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New articles, mostly stubs
[edit]Oregon communities
[edit]- Agate Beach, Oregon
- Agness, Oregon
- Airlie, Oregon
- Alfalfa, Oregon
- Algoma, Oregon (B-class) DYK (not expanded by me)
- Alicel, Oregon (survived AfD)
- Allegany, Oregon
- Alpine, Oregon
- Alsea, Oregon
- Andrews, Oregon
- Applegate, Oregon
- Arock, Oregon
- Ash, Oregon
- Ashwood, Oregon
- Austin, Oregon (Start-class)
- Austin Junction, Oregon
- Azalea, Oregon
- Ballston, Oregon (Start-class)
- Barton, Oregon
- Beaver Hill, Oregon (over redirect)
- Beaver Marsh, Oregon
- Belknap Springs, Oregon
- Bethel, Polk County, Oregon (Start-class)
- Bingham Springs, Oregon
- Birkenfeld, Oregon
- Blachly, Oregon (over redirect)
- Black Rock, Oregon
- Blakeley, Oregon
- Blodgett, Oregon
- Blooming, Oregon
- Bloucher, Oregon (rewrote over speedied good-faith one-word entry)
- Blue River, Oregon
- Bonneville, Oregon
- Bourne, Oregon
- Breitenbush, Oregon (over redirect)
- Bridge, Oregon
- Brighton, Oregon
- Brownlee, Oregon
- Buchanan, Oregon
- Bull Run, Oregon
- Burnt Woods, Oregon
- Buxton, Oregon
- Cairo, Oregon
- Camas Valley, Oregon
- Carpenterville, Oregon
- Carson, Oregon
- Carus, Oregon
- Cascade Summit, Oregon
- Cazadero, Oregon
- Cecil, Oregon
- Chemawa, Oregon
- Cherryville, Oregon
- Cheshire, Oregon
- Clearwater, Oregon
- Clifton, Clatsop County, Oregon
- Clifton, Hood River County, Oregon
- Cloverdale, Deschutes County, Oregon
- Cloverdale, Lane County, Oregon
- Cold Springs, Oregon
- Copper, Jackson County, Oregon
- Copperfield, Oregon (Start-class)
- Corbett, Oregon
- Cottrell, Oregon
- Crane, Oregon
- Crooked River Ranch, Oregon
- Crow, Oregon
- Crowley, Malheur County, Oregon
- Crowley, Polk County, Oregon
- Culp Creek, Oregon (Start-class) DYK (w/ lots of help expanding)
- Curtin, Oregon
- Cushman, Oregon
- Dale, Oregon
- Days Creek, Oregon
- Deadwood, Oregon
- Deerhorn, Oregon
- Dellwood, Oregon
- Derry, Oregon
- Dexter, Oregon
- Disston, Oregon
- Dixie, Baker County, Oregon
- Dixie, Grant County, Oregon
- Dixie, Washington County, Oregon
- Dodson, Oregon
- Dolph, Oregon (Start-class)
- Dora, Oregon
- Dorena, Oregon
- Drew, Oregon
- Dryden, Oregon
- Eightmile, Oregon
- Ellendale, Oregon (Start-class) (completely rewrote from copyvio initial article)
- Elmira, Oregon
- Elsie, Oregon
- Farmington, Oregon (C-class)
- Faubion, Oregon
- Ferndale, Oregon
- Finn Rock, Oregon
- Fort Hill, Oregon
- Fort Klamath, Oregon
- Fort Rock, Oregon (Start-class)
- Foss, Oregon
- Friend, Oregon
- Galena, Oregon
- Gales Creek, Oregon
- Gardiner, Oregon
- Gateway, Oregon
- Gaylord, Oregon
- Gibbon, Oregon
- Glenwood, Washington County, Oregon (Start-class)
- Goldson, Oregon
- Gravelford, Oregon
- Green Acres, Coos County, Oregon (Start-class)
- Hadleyville, Oregon
- Hamilton, Oregon
- Hamlet, Oregon
- Hampton, Oregon-->Hampton, Deschutes County, Oregon
- Hardman, Oregon
- Harlan, Oregon
- Hauser, Oregon
Havana, OregonMy Second Deletion(tm) (kind of a bummer, really, redirected to hwy article for now, needs a place in an article about the rail line)- Heceta Beach, Oregon
- Hilgard, Oregon
- Hinkle, Oregon
- Hobsonville, Oregon
- Holland, Oregon
- Holley, Oregon
- Hopewell, Oregon
- Horton, Oregon
- Irving, Eugene, Oregon
- Jasper, Oregon
- Jewell, Oregon
- Jewell Junction, Oregon
- Jonesboro, Oregon
- Juntura, Oregon
- Kamela, Oregon
- Kerby, Oregon (Start-class)
- Kernville, Oregon (Start-class)
- Kimberly, Oregon
- Kings Valley, Oregon
- Klamath Agency, Oregon
- Leaburg, Oregon (Start-class) (rewrote from speedied stub)
- Lees Camp, Oregon
- Lenz, Hood River County, Oregon
- Lenz, Klamath County, Oregon
- Lime, Oregon
- Lookingglass, Oregon (Start-class) DYK
- Lorane, Oregon
- Macksburg, Oregon (C-class)
- Macleay
- Manning, Oregon
- Marcola, Oregon
- Marmot, Oregon
- McKenzie Bridge, Oregon (Start-class)
- Meacham, Oregon
- Milo, Oregon (Start-class)
- Modoc Point
- Mohawk, Oregon
- Mount Hood, Oregon (over redirect)
- Mount Hood Parkdale, Oregon
- Myrick, Oregon
- Necanicum, Oregon
- New Bridge, Oregon
- Nibley, Oregon
- Nonpareil, Oregon (Start-class)
- Norway, Oregon
- Nye, Oregon
- Olene, Oregon
- Olney, Oregon
- Ordnance, Oregon
- Oretown
- Orodell, Oregon
- Otis Junction, Oregon
- Paradise, Oregon
- Payette Junction, Oregon
- Pinehurst, Oregon (Start-class)
- Pistol River, Oregon
- Placer, Oregon (Start-class)
- Pleasant Valley, Baker County, Oregon (over prod)
- Pleasant Valley, Josephine County, Oregon (over one-sentence stub)
- Pleasant Valley, Tillamook County, Oregon (over one-sentence stub)
- Powell Butte, Oregon (over redirect)
- Pratum, Oregon (Start-class)
- Prosper, Oregon
- Provolt, Oregon
- Randolph, Oregon
- Remote, Oregon
- Rice, Oregon (survived prod)
- Rieth, Oregon
- Ripplebrook, Oregon
- Ritter, Oregon
- Riverton, Oregon
- Riverview, Multnomah County, Oregon
- Riverview, Umatilla County, Oregon
- Robinette, Oregon (Start-class)
- Ruch, Oregon
- Saint Benedict, Oregon
- Saint Joseph, Oregon (Start-class)
- Salisbury, Oregon
- Salt Creek, Oregon
- Sams Valley, Oregon
- Seal Rock, Oregon (Start-class)
- Searose Beach, Oregon
- Shadowood, Oregon
- Shady, Oregon
Shaniko Junction, OregonMy first and only deletion.- Shaw, Oregon
- Shedd, Oregon
- Siltcoos, Oregon
- Silver Lake, Oregon (C-class)
- Sitkum, Oregon
- Sixes, Oregon
- Sparta, Oregon
- Springwater, Oregon
- Starkey, Oregon
- Sumner, Oregon
- Sunnyside, Umatilla County, Oregon
- Surf Pines, Oregon (rewrote from scratch after speedied for non-notability)
- Susanville, Oregon
- Suver, Oregon
- Swisshome, Oregon
- Syracuse, Oregon
- Talbot, Oregon
- Telocaset, Oregon
- Tenmile, Coos County, Oregon
- Tenmile, Douglas County, Oregon
- Thatcher, Oregon
- Thurston, Springfield, Oregon
- Tidewater, Oregon
- Tiernan, Oregon
- Tiller, Oregon
- Tonquin, Oregon
- Triangle Lake, Oregon
- Valley Junction, Oregon
- Valsetz, Oregon (Start-class)
- Van, Oregon
- Vaughn, Oregon
- Venator, Oregon
- Verboort, Oregon (Start-class) DYK
- Vida, Oregon
- Voltage, Oregon
- Waconda, Oregon
- Wagontire, Oregon
- Walker, Oregon
- Walterville, Oregon
- Walton, Oregon
- Warren, Oregon (rewrote from scratch after speedied nonsense)
- Warrendale, Oregon (Start-class)
- Weatherby, Oregon
- Wedderburn, Oregon
- Whitney, Oregon
- Wilkesboro, Oregon (Start-class)
- Willowcreek, Oregon
- Winchester, Oregon
- Witch Hazel, Oregon (Start-class)
- Wolf Creek, Oregon
- Wonder, Oregon
- Worden, Oregon
- Wren, Oregon
- Zena, Oregon
Other geographic
[edit]- Amity Hills (over redirect)
- Bull Run River (Oregon) (FA-class) (For which I can take absolutely no credit!)
- Camp Polk (Oregon)
- Camp White
- Devils Churn
- Elliott Cutoff (C-class)
- Farewell Bend State Recreation Area
- Fitton Green Natural Area
- French Prairie (Start-class)
- Howell Prairie
- Kelly Butte (Springfield, Oregon)
- Klamath Basin (C-class)
- Mill Creek (Marion County, Oregon)
- Mitchell Point (Oregon)
- Mount Hebo
- Port of Brookings Harbor
- Port of Coos Bay (over redirect)
- Port of Morrow (over redirect)
- Port of Toledo (Oregon)
- Proposal Rock (Oregon)
- Rickreall Creek
- Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest-->Rogue River – Siskiyou National Forest (Start-class)
- Rogue River (South Yamhill River)
- Row River (Start-class)
- Shelton Ditch (Oregon)
- Silver Lake (Oregon) (rewrote from speedied stub)
- South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve
- Spring Valley (Oregon)
- Squaw Valley (Oregon)
- Tumtum River
- Wallowa-Whitman National Forest-->Wallowa–Whitman National Forest (Start-class) DYK
People
[edit]- William L. Adams (pioneer)
- Jesse Applegate
- Martin d'Aguilar
- Margaret Jewett Smith Bailey DYK
- Ralph Barnes (journalist)
- Alphonso Boone DYK (not expanded by me)
- James Cloutier
- Chief Comcomly
- Thomas Condon (over redirect)
- Marie Aioe Dorion
- Ezra Fisher
- Gabriel Franchère
- Cornelius Gilliam
- William H. Gray (Oregon politician)
- Solomon Hirsch
- Marcy Cottrell Houle (over redirect)
- Thomas J. Howell (botanist)
- Albertina Kerr
- Mary Strong Kinney
- Joseph Hamilton Lambert DYK
- Seth Lewelling
- François X. Matthieu
- William McCoy (Oregon politician)
- Benjamin Wistar Morris, III --> Benjamin W. Morris (architect) --> Benjamin Wistar Morris (architect)
- Robert B. Pamplin, Jr.
- George M. Post
- Irving W. Pratt
- Stephen A. Douglas Puter
- Joel Redon
- Osborne Russell
- Frank H. Schwarz DYK
- Leslie M. Scott
- James B. Stephens
- Janet Stevenson
- William G. T'Vault
- Frank M. Warren, Sr. DYK
- Frederick Manson White
- Chloe Clark Willson
- William H. Willson
- John B. Yeon
NRHP
[edit]- Cape Arago Light
- Coburg Historic District
- Eugene (Amtrak station)
- Grand Theater (Salem, Oregon)
- John Phillips House
- Lee Mission Cemetery
- McMinnville Downtown Historic District
- Old West Salem City Hall
- Oregon Electric Station
- Dr. Luke A. Port House
- Salem (Amtrak station) (wasn't NRHP when I started it)
- Salem First United Methodist Church DYK
- Tillamook Rock Light
- Tualatin Academy (created stub over redir)
- Umpqua River Light
- Villard Hall
Newspapers
[edit]- Baker City Herald
- The Bulletin (Bend) DYK (not expanded by me)
- Canby Herald
- Central Oregonian
- The Chronicle (St. Helens)
- Cottage Grove Sentinel
- Curry Coastal Pilot
- Eagle Newspapers (Oregon)
- Grants Pass Daily Courier
- Headlight-Herald (Tillamook)
- The Hermiston Herald
- Hood River News
- The Madras Pioneer
- News-Times (Newport)
- Nugget Newspaper (over speedy)
- Oregon Herald
- Polk County Itemizer-Observer
- The Record-Courier (Baker City)
- Siuslaw News
- Western Communications
- Woodburn Independent
Native Americans of Oregon
[edit]- Coast Indian Reservation
- Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs
- Coquille Tribe-->Coquille Indian Tribe
- Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians
- Klamath Tribes
- List of Native American Tribal Entities in Oregon-->List of federally recognized Native American tribes in Oregon
- Mohawk people (Oregon)
- Old Camp Casino
- Oregon Superintendent of Indian Affairs
- Umatilla Indian Reservation
- Warm Springs (tribe)-->Warm Springs tribes
Oregon government
[edit]- Government of Oregon
- Hillcrest Youth Correctional Facility
- Mill Creek Correctional Facility
- Oregon Cultural Heritage Commission
- Oregon Department of Justice
- Oregon Historic Trails Advisory Council
- Oregon State Fair
Other
[edit]- 2nd Oregon Volunteer Infantry Regiment
- Christmas flood of 1964
- Eugene Water & Electric Board
- Foghorn Stringband
- List of lighthouses on the Oregon Coast
- List of Roman Catholic religious communities in Oregon
- Monastery of Our Lady of Jordan, Oregon (started w/ bit from Catholic Encyclopedia)
- Neighb'rhood Childr'n
- Northwest Regional style
- Oregon Music Hall of Fame
- Oregon Trail Memorial Association
- Portland Hotel DYK
- Povey Brothers Studio DYK
- Public Oregon Intercity Transit-->Oregon POINT
- Red Electric-->Southern Pacific Red Electric Lines
- Rosemary Anderson High School (over redir)
- St. Elizabeth Health Services (partly NRHP)
- Santiam Academy
- Oregon silverspot butterfly
- Umpqua Research Company
- University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History
- Wahkiakum County Ferry
- Whidden and Lewis
- Wilco (farm supply cooperative)
Non-Oregon!
[edit]- Berezan River
- Camp MacArthur
- Coleman Glacier (Washington)
- George Davidson (geographer)
- Hazen, Nevada (over copyvio deletion)
- Frank W. Lewis
- McKenna, Washington
- Benjamin Wistar Morris --> Benjamin Wistar Morris (colonist)
- Pioneer cemetery
- Planing mill
- Sweet Home Mine (Colorado) (over redirect)
- Cappy Thompson
- Women Painters of Washington
- XIT (band)
Major expansions
[edit]- Blalock, Oregon DYK
- Crawfordsville, Oregon
- Dee, Oregon
- Donnybrook, Oregon
- Independence Historic District (Independence, Oregon)
- O. P. Hoff DYK
- Pine Grove, Hood River County, Oregon DYK
- Rocky Point, Oregon
Minor expansions and major rewrites
[edit]- Arthur I. Appleton (he's not from Oregon)
- Biggs Junction, Oregon
- Brooks, Oregon
- Century Farm (merged info from Centennial farm)
- Coopey Falls
- Cooston, Oregon (rewrote from scratch)
- Dry Well Creek
- Encina, Oregon
- Glasgow, Oregon
- Goshen, Oregon
- Hutchinson, Oregon
- Interlachen, Oregon
- Lake of the Woods, Oregon
- Lancaster, Oregon
- Minerva, Oregon
- Shoukhrat Mitalipov (rewrote from scratch)
- Nelson, Oregon
- Nolin, Oregon
- Otis, Oregon
- Oxbow, Oregon
- Promise, Oregon
- Quincy, Oregon
- Rice Hill, Oregon
- Suplee, Oregon
- Tierra Del Mar, Oregon
- Wade Hampton Pipes
- Walden, Oregon
- Woodson, Oregon
- Yarnell, Oregon
- Lidia Yuknavitch (rewrote from scratch)
School districts
[edit]I've created several school district articles, mostly by moving existing text from community articles, but a couple I actually did some research on:
- Astoria School District (move)
- Athena Weston School District (combo)
- Blachly School District (redirs to Blachly, Oregon)
- Bethel School District (Oregon)
- Centennial School District (Oregon) (move)
- Central Curry School District
- Central Point School District (move)
- Clatskanie School District
- Corbett School District
- Coos Bay Public Schools (move)
- Culver School District
- Eugene School District
- Forest Grove School District (move)
- Gaston School District
- Glendale School District (Oregon)
- Grants Pass School District (move)
- Gresham-Barlow School District (move)
- Harney County Union High School District (redirs to Crane, Oregon)
- Harrisburg School District (Oregon)
- Hermiston School District (move)
- Klamath Falls City School District (move)
- Lebanon Community Schools (move)
- McMinnville School District (move)
- Milton-Freewater Unified School District (move)
- Molalla River School District (combo)
- Mt. Angel School District
- Newberg School District (move)
- North Bend School District (move)
- Phoenix-Talent School District (move)
- Roseburg School District
- Salem-Keizer School District (move)
- Three Rivers School District (Oregon) (combo)
- Vernonia School District
Categories
[edit]Some of the more interesting categories I've created (vs. ones needed for housekeeping reasons)
Regional
- Category:Agriculture in Oregon
- Category:American Indian reservations in Oregon
- Category:Beaches of Oregon
- Category:Cities on the Columbia River --> Category:Settlements on the Columbia River --> Category:Populated places on the Columbia River
- Category:Company towns in Oregon
- Category:Company towns in Washington --> Category:Company towns in Washington (U.S. state) --> Category:Company towns in Washington (state)
- Category:Cycling in Oregon
- Category:Explorers of Oregon
- Category:Ferries in Oregon --> Category:Ferries of Oregon
- Category:Ferries in Washington --> Category:Ferries of Washington --> Category:Ferries of Washington (U.S. state) --> Category:Ferries of Washington (state)
- Category:Former Southern Pacific stations in Oregon (a poor attempt at cataloging the named stops, not the buildings, that were on the SP. Railroad Wikipedians were not amused.)-->Category:Former Southern Pacific Railroad stations in Oregon (look it's back again! Vindication is sweet!!!)
- Category:Ghost towns in Oregon
- Category:Grasslands of Oregon
- Category:Historic trails and roads in Oregon
- Category:Indigenous languages of Oregon
- Category:Magazines published in Oregon
- Category:Native American tribes in Oregon
- Category:New Deal in Oregon
- Category:Oregon architects --> Category:Architects from Oregon
- Category:Oregon pioneers
- Category:Oregon record labels --> Category:Record labels based in Oregon
- Category:Port cities in Oregon --> Category:Port settlements in Oregon --> Category:Port cities in Oregon
- Category:Rail transport in Oregon --> Category:Rail transportation in Oregon
- Category:Seaside resorts in Oregon
- Category:Shipbuilding companies of Oregon
- Category:Spa towns in Oregon
Timber industry related
- Category:Timber magnates -->Category:Businesspeople in timber for timber magnates, lumber barons, timber barons, timber tycoons and the like.
- Category:Forest products companies
Templates
[edit]I helped develop these templates, and User:Piotrus took them live:
- {{welcome student}}
- {{welcome teacher}}
Things I like to help keep tidy
[edit]- List of cities and unincorporated communities in Oregon
- List of newspapers in Oregon
- Wikipedia:U.S. cities without articles
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/List of US Newspapers/Oregon
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/High schools/US/Oregon
GA and FA articles on which I did significant copy editing
[edit] | This user helped promote Waller Hall to good article status. |
| This user helped promote Katherine Ann Power to good article status. |
| This user helped promote Willamette University College of Law to good article status. |
| This user helped promote Charles L. McNary to good article status. |
 | This user helped promote Oregon State Capitol to featured article status. |
| This user helped promote Hillsboro, Oregon to good article status. |
I didn't really do much on this one (DYK)
[edit] | This user helped promote Spruce Production Division to good article status. |