User talk:Mattmcc

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howdy

Thanks for your addition to Downtown Portland. I did not immediately find that I-405 even had a link.

You seem proud to live in this cities' metropolitan area! And well knowledgable. Haha, sorry... Forgot. Alphalife 19:57, 7 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I'm quite fond of Portland, yes. Between the city, the mountain, the gorge, and the coast I couldn't see myself living anywhere else.

By the way, don't forget to attach your signature to comments in talk pages. --Mattmcc 22:58, 6 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Film vs. Movie

It's not pointless. The article itself implies what my comment said explicitly. It's elitist snobbery. It caught my attention when I saw these various articles being methodically changed from "____ (19xx movie)" to "____ (19xx film)" by people who apparently have too much time on their hands and regard "Movie" as the vernacular of The Great Unwashed. Wahkeenah 05:20, 17 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The only way the article implies it is if you consider academics and elitists (or snobs) to be synonymous. I'd say the article explains why film is preferred quite simply: movie is a colloquialism. If that isn't sufficient, the rationale behind the choice of film for the article name rather than movie has already been hashed out in the article's talk page archive. --Mattmcc 17:42, 17 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

You've made precisely my point. It's the "vernacular of the peasantry", and is therefore unworthy. If you've ever seen "Plan 9 From Outer Space" and would call that piece of trash a "film", you should win an award of some kind. Wahkeenah 23:33, 17 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

It's not a question of worthiness, but simply formality. This is, after all, an encyclopedia. As such, formal terminology is preferred. In any case, the comment I removed wasn't NPOV. So even if it did have a point, a Wikipedia article isn't the place to make it. --Mattmcc 02:46, 18 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

It's snobbery. This is not new. Decades ago the point was made by sarcastic sorts that Ingmar Bergman's pictures were to be called "films", not "movies". Wahkeenah 02:58, 18 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

rvt edits by User:71.111.3.178

Thanks for reverting some of the Internet links from 71.111.3.178 (talk · contribs), I thought I would have to do all of them. THANKS! WikiDon 04:10, 10 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Tualatin

I noticed that you've done a lot of work on Tualatin and other cities in the Portland area. I also live in Tualatin, and although I am new to editing here on wikipedia I am quickly falling in love with it. I'm planing some additions, and to continue to update the Tigard-Tualatin area. I look foward to working with you. kbailey1 21:05, 4 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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Proposed deletion of StRUT

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Non notable student charity

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