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<div style="font-family: PlantagenetCherokee; font-size: 14pt; margin-bottom: 5px; padding-top: 5px;">'''Welcome to PortlandWiki!'''</div>
'''PortlandWiki is a collaborative community information resource for Portland, Oregon that is powered by [[PortlandWiki:Introduction|''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.
''The community powered knowledge commons for [[Portland|Portland, Oregon]].''


=== Get Involved ===
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* [[PortlandWiki:Introduction|Introduction]] - Learn more about PortlandWiki and how you can contribute!
* [[PortlandWiki:Meetups|Weekly Wiki Workouts]]! - OMG! They're ''so much fun''! Come workout with other wiki nerds. Weekly.
* [[Help:Editing|Wiki Page Basics]] - Quick tips on writing a basic PortlandWiki page.
* [[PW:To do|To do]] - stumped on what to do? Check out our to do list for open activities, big and small.
* [[PortlandWiki:Community Portal|Community Portal]] - Where we discuss what is needed to make PortlandWiki succeed.
* [[PortlandWiki:Policies|PortlandWiki Policies]] - Best practices to follow when adding content.
* [[PortlandWiki:Administrators|Administrators]] - Names of some of PortlandWiki's more active admins, what they do, and how to contact PortlandWiki.
* [[PortlandWiki:Article ideas|Article ideas]] - Suggest an article topic, or find an article to start building!
* [[Special:ShortPages|Add Content Here!]] - Help PortlandWiki flesh out skimpy articles crying out for your content contributions.


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* [[PortlandWiki:About|Learn about PortlandWiki]].
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== Featured Articles ==
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* [[Local blogs]] - Portland's diverse and interesting web logs identified here. Please add to this list!
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* [[Shelter]] is a place for people to find refuge from the elements. It is one of the primary components critical to survival for every person: water, food, safety (shelter).
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* [[Iraq Veterans Against the War - Oregon Chapter]] - To hell with war, and to its demonic mongers.
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* [[Cascadia]] is a proposed independent nation in the Pacific Northwest, usually composed of Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia, that would be formed by seceding from the United States (and Canada).
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* [[Green industry]] - In Portland it's easy being green.
* [[Horse rings]] - The small brass rings attached to curbs don't tether horses anymore... unless they're small plastic ones.
* [[Personal Telco]] - Portland's answer (so far) to "Internet as [[public utility]]."
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* [[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]].
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== Things to see in Portland ==
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[[File:Horse-spotting.JPG‎|thumb|[[Horse_rings|Horse spotting!]] Just one of many fun activities you can do in Portland!]]
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* Check out [[Ground Kontrol]], a classic arcade and bar. Ground Kontrol is all-ages from Noon - 5pm daily, and 21+ only after 5pm nightly.
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* Drop by the [[Living Room Theater]] to check out a show.
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* If you are not into movies and want a cool hangout, drop by [[Backspace]].
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* [[Art]]! The first week of the month offers [[First Thursday]]. Browse through the many art galleries throughout gritty [[Old Town]] and the shiny and plasticine [[Pearl District]].
* Meander through the [[Portland Police Historical Museum]].
* Walk through the [[South Park Blocks]], which run through the [[Portland State University]] campus.
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== Places to go near Portland ==
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[[File:Largest-frying-pan.JPG‎|thumb|Long Beach, Washington: Convenient Portland getaway and home to the "[[World's Largest Frying Pan|world's largest frying pan]]."]]
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* Visit beautiful [[Timberline Lodge]], a National Historic Landmark. The lodge was constructed in the late '30s as a [[Works Progress Administration]] (WPA) project during the Great Depression.
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* Ski the slippery slopes of [[Mt. Hood]].
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* Explore the active volcano at [[Mt. St. Helens]].
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* Meander along the [[Pacific Coast]], less than a two day power walk from Portland.
* During [[Cascadia]]'s wet months, succumb to a weekend bender in [[Bend]], where the sun ''do'' shine most o' the time.
* Spend the July 4th holiday in [[Long Beach]], [[Washington]], a pinnacle of patriotism and home to the [[World's Largest Frying Pan]].
* Find your perfect [[Halloween]] pumpkin at the [[Pumpkin Patch]]!
* And don't forget about [[Oxbow Regional Park]]. According to PortlandWiki News, it's "[[Old_news#Monday_.7C_September_6.2C_2010|a wonderful place to raise your homeless family]]"!
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== [[Things to do|Things to do in Portland]] ==
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* '''[[PortlandWiki:Monday_Meets|Contribute to PortlandWiki!]]'''
* Go see the new [[Baby Cougar]] at the [[Oregon Zoo]].
[[File:Monday Meet May 3 2010.JPG|thumb|[[User:Kotra|Kotra]], [[MarkDilley|Mark]] and [[User:WardCunningham|Ward]] wrangle wild wikis at [[Backspace|Backspace Cafe]].]]
* Solitary ad''vice'': [[DIY|Do something yourself]].
* Chug a barrel o' locally brewed [[Microbrew|microbrew]].
[[File:Single-Bowl-Bubbler-NW-18th-NW-Couch.JPG‎|thumb|'''Gargle some holy water.''' Single bowl [[Bubblers|Benson Bubbler]] on corner of NW Couch St & NW 18th Ave. Near entrance of [[Saint Mary's Cathedral]], Portland.]]
* Lasso unruly bookworms at [[Powell's Books]].
* Entertain the wildlife in beautiful [[Forest Park]].
* [[Walks|Walk]] around [[Old Town/Chinatown|Old Town]].
* Bike along [[Waterfront Park]].
* [[Rally For Peace|Stage a peace rally]] at [[Pioneer Square]].
* Skate on thin ice at [[Lloyd Center]]'s [[Ice Rink]].
* Make your way through town riding the [[MAX]].
* [http://wizbangpop.com/2010/06/20/naked-bike-ride-through-portland-oregon-ends-in-serious-accident.php Risk your hide] in [[Portland]]'s [[Naked Bike Ride|naked bike ride]]!
* Waive your hands in the air "like you just don't care" at a live [[music|concert]].
* Get religion by becoming a "[[Portland Trail Blazers|Blazer Believer]]."
* Shamelessly show off your naked feet by hiking barefoot with [[Portland Barefoot Hikers]].


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=== Culture ===
* [[Portland is number one]]
* [[:Category:Keep Portland Weird|Keep Portland Weird]]
* [[Taboo]]
* [[Graffiti]]
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=== Food & Drink ===
* [[Cupcakes]]
* [[All day breakfast]]
* [[5 dollar lunch specials]]
* [[Vegan options]]
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=== Fun ===
* [[Music scene]]
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* [[Bicycling]]
* [[Professional sports]]
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=== Government ===
* [[U.S. Representatives]]
* [[Voter-Owned Elections]]
* [[Psychiatric Security Review Board]]
* [[Opt In]]
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=== Activism ===
* [[Occupy Portland]]
* [[Community Assembly]]
* [[Hunger Strike for Housing Justice]]
* [[Food Not Bombs]]
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=== Transportation ===
* [[Bridges]]
* [[TriMet]]
* [[Portland Aerial Tram]]
* [[Vanpooling]]
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=== Education ===
* [[Northwest Academy]]
* [[Portland State University]]
* [[Reed College]]
* [[Multnomah County Central Library]]
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=== History ===
* [[Francis Pettygrove]]
* [[Thomas G. O'Connor]]
* [[John Couch]]
* [[Cable Car Canyon]]
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=== Business ===
* [[Green industry]]
* [[Worker-Owned Cooperatives]]
* [[Startup]]
* [[Bridgetown Bucks]]
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Welcome to PortlandWiki!

The community powered knowledge commons for Portland, Oregon.

PortlandWiki is built by you. Just login and click the "Improve" button at the top of any page and share your knowledge.

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Articles don't have to be neutral.

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