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Expansion source

Fred Leeson. THE BEGINNINGS: CITY ORGANIZATION BORN IN TEXAS STORM'S AFTERMATH. The Oregonian, June 23, 2005. Aboutmovies (talk) 01:00, 9 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Randy Leonard

Just found out he is an ex state senator and house member for anyone looking for an article to write that passes WP:BIO. Aboutmovies (talk) 08:57, 23 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

More specific details on Portland’s Commission structure needed

This article currently fails to mention the titles of commissioners and the power of the mayor to assign their areas of oversight. This page on the City of Portland’s website gives some info on the process though not the titles. Larrybob (talk) 16:06, 16 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Poorly sourced and such

An editor removed long standing edits I have made that is actually part of the this article that is properly sourced saying it is undue to one specific issue. That is understandable if it is not properly sourced. When the contents reflects what multiple independent reliable sources say, I don't believe that's a reason to smother it as undue, especially not an entire section blanking. A stubby article like this could benefit from addition of other contents, not removal of properly sourced, secondary sourced materials. Graywalls (talk) 06:47, 12 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Homeless camp sweeps, or lack thereof

The topic of this article is a description of the political structure, elected officials, and bureaus that make up the city government. Not the history of every problem the city has or hasn't tackled. That's what History of Portland, Oregon is for. Steven Walling • talk 06:49, 12 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Jaredscribe: This smacks of recentism to me. Are we really going to change the article to focus on one hot button issue? Two years ago we could have had a huge section about Black Lives Matter protests and unrest downtown, but there's nothing here. There's also nothing about the increase in crime. Why not? Because this isn't a history article, it's a description of civic structure. There should either be a section in History of Portland or an entire article about Homelessness in Portland, Oregon, but having more written material about that one issue makes no sense when we don't even have sections for all the city bureaus here. Steven Walling • talk 04:02, 14 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Move discussion in progress

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Proposed merge of Portland City Council (Oregon) into Government of Portland, Oregon

City council is part of the Government of Portland and I feel like having it in both places for a city this size isn't necessary. Graywalls (talk) 00:07, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose - We have city council pages for almost all similar cities, but not "Government of" pages. Merging this page into Portland, Oregon and keeping the council page would be more consistent with precedent (WP:TITLECON).

Looking at the 3 cities above and below Portland in the MSA rankings we have city council pages for all 6 (Charlotte, St. Louis, San Antonio, Austin, Pittsburgh, Sacramento), but we only have government pages for 2 (Pittsburgh and Sacramento). Jamedeus (talk) 03:23, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Don't Merge (Oppose) - The two cities above and below Portland in population (Boston, Detroit, Louisville, Memphis) all have pages for the City Council. The article as it currently stands meets WP:TITLECON.

Additionally, I would argue that there are enough sources, both WP:PRIMARY and WP:SECONDARY, including from national news agencies, that the article meets WP:GNG. PortlandSaint (talk) 02:48, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]