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$12.5 million for the entire project: "A Capitol "Wings" project, completed in 1977, at a cost of $12.5 million, added further space for legislative offices, hearing rooms, support services, a first floor galleria, and underground parking." (from the leg website)
Katr6718:34, 11 May 2007 (UTC)reply
University of Oregon - John E. Jaqua Law Library This PDF clarifies the records lost in the fire of 1935 and was published 02/27/2008 after the bulk of this article was researched and written. Article should reflect there are "few legislative history materials predating 1926."
Darryl.P.Pike 00:34, 22 Jan 2018 (UTC)
Basically the complete inability to get any other wikiproject's input (or ours for that matter) on this article, the lack of response at the FA candidacy when I asked for a reevaluation, and yes, your last-minute suggestions, which prompted me to want to say {{sofixit}}. Sorry, it's just after working so hard on this, and then to finally hear some suggestions, well, it rubbed me the wrong way. I really do invite you to take a stab at improving the article--obviously the intro looks fine to me, but after looking at it in detail for several months, I'm a poor judge of how comprehensive it is. I'm taking a break from it, but I'll come back and do a ruthless copy edit on it at some point. I promise this isn't sour grapes because the article wasn't promoted--if the article stinks (other than the minor grammar quibbles that can easily be taken care of--and were, as far as I can tell), I wish someone had told us something constructive sooner. It's certainly improved a lot
since February, and for that we should get a collective Huzzah! I still feel like we somehow did or said something wrong to invite such an underwhelming response. Or maybe our state's most famous bowling trophy just doesn't excite people as much as I think it ought. ::shrug::
Katr6707:45, 1 August 2007 (UTC)reply
OK, that I get it now. First, I'd like to apologize for the "last-minuteness" of my replies. I actually was compiling those in a text file on my computer, and got sidetracked last week…I wanted to look over the entire article and post my perceptions all in one chunk, but got sidetracked. Second, "sofixit" as I understand it is not directly applicable to FA's, which are intended to promote a discussion of the substantial aspects of the article…I'm happy to make the changes I suggested, and probably will, but I thought it was kind of a party foul in a FA to make a significant change instead of bringing it up for discussion. Sorry to not be more help…I definitely appreciate the quality the article has attained over time, and found the history very interesting. I've just been really busy off-wiki, and it kind of got away from me. -
Pete07:58, 1 August 2007 (UTC)reply
Pete, you mean this article wasn't on the top of your lifetime priority list? I'm shocked! God forbid anyone should be sidetracked by something more interesting or important in real life. :P I'm not sure it's a party foul to make changes during an FA or not, but I don't think so. I know I made several during the New Carissa's FA, but admittedly none were significant in terms of restructuring. Anyway, yeah, some fresh eyes on this would be good. Cheers,
Katr6719:00, 1 August 2007 (UTC)reply
Oops, late again. Sure, I'd call this A-class. Does that make it A-class? I thought it had to be GA first. I'll switch the rating and see what happens. -
Pete06:18, 6 August 2007 (UTC)reply
Don't need to go through GA as there is no formal A review process. Some projects have an A review process, but WPOR is not one of them. FYI on your FA review comment about the headers, they are that way to match the Michigan cap FA.
Aboutmovies20:23, 6 August 2007 (UTC)reply
The MOS says, "Common (vernacular) names of flora and fauna should be written in lower case—for example, "oak" or "lion". It also says, "Official common names of birds are normally capitalised." Many exceptions exist, and it is hard to remember them all. For example, Japanese maple and Poland China swine do not quite fit the general rule.
Finetooth16:28, 18 September 2007 (UTC)reply
Well, for now I support linking to whichever version eliminates the redirects. If the article titles need to be changed, that's probably not our problem.
Katr6716:33, 18 September 2007 (UTC)reply
The MOS says that "Sun, earth, and moon are proper nouns in an astronomical context, but not elsewhere." It could be argued that this is an astronomical context. I have reverted to Moon.
Finetooth16:45, 18 September 2007 (UTC)reply
Sometimes it's simpler to check a word's usage in context. In the
Moon article, it says "Unlike the moons of other planets, the moon of the Earth has no proper English name other than "the Moon" (capitalized)." Note moon is lower case in the generic usage.
Katr6717:00, 18 September 2007 (UTC)reply
I haven't found a style guide that agrees with you on this. The MOS doesn't seem to say one way or the other. However, the MOS lists several external style guides that might be consulted. I've checked two of them, The Chicago Manual of Style and the Guardian on-line guide at
[1]. The Chicago Manual says that names of cultural movements are usually lower-cased and gives "baroque," "cubism," "op art," and "theater of the absurd," among others, as examples. The Guardian says, "lc: art deco, art nouveau, cubism, dadaism, expressionism, gothic, impressionism, pop art, surrealism etc but Bauhaus, Modern (in the sense of Modern British, to distinguish it from "modern art"), pre-Raphaelite, Romantic (to differentiate between a romantic painting and a Romantic painting)." The two manuals don't agree about everything, by the way. Chicago says "Gothic," but the Guardian says "gothic." (Such is life.) Still, they do seem to agree about art deco.
Finetooth17:16, 18 September 2007 (UTC)reply
When I edit Wikipedia, I don't worry about outside style guides so much unless I can't find the answer here. Again, it's easier to go direct--within Wikipedia,
Art Deco and other styles are capitalized. If those article titles need to be changed, again, that needs to be taken up with the editors of those articles. In any case, I (and I believe the GA/FA standards) dislike redirects and the link should be piped if you insist on having it lowercase. BTW, I'm not trying to belittle your contributions--you're obviously a pro and you've done a great job cleaning up and tightening the syntax of this article (I tend to have more of a live and let live policy about that), but it seems to me you need to bend a little and make sure your edits are following in-house style (which, in the nature of the wiki, are sometimes a little nebulous), especially when it comes to wikilinks, which are one of the most important parts of Wikipedia.
Katr6717:34, 18 September 2007 (UTC)reply
Thanks for the redirect tip and the syntax compliment. It's true that I have not thought about redirects until this very moment, though I have used pipes without realizing they were redirects. I need to read about redirects to see what's going on with them and how they might affect Wikipedia style. Can you aim me in the direction of a document that clearly explains the redirects? Meanwhile, I'll change Art Deco back to caps. I have two other things to bring up; one is small, and the other is slightly bigger. The names "Justus F. Krumbein and Gilbert" appear in the "Second capitol" section and look suspicious to me, but I don't have the source material to check. Is Gilbert missing his last name, perhaps? The slightly bigger concern is that the references that are web citations don't include the author (if known), the publisher (if known), or the access date. Wouldn't it be useful to include these details?
Finetooth19:57, 18 September 2007 (UTC)reply
Me again, four hours later. I get it. I really didn't know what you meant by a problem with redirects, but now I see how it works. As you said, a pipe can solve the problem. Unwanted redirects are visible on the preview. I had not noticed that before, and no one else had mentioned these redirects to me. I went back to the list of flora and found one remaining unwanted redirect, for blue spruce, and fixed it with a Blue Spruce to blue spruce pipe. I'll have to go back to some other pages I've worked on to see if I've left any more of these redirects lying around. Thank you, Katr67, for bringing this to my attention.
Finetooth03:21, 19 September 2007 (UTC)reply
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Thanks for all your hard work and for taking the trouble to understand what I was on about regarding the redirs. You'll have to ask Aboutmovies about "Justus F. Krumbein and Gilbert"; that's from his research (it might be right by 1893 standards though). And yeah, some of the refs are still a little sloppy, but I expect many of the web sources don't have authors. I'll see about checking them and adding dates and publishers.
Katr6718:26, 19 September 2007 (UTC)reply
I see my input was needed. The architect I believe is missing the first name, but none was given. If I recall, the firm was Krumbein & Gilbert and I found the first name for Justus elsewhere. As to the refs, it looks like that is in progress.
Aboutmovies03:05, 2 October 2007 (UTC)reply
The article looks good, but one minor issue is that several of the inline citations contain only a URL link, and not full citation info (author, title, publication, date of publication, date URL was retrieved, etc). It is preferable that full citation information be included, so that if the link becomes a 404 not found, it is not rendered useless.
Dr. Cash01:59, 2 October 2007 (UTC)reply
Yep, we're working on it. Thanks for taking a look. Do you see any glaring FA obstacles, if you feel like giving an off-the-cuff impression?
Katr6702:25, 2 October 2007 (UTC)reply
A new round of copyediting quibbles
I can't stay away even with a self-reinforcing wikibreak. So I see an instance of "capitol" was changed to "Capitol" but I believe a previous copyedit made all stand-alone references to capitol lowercase. Although I normally despise the use of capitalization to show Great Metaphorical Significance, I think it might be OK in this instance? (Only when referring specifically to the current capitol). I won't flip out (see above) if we go with lowercase, but I will if it's not consistent. Thoughts?
Katr6720:39, 1 October 2007 (UTC)reply
AM, sorry -- I didn't recall that there was previously a gallery, sorry to take the article backward. I'll rearrange the photos. My main interest was getting a couple more photos on the page -- it seemed mildly sparse, and the photos of the legislative chambers seem significant. Any problem with finding a home for them, in a non-gallery layout? -
Pete23:32, 1 October 2007 (UTC)reply
Yes and no. One or two of those are I'm sure copyvio. The ones from the Oregon Blue Book I doubt were relaseable by an editor, mainly the Senate Chamber pic. And a copyvio picture like that is quick fail at GA, and probably at FA too. Were there any others you wanted to work in?
Aboutmovies23:58, 1 October 2007 (UTC)reply
Here's what's in commons. Mostly alternate views of the building. If the Celilo mural license is accurate, that would be a good addition. I could go take some more pictures if the weather works out. What do you want? More statues, murals, the Oregon shrubbery, the bell, the "dirt fountain" (Breyman Bros fountain)?
Katr6702:38, 2 October 2007 (UTC)reply
The copyvio point is a good one, I hadn't noticed that. Your pics are good, it would be nice someday to get photos with crisper edges so the many names are easier to read, and the image is clearer -- but that will have to wait I suppose! Some of the others above could be included, but I don't think any of them are needed. Thanks for replacing the BB images. Good work. -
Pete01:19, 11 October 2007 (UTC)reply
User:Wikilost recently added the following text to the article, which AboutMovies and I reverted:
“
The seal itself depicts an eagle superimposed over images depicting the history of Oregon. The eagle is similar to the one in the United States seal, (an eagle holding arrows in one claw and an olive branch in the other) with the notable difference being that the eagle's head is tilted toward the arrows, signifying, apparently, Oregon's preference for war.
[2]
”
I see a couple different problems with this text. First, if any of it is to be included, the bare facts must be cited: in other words, a
reliable source stating that the seal is on the floor, or perhaps a photo of the floor of the capitol. Second, the interpretation looks to me like
original research; it's interesting, but not worthy of an encyclopedia article. Maybe if there's a scholarly article making that claim, it might be worth noting that the interpretation has been made; but it can't be presented as fact or speculation. -
Pete (
talk)
00:26, 6 December 2007 (UTC)reply
I've also reverted it. I think it qualifies as {{dubious}} at the least. There is no "need" to cite a source stating that the seal is on the floor as this is not contentious, per
WP:CITE and
WP:V ("Material challenged or likely to be challenged, and all quotations, must be attributed to a reliable, published source." - This statement is a simple matter of fact, a common practice, and easy for anyone to verify personally; why would it be reasonably challenged?). The interpretation absolutely needs to be cited, though. That's the issue with this edit.
VigilancePrime (
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00:40, 6 December 2007 (UTC)reply
I've heard a similar story before, but not about Oregon, about the
Seal of the President of the United States.
Snopes has a note about a false urban legend about the eagle on the presidential seal being changed during wartime to face the arrows. That may be where this original misconception is coming from with this seal. Certainly not worth commenting on in this article. --
Dual Freq (
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01:10, 6 December 2007 (UTC)reply
I'm a resident of Oregon and had the privilege of taking the tour at the capitol a few years back while serving as a page. The tour guide pointed out the eagle and noted that it's head was turned towards the arrows because it supposedly was created during World War II. The creator must have been under the impression that the "urban legend" noted above was actually true and the tour guide also expressed his belief that tradition of turning the eagle's head is a real one. That being said, I support the earlier revisers on this section and agree that the oddity is not worth mentioning.
Zephyr12 (
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00:19, 10 January 2008 (UTC)reply
I worked at the capitol and had a friend involved with the page program and he gave me the impression some of the tour guides, uh, embellished things a bit. :)
Katr67 (
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05:55, 10 January 2008 (UTC)reply
The article states that Oregon's is the only Art Deco capitol. ("It is the only Art Deco style state capitol.")
However, the article for the
Louisiana State Capitol cites it as an Art Deco building (in the side bar table to the right of the article with fast facts of the LA building, the architectural style is given as Art Deco).
Sorry, I don't know how to properly post this, but just wanted to bring it to someone's attention.
Perfect place to post, just don't forget to sign with ~~~~. Looks like you're right, though there is a cited source in the article saying Oregon's is the only one. AM? Got cite? Do the editors at the Oregonian need to be beaten again?
Katr67 (
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06:04, 19 April 2008 (UTC)reply
By my original research, I'd say LA is Art Deco and ND and NE are moderne, but obviously it's a fine line. The LA capitol, at least the main entrance part, is eerily similar to Oregon's. I was thinking we could rewrite it to say "one of two (3, 4)", but we'll need a source. I bet there are more than a few The Big Exhaustive Picture Book of All 50 State Capitols (written by an actual architect) we could take a look at... Perhaps the "only" bit should be commented out for now.
Katr67 (
talk)
15:52, 19 April 2008 (UTC)reply
This is getting sureal. I'm searching for a strong source, and people do think NE is art deco, in fact an article in the Lincoln paper says the architect
Bertram Goodhue helped the transition to Art Deco, with a source of Wikipedia! Lots of mentions of NE and ND as art deco. I could not find anything with a set number, but
this thesis at UoO might. Plus the guy also helped write
a book on UoO's architecture so he may have a better understanding of architecture.
Aboutmovies (
talk)
20:30, 19 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Even though it has been nearly a decade this topic has sat dormant I have some information to challenge the designation all-together. The
NRHP application (7-1) places it under
Modernistic Style. The page for this style states that it encompasses several different styles of architecture, one of them being
PWA Moderne. I am unaware of when the style was identified or named and may not have been used or conceptualized when each of these works were produced. All of the example photos of this style bear striking resemblance to the current capitol, it was known to be used frequently during the exact time frame of construction (also in the application), and often favored for federal institutions. This very article states the percentage of federal funds going into the project and this style shows that influence. Coincidentally, the
Public Works Administration is cited as the federal agency contributing to the project and happens to also be what PWA stands for in the style's name itself for obvious and cite-able reasons. The lengthy application for historic status is a very complete document and a meticulously researched history of the building. It must be of the most reliable on information having been a federally produced, reviewed, and approved document intended to stand the test and scrutiny of time. Therefore:
I propose to remove - Art Deco - entirely and replace the term with - Modernistic style of PWA Moderne
Please provide input. - PS : The application is, in all reality what this article dreams to be and I feel more of the article needs written from and expanded by its information as further discussion.
Darryl.P.Pike (
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18:07, 25 January 2018 (UTC)reply
Thanks for not forsaking us Oregonians, Pete! I'm no good at the fixeruppering, who is our resident photoshopper these days? I'm too tired to check but are all those buildings mentioned in the article? I know the Holman Building is. And, for updating purposes, I've heard rumors about everyone having to move out again for a seismic retrofit...
Valfontis (
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03:23, 22 January 2015 (UTC)reply
Valfontis How could I forsake Oregon when the news is so juicy? I jest..but it's probably too soon, too soon. Anyway, here is a better version of that image (now on Commons). It could be split up into separate images if desired...and see
here for info on which is which. No, I haven't yet matched them to the article...it could be there is useful info in the neighboring text, too. I'll be back if nobody gets to this first... -
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07:19, 5 March 2015 (UTC)reply
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Good point, thank you for the note. You're welcome to add something yourself. I'll do a quick addition, it'll take a little effort to do something more nuanced. Please feel free to edit what I add. -
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20:56, 28 July 2021 (UTC)reply
I've noticed that not all of the sources cited fully support the content they are backing, which is especially concerning as this is listed as a featured article.
Although the Supreme Court had moved to the Oregon Supreme Court Building in 1914, - not in cited source
On April 25, 1935, at 6:43 pm, a custodial engineer called the Salem Fire Department to report smoke - not in cited source
ground story was of native Oregon sandstone from the Umpqua region.close paraphrasing issues when compared to the source ground story of native Oregon sandstone from the Umpqua region
From 1853 to 1965 it was a Salem city park. - source does not associate a 1853 date with this park
I'm concerned that based on these issues from a small sample, that source-text integrity lapses like this are more widespread in the article. I also wonder if some of the text needs checked for currency; for instance, the article implies the Waite Fountain is the original one from 1907-ish; but it appears to have been replaced by a structure of different design. Listing at
WP:FARGIVEN; a
featured article review is likely necessary unless the sources can be checked and fixed/replaced.
Hog FarmTalk02:46, 2 June 2023 (UTC)reply