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I mostly edit articles having anything to do with ]. I specialize in articles about communities, and my work ranges from ]-like minor edits to wholesale rewrites of articles. When I find the time I add articles about obscure places in Oregon, and I keep on eye on all of the articles about ]. Yep, every last one. (What this means is that I remove vandalism from these articles and try to clean up ] additions, but remove ]. I do this because I believe in quality articles, not because I have some sort of ]. Honest.) I especially dislike ] and ] and ] content better suited to ]. Feel free to ''']''' to me about my edits! I tend to fight a lot of ], since I have about a million things on my watchlist. I have been known to work as a professional editor. This does not mean I am infallible, but if you'd like to have me look over your edits, please ''']'''! ''Please note that I'm not an ], and any actions that I take, such welcoming new users, enforcing wikipolicy (short of blocking, page deletion and the like), deleting spam, etc., are available to the ordinary Misplaced Pages user. Be ]!'' ]
I mostly edit articles having anything to do with ]. I specialize in articles about communities, and my work ranges from ]-like minor edits to wholesale rewrites of articles. When I find the time I add articles about obscure places in Oregon, and I keep an eye on all of the articles about ]. Yep, every last one. (What this means is that I remove vandalism from these articles and try to clean up ] additions, but remove ]. I do this because I believe in quality articles, not because I have some sort of ]. Honest.) I especially dislike ] and ] and ] content better suited to ]. Feel free to ''']''' to me about my edits! I tend to fight a lot of ], since I have about a million things on my watchlist. I have been known to work as a professional editor. This does not mean I am infallible, but if you'd like to have me look over your edits, please ''']'''! ''Please note that I'm not an ], and any actions that I take, such welcoming new users, enforcing wikipolicy (short of blocking, page deletion and the like), deleting spam, etc., are available to the ordinary Misplaced Pages user. Be ]!'' ]
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I mostly edit articles having anything to do with Oregon. I specialize in articles about communities, and my work ranges from Wikignome-like minor edits to wholesale rewrites of articles. When I find the time I add articles about obscure places in Oregon, and I keep an eye on all of the articles about Oregon communities. Yep, every last one. (What this means is that I remove vandalism from these articles and try to clean up good faith additions, but remove POV. I do this because I believe in quality articles, not because I have some sort of Goddess complex. Honest.) I especially dislike linkspam and promotional and tourist-oriented content better suited to Wikitravel. Feel free to talk to me about my edits! I tend to fight a lot of vandalism, since I have about a million things on my watchlist. I have been known to work as a professional editor. This does not mean I am infallible, but if you'd like to have me look over your edits, please ask! Please note that I'm not an administrator, and any actions that I take, such welcoming new users, enforcing wikipolicy (short of blocking, page deletion and the like), deleting spam, etc., are available to the ordinary Misplaced Pages user. Be BOLD!Katr67
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I award this Barnstar to Katr67 for her great efforts improving WP Oregon. Over 2000 edits again this month, and every single one of them in Oregon ;) Aboutmovies 23:39, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
For work on Pacific Northwest places, competence and civility. Walter Siegmund(talk) 23:17, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diligence
You even revert bot edits gone bad. For extraordinary diligence regarding Oregon, National Register of Historic Places and Ghost towns articles, specifically. Also for overall high-quality work on Misplaced Pages. A mcmurray 20:10, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
For general excellence of edits in Wikiproject Oregon, exemplified by the long-awaited answer to a seemingly minor question. -Pete 02:40, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
This editor is a Most Excellent Grognard, and is entitled to display this Misplaced Pages Vest Pocket Edition
Oregon Geographic Names, not to be confused with Oregon Geographic Names, from Portland State University Department of Geology Northwest GeoData Clearinghouse: "Associated with each name are: County, Latitude, Longitide , Elevation, and 7.5' Quadrangle Name." For filling out coordinates templates.
If I see that one more "town" is "nestled" in anything, anywhere, I'll scream. Katr67 05:45, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
Cities are platted. Not "planted" or "plotted" or any other such thing. Plats are also different from "plans". Think before you edit! Katr67 21:49, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
Please please please use: Show preview instead of making multiple edits to the same article. If you're worried about losing your work, copy and save it to a Word doc or something similar (the Wiki markup will still work if you need to use your saved copy). Multiple edits make it hard to track changes and clutter up the page history. OK, so it bumps up your edit count. And? Oh, and BTW, also please please please write good edit summaries! Katr67 18:39, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
If you mention "grammar" in your edit summary, be sure to spell it right. :) Katr67 17:06, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
Handy collection of internal links, templates and boilerplate
This is a list I put together for my personal use. If you feel the need to copy and paste this wholesale onto your user page, please let me know. I'm glad you like my ideas but be sure to be creative and create your own headers too! Making your own list will probably be more useful to you though.
A picture for you...because you rock! Cacophony 08:19, 2 December 2006 (UTC)For fighting the good fight and helping keep Oregon green, or at least keeping vandalism down, I award thee the RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar. Aboutmovies 01:33, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined Foo as a census-designated place (CDP). The census definition of the area may not precisely correspond to local understanding of the area with the same name.
Hint for "copy and pasters": I encourage you to be creative and find your own, but if you feel the need to put any of these on your own page, you should know I "subst" my userboxes, and have changed some of the wording to suit myself, thus some of these are not quite the "official" wording. You can find the originals by following the links here: Misplaced Pages:Userboxes.
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Try to find something about my ancestor, Louis Alexander Lezotte (Louis Lizote or Louis Lisote), being awarded the Badge of Military Merit that isn't original research. Katr67 18:27, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
"He had enlisted...as a private in Captain Gilbert's Company, Hazen's Regiment during the winter of 1777 and served at White Plains and at the taking of Cornwallis. He was also a private in Captain Olivier's 3rd Company and was honorably discharged...in June 1783." From a history of Chazy, New York.Katr67 23:50, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
I can't believe there isn't an article on the floaty pen! Surely if snow globe can have an article, then so can the floaty pen! Katr67 18:30, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
Write article on nuclear weapons transport the White Train aka "Death Train", which protesters once successfully stopped in Oregon using non-violentcivil disobedience in the 1980s, since nobody remembers this. Katr67 18:43, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
Write an article on Carpenter Gothic and/or add content to the Gothic Revival architecture article about gothic residences (since it's heavy on the churches and stuff). It looks like this and the gable-front-and-wing, less elaborate sort they used to build in Oregon is also known as a "Western Farmhouse". Examples abound. I even have photos. Hurray for center gables! Another link.Katr67 22:59, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
I stole this idea from someone, who stole it from someone, etc. If you steal it from me, for goshsakes write your own headers and put them in some order that is meaningful to you! (mine are ordered chronologically)
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Try to find something about my ancestor, Louis Alexander Lezotte (Louis Lizote or Louis Lisote), being awarded the Badge of Military Merit that isn't original research. Katr67 18:27, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
"He had enlisted...as a private in Captain Gilbert's Company, Hazen's Regiment during the winter of 1777 and served at White Plains and at the taking of Cornwallis. He was also a private in Captain Olivier's 3rd Company and was honorably discharged...in June 1783." From a history of Chazy, New York. Katr67 23:50, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
