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Will Maupin, User:SpokaneWilly, is a freelance journalist who writes for the Spokane, Washington-based newspaper Inlander.
He's edited Wikipedia since 2005, and also contributes many photos to Commons. He regularly takes photos of sites on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), and other local sites in the Inland Northwest region. In a recent article he declared his plan [https://www.inlander.com/special-guides/ill-be-trading-my-laptop-for-a-camera-and-road-trips-to-visually-document-our-region-for-wikipedia-28114485 "to visually document our region for Wikipedia"] this summer.
Spokane is located between mountain ranges and only gets 16.5 inches of rain each year. But it does not have a water problem, as documented by Maupin's photos. The Spokane River runs right though the city.
File:Upper Falls Power Plant.jpg|The Upper Falls Power Plant
File:Monroe Street Dam North Bank Upstream.jpg|North bank of the Spokane River
File:Monroe Street Turbine.jpg|An old hydroelectric turbine
So he takes lots of photos of bridges.
File:UP SIRR Bridge.png|The Union Pacific bridge in Spokane Valley
File:Seven Mile Bridge.png|The Seven Mile Bridge
File:Post Street Bridge from South Bank.jpg|Post Street Bridge
He also likes to document many of the city's gathering places.
File:Shadle Water Tower.png|Shadle Water Tower
File:The Gathering Place Monument.png|The Gathering Place Monument
File:Liberty Overview.png|Liberty Overview
File:Doyle's Ice Cream Parlor.png|Doyle's Ice Cream Parlor
Churches, houses, and local institutions are among his favorite subjects.
File:902 W Augusta.jpg|NRHP-listed house on Augusta St. in Spokane
File:St. Aidan's Anglican Spokane.jpg|St. Aidan's Anglican Church
File:Brick House PV.jpg|House in the Peaceful Valley neighborhood of Spokane
File:Corbin Park American Foursquare.jpg|A house, in the American Foursquare style, in Corbin Park
File:Woman's Club.jpg|Woman's Club
File:Corbin Art Center.png|Corbin Art Center
File:Hutton Elementary Spokane.png|Hutton Elementary
File:Hallett House Medical Lake.png|Hallett House
As he wrote in his column:
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