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Welcome to sunny Portland! Did you know that Portland is the birthplace of Wiki? It's true! PortlandWiki is the city wiki for Portland, Oregon that you are invited to contribute to! A city wiki (or civic wiki) is a website about a town, city or region that is built and maintained by its community. PortlandWiki welcomes your contributions! PortlandWiki aims to represent the "Voice of Portland" by providing a citizen-generated news and information resource, a knowledge "hub" and historical archive for Portland, Oregon and our surrounding region. Get Involved Introduction - Learn more about how to use PortlandWiki: how to read it, how to write for it! Wiki Page Basics - Quick tips on writing a basic PortlandWiki page. 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 Portland Wiki flesh out these content-poor pages. Tell us how you found out about PortlandWiki!

Places to go near Portland Long Beach, Washington: Convenient Portland getaway and home to the "world's largest frying pan." Mt. Hood, Mt. St. Helens and the Pacific Coast are all within a two hour drive from Portland. These are all great places to be during the few months of the year when it is not raining. (Basically, July 4th - October 4th.) And they're also great places to visit during Cascadia's wet months. And don't forget about Oxbow Regional Park. According to PortlandWiki News, it's "a wonderful place to raise your homeless family"! Things to see in Portland Horse spotting! Just one of many fun activities you can do in Portland! Start Downtown and visit the Ground Kontrol for a great experience for the kids, at any age, or drop by the Living Room Theater to check out a show. If you are not into movies and want a cool hangout, drop by Backspace. The first week of the month offers First Thursday. Head towards Fareless Square for many galleries, then onward to the Portland Police Historical Museum for historical events known as the start of the Portland State University campus. (more) Things to do in Portland 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. <videoflash>qeZLu8gItKg&hl</videoflash> Go see the new Baby Cougar at the Oregon Zoo Do something yourself Grab a beer Go to Powell's Books Go to Forest Park Walk around Go to Waterfront Park Go to Pioneer Square Go to Lloyd Center Ride the MAX Ride a bike See a concert Watch a Blazers game Contribute to PortlandWiki! Kotra, Mark and Ward wrangle wild wikis at Backspace Cafe. (more) Featured Articles Yellow Bike Project - A community cycling "first." Powell's Bookstore - An entire "City of Books" with a broken PortlandWiki reference list. 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. Green industry - Portland has become a center for green energy.

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