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University of Oregon School of Architecture and Allied Arts

Nice work on that! Is that your first article? Katr67 (talk) 21:14, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!! Yup...it's my very first. Cluskillz (talk) 20:59, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Oregon invitation

You are invited to join WikiProject Oregon, a WikiProject dedicated to improving articles related to the U.S. state of Oregon. You received this invitation because of your interest in Oregon and/or your edits to Oregon articles. If you would like to join, please visit the project page, and add your name to the list of participants.

Katr67 (talk) 21:15, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Brad Cloepfil

Clusskillz, I took a quick look at the article, made a couple changes per the manual of style. Notability has now been established as there are multiple reliable sources independent of the subject with substantial coverage, per the guidelines of WP:BIO. For more improvements, this seems rather architect-centric, try to expand some of the thoughts so us non-architects can better understand. For instance "principal" in the first sentence, I take that he is the principal owner, or just an owner? Also, is there anything more about him personally, such as family (wife/kids) that can expand on the biographical side? Otherwise, great job improving the article. Aboutmovies (talk) 23:56, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Oregon Ducks football

With the COTW, it'll get listed this summer when we get closer to the season starting. There tends to be a better turn out for articles if they are in the news/more in the subconscious of editors. But even as a COTW, the already big articles like this generally don't get that much attention. I think people see it as overwhelming sometimes, whereas a small article they can read through real quick and make easy fixes. A task list like you wrote helps direct, but I've done that a few times myself for a COTW with no success. As in I don't think anyone looked at the outline or even edited the article. Possibly people took it as too much direction, versus a collaboration (and with yours it is rather long, so there is an attention span issue I think in the same vane as long articles in general). That said, if you start making improvements, often times that will attract attention and get other editors involved. Start small, maybe just tracking down some citations, split off the UO-UW rivalry to its own page (ala Red River Rivalry), purge info repeated elsehwere and use the {{main}} template, and other quick fixes. Aboutmovies (talk) 19:50, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Alright, in that case I'll start to dink and dunk down the field. I just hope to get some feedback from someone else on some of the things I listed. I don't want to delete large amounts of information (like the statistics section) without someone else agreeing to that direction. Thanks for your input. Cluskillz (talk) 20:01, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

When I have time, I'll look through the list and the article (it might be a few weeks until after finals though), but be bold and make some changes, as we can always go through the history and revive anything cut, though maybe start small (so I guess be bold, not BOLD). Maybe look through the history and see if any of the past editors are still around as well and check with them. Aboutmovies (talk) 20:31, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Ducks track and field

Great article. Nice work! --Esprqii (talk) 17:26, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

Oh, and you should submit a fact from it to WP:DYK. Let me know if I can help. --Esprqii (talk) 17:29, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

Oh, thanks! Um...I'm not familiar with DYK. What do you think is a good fact to nominate? Is it typically just some interesting thing other people might not know? I also asked Pete for input to possibly get it to GA status. You have any thoughts on that? Thanks again. Cluskillz (talk) 17:39, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

For new articles, you submit some interesting fact and it shows up on the Main Page. Gets a lot of views for the article. It can be anything, as long as the specific fact has a citation; but the best ones are ones that are interesting and perhaps surprising; the waffle iron/Nike story is well-known in Oregon, but it might be news to a lot of people, for example.

Alright, I went for it. It was kind of weird since the DYK was more specific to Bowerman and he has his own page, but I thought it was the most interesting fact (did think about using the part about Bowerman inspiring the jogging trend but that wouldn't solve the problem). I saw you edited some stuff on the article too. Thanks for your suggestion. We'll see how it goes. Cluskillz (talk) 21:09, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

I think that's a good one. I added a citation directly after the DYK fact as they are picky about that. --Esprqii (talk) 23:27, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

I have never submitted a good article nomination, but I think it's a good idea. You might mention the new article on WT:ORE and maybe get a few more eyeballs on it. I gave it a once-over and I'm pretty sure you're in good shape, but I'll try and look it over more critically later. I have heard there is quite a backlog on GA review, so you might as well get that going soon. --Esprqii (talk) 17:48, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

Hi Cluskillz, I agree with Esprqii -- really nice effort here! I posted a bit of a review on the article's talk page. Also, I'd echo Esprqii's recommendation that you just use the main WikiProject Oregon talk page to bring up stuff like this -- folks are generally up for looking over a nice new article like this, you don't have to worry about finding a sports-related sub-page. -Pete (talk) 00:07, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Oregon Ducks track and field

On 14 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Oregon Ducks track and field, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Bill Bowerman, a coach for the Oregon Ducks track and field team, created the first Nike prototype shoe by pouring rubber into his wife's waffle iron? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 18:03, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

GA Oregon Ducks track and field

I have put the article on hold. It really needs quite a bit more work, and I am willing to guide you through the process. Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 23:44, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, Racepacket, for reviewing the article. I appreciate your offer to guide me through this; I haven't been through a GA process before. Should I make further responses on the article talk page (with indenting like a normal response)? Is there a time limit when these issues need to be addressed? So I am clear, the major points I need to focus on are:

• 1A
• 1B: I'm not sure if that is a vote up or down? If down, what do I need to improve on?
• 2A: Does this mean you have a question on references, or my references are questionable...?
• 3A: This may take me a bit longer and I may ask for some help on the individual issues you brought up. But I will definitely look into this and see what I can come up with first.

Cluskillz (talk) 00:42, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

First of all, let me assure you that I am on your side and want to work with you to meet the GA criteria. All further "on the record" discussion about the review should be made on the review page Talk:Oregon Ducks track and field/GA1. I sometimes struggle with the GA templates, so it is a lot harder to get the right grades to appear in the slots than you would think, and as we progress they will all turn to green check marks. The idea is that I am going to double-check all of your work as best I can to make sure that all sources are used properly and are "reliable." I have to still check the length of the introduction against the WP:LEAD standard, and will fix the 1B grade accordingly.

The GA process is a bit of a mix between a group-written term paper and a PhD dissertation defense. Don't take it personally, and we will get you through this. So long as we are making progress, you can take as long as you would like. You can look at Talk:Glacier Bay Basin/GA1 to see how a complex article can take a bit of time. Racepacket (talk) 16:12, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Just fyi, I am outlining some stuff in my sandbox. I will probably start writing prose in there as well. Feel free to comment on my direction as I go along. Thanks. Cluskillz (talk) 19:55, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

Again, congratulations. If you want to discuss the quality of my review, you can go to Misplaced Pages:Requests_for_comment/Racepacket_2 and start a new section called ==Outside view by Cluskillz==. Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 01:01, 5 April 2011 (UTC)