User:Esprqii

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I've been a Wikipedia editor since 2006, and have written more than 300 articles from scratch, many relating to the U.S. state of Oregon. I was one of the early contributors to WikiProject Oregon, a Wikipedia project dedicated to creating and improving articles relating to Oregon. My interests have spanned from biographies of political leaders and sports heroes to descriptions of important historical events and places. In addition to creating new articles, I have researched, edited, maintained, and assessed thousands more Wikipedia articles, with an emphasis on providing accurate and well-referenced source material.

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[http://wikiprojectoregon.wordpress.com WikiProject Oregon blog]

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Projects

Here are some of the articles and projects I've put the most work into:

  • Oregon and California Railroad Revested Lands: As I delved into Oregon history, so many topics came back to this topic, a jumbled mixture of the economy, the environment, local and national politics, law, and of course--scandal. The only thing missing is sports. It is a complex topic that continues to this day to have a huge impact on the state's economy and culture.
  • List of United States Representatives from Oregon: When I first stumbled across this list, I was amazed at how few of the representatives had articles in Wikipedia and took to adding them one by one. Just when I thought I'd read the most incredible story—both good and bad—I found yet another. These "old dead guys and gals" never failed to disappoint.
  • Oregon Sports Hall of Fame: So many Oregon sports heroes are included in this hall from a wide variety of sports, but a surprising number had no articles about them. I took their Oregon sports hall status as a show of notability and have been tracking down their bios for articles ever since. I continue to be amazed at the fascinating stories out there.
  • Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame: Another sports hall of fame, this time from my alma mater. More interesting, notable sportspeople with no Wikipedia articles.
  • Wikipedia:WikiProject Oregon/Assessment: Once the Oregon project really took off, we had thousands of articles that needed to be tagged to be included in the project and then assessed in terms of completeness and quality. I did as many as I could.
  • Did You Know: Articles I created and nominated for the Did You Know feature that appears on Wikipedia's main page.
  • Barnstars and awards: Hey, it's fun to get recognition.
  • To do: Articles to create one of these days.

Articles created

Here are the articles I've created from scratch. There are a lot of articles I've written up from stubs, but that would take a lot more work to uncover so this is a good sampling of what I've done around here. I try never to create an article without at least one good reference and always work to get it to at least Start class.

=Politics=

=Sports=

A lot of these were based on sports figures who were inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame or the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame.

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|Nick Aliotti

|Pokey Allen

|Darwin Barney

|John Beckett

|Guy Benjamin

|Bob Bowlsby

Greg Buckingham

|Don Bunce

|Don Burness

|Doug Burke

|Nigel Burton

|Jody Campbell

Kaleb Canales

|Mitch Canham

|Rich Cho

|Jack Cody

|Ralph Coleman

|Bill Corbus

Steve Coury

|Bill Cowden

|Steve Cox

|Jack Crabtree

|Grace DeMoss

|Jack Dana

John H. Dick

|Steve Dils

|Christopher Dorst

|Jon Douglas

|Don Durdan

|Trent Edwards

Chandler Egan

|David Esquer

|Jim Eyen

|Dutch Fehring

|John Ferris

|Kevin Freeman

Hugh Gallarneau

|Bobby Garrett

|Marjorie Gestring

|Keith Gledhill

|Molly Goodenbour

|Quentin Greenough

L. H. Gregory

|George Haines

|Leo Harris

|Eric Hardgrave

|Bill Hayward

|Don Head

Bud Held

|Brenda Helser

|Biff Hoffman

John Hopkins

|Todd Husak

|Hjalmar Hvam

Brian Job

|Wally Johansen

|Chris Johnson

Jenna Johnson

|Art Jones

|Mike Jorgensen

Spec Keene

|Gary Kerkorian

|Don Kirsch

|Mel Krause

|James F. Lanagan

|Sam Lee

Fred Linari

|Marybeth Linzmeier

|Leo Long

|Jair Lynch

|Andrew McDonald

|Thomas L. McFadden

Owen Marecic

|Nancy Merki

|Mike Mikulak

|Butch Morse

|Alan Mouchawar

|Bernard Muir

Phil Neer

|Paul Neumann

|Dick Norman

|North West Hockey League

|Danny O'Neil

|Oregon Sports Hall of Fame

T. C. Ostrander

|Pacific Coast Pro Basketball League

|Jason Palumbis

|John Paye

|Platypus Trophy

|Portland Buckaroos

Portland Power

|Portland Indians

|Portland Interscholastic League

|Walter D. Powell

|Tavita Pritchard

|Joe Prunty

Larry Questad

|Susan Rapp

|Reliance Athletic Club

|Jeanne Ruark Hoff

|Jean Saubert

|Della Sehorn

George Shaw

|Nate Shaw

|Tom Shaw

|Willie Shaw

|Charlie Sitton

|Malcolm Snider

Stanford Cardinal women's basketball

|Katy Steding

|Ron Stratten

|Jerry Tarr

|Chuck Taylor

|Robert L. Templeton

Claude E. Thornhill

|Ron Tomsic

|Frank Troeh

|George Varoff

|Randy Vataha

|Chris von Saltza

Ed Voss

|Tim Walsh

|WSU Fight Song

|Western Canada Hockey League

|Nancy White

|Oscar F. Willing

Artie Wilson

|Carolyn Wood

|Suzanne Zimmerman

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colspan=6|Bowl games: 1958 Rose, 1965 Rose, 1972 Rose, 1977 Sun, 1978 Bluebonnet, Toilet Bowl, 1986 Gator, 1991 Aloha, 1993 Blockbuster, 1995 Liberty, 2001 Fiesta, 2017 Alamo
colspan=6|Stanford football seasons: 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1906–17 (rugby) {{icon|GA}}, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1921, 1923, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1942, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1975, 1980, 1986, 1999, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022
colspan=6|Lists: Stanford bowl games, Stanford head football coaches, Stanford football seasons

=Other=

=Templates=

Templates make life easier for editing and moving around articles in Wikipedia. Here are links to some that I created.

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|Template:WikiProject Oregon COTW

|Template:WikiProject Oregon COTW-Now

|Template:WikiProject Oregon COTW-Was

Template:Pac-10 Fight Songs

|Template:StanfordBasketballCoach

|Template:StanfordQuarterbacks

Template:OR2008elections

Photos

Here are some of the photos I've taken and uploaded to Wikipedia that are in use in Wikipedia articles today.

File:Lake Oswego Iron & Steel Crucible.jpg|Oregon Iron and Steel Company crucible

File:Oregon Iron Company Furnace.jpg|Oregon Iron Company furnace

File:Oregon Iron Company Furnace restored.JPG|Oregon Iron Company furnace (restored)

File:Clear Lake with Mount Washington.jpg|Clear Lake, Oregon, with Mount Washington

File:George Rogers House.jpg|George Rogers House

File:Lake Oswego Railroad Bridge.jpg|Lake Oswego Railroad Bridge

File:Lake Oswego Canal.jpg|Lake Oswego Canal

File:LesAuCoinPlaza.jpg|Les AuCoin Plaza

File:Middle Sister.JPG|Middle Sister

File:North Sister.JPG|North Sister

File:South Sister.JPG|South Sister

File:RockMesa.jpg|Rock Mesa

File:Dr Noble Wiley Jones House.jpg|Dr. Noble Wiley Jones House

File:Mount Talbert.jpg|Mount Talbert

File:Mount Scott and Happy Valley.jpg|Mount Scott

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