User:Lgrayp

This is the User Page for editor LGrayP. To contact me, please use my Talk page: user_talk:lgrayp Thank you!

I am a librarian in Portland, Oregon, and just getting started with Wikipedia editing. I have made minor edits from various local IP addresses in the past, and started this account in January 2017 to participate in the 2nd annual #1lib1ref campaign. This fall I am participating in the Wikipedia + Libraries training program, and am very interested in helping others to learn how to engage with Wikipedia, whether as editors or as informed consumers of information. I grew up in Salem, our state capitol, and have a deep love of all things Oregon. I'll also be looking in on other topics of interest for me, including geography and geology, and history. One of my favorite places on the planet is Roads End, just because. :-)

Edit activity prior to September 2017

As a novice Wikipedian, I unwittingly committed a primary error, in editing a page of someone I'm related to. All edits under anonymous IPs, and user "lgrayp" were in good faith, and any changes of factual nature or Wikipedia style on that page are appreciated and encouraged. Other pages I've edited include area history pages such as Cedar Mill, Oregon, where my place of work is located (Cedar Mill Community Libraries).

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