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Oregon Settlements

A non-fan of non-places is prodding some likely-to-be-places. I'll be working on Rice, Oregon. OGN is apparently now considered just a gazetteer, so use moar sources. Others:

• Dant, Oregon
• Fairbanks, Oregon @Tedder
• Kingsley, Oregon
• Whiskey Dick, Oregon (likely just a "funny place name", I haven't checked yep, created by "Blue Bucket Cow Camp" guy)

Happy researching, Valfontis (talk) 04:42, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

I contested Fairbanks but agree with Dant, fwiw. Cracking open "Stations West" and not even finding "Dant" mentioned wasn't exactly an endorsement. tedder (talk) 18:31, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

Howdy. I dunno, Dant was created by @Finetooth: and he has pretty good instincts as far as notability. Valfontis (talk) 18:36, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

Maybe merge and redir to Oregon Trunk Railroad? Valfontis (talk) 18:39, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

Regarding Kingsley, it was demoted to a ghost town, which is fine, but can one link to Google Maps to prove that nothing is there? Seems like WP:OR to me. Said the amateur geographer. I'm also curious, @WeirdNAnnoyed: why Kingsley didn't get a Prod while Rice did. Rice also has a cemetery... Valfontis (talk) 18:46, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

Hello @Valfontis:, I decided not to PROD Kingsley because I could find far more mentions of it in local newspapers than I could Rice (although most of them were trivial mentions of somebody "of Kingsley" doing something completely unnotable, as small-town newspapers often used to print). If you're aware of more substantial information then by all means add it and remove my PROD. I'm not committed to deleting these articles, I just don't think we should have articles about places where all we can say is its name, location, and when it had a post office. That gets into WP:INDISCRIMINATE territory. But if we can say more, we should keep the articles. BTW, my understanding is Google Maps (or other maps) are fine for proving existence (e.g. the cemetery) but not notability. WeirdNAnnoyed (talk) 23:19, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

@WeirdNAnnoyed: I created the Dant article about 10 years ago. Although the article's claims are faithful to the sources cited, the claims are thin, and Dant probably fails the notability test. Tedder is correct in saying that Dant is not mentioned in Stations West, which does however include a map of the Oregon Trunk Railway showing the location of a station named Frieda. The station name was changed from Frieda to Dant in honor of the perlite mine guy. All that is of such minor historical interest that deleting the Dant article seems reasonable. Oregon Trunk Railway and Oregon Trunk Railroad both redirect to Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway, which has only one paragraph about this trunk line. If someone wanted to use the station list in Stations West to expand that paragraph, Dant (Frieda) could rise again as a tiny part of a minor list. Finetooth (talk) 00:00, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Hey Finetooth! Can you or @Tedder see if Havana, Oregon is mentioned in Stations West? It's on the Pendleton Branch line of the UP (formerly OR&N). I think I have a copy around here somewhere... Thanks! Valfontis (talk) 20:13, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

hi! Not in the index. Also doesn't appear in OGN (6th ed.). tedder (talk) 20:53, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Thx! Yeah, definitely not in 7th OGN in either. Valfontis (talk) 21:43, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Also, Riley Moffat's book of historical populations of western towns has data about nearby Helix, Oregon but nothing about Havana. Finetooth (talk) 00:32, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

Thanks Finetooth! Hey, while I have you on the line, is Wildhorse Creek in Umatilla County (Umatilla River tributary) worth a darn? Valfontis (talk) 05:16, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

Kintzing Prichette

He is listed as being a 2 month Governor of Oregon yet he does not appear on the Oregon Governors page. Also the dates for Lane's first term and Gaines' term are inaccurate if we properly add Prichette back in. This needs to be reconciled. Coyotez (talk) 21:41, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

Hi Coyotez, I see he's in a footnote on the List of governors of Oregon page. I'm curious if the state has an official list (I know it was pre-statehood) and did they include him? Valfontis (talk) 05:22, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

Carolyn B. Shelton isn't listed either. A decision must have been made not to include acting governors. Valfontis (talk) 05:28, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

List of parks in Portland, Oregon

After populating Category:Parks in North Portland, Oregon, Category:Parks in Northeast Portland, Oregon, Category:Parks in Northwest Portland, Oregon, Category:Parks in South Portland, Oregon, Category:Parks in Southeast Portland, Oregon, and Category:Parks in Southwest Portland, Oregon, I realized List of parks in Portland, Oregon needs a little love. Some of the needed changes are related to the creation of South Portland. I've identified some unresolved issues at Talk:List of parks in Portland, Oregon, if any others are interested in collaborating. Thanks! --Another Believer _(Talk) 16:04, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Portland Trail Blazers

Portland Trail Blazers has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 20:03, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

Made a start, but ran out of time today. — Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 22:11, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Viva Las Vegas (dancer)#Requested move 12 August 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Viva Las Vegas (dancer)#Requested move 12 August 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. RodRabelo7 (talk) 18:48, 18 August 2024 (UTC)