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I just wanted to say great work on the Don Durdan page! VegaDark (talk) 04:08, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
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Hi! I saw, that you have added "defaultsort" to Louis Kuehn. Please allow me to tell you, that this is unnecessary when the Template:BD is used. Thank you and :) Doma-w (talk) 13:22, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks for your reply. I havn't created this template and up to now I havn't seen that one user has changed the text. I think that new text is not correct? Kind regards Doma-w (talk) 18:48, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
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Duck Colors
Way to be bold, my friend!
- I know a set-up when I see one... --Esprqii 19:27, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
An article which you started, or significantly expanded, DYK!
Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 (talk) 20:40, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
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RE: Template Colors
I realize that the hexadecimal colors that the University of Oregon says are official are the colors of the school. However I do not feel as though those colors represent the University of Oregon Athletics Department, not just the football of basketball teams but all teams. I have sent messages to individuals whom I believe would have knowledge of what colors are used at sites such as GoDucks.com. At this time I am "eye-balling" the colors until I receive word as to the proper colors. I have no problem with altering the University of Oregon templates to match the official hex colors, however I don't believe that the colors in question are representative of Oregon Athletics. I may sound like a broken record, but that is merely to iterate how passionate about the subject. Until I receive word from the sources I have emailed I am choosing colors that seem to represent Oregon Ducks teams the best.Aplaceicallhome (talk) 22:32, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
- Ok, so I received a reply from Site Support at GoDucks.com, the response that they have given me is that the official PMS colors used are PMS Yellow and PMS 3425, which are yellow and forest green, I have altered the template to reflect this change in information.Aplaceicallhome (talk) 00:33, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
- I see what you are talking about, however something else has come to my attention. There are two different "O" logos on this site. The first being the one you referenced, the other being the one found at the Oregon Ducks football page as well as the individual Oregon Football seasons. I am curious to the reason for the difference, as I have seen both O's in use.Aplaceicallhome (talk) 05:11, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
- Ok, so I received a reply from Site Support at GoDucks.com, the response that they have given me is that the official PMS colors used are PMS Yellow and PMS 3425, which are yellow and forest green, I have altered the template to reflect this change in information.Aplaceicallhome (talk) 00:33, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
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Ducks track
Good catch -- I think I edited the wrong revision by mistake! Didn't mean to put that back in. -Pete (talk) 19:58, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
- No prob. Thanks for doing some edits on this article, it really REALLY needs it.
Hey, I cited the national championships, but as a rule, do we need to provide citations for facts that are easily verifiable in an almanac or by following the links provided? I guess it doesn't hurt, but just wondering as to the rules. --Esprqii (talk) 20:01, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
- May have gone overboard in my zeal. I've been on library withdrawal -- my account's locked out, haven't had a chance to investigate -- so I'm unable to look up newspaper cites myself. Probably overcompensating with my tagging ;) Feel free to revert any that don't seem necessary to you. -Pete (talk) 20:31, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
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Thanks for leading the way in last week's Collaboration of the Week! For your work on Linus, shared with Awotter. Aboutmovies (talk) 08:14, 11 December 2007 (UTC) |
ranking
I will probably regret asking this, but...what is the difference between a "ranking" and the BCS ranking? Is there a competing system for ranking? College football utterly confounds (and fascinates) me. -Pete (talk) 21:52, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
- There are two polls: the AP poll of sportswriters and the Coaches Poll, each of which rank the teams. Toward the end of the season, those poll numbers are combined with various computer rankings and other mumbo-jumbo to calculate the BCS ranking. In the Dixon article, all the other rankings cited (not even really cited) were the AP numbers. I reverted the edit because when Oregon was ranked #2 before, it was in the AP and coaches poll, NOT the BCS poll: they got, controversially, bumped down to #4 in the BCS ranking and therefore missed a chance to play for the national championship (this was in 2001: see here. So my edit note wasn't very clear, but basically I reverted because it was an inaccurate comparison.
Actually, now that I type this, I'm thinking maybe they were #2 in the BCS for a week before getting bumped to #4, but I'd need to look that up. (But I'm not gonna.)OK, they were never #2 in BCS in 2001: see http://msn.foxsports.com/id/7894693_37_1.pdf. In any case, the edit needed to be cited and made clear that it was using a BCS ranking instead of the other rankings shown in the article. And besides, this is Dixon's article, not the Ducks' 2007 season article. --Esprqii (talk) 22:30, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
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Howard Fox
I have started an article on a different Howard Fox and changed redlinks to Howard Fox (Baseball). Sorry for the inconvenience. Vernon White . . . Talk 16:22, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
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DYK nom
So Essperkwee? Well, thank you Mr. Essperkwee for nominating this article! I really think that finding an article from a new editor and getting it on to DYK is one of the best things we can do here. Thanks for taking the time to do it. --JayHenry (talk) 22:36, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
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Yay, Old Dead Guys! Do you think the redlink to City View should be disambiguated? So far only Oregon ODG articles link to it, but I suspect it's a common name for a cemetery. If I ever get a better camera I'll get up there one of these days... Got any names for folks interred in Mount Crest Abbey Mausoleum (see
- Well, most hits went to City View in Salem; the only other one that came up was in Pasco, and...well...come on. If you have to have two other cities with you all the time to get attention...
- I get it now, MCA Mauso is at City View: http://www.city-view.org/cremat_options.htm The Congressional Bio listed it as Cong. Mott's final resting place, but I didn't make the connection.
- I see 3 OR guvs on the list at MCA Maus: http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?page=cem&FScemeteryid=186744, plus some other wikiworthy folks.
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On another note, just a general good job/pat on the back to the project for a great 2007, the first full year of the project. We had 83 DYKs about Oregon, improved one article to FA, and went from around 4 GAs to 17 GAs. Plus numerous new articles, improvements to existing, the introduction of the COTW, and the introduction of article assessment at the project. Again, great job and here’s to a new year. Aboutmovies (talk) 16:54, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
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Jeff Merkley edits
Thanks a lot for your help in trying to keep the page on an even keel. I realize I am not as objective as others. Though I try to limit bias, it can still creep in. Since it seems like you are so proactive in Oregon Wikis, it would be great if you or someone un-affiliated could post stuff from the discussion page as appropriate. That way it won't languish there for awhile, and someone with a strong bias won't post.
As far as the "(intentionally) omitted clause", that section relating to supporting the removal of Saddam was added by someone else. Except for some formatting and removal of a duplicated section of Jeff Merkley's speech, I did not change anything that was posted by someone else. KalHazer (talk) 20:48, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
Edit: My apologies. I didn't realize that the omitted quote in question was posted by Henryk2687, where the second part of the resolution was left off, and that's what you were talking about. Good catch, and thanks again for your help. KalHazer (talk) 20:48, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
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Thanks for leading the way in last week's Collaboration of the Week! Thanks for taking an interest in the mighty Papilio oregonius. Aboutmovies (talk) 06:49, 3 February 2008 (UTC) |
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Both the IMDB and databasefootball sources say he was born in Isaca. Are you sure your change is correct? Perhaps it was a town that used to exist? VegaDark (talk) 23:02, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
Yow! When did you figure out the "Clayton"/Dayton thing? Where was I? Good job!
- You must've been pre-bonked... hope you come out of it soon, but I know where you're coming from!
- I wish I could find a citation for Zuck's hometown, but The Google is letting me down. --Esprqii (talk) 03:53, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
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Greetings once again to members of the best encyclopedia online about Oregon (aka
As we have quite a few new members over the last six months, I’ll make another pitch for our various subprojects. Listed here, you will find a variety of groups focused on specific areas of Oregon from transportation to culture. Not only can you sign up and coordinate work there, but each often has useful sources and templates related to that topic. No pressure, just an introduction to those new to the project. Adios. Aboutmovies (talk) 16:55, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
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On Bunn ;) By the way, I posted on the Oregonian and BlueO blogs re: the Merkley article. Predictably ignored (politicos seem to get so bored when you say "nothing to see here, move along") but, trying to get the word out! -Pete (talk) 02:28, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
Oregon Lt. Gov.
I knew Bradbury wasn't the lt. gov., I was just trying to get around the template's mandate for a lt. gov. Your solution was much better, and I copied it to all the other states that don't actually have lt. governors. Thanks!--Nkrosse (talk) 19:21, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
March 14 OR COTW
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This week, its back to stubs with one of the largest newspapers in the state, The Register-Guard, and a request with Oregon Coast. Feel free to help with either one, and the paper article is so short a DYK should be pretty easy to get (just need 5X expansion). As always, to opt out, opt in, or suggest future collaborative efforts, click here. Aboutmovies (talk) 23:59, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
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Double congratulations! --Espresso Addict (talk) 03:47, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
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Congratulations! Ruhrfisch ><>°° 12:59, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
With the evolving WP:ORE main page, I was wondering if you have any objections to shrinking the template down? Maybe a 3 line banner that is not as wide, and incorporating this template for the updates: {{WikiProject Oregon COTW}} ? Or maybe a third template that is a single line that matches the WPORE nav banner? Just something that takes up less space on the main WPORE page. Thoughts? Aboutmovies (talk) 22:33, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
Nice work!
- Tualatin River settlements
- Thanks for the addition. I used Googlemaps and the Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer, but it was tricky because some of those places that didn't used to be near the river sure are now. Should talk) 22:29, 2 April 2008 (UTC)]
- I guess I don't know what constitutes a settlement. Shadowood strikes me as a neighborhood of West Linn, and AFAIK, WC just has the general store, 4-way stop (soon to be a big ol' traffic circle), and the awesome name. Oh, and the megachurch (hence the need for the traffic circle, sigh). --Esprqii (talk) 22:37, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
- Yes, and Blooming looks like it is part of Cornelius. I stayed up late last night messing with the USGS data base and I believe it and Shadowood are considered populated places, which usually means they had a p.o. at some point, which most of the time="settlement". Blooming is in OGN, Shadowood isn't. If they're neighborhoods, they should certainly be redirected to the appropriate articles and removed from the list. Eventually. Wankers Corner has never been more than a "locale" apparently. talk) 23:15, 2 April 2008 (UTC)]
- Yes, and Blooming looks like it is part of Cornelius. I stayed up late last night messing with the USGS data base and I believe it and Shadowood are considered populated places, which usually means they had a p.o. at some point, which most of the time="settlement". Blooming is in OGN, Shadowood isn't. If they're neighborhoods, they should certainly be redirected to the appropriate articles and removed from the list. Eventually. Wankers Corner has never been more than a "locale" apparently.
- And yet, Wankers shows up as an unicorporated community on Template:Clackamas County, Oregon... --Esprqii (talk) 23:32, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
- I no speak county template. talk) 01:42, 3 April 2008 (UTC)]
- I no speak county template.
- I guess I don't know what constitutes a settlement. Shadowood strikes me as a neighborhood of West Linn, and AFAIK, WC just has the general store, 4-way stop (soon to be a big ol' traffic circle), and the awesome name. Oh, and the megachurch (hence the need for the traffic circle, sigh). --Esprqii (talk) 22:37, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
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Elected Oregon
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I ALMOST had to ask you what it meant. . . :) (John User:Jwy talk) 23:47, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
- No its perfect. Its appropriate that you have to dig around to get the meaning of it. (John User:Jwy talk) 00:00, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
Got the popcorn out yet?
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Wow. People could definitely learn a thing or two from you on quickly creating pages which are up to Wiki standards. Tool2Die4 (talk) 20:30, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
Matthieu
Thanks for fixing that--it was driving me crazy!
- That *was* weird. But fun twiddling for a Friday afternoon... --Esprqii (talk) 23:07, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
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I'm mostly just waiting something out so I'm not compelled to act like a bitch. :) Depending on how much activity and/or overlap with my watchlist there is, I may make myself scarcer. You've probably had enough popcorn this month anyway.
- Are you kidding? I managed to prove talk) 23:13, 29 April 2008 (UTC)]
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if only
I'll take a look tonight.
- Thanks. Some future generations of wikipedians will wonder about that edit summary for years...
- Probably not a lot of new info. I could only see a small snippet, which referenced Elijah Coalman (of glacier fame) and he seemed to pop up several more times in the good book, which also had me intrigued. --Esprqii (talk) 22:36, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
- So is it on GoogleBooks or something? talk) 23:05, 1 May 2008 (UTC)]
- So is it on GoogleBooks or something?
Thank you for reporting vandalism by Snotchrewlzall
- Lots of disruptive moves, will need admin support to undo this mess.
That was a mild understatement. I think I just spent the better part of an hour undoing all of said vandal's page moves. Thank you very much for this report, so we could stop it before it got any worse. —C.Fred (talk) 17:43, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
Cinco de COTW
Greetings once again from the Collaboration of the Week at
Zzzz Oregon COTW
Howdy ya’ll, time for another Collaboration of the Week from
5/14 DYK
--Bedford 05:01, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks very much for cleaning up my mess. No attention span yesterday...oh look!...
- Oh, it was my pleasure. Love that collaboration!
- Say, did Awotter go rogue on us? Check out his recent contribs... --Esprqii (talk) 21:45, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
- Odd. Compromised account? Or unable to see the WikiForest for the WikiBS? talk) 22:01, 15 May 2008 (UTC)]
- Nice article! Is that a Henry Failing redlink I see? Eesh, a slacker's work is never done (for real!) -Pete (talk) 23:29, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
- Odd. Compromised account? Or unable to see the WikiForest for the WikiBS?
May 2008
- Awwww. AM beat me to it :( talk) 22:54, 20 May 2008 (UTC)]
Autzen quote
I am trying to find a citation but having trouble. Kinda new at this, thank you for helping! (~JDM~) (talk) 00:45, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
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