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Help identifying a lumpy rock?

So, maybe you've noticed some new aerial photos getting posted...here's one of a rocky protrusion (a mountain? Who knows?) in eastern Oregon. Can you help identify it? It's taken frum near Juntura, Oregon, facing roughly north. If I had to guess I'd say it's maybe in the Castle Rock Wilderness Study Area or Beaver Dam Creek Wilderness Study Area.

(Oh look, more redlinks :)

And...if there are articles that need photos along these lines, maybe give me or User:Tedder a nudge... Pete Forsyth (talk) 01:46, 16 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Pete! Interesting puzzle. I always enjoy thinking about these kinds of things. I notice a road south of the peak you're wondering about, running across the image. I notice a valley south of that road, which roughly parallels the road, and looks to drain west into a less incised valley in the bottom left of the image. Then of course there's the cliff from the main summit…
If instead of facing north, you were facing west, this all looks like it could be Castle Rock WSA. My other guesses in the region are Black Butte (west-southwest of Juntura), and Sheep Rock (just outside of the western extremities of the Beaver Dam Creek WSA you mentioned). So obviously it really depends which direction you were from Juntura and how far. Hope this helps. Jsayre64 (talk) 19:17, 21 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks @Jsayre64: We were almost directly above Juntura, and pointing the camera somewhere between an WNW and NNE...probably right about the middle of that range. I have used your excellent observations to further revisit this on Google Earth, but still no luck! -Pete Forsyth (talk) 16:36, 28 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Then maybe it was Petes Mountain! I didn't have hardly any luck on Google Earth either, but I like to use Gaia GPS, which has a very well labeled topographic map. See if you can view it here [1]. Jsayre64 (talk) 03:31, 1 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Looking east to Castle Rock
I was in the area again and I think it's Castle Rock. Here's the Google Earth view of it, here are four pics of it looking NW, N, and NE. tedder (talk) 16:55, 5 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Nice work. I think you found it. The "04" view, which looks like it is looking west, is diagnostic. If you had a view looking more to the southwest and from a slightly lower elevation, like this Google Earth view, I think it would match nicely with the original "Rock protrusion in eastern Oregon 03" image. You get the dirt road going across from left to right, and the brown patches also going left to right a few hundred feet below the ridge. The Google Earth view doesn't really show the rock itself, but that could be an artifact of remote imaging. – Jonesey95 (talk) 16:20, 6 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

FAR for Voluntary Human Extinction Movement

I have nominated Voluntary Human Extinction Movement for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Hog Farm Talk 03:38, 16 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Eyes on the Cylvia Hayes article

Looks like there are some issues here. The thing she's most known for in Oregon is not mentioned in the lead section, and there's a whole lot of external links in the text. I'm not going to be able to dig in in the immediate future. -Pete Forsyth (talk) 16:38, 28 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yikes, a SPA doing reputation management/PR. I attempted to revert and welcome the user, Graywalls fixed my incomplete revert. tedder (talk) 20:41, 28 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The COI on this article made it to Willamette Week. They don't have a connection between User:AgilityQueen and Cylvia or Cylvia's PR, but note her website talks about her dog training, "a self-confessed agility-holic". tedder (talk) 18:53, 4 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I've added the Press template to the top of the article's talk page. ---Another Believer (Talk) 18:59, 4 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, I was about to look for that template, but it would have taken me a long time to find it! tedder (talk) 19:09, 4 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Ugh. The article has been restored to its pre-COI-edit state, which is good. Some improvements may have been reverted in the process. I did a quick run through that article to improve the grammar and remove some trivia and puffery. It could use some more attention if anyone is willing. Now I'm going to wash my hands.... – Jonesey95 (talk) 16:40, 5 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Good work folks. This article has been subject to apparently COI edits for years. Valfontis (talk) 14:31, 6 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Photo request for Miss Delta

Photo request: Miss Delta ---Another Believer (Talk) 13:28, 20 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Assessment request

Hello Oregon teammates, can I get experienced Wiki-Oregon editors to assess new article on Roy W. Ritner. Ritner was president of the Oregon State Senate from 1921 through 1922. The DYK hook on this article was recently approved and will probably be posted on Wikipedia’s main page sometime around 8 October. I’d really like someone from WikiProject Oregon to do assessment before DYK appears on main page. Thanks!--Orygun (talk) 04:12, 29 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Super work, as usual! — Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 20:56, 29 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Draft:Literary Arts, Inc.

Back by popular demand. I once made a redirect from Literary Arts, Inc. to the Oregon Book Award and the redir eventually ended up as an ("my") abandoned draft, about which I was notified today. Redirects are weird. Anyway, is it ready for primetime? If anyone has a minute to see if it's good for a standalone article, please move it into mainspace or if not, restore the redirect.

On a personal note, I've returned to College and my major is totally in line with my interests here, and I have access to all the databases, so hit me up for distracting research projects or just drop me line. I promise I will only be mucking about in a student-y way in collaborative open source projects that aren't Wikipedia.

Cheers, Valfontis (talk) 14:22, 6 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats to the return-to-student mode! The draft doesn't look ready to me. I'll make the redir for now. tedder (talk) 17:08, 6 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hadleyville, Oregon maybe DYK

Here's another tiny article on a tiny place. I have just about exhausted all my resources and patience for finding encyclopedic bits and need to move on. There was a neighborly stabbing and the shooting death of a ne'er-do-well younger brother of the Hon. Mr. Hadley, but that's alas either trivia or original research.

However. I learned at the 11th hour that Hadleyville was clamoring for an extension of the Oregon Electric in the 1930s. I can't find anything on when the effort ended (probably circa 1934) but if you look on newspapers.com under Valfontis, amongst all the other bits and bobs are some clips about the proposed rail extension. There might be enough words with the addition of the rail info to make a nice DYK, if there are any bored railfans about.

P.S. Other mysteries include the need for RSs on the last location of the post office (likely the source of the GNIS coords), and the fact the Hadley House served as a stage stop (only source is real estate listings). Cheers, Valfontis (talk) 21:20, 3 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, the above post got inadvertently deleted? If I did something offensive or the rules have changed, please drop me a note on my talk page. Cheers, Valfontis (talk) 03:07, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Assessment request

Teammates, can I get experienced Wiki-Oregon editors to assess article on George C. Brownell. He was president of the Oregon State Senate in 1903 and 1904. DYK bullet for this article (plus related image) has been approved and is now in DYK prep area. It will be posted on Wikipedia’s main page sometime soon. I’d really appreciate someone from WikiProject Oregon taking time to do assessment before DYK appears on main page. Thanks!--Orygun (talk) 06:51, 21 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Great work as always, Orygun. That land fraud scandal really is the gift that keeps on giving, with all the interesting Oregon political stories... -Pete Forsyth (talk) 03:54, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:Meek's Cutoff (film)#Requested move 4 March 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Meek's Cutoff (film)#Requested move 4 March 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. voorts (talk/contributions) 22:49, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed name change about infamous Oregon emigration route

The issue of whether Meek's Cutoff should go to article on the historic road or the article on the film on the road has..er..resurfaced.

(Not the greatest pun, I suppose, considering the lack of "surface" or any visible indicators on the "road" was among its principle features) Anyway, here's the discussion. Pete Forsyth (talk) 00:26, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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