8
To commemorate Black History Month, Oregon State University, Wikimedia Nigeria, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, and AfroCROWD are hosting a Wikipedia edit-a-thon at the Oregon State University Valley Library on Friday, February 8 from 2–5pm. The purpose of the event is to reduce Wikipedia's diversity gap by creating and improving articles about African American culture and history, as well as notable people of African descent and the African diaspora in general. Please visit here for more information. Remote participation is welcome! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:37, 6 February 2019 (UTC)

PNCA Art+Feminism Wikipedia Editathon, Saturday, March 9
The Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) is hosting a Wikipedia edit-a-thon in the Shipley Collins Mediatheque (511 NW Broadway) on Saturday, March 9 from 10am – 2:30pm. This is a free community event designed to teach people to add and edit information about cis and transgender women and nonbinary folks to Wikipedia. We'll have training sessions, artist talks, snacks, free childcare, and plenty of exciting energy and collaboration! You're welcome to drop in any time during the event. Participants are encouraged to bring their own laptops and charging cables, though if you are not able, computer stations will be available. Please visit this link for more information. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:02, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

International Women's Day Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, Oregon Jewish Museum, Thursday, March 7
The Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education, in partnership with social practice artist Shoshana Gugenheim and as part of the Art+Feminism Project, will host the 2nd Annual International Women's Day Wikipedia Edit-a-thon to edit and/or create Wikipedia articles for Jewish women artists. The event will be held at the museum on Thursday, March 7 from 4 to 8 pm. Pre-registration is preferred but not required. Members of the public are invited to come to the museum to learn about the editing process, its history, its impact, and how to do it. We aim to collaboratively edit/enter 18 Jewish women artists into the canon. Support will be provided by an experienced local Wikipedian who will be on site to teach and guide the process. This edit-a-thon will serve as both a public art action and a public educational program. Participants will have an opportunity to select an artist/s ahead of time or on site.

Please visit this link and the meetup page for more information. Thanks! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:25, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

2019 US Banknote Contest
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Please join us for our Cascadia Wikimedians annual meeting, Monday, December 23, 5:30pm PST
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Writing Black History of the Pacific Northwest into Wikipedia - Editathon 2021
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You're Invited! Writing Black History of the Pacific Northwest into Wikipedia
On, Friday, February 25, 2022, Oregon State University will be hosting an online editathon focused on Black history of the Pacific Northwest. You can learn more here and/or register here. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:26, 23 February 2022 (UTC)

Portland Art+Feminism Edit-a-thon: March 12, 2022
You are invited! An Art+Feminism Wikipedia edit-a-thon will be held in Portland, Oregon, on March 12, 2022. Learn more here!

Wikipedia is one of the most-visited sites on the internet—and it’s created by people who volunteer their time to write and edit pages. Learn how to edit Wikipedia and be a part of shaping our understanding of our world. In this workshop, volunteer Wikipedia editors will be on hand to train participants on how to get started editing pages and offer ideas for which pages you can pitch in to help improve. Show up at any point during the four hours to get started!

Also: Free burritos!! We will be providing vegan, vegetarian, and meat burritos from food cart Loncheria Las Mayos. Alder Commons has a large, fenced playground. Children are welcome! Some computers will be available to borrow, but if you have a laptop, please bring it to use. We will also be leading an online training for new editors at 11am-12pm PST. Please feel free to join that training if you are not able to show up IRL.

This event is part of the international month of events organized by Art+Feminism, which is building a community of activists committed to closing information gaps related to gender, feminism, and the arts, beginning with Wikipedia. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:37, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

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International Women’s Day Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon, Sunday, March 10
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