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Welcome to PortlandWiki. The community-powered knowledge commons for Portland, Oregon.

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Welcome to sunny Portland: "Birthplace of Wiki"!

PortlandWiki is a collaborative community information resource for Portland, Oregon that is powered by you! The PortlandWiki community welcomes your creative input.

PortlandWiki's aims to represent the Voice of Portland by providing a citizen-generated news and information resource, knowledge hub and historical archive for Portland, Oregon and our surrounding region.

Get Involved

  • Introduction - Learn more about PortlandWiki and how you can contribute!
  • Wiki Page Basics - Quick tips on writing a basic PortlandWiki page.
  • To do - stumped on what to do? Check out our to do list for open activities, big and small.
  • Community Portal - Where we discuss what is needed to make PortlandWiki succeed.
  • PortlandWiki Policies - Best practices to follow when adding content.
  • Administrators - Names of some of PortlandWiki's more active admins, what they do, and how to contact PortlandWiki.
  • Article ideas - Suggest an article topic, or find an article to start building!
  • Add Content Here! - Help PortlandWiki flesh out skimpy articles crying out for your content contributions.

Tell us how you found out about PortlandWiki!

Interested in the PortlandWiki Barnraising event?

PortlandWiki's Barnraising event is where you help decide which improvements to PortlandWiki are most urgently needed, and then help make them!

Keep checking this space, details will be posted as soon as we get them! Event planning is here on the wiki and open to all to view and edit, at PortlandWiki:Barnraising!

Places to go near Portland

Long Beach, Washington: Convenient Portland getaway and home to the "world's largest frying pan."

Things to see in Portland

Horse spotting! Just one of many fun activities you can do in Portland!

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Featured Articles

  • Green industry - In Portland it's easy being green.
  • Huber's Café - For Portland's oldest restaurant, every day is Thanksgiving.
  • Swifts - A stunning aerial performance visible any September evening in Northwest Portland.
  • Personal Telco - Portland's answer (so far) to "Internet as public utility."
  • Yellow Bike Project - (Pictured here in black 'n' white.) A community cycling "first."
  • Charles Olds - Olds shot a man "just to watch him ...uh... succumb from injuries suffered as a result of an act of manslaughter."
  • CivicApps - An open data / open source project sponsored by several Portland-area government agencies.
  • Portlandia - The second largest hammered copper statue in America! (The largest is the Statue of Liberty.)
  • East 82nd Avenue - A major North-South arterial on Portland's Eastside. Gateway to Felony Flats.


Things to do in Portland

Kotra, Mark and Ward wrangle wild wikis at Backspace Cafe.
Gargle some holy water. Single bowl Benson Bubbler on corner of NW Couch St & NW 18th Ave. Near entrance of Saint Mary's Cathedral, Portland.

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News

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Events

Movie theaters

Family fun

Sports

Music scene

The game of go

Companies

For sale

Wanted

B2B

Green industry

Cleantech

Sustainable technologies

High tech

Bicycling

Walking

Public transit

Bridges

Traffic laws

ODOT

Cars

Taxis

Portland Aerial Tram

Union Station

Portland International Airport

Local media

Social structures

Organizations

Canton politics

Schools

Multnomah County Library

Medical services

Social services

Spiritual organizations

Tax services

Living cheaply

Discounts and freebies

Free Wi-Fi hot spots

Cheap food

Lunch under five dollars

Birthday deals

Thrift stores

Supermarkets and grocery stores

International foods

Growing food

Keep checking this space, details will be posted as soon as we get them!

  • Where: unconfirmed
  • When: Wednesday March 2, or Saturday March 5 (we'll know which soon!)


Restaurants, Food carts

Coffee and Tea Shops

Catering

Buffets

Wineries

Breweries

Vegetarian, Vegan, All day breakfast

Alcohol

Portland history

Landmarks

Study spots

Dogs

Volunteer opportunities

Memorials

Gyms, Exercise

Outdoor activities

Art

Shopping centers

Beauty salons and barber shops

Clothing stores

Singles scene, Date ideas

Parenting

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