Talk:List of Oregon state agencies

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[edit] List started

I created this list by compiling the entries from the two referenced sources, each of which is comprehensive but incomplete. I divided it into alphabetical sections by letter and placed navigation boxes at top and bottom. I am now in the process of wikifying the entries (bracketing for internal links, formatting as bulleted list entries, and conforming to a consistent style and alphabetization scheme). I'll move the "remainder needs clean-up" tag to the point where I leave off each session. My mind gets fuzzy fast on this kind of work, so I need to step away once in awhile and do something else. Once wikification is complete, I propose to begin de-redlinking, both by creating articles and stubs, and by combining some of the entries into single articles (I can see right off the bat that it would probably make sense to create a single Oregon Professional Licensing and Regulatory Boards article rather than an individual article for each profession. One of the primary purposes of getting the gazillion government entities covered is so that Government of Oregon can be brought up to feature quality and length without bogging it down with minutiae that should be covered elsewhere, or having it peppered with redlinks. That's my tentative plan and its status. I'm open to suggestion. -- "J-M" (Jgilhousen) 23:16, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Added the listdev tag (creating the "This list is incomplete" message) to the article. The list was drawn primarily from executive branch sources, so is missing courts, legislative agencies and commissions, and "hybrid" (quasi-governmental and semi-privatized organizations still operating with taxpayer funds and governmental oversight, but no longer staffed entirely by civil servants). -- "J-M" (Jgilhousen) 11:36, 23 December 2006 (UTC)