Wikipedia:Meetup/Portland/Wiki Loves Libraries/2012

In conjunction with Wiki Loves Libraries (WLL), an initiative for improved Wikimedia engagement with libraries and archives, the Multnomah County Library will be hosting an edit-athon on Saturday, October 27, 2012 from 2:00-4:00pm at the Central Library in downtown Portland.

Details can be found at the following links:
 * http://events.multcolib.org/event/wikipedia-loves-libraries-multnomah-county-edit-athon
 * Google map

For more information, call (503) 988-5123. You may also post questions or comments on the talk page.

Goals

 * To write, edit and improve Wikipedia's entries (specifically stubs) relating to Multnomah County, past and present
 * To teach inexperienced editors how to contribute to Wikipedia
 * To show community members the resources available through the Multnomah County Library system

Suggested articles
Multnomah County Library staff selected stub articles for Wikipedia Loves Libraries 2012, considering two main factors in the process. First, they listed the stub articles marked as top and high importance by WikiProject Oregon. Most of these pertain to the whole state of Oregon and are listed in the first section below. Second, they selected stubs relevant to Multnomah County (and environs, in some cases), considering the Multnomah County Library resources that might be useful in adding information to the articles. These are listed in the second section below, broken down into topics.


 * Politics of Oregon: TOP importance!
 * Land use in Oregon: high importance
 * Lenn Hannon: high importance
 * Oregon Department of Education: high importance
 * Oregon Department of Justice: high importance
 * Oregon Department of Revenue: high importance
 * Oregon Progress Board: high importance
 * Oregon State Penitentiary: high importance
 * Albert Starr: high importance


 * Benson Tower (Portland, Oregon)
 * Burnside Skatepark
 * Chiles Center
 * Eastmoreland Hospital
 * Joe Etzel Field
 * Everett Station Lofts
 * Hamilton Hotel (Portland, Oregon)
 * Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center
 * Keller Auditorium
 * Knights of Columbus Building (Portland, Oregon)
 * La Luna (Portland, Oregon)
 * Mirabella Tower
 * Oregon Convention Center
 * Oregon Sustainability Center
 * Peter Stott Center
 * Portland Downtown Heliport
 * Portland Ice Arena (Oregon)
 * Portland Plaza
 * Skidmore Fountain
 * St. Mary's Cathedral (Portland, Oregon)
 * Twelve west (building)
 * West Side CSO Tunnel
 * Wiley's Seaplane Port
 * Willamette River Light
 * Woodland Park Hospital


 * Abernethy Bridge
 * Bridge of the Gods (modern structure)
 * The Dalles Bridge
 * Lewis and Clark Bridge (Columbia River)
 * Mitchell Point Tunnel
 * Sam Hill Memorial Bridge


 * Bess Kaiser Hospital
 * Graphic Arts Center Publishing
 * Hair of the Dog Brewing Company
 * Hot Lips Pizza
 * Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation
 * Portland Chamber Orchestra
 * Portland Indians
 * Portland Railway, Light and Power Company
 * Portland Storm
 * Rose City Rollers
 * Sprouse-Reitz


 * Executive Committee (Oregon Country)
 * Gresham Police Department (Oregon)
 * Ancer L. Haggerty
 * Justice courts (Oregon)
 * Port of Portland Police Department (Oregon)
 * Portland Development Commission
 * Portland Parks & Recreation
 * Oregon Blue Book
 * Oregon circuit courts


 * 1000 Friends of Oregon
 * Bicycle Transportation Alliance
 * Blue Sky Gallery
 * Citybikes Workers' Cooperative
 * Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center
 * Legacy Health
 * Mazamas
 * Metropolitan Youth Symphony
 * Mt. Hood Jazz Festival
 * Multnomah Athletic Club
 * Northwest Earth Institute
 * Northwest Filmmakers' Festival
 * Oregon Catholic Press
 * Oregon Centennial
 * Oregon Cultural Heritage Commission
 * Outside In (organization)
 * Portland Development Commission
 * Portland Documentary and Experimental Film Festival
 * Portland Farmers Market (Oregon)
 * Portland Mountain Rescue
 * Project Grow
 * Rock and Roll Camp for Girls
 * Sisters of St. Mary of Oregon
 * Waterfront Blues Festival


 * Hilda Grossman Morris


 * Diana Abu-Jaber
 * Jerome Alden
 * Debby Applegate
 * Rick Attig
 * Doug Baldwin (writer)
 * Stephen Dow Beckham
 * Irene Bennett Brown
 * Bill Cameron (mystery author)
 * Monica Drake
 * Ralph Friedman
 * James A. Gibbs
 * Molly Gloss
 * Lauren Kessler
 * Les McClaine
 * Kim Stafford


 * Carl Gerlinger
 * George T. Gerlinger
 * Louis Gerlinger, Sr.
 * Lawrence & Holford
 * Frederick Leadbetter
 * Ion Lewis
 * Robert W. Lundeen
 * Robert B. Pamplin, Jr.
 * Mary F. Sammons
 * Dan Wieden
 * Whidden and Lewis
 * William M. Whidden
 * Frederick Manson White


 * Jim Elkins (Oregon criminal)
 * Stephen A. Douglas Puter


 * Benjamin Lee Arnold
 * John M. Bloss
 * Fred D. Fagg III
 * Lewis Goldberg


 * Blanche Bates
 * Mel Brown (drummer)
 * James Cassidy (musician)
 * Larry Crane (recording engineer)
 * Rusty Nails
 * Blake Nelson


 * Martin d'Aguilar


 * William Barlow (pioneer)
 * William Overton (Portland founder)
 * John Burnett (judge)
 * Chief Comcomly
 * Hartwell B. Compson
 * Gabriel Franchère
 * William H. Gray (Oregon politician)
 * John Wesley Hillman
 * Chauncey Hosford
 * W. Price Hunt
 * William Keil
 * George LeBreton
 * Daniel H. Lownsdale
 * Chauncy Nye
 * William W. Page
 * John B. Preston
 * Osborne Russell


 * Luther Cressman
 * Esther Pohl Lovejoy


 * Bill Borcher
 * Dyrol Burleson
 * Curt Coleman
 * Mike Forrester
 * Chris Miller (American football)


 * The Asian Reporter (newspaper)
 * The Outlook (Gresham)

Participants

 * -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 20:41, 12 September 2012 (UTC): feel free to contact me directly for additional information
 *  Blue Rasberry   (talk)   13:04, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
 * —EncMstr (talk) 18:17, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Blurpeace 23:48, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
 * --Lingeringlion (talk) 00:42, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
 * --Susan Walling (talk) 21:27, 27 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi everyone !! Thanks for being here :) &there4; here&hellip;&spades; 21:43, 27 October 2012 (UTC)
 * --Diane3459 (talk) 23:13, 27 October 2012 (UTC)
 * --Savetz (talk) 23:14, 27 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Paularzt (talk) 00:47, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

Report

 * September 22: User:Another Believer arranged a private, "behind-the-scenes" tour of the Central Library, partly to photograph the building's interior and exterior and partly to begin collaborating with the Multnomah County Library system as part of WLL; more than 170 photographs were uploaded to Commons as part of Wikipedia Takes Portland 2012 and Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 !


 * October 24: The edit-athon was mentioned in Willamette Week...


 * October 27: Community members, ranging from newly-registered users to experienced Wikipedians, and library staff resulted in a group more than a dozen strong. Questions were answered, advice was shared, and library staff provided access to literature and other resources to allow participants to work on Multnomah County-related articles. Thanks to everyone for making the event a success, and THANK YOU to Multnomah County Library for hosting! I look forward to the next Portland meetup! -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 03:22, 28 October 2012 (UTC)