Wikipedia:Wikipedia Takes America/Portland/2012

Wikipedia Takes Portland 2012 is an annual event which occurs each September in Portland, Oregon as part of Wikipedia Takes America and Wiki Loves Monuments in the United States. Photographing sites in Portland listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the main focus of Wikipedia Takes Portland. This year the event will take place on Saturday, September 22nd at noon at Pioneer Courthouse Square. If you are interested in attending, please sign up below!

Details

 * Date and start time: Saturday, September 22, 2012 at 12:00pm
 * Starting point: Pioneer Courthouse Square (near the "Umbrella Man")
 * After-party place and time (optional): TBD
 * Organizer: provisionally Blurpeace, the Portland editing community;  Another Believer  ( Talk )

Instructions and resources
In order to participate in the Wiki Loves Monuments competition, you must upload images during the month of September 2012 (photographs may have been taken during this month or any time prior). You'll need to create an account on Wikimedia Commons if you do not have one already. From the NRHP lists on Wikipedia (see below for examples), click on the "upload" buttons to submit images of specific sites. You may also use the general upload method on Commons, but using this site-specific tool will automatically generate descriptions and categories based on the unique NRHP ID. Click here for additional contest details. Visit the following links to view sites on the NRHP within Multnomah County or by quadrant of Portland:


 * National Register of Historic Places listings in Multnomah County, Oregon
 * National Register of Historic Places listings in North Portland, Oregon
 * National Register of Historic Places listings in Northeast Portland, Oregon
 * National Register of Historic Places listings in Northwest Portland, Oregon
 * National Register of Historic Places listings in Southeast Portland, Oregon
 * National Register of Historic Places listings in Southwest Portland, Oregon

Similar lists for neighboring counties within the Portland metropolitan area can be found at the following links:
 * National Register of Historic Places listings in Clackamas County, Oregon
 * National Register of Historic Places listings in Clark County, Washington
 * National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Oregon

National Historic Landmarks are also included on the NRHP. The following link contains a list of National Historic Landmarks in Oregon:
 * List of National Historic Landmarks in Oregon

Participants



 * Likely attendees
 * Blurpeace 12:19, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
 * - S1id3r0 (talk) 15:35, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
 * -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 19:39, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
 * --Visitor7


 * Possible attendees
 * -Theman06 AUGUST 11
 * -UseTheCommandLine (talk) 00:15, 16 August 2012 (UTC)

Report

 * 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 a collaboration with the Multnomah County Library system as part of Wikipedia Loves Libraries. More than 170 photographs were uploaded to Commons as part of Wikipedia Takes Portland 2012 and Wiki Loves Monuments 2012!

Overall, nearly 200 images were uploaded to Commons!