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Portlanders

That is absolutely not your call to make. The distinction is for people who are well-known with their association with a city. Bill Gates is a prominent Seattleite, but he wasn't born there. You shouldn't be unilaterally altering a category without opening the change for discussion. -- ChrisB 04:29, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Again, NOT YOUR CALL TO MAKE. Check the other resident categories, for God's sake. These as well: List of Seattleites, List of Portlanders. It is popular vernacular to refer to someone as a New Yorker if they live in New York or an Atlantan if they live in Atlanta. Torquing an entire category because YOU FEEL DIFFERENTLY is absolutely unacceptable. -- ChrisB 04:41, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Whose fucking version of "accuracy" are you talking about? Elliott Smith was a Portlander, and was well-known at one time for being so. The definition of "Portlander" IS NOT RESTRICTED TO PEOPLE BORN THERE. -- ChrisB 04:46, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

By your claim, the definition of "American" should be "someone born in America". Unfortunately for you, the dictionary definition of "American" can be found here, and doesn't support your argument. Same for "New Yorker" here.

Wiki insists that changes be supported by legitimate sources, and you can't possibly come up with one that supports your narrow definition of "Portlander". -- ChrisB 04:59, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

"Tom McCall is all the authority anyone needs in Oregon." Care to explain what that means? -- ChrisB 05:11, 8 February 2006 (UTC)