User talk:Gowilhi

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Welcome to my Talk page.

Enjoy, --(~JDM~) (talk) 00:34, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Welcome

Welcome!

Hello, Gowilhi, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{helpme}} before the question. Again, welcome! Katr67 (talk) 00:37, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

I'll second that -- thanks for jumping into the fray! Hope to see you around the wiki. -Pete (talk) 00:44, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Welcome to WikiProject Oregon! If you'd like, you can add the WP Oregon userbox to your user page using this code: {{User WikiProject Oregon}}. Check out the ongoing and archived discussions at WT:ORE and be sure to add the page to your Watchlist. If you are new to Wikipedia, it's a good idea to browse through the core principles of Wikipedia as well. The project home page at WP:ORE has many useful links to get you started. The recent changes and recent discussions links will display recent edits on articles within the project's scope. Welcome! —EncMstr (talk) 01:12, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Autzen

No problem. If you can cite it, put it in. If not, I don't think it's a huge loss as there are already lots of quotes related to the crowd noise. --Esprqii (talk) 02:00, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] QWERTY: Oregon COTW

Hello WikiProject Oregon participants, time for another edition of Collaboration of the Week. Last week we made some great improvements to Wallowa-Whitman National Forest and Oregon Ballot Measure 47 (1996), with a DYK for the forest. Great job everyone! This week we have another stub, George Lemuel Woods, one of only two governor stubs left, and should be an easy job getting it to Start class. Then, in honor of the long weekend, we have our second State Park Article Creation Drive. Lots of red links to turn blue, lots of opportunities for DYKs. Help if you can, even if it is only adding pictures of state parks. To opt out of these messages, leave your name here, or click here to make a suggestion. May the The Schwartz be with you. Aboutmovies (talk) 10:36, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] redlinks

I notice you have removed redlinks from several articles. There's no need to remove them; they'll turn blue (or whatever color you've selected) when the linked article appears. Sometime, you might see a redlink you strongly feel should be written, .... and then start the article! To see how worthwhile it this, click on a redlink, then click on "what links here" (in the toolbox). Keep up the good work! —EncMstr (talk) 03:38, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

No sweat. There is a very rich environment here: article composition, wikisyntax, discussion protocol, collaboration, style rules, policies, review, grammar, and spelling! Don't worry about making honest mistakes: someone will be along shortly to fix them. Quite cheerfully in most cases too! The top of this page has links to answers which should address 99% of your potential questions. If you have any others, by all means ask on my talk page, the WikiProject Oregon talk page, or at The Village Pump. —EncMstr (talk) 03:49, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Lane Transit District changes

(edit conflict with EncMstr's post above) Did you mean to revert diff my changes diff? Do you know about page histories to check and see why things were changed and who changed them? If you don't like my changes (though they were all based on the manual of style--for example the logo should go in the upper left corner), you need to explain why in the edit summary and/or the talk page. Also please read WP:REDLINK. Redlinks aren't "articles that don't exist" they are articles that are likely to exist. If you don't think Eugene-Springfield metropolitan area won't ever merit an article, that's one thing (I disagree) but redlinks don't get removed just because they are red. Also see What Wikipedia is not for the reason why the schedule isn't encyclopedic. Let me know what your reasoning behind these edits on Talk:Lane Transit District. Thanks. Katr67 (talk) 03:56, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Yes, the fact that you did it twice made me cranky! Don't sweat it, but do put the articles you edit on your watchlist and check the page diffs and edit summaries--they are an enormous help for learning how to do things around here. Watch how the established editors do things. We sometimes make mistakes but most of the time our page diffs will show what good edits look like. We do have an awful lot of rules--but do be careful about making the same change twice, this can be seen as edit warring, even if that wasn't your intention. If you have no objections then, I'll put the LTD logo back and make some other changes. If you disagree, be sure to leave a note on the talk page. Thanks! Katr67 (talk) 04:26, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] X marks the WPOR COTW spot

Guten Tag WikiProject Oregon team members! Great job last week with the Collaboration of the Week, we improved George Lemuel Woods and added eleven new state park articles. This past week we also surpassed the 6000 article mark as a project. The weather may suck, but WPORE is not. For this week we have by request Music of Oregon and Phil Knight. Both need some help, and with Knight we might be able to improve it to GA standards. Once again, to opt out of these messages, leave your name here, or click here to make a suggestion. Aboutmovies (talk) 19:30, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:Willamette High School Logo.jpg)

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[edit] A is for Apple at COTW

Hello again to those of the WikiProject we call Oregon. Time for another edition of Collaboration of the Week. Last week there was some good improvements to Music of Oregon and Phil Knight, great job everyone. This week, by request is the Applegate Trail, which is short enough to easily conjure up a DYK. Then, I’m trying something a little different, with the Portland State stuff. We included the two high profile schools during Civil War week last year, so now its time for the younger sibling that gets no respect to get some attention. After all, it is the largest college in the state. Feel free to help with whatever aspects you like, though to help with some ideas I added some to the article talk page. Click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Nana na na, hey hey hey, goouud byeeee. Aboutmovies (talk) 08:14, 7 June 2008 (UTC)