User talk:Steven Walling/Archive 17

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) 21:45, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

re: Articles for deletion/Build-A-Bear Workshop
There's a difference between articles that only cite press releases and not having anything to cite other than PR material. Its entirely possible that the original creator might have had a conflict of interest or simply didn't understand our reference policy, and when a contributor encounters an article with problems such as this, its better to attempt add references and remove the POV before taking it to articles for deletion.

That being said, if there were no sources available other than press releases, it would be a entirely different situation, I would probably side with you on deletion. -Senseless!... says you, says me 16:18, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't need a lecture about improvements to an article not being a reason for deletion. I know that. I nominated it because after combing through a couple pages of Google News archives, I found nothing but more press releases. Steven Walling (talk) 18:10, 8 April 2009 (UTC)


 * http://www.usnews.com/usnews/biztech/articles/021111/archive_023257.htm -Sodium N4 (talk) 11:04, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

Confluence (software) COI
I've added a question on the Confluence (software) talk page because I think you've added a Conflict of Interest tag without explanation. Please respond. Thanks in advance. --Robinson weijman (talk) 17:38, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

No, no, For you
If I deserve one, then certainly you do too....

Thanks
Thanks for the welcome message. Can you help me out? I want to know what markup to use to format quotations within text. Pergamino (talk) 00:47, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Never mind, I found it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#Quotations Pergamino (talk) 01:01, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/Hand - a Bamboo Leaf (Zhou Ye Shou Gong)
Are you familiar with the book Jin Jing Zhong (1934) Training Methods Of 72 Arts Of Shaolin? Informed input would be useful. jmcw (talk) 10:23, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Hello
Sure, I'd like to help out. I just need to gather sources first. I'm not sure how long this will take. Although he is notable in regards to tai chi chuan, general Chen Wangting is perhaps not a very important figure in the overall history of China (or even the Ming Dynasty for that matter), and will not be covered in a whole lot of texts or journal articles. Nevertheless, I will try my best to research his history and will start looking in JSTOR first. Regards.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 01:32, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi again. JSTOR doesn't have any relevant journal articles on Chen Wangting, I'm afraid. I'll keep looking elsewhere. I may have trouble finding sources if nothing is located at my university library (George Mason University).-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 02:53, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

U too can help Oregon
Howdy 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 Calapooya Mountains and Portland Saturday Market, both saw some great improvements. For this week we have two great opportunities for DYKs with Brian McMenamin and Algoma, Oregon. Once again, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Aboutmovies (talk) 07:41, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Waiting for reply
Hi - I'm waiting for a reply from you on Confluence talk page. --Robinson weijman (talk) 15:09, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Re: Mille Fleur
Oh, okay and thanks. :) VoodooIsland (talk) 17:41, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Maltese (dog)
Since you're both an admin and a member of the Dogs WikiProject, I'm bugging you with this. When you get a chance, could you drop by the Maltese talk page and add some input? There is a months-long edit war going on over the heritage/history of the dog (with nationalistic overtones) that has completely ruined any attempt at moving this article forward. I'm at the point where I wonder "how much is too much" with respect to the history of the dog. I'm of the opinion that not every minute detail needs to be added, especially since there isn't much substance to the rest of the article. Crotchety Old Man (talk) 13:11, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

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)

GA-related discussions involving you
There are 2 GA-related discussions involving you, at Wikipedia_talk:Good_article_nominations and Wikipedia_talk:Good_article_nominations. You may wish to join in. --Philcha (talk) 11:00, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

GA Sweeps update
Hello, I hope you are doing well. I am contacting you because you have contributed or expressed interest in the GA sweeps process. Last month, only two articles were reviewed. This is definitely a low point after our peak at the beginning of the process with 163 articles reviewed in September 2007. After nearly two years, the running total has just passed the 50% mark. In order to expediate the reviewing, several changes have been made to the process. A new worklist has been created, detailing which articles are left to review. All exempt and previously reviewed articles have already been removed from the list. Instead of reviewing by topic, you can consider picking and choosing whichever articles interest you.

All exempt articles that have reached FA status have now been moved to a separate section at the end of the running total page. I went through all of the members' running totals and updated the results to reflect the move. As a result your reviewed article total may have decreased a bit. After removing duplicate articles and these FAs, the running total leaves us at ~1,400 out of 2,808 articles reviewed.

If you currently have any articles on hold or at GAR, please consider concluding those reviews and updating your results. I'm hoping that this new list and increased efforts can help us to increase the number of reviews. We are always looking for new members to assist with the remaining articles, so if you know of anybody that can assist please direct them to the GA sweeps page. In addition, for every member that reviews 100 articles or has a significant impact on the process, will get an award when they reach that mark. If only 14 editors achieve this feat starting now, we would be done with Sweeps! Of course, having more people reviewing less articles would be better for all involved, so please consider asking others to help out. If you have any questions about the process, reviewing, or need help with a particular article, please contact me or OhanaUnited and we'll be happy to help. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 03:28, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

The Skeptic (film)
I saw that you semi-protected the article for vandalism. I'm not sure if you are aware of it but all the vandalism came from one of our infamous vandals, Bambifan101. As of right now all the accounts and IPs of the user have been blocked, so I don't think protection is necessary at this point. As such, would you consider unprotecting the article at this point? Icestorm815 •  Talk  22:26, 9 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Actually, he hit the article after four range blocks were implemented, as noted at AN/I. -- Collectonian  (talk · contribs) 00:34, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

Courtesy note
Hi I have just recreated Double diffusive convection after some requests and noticed on the block log that you speedy deleted an old article under this title. Thought I should let you know. It is a big important topic but I don't doubt your speedy was right --BozMo talk 11:12, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Shameless thankspam


FlyingToaster Barnstar Hello Steven Walling! Thank you so much for your support in my  recent RfA , which passed with a tally of 126 / 32 / 5. I am truly humbled by the trust you placed in me, and will endeavor to live up to that trust.  Flying Toaster 

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) 07:58, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Consumer Cellular
Hello! On March 29th, you deleted Consumer Cellular for being a FAIL for advertising. The original entry was written by marketing people. I have written a new version which is focused on the company's impact in Portland, as well as their partnership with AARP, and it is in my sandbox  I've worked on this with  the editors and it's been greenlit for posting. As you are the original deleting admin, I would like to also have your blessing to ensure that the page has merit this time, and does not meet your deletion criteria under CSD or CORP. I would also like to add the page to WikiProject Oregon after it is re-posted. Thanks so much.PDX sunshine (talk) 16:16, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

GA Sweeps June update
Thanks to everyone's dedicated efforts to the GA Sweeps process, a total of 396 articles were swept in May! That more than doubles our most successful month of 163 swept articles in September 2007 (and the 2 articles swept in April)! I plan to be sending out updates at the beginning of each month detailing any changes, updates, or other news until Sweeps are completed. So if you get sick of me, keep reviewing articles so we can be done (and then maybe you'll just occasionally bump into me). We are currently over 60% done with Sweeps, with just over a 1,000 articles left to review. With over 40 members, that averages out to about 24 articles per person. If each member reviews an article a day this month (or several!), we'll be completely finished. I know that may be asking for a lot, but it would allow us to complete Sweeps and allow you to spend more time writing GAs, reviewing GANs, or focusing on other GARs (or whatever else it is you do to improve Wikipedia) as well as finish ahead of the two-year mark coming up in August. I recognize that this can be a difficult process at times and appreciate your tenacity in spending time in ensuring the quality of the older GAs. Feel free to recruit other editors who have reviewed GANs in the past and might be interested in the process. The more editors, the less the workload, and hopefully the faster this will be completed. If you have any questions about reviews or the process let me know and I'll be happy to get back to you. Again, thank you for taking the time to help with the process, I appreciate your efforts! --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 18:15, 1 June 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)

Request to participate in University of Washington survey based on ideas gathered during the Wikipedia focus group you attended
Hello again! As we mentioned when you attended our focus group back in April, our goal was to use your feedback to help design an embedded application that could quickly communicate useful information about other Wikipedians. We have now created a few images that we feel represent some of what you thought was important. We would appreciate it if you took a few minutes of your time to complete an online survey that investigates whether or not these images would be useful to you.

To take the survey, click this link.

Please feel free to share the link with other Wikipedians. The more feedback, the better! The survey is completely anonymous and takes less than 10 minutes to complete. All data is used for university research purposes only.

Even if you are unable or unwilling to take this survey, we want to thank you for attending our focus group. Your generous contribution of your time and ideas was greatly appreciated! Commprac01 (talk) 21:42, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Mike Arrington
My frustration is tempered by your use of tosh. I still believe that the article is too light and upbeat and that a number of people have tried to contribute a balancing element (often by adding "is a troll") so I attempted it in a calmer manner. Perhaps the material is out of place (or rubbish) but I believe that it is verifiable that he engages in yellow journalism (or its online equivalent) and makes incendiary remarks and that this information can be added to the article without compromising neutrality (perhaps by better attributing and substantiating biased statements). Perhaps something along the lines of the Praise and Criticism section for William Randolph Hearst or George W. Bush's Public Image and Perception section would be more appropriate.

Thanks for your time. RegisFrey (talk) 15:04, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Labrador Retriever at Peer review
Labrador Retriever is up at peer review, please see Peer review/Labrador Retriever/archive1. Cirt (talk) 06:19, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Kite Man Says beware of powerlines
Hello to those who participate in WikiProject Oregon. Once again it is time for the Collaboration Of The Week. A thank you to everyone who participated in the Dab Patrol and improvements to Maurice Lucas. For this week we have Oregon company FLIR Systems, and a maintenance type project with the FA Update Drive. For the later, pick any Oregon FA class article and read through it to make sure it is still up-to-date. Again, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. I like frogs. Aboutmovies (talk) 06:42, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

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) 09:35, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Wiki-Conference New York Update: 3 weeks to go
For those of you who signed up early, Wiki-Conference New York has been confirmed for the weekend of July 25-26 at New York University, and we have Jimmy Wales signed on as a keynote speaker.

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GA Sweeps July update
Thanks to everyone's dedicated efforts to the GA Sweeps process, a total of 290 articles were swept in June! Last month was our second most successful month in reviewing articles (after May). We are currently over 70% done with Sweeps, with just under 800 articles left to review. With nearly 50 members, that averages out to about 15 articles per person. If each member reviews an article every other day this month (or several!), we'll be completely finished. This may sound difficult, but if everyone completes their reviews, Sweeps would be completed in less than two years when we first started (with only four members!). With the conclusion of Sweeps, each editor could spend more time writing GAs, reviewing at the backlogged GAN, or focusing on other GARs. Again, I want to thank you for using your time to ensure the quality of the older GAs. Feel free to recruit other editors who have reviewed GANs in the past and might be interested in the process. The more editors, the less the workload, and hopefully the faster this will be completed. If you have any questions about reviews or the process let me know and I'll be happy to get back to you. Again, thank you for taking the time to help with the process, I appreciate your efforts! --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 18:06, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Happy 's Day!
For a userbox you can add to your userbox page, see User:Rlevse/Today/Happy Me Day! and my own userpage for a sample of how to use it. — Rlevse • Talk  • 01:23, 10 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Oh wow. Happy Steven Walling Day!  --Bastique demandez 15:49, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks to both of you. :) Steven Walling (talk) 18:39, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

ACPD pages created
I've created two initial pages for the ACPD: Please add them to your watchlist, stop by, and so forth. The latter page has a couple of logistical issues that we should discuss sooner rather than later, so I'd appreciate if you could find some time to comment on them.
 * Advisory Council on Project Development
 * Advisory Council on Project Development/Forum

Thanks! Kirill [talk] [pf] 13:33, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

Comments at Wikipedia talk:Requests for comment/Advisory Council on Project Development
Hi Steven, I wanted to note that I understand that your motives in joining the Advisory Council were good, and do regret the way my comments formed on the page; the rant was not directed at yourself, rather more generally applied the sentiments of your statement towards the situation. Please accept my apologies for the way this was expressed, I should not have directed them in the way I did which come across as attacking you personally. (And yes, I guess that does make me "slow or something") Regards, – Toon 08:49, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I assure you, people have said worse to me. Trout all round, no hard feelings. – Toon 19:38, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Signpost Interview
Greetings! I will be conducting a group interview with WikiProject Oregon members for the Signpost. Peteforsyth suggested that you might be interested in participating. The interview will be taking place here. Instructions can be found on the interview talk page. Hope you can participate! --Cryptic C62 · Talk 16:00, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

Help with a page?
How do I get an editor's help with a page? I'm having problems with the Silver Brumby page http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Silver_Brumby&oldid=301434455 I've done research (hours of it) to support my side (horse colors), while the other person is just using an old book (which has the incorrect information.) So we're reverting back and forth, and I'd like the correct information to be on the page. I've posted to the discussion page twice about why I changed what I did, with links, and stating the correct information. So how do I get help now? Thanks, Narm. Narmowen (talk) 23:09, 17 July 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) 07:48, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

GA Sweeps August update
Thanks to everyone's dedicated efforts to the GA Sweeps process, a total of 215 articles were swept in July! We are currently nearly 80% done with Sweeps, with under 600 articles left to review. With 50 members, that averages out to about 12 articles per person. Once the remaining articles drop to 100, I'll help in reviewing the last articles (I'm currently taking a break). If each member reviews an article every other day this month (or several!), we'll be completely finished. Again, I want to thank you for using your time to ensure the quality of the older GAs. Feel free to recruit other editors who have reviewed GANs in the past and might be interested in the process. The more editors, the less the workload, and hopefully the faster this will be completed. If you have any questions about reviews or the process let me know and I'll be happy to get back to you. Again, thank you for taking the time to help with the process, I appreciate your efforts! --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 19:35, 1 August 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) 06:28, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

Reinstating Links on J. Krishnamurti Page
This is an arbitrary deletion by someone who has no knowledge of the subject at hand. On the principle outlined, no WP pages would have external links as they would all be merely classed as 'web directories'. This means countless thousands of WP articles would have to have links deleted, which is obviously illogical. These 5 links deleted are a tiny but salient representation drawn from around 1.2 million results for J. Krishnamurti on Google. 5 out of 1.2m is not a web directory. Official links, such as Schools, have also been deleted, which is manifestly wrong as they represent the very core of this man's life and work, which would be apparent to anyone who had actually read the article concerned. I am undoing this arbitrary deletion.58.165.42.120 (talk) 06:43, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

Hebridean (sheep)‎
Hello and thank you for your most recent edit-comment regarding the reversion of my edit of adding to this article. Your comment requested only one stub tag be added to the article. Is there a Wiki policy that you are following or an arbitrary preference? Regards,  Blind Eagle  talk ~ contribs  12:49, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your comment on my talk page. Although I understand your point, I find your comment to be rather abrasive.  Thank you for clarifying.  I'll avoid adding the  and  on the same page in the future.  Regards,   Blind  Eagle  talk ~ contribs  18:43, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

Squab (food)
Squab (food) has been nominated for a good article reassessment. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to good article quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status will be removed from the article. Reviewers' concerns are here. –blurpeace (talk) 04:03, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

Electromagnetic Torture
Hi! You recently deleted Electromagnetic Torture as patent nonsense. Could you expand a little on why it qualifies as G1? I originally removed the G1 tag, because I didn't feel that the article was incomprehensible text or gibberish. Basically what it said was "Here's the subject. It's hard to find information about the subject, because there are no resources available. Until now! Here is my blog, which discusses the subject." (Based on memory, obviously I can't see deleted content.) I then tagged it as G11, which may be questionable, because of the existence of the first sentence, which tells "what" the subject is, but I felt that the sole purpose of the article was to promote someone's blog, and I think content like that should be deleted under G11. I'm still trying to learn the nuances of CSD, so could you help me out and explain why the article qualified as G1? Thanks, Jafeluv (talk) 11:45, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Ok, thanks for the explanation. By no means am I questioning that the article had to be deleted :) Regards, Jafeluv (talk) 07:42, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

Advisory Council on Project Development
There is a thread on the talk page of the above named article regarding whether that council is still active at Wikipedia talk:Advisory Council on Project Development. As one of the listed members, your input would very likely be useful. Thank you. John Carter (talk) 16:42, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

Squab
Hey, I saw the squab article on WP:GAR (a community reassessment) and I thought it was OK, so I had a look round for more sources to improve the article. Could you please check and make sure I've not lost the focus of the article? Thanks. :) --Malkinann (talk) 13:13, 1 September 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) 07:13, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

Removal of PROD from Dana Ewell
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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) 08:22, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

Squab
So, the bad news is that squab got delisted, but the good news is it was only delisted for prose/copyediting concerns, not sourcing/comprehensiveness concerns. So hopefully it might be an 'easy' GA if it gets a decent copyediting. --Malkinann (talk) 00:10, 25 September 2009 (UTC)


 * It's not such sad news - the article improved, didn't it? ;) --Malkinann (talk) 03:18, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

Distributed Wikipedia page: API outline(s)
steven, thought you might be interested to know: i did rough outlines of the two APIs that are part of the DW proposal. the GUI-front-end-API-outline is utterly trivial, simple and rather monotonous drudge-work to implement; the back-end inter-node distributed one is a hairy mash of protocols i've encountered, and needs some _serious_ thrashing. i started writing and couldn't stop - but it can hardly be called "an outline". whoops. Lkcl (talk) 21:49, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

TWiki
The change in direction for TWiki that resulted in a fork by its key contributors remains a notable event in the history of the TWiki project. I believe it is appropriate for this pivotal event to be mentioned briefly in the lead paragraph for the article. Isaac Lin (talk) 04:33, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
 * The change in governance alone is not particularly notable, except for the fact that it resulted in a change in the development community which is a challenge that TWiki has had to face (the cited CNET article talks about this challenge). The notability of Foswiki is a side issue; note even if it has not been deemed to have independent notability, it can remain notable within the context of the TWiki project. Isaac Lin (talk) 04:51, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

Pioneer Courthouse Square
The Pioneercourthouse troll has been at it for 3 years now. Reducing the protection to a few weeks? You might as well remove protection right now, as he'll be on it the second the protection is lifted anyway. I strongly recommend you talk with some of the other admins that have worked on it recently, so you all can reach a consensus. →Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots 23:01, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I just don't want to see this article get into some kind of "protection wars", which I'm sure would delight PCH no end. →Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots 23:19, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
 * You didn't see discussion because most of it has been off-wiki. I assure you, he's watching this right now, with great interest, to see what the next round of this endless game is. →Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots 23:29, 3 October 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)

Spain... on the road Again
With respect to Spain... on the road Again, I did not say that stubs are exempt from the sourcing guidelines. What I said was that currently there is nothing in the article that is not in the actual episode credits themselves. I.E. there is nothing yet in the article that needs a specific source. What information in the stub do you feel needs sourcing? —MJBurrage(T•C) 07:55, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Chickens as pets
The information you disagree with was taken from the Chicken article and others; why was it allowed there but not here? The how-to information can be cleaned up, but surely it is informative to talk about the food, maintenance and health of the pet chickens? Portillo (talk) 05:09, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

RFA spam

 * &mdash;Kww(talk) 18:46, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

Domestic turkey
Thanks for explaining why you changed the word "butchered" back to "harvested." I guess you're more knowledgeable of turkey farmer lingo than I am. However, I think we should use the word butchered (or killed or slaughtered) because that's what they're doing. I checked Dictionary.com for the definition of "harvest" and the meaning you give is not there. So I think it's jargon used in the turkey industry, and I would like the article to be written in standard English. We could include the fact that the term "harvest" is used by turkey farmers. Would you agree to rewording it to say "Hens are killed (or "harvested" as turkey farmers say)..."? --DBlomgren (talk) 02:42, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

Did I forget to thank you? ..
..And thanks for following me on Twitter too :) --  Tinu  Cherian  - 06:36, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

Chickens as pets
I noticed you removed the section I added on chickens as pets, for information related to feeding. This contained important information for people keeping chickens as pets. Quite obviously chickens need food and water and to omit a complete section on this simply because you believed it to be a 'how to guide' is heavy handed and inconsiderate. If it was felt that the section needed a revision then this could have been easily edited. How do you suggest the section be written, because the article as it stands is sadly lacking. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Monsterparty (talk • contribs) 09:02, 29 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)

WikiCup Awards
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Invitation to participate in SecurePoll feedback and workshop
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NowCommons: File:Identica-Logo.png
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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) 23:23, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for welcoming me! Difu Wu (talk) 00:42, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

AfD nomination of 2008 Barack Obama assassination scare in Denver
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You scooped me.
See User:LadyofShalott/Ossabaw Island Pig. :( Lady of Shalott 06:21, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
 * I've replied on my talk page. <font color="#ee3399">Lady <font color="#0095c6">of <font color="#442288">Shalott 06:18, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Would you like to participate?
Would you like to be part of the Bacon Challenge 2010? As User:LadyofShalott says, it would be right up your alley. I'm sure we would all be glad to have you on board for the event. The more, the merrier as they say. It would also be a great opportunity to work alongside fellow editors on a fun campaign. What do you say?--<b style="font-family:Rockwell; color:blue;">Sky Attacker</b>   the legend reborn...  08:04, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

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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) 09:04, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Question
I sort of volunteered to help improve an article on merino wool. I'd like to make some factual claims about its properties, and feel that I should cite references for these. Most of my knowledge on the subject comes from word of mouth from the hiking, cycling, and kayaking communities, some online reviews, and sources like that, which probably won't make good references. Is it acceptable to cite a manufacturer or retailer, for example, this article ( http://www.rei.com/expertadvice/articles/wool+clothing.html ) is much more detailed than I would expect, and backs up my anecdotal experience as well as that of the community. Must I seek out more academic sources to quote - ones I'm not currently familiar with? Can I assume it's better to add content to an article that needs it, even if I can't find references for some of the material, and hope somebody else will come along and add them?

Thanks for the advice.

--SeattleHiker (talk) 16:53, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Images in pixels
Don't be silly, of course images can be sized in pixels, if it were forbidden there would be no point in having the facility. Also the "lede" picture is usually larger than normal thumbnail, from WP:MOS:  Sp in ni ng  Spark  19:44, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Examples where adjusting the size may be appropriate include, but are not limited to, the following: ..... Lead images, which should usually be no wider than "upright=1.7" ("300px")

Guinea Hog
Hi, I've just found the discussion you had with Lady of Shalott about being scooped so I have only just now realised that I have scooped you back. I'm really sorry that happened and it really was not intentional. I can now understand why you are a little peeved with me. Sorry again.  Sp in ni ng  Spark  20:16, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

Bacon WikiCup
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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)