On Sun, 24 Apr 2005, Michael P. Hopcroft wrote:
I was wondering if someone could do soem
fact-checking, copyediting and
expansion for me on the following new articles:
Inasmuch as these articles touch upon my home town, I can't help but
respond; although, if you are looking for information about these subjects
in general, your best first stop would be [[Wikipedia:Reference Desk]].
Goldschmidt Sex Scandal
Are you aware that there is already an article [[Neil Goldschmidt]] which
discusses this part of his life?
Portand Tribune
Kendra James
Dwight Jaynes
Phil Sanford
J.E. Clark
I see that you started these articles. While I don't know if time will
prove them noteworthy of Wikipedia, I'm glad to see that one more person
contributing to Wikipedia is interested in Oregon subjects.
BTW, I'm amazed that you left out perhaps Bud Clark's best known act: as
the model for the "Expose yourself to Art" poster. I believe this makes
him more than just another mayor of a medium-sized city.
I need additional ifnromation for the article on Sam Adams (Oeegon
Poltiican), which is essentially a stub, and to expand the article on
Vera Katz.
As I understand it, the way Wikipedia works is that you write an article
with as much as you know about the subject. Then you wait, either adding
to your research, or hoping that someone else does. While in a few cases
this leads to conflicts over the content or the wording of the article,
most of the time it actually works, attracting interest & more information.
Unfortunately, posting requests like you did to this mail list won't work
most of the time. As far as I know, I'm the only subscriber to this list
who lives in Oregon; many -- if not a majority -- live outside of the U.S.,
& are likely to assume Portland, Oregon is a suburb of Los Angeles, if
they think about my home town at all. And at the moment, I'm up to my
elbows in research in a far different area (I just submitted 20-odd articles
on medieval rulers of Ethiopia). However, there are about a half-dozen
regular editors on Wikipedia who do work on Oregon-related topics, & if
you look on the history pages of Articles like [[Portland, Oregon]], you're
likely to find them. Perhaps some of them can help you with this.
In my experience, given enough time all articles on Wikipedia grow; some
just take longer than others.
Geoff