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Image of Mr. Dude

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Possible to add an image of Mr. Dude via fair use? ---Another Believer (Talk) 14:31, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Dunno about fair use, but a pic would improve the article. YBG (talk) 16:37, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Map

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Unresolved

Anyone know how to display the pin in the infobox map correctly? ---Another Believer (Talk) 14:53, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Have you tried looking at this, @Another Believer? Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps/Conventions/Pushpin maps Netherzone (talk) 23:19, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Netherzone Thanks for the link. I can get the map to appear, just not the pin showing a specific location on the map based on the coordinates. I've left a request for help at WikiProject Maps, so hopefully this will be resolved. ---Another Believer (Talk) 14:57, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I also tried but the pushpin only worked on the overall map, not the detailed "neighborhood" map. It might have to do with the way the script was written. Perhaps someone at the Map Project can fix that . Netherzone (talk) 15:03, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Netherzone Thanks for trying! ---Another Believer (Talk) 15:04, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"This Is Portland"

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Right now the article says the following about the "This Is Portland" campaign:

In 2021, Travel Portland placed an advertisement in The New York Times and other major newspapers.[1][2][3] The "This Is Portland" campaign received a mixed reaction.[4][5][6]

References

  1. ^ "'We have faith in future': Travel Portland buys full-page NYT ad". KOIN. 2021-06-20. Archived from the original on 2023-12-02. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
  2. ^ Tabrizian, Ardeshir (2021-06-23). "Travel Portland's $100,000 ad buy tries to rehab Portland's reputation — to mixed reviews locally". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2023-05-08. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
  3. ^ "Portland's tourism plea signals Northwestern drive to revive". The Seattle Times. The Seattle Times Company. 2021-06-22. ISSN 0745-9696. OCLC 9198928. Archived from the original on 2024-07-18. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
  4. ^ "Ad Funded by Travel Portland in The New York Times Raises Eyebrows on Social Media". Willamette Week. 2021-06-22. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
  5. ^ "'This is Portland' ad campaign draws mixed reactions". Oregon Public Broadcasting. Archived from the original on 2023-03-27. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
  6. ^ Notte, Jason (2023-08-09). "Can a Creative Agency Reshape Portland?". Adweek. Archived from the original on 2023-08-11. Retrieved 2025-02-02.

Perhaps there's more to say based on the amount of coverage received, but I don't want to include too much detail, especially during AfD. What do others think? ---Another Believer (Talk) 15:13, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Cuckoo clock

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Right now the article says the following about the cuckoo clock:

In 2014, Travel Portland launched a winter tourism campaign by installing a 7,000-pound, 24-foot (7.3 m) tall cuckoo clock carved from an Oregon maple tree at Portland International Airport after visits to Seattle and Vancouver.[1][2][3] Dubbed the nation's tallest freestanding cuckoo clock, the clock was disassembled in late 2016.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ Lloyd, Michael (2014-12-19). "Giant cuckoo clock at PDX welcomes travelers, in a very Portland way (photos and video)". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2020-12-05. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
  2. ^ Baskas, Harriet. "Giant cuckoo clock lands at Portland International Airport". USA Today. Gannett. ISSN 0734-7456. OCLC 8799626. Archived from the original on 2023-03-30. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
  3. ^ "Huge Portland-themed cuckoo clock travels the Northwest". KGW. 2014-11-14. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
  4. ^ "Nation's Tallest Cuckoo Clock Now at Portland Airport". Portland Monthly. ISSN 1546-2765. Archived from the original on 2023-03-27. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
  5. ^ Hewitt, Lyndsey (2016-12-08). "Travel Portland's gigantic cuckoo clock disassembled". Portland Tribune. Pamplin Media Group. OCLC 46708462. Retrieved 2025-02-02.

Perhaps there's more to say based on the amount of coverage received, but I don't want to include too much detail, especially during AfD. What do others think? ---Another Believer (Talk) 15:15, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

History

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This section would be improved by starting at the beginning. When was POVA founded and by whom? And please tell us when the name was changed and why. But the subsection about locations doesn’t belong in History. YBG (talk) 16:44, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@YBG Agree! I still have 200 sources to review in the Oregonian archives. I am reviewing sources in reverse chronological order so I hope to add content about the early days of POVA soon. Also, the History section currently says, "POVA became known as Travel Portland in January 2008. The rebrand included a new logo and website redesign." I plan to get this article promoted to Good status, so more to come soon! ---Another Believer (Talk) 16:47, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sources

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Shared on my talk page:

--Another Believer (Talk) 14:26, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Picking a few nits

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  1. This article seems to try to document every single time it is mentioned in print. It looks like the collection of 3x5 cards written up in the library before deciding which ones are significant enough to mention in the term paper. This article doesn’t need to include every mention found in the Oregonian archives, but that’s what it looks like. Be selective!
  2. Start by eliminating insignificant trivia, like a two-day computer incident over two decades ago. If an event didn’t have a significant impact, it doesn’t belong.
  3. The history section should show five or six significant events over the course of its history. That’s the origin, the name change, and 3 or 4 more.
  4. Change the leadership section into a chronological bulleted listing of the top leader: name, title, year(s), reference. Unless you find a definitive list someplace, this will be hard and necessarily approximate. I’m not sure if this means president, CEO, director, or what, and the title probably has changed over the years. "Immediate past president" is not significant except to add an undated item in the appropriate spot in the chronological list.
  5. The offices / visitors centers stuff could be moved out if the history section into a new section about stuff they do to help tourists who are already here. There may be some stuff in the projects section that could go here also.
  6. Pull the campaigns into their own section and list just a few significant ones, it doesn’t need to be exhaustive
  7. Another top-level section could be related to advocacy. I’d break this into two paragraphs, one stuff directly related to tourism and one stuff less directly related.
  8. Is there enough for a controversy section? If so, that lawsuit could go there.
  9. I’d shoot for 3-5 top level sections, each with 2-4 paragraphs. Probably only one or two sections need subsections.
  10. Do we really need 127 references to document this relatively small organization? (Find this number at the end of the references section.) Start reducing this number by eliminating the trivia.
  11. 23 of those refs are supporting a fact already supported by another source. (Find this number by searching for "][".) This is occasionally necessary, but usually not. Reduce this number by picking the best one and dropping the rest.
  12. Only 11 sources were sufficiently useful to support more than one fact. (Find this number by searching for "a b ".) Increase this number by using the better quality sources that document the organization more broadly and not just an individual events.
  13. And please get rid of the all caps in the refs.

Hope this helps you improve this article. YBG (talk) 22:56, 1 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Caps

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@Ira Leviton: Any chance you might be able to help reduce ALLCAPS here? Asking based on some of your recent edits in my watchlist. Either way, happy editing! ---Another Believer (Talk) 23:08, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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