Talk:Salem, Oregon

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Contents 1 Daily Photo Link 2 Silicon wafer plant 3 Transportation 4 Condominium projects 5 Minto-Brown/Browns 6 is it 7 Pictures 8 Crooked picture

[edit] Daily Photo Link

Willamette Valley Daily Photo

I took this out, but am keeping it here. The photos are good, but only pertain to the article in question for one day. Pehaps we can get permission to put the photos in the commons?Katr67 19:14, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Well this got added back with no comment. I don't want to start a revert war. Can someone check out the link and see if you agree with me that it is probably self-promotion and not 100% relevant to the Salem article because it seems to be mostly about Stayton? I don't know the protocol for addressing such things. Thanks. Katr67 04:57, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

I agree with Katr. As it is, the link seems to have been removed now (not by me). --Syuyohyu 08:37, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

I think I deleted it again after a decent interval. I left a note on the site owner's (?) user page, but she hasn't logged in for a while. Katr67 14:33, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Silicon wafer plant

Well this makes no sense: "In November, 2003, the Sumitomo Mitsubishi Silicon Group, one of these arrivals, closed their two silicon wafer plants at the end of 2004, eliminating 620 jobs, and moving the production to other plants." Which is it? Katr67 00:14, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Transportation

It'd be nice to see some information about local transportation integrated into the article (in particular, Cherriots). Sarge Baldy 07:35, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Done. --Syuyohyu 08:33, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Considering that Cherriots has its own wiki do you think that it is really necessary to have more information then: Salem-Keizer Transit ("Cherriots"), an independent government agency, which provides fixed route bus service, rideshare matching, and paratransit/lift services for the disabled, within the urban growth boundary of salem and the city of keizer.--Psjoding 06:30, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

I moved the extra sentence about Cherriots over to their main page. I also (reading no objections to my suggestion here, now deleted) took out the specific times of the Coast Starlight trains and long-form names of all the cities they serve, as the times seem very changable to me (also available on the Amtrak site), and the long list of cities was hard to read. Syuyohyu 20:32, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing the Amtrak bit--I did so with a couple other cities but hadn't gotten around to this one yet. Sorry I didn't see your earlier note, but you are right--too specific, too cluttery, too changeable. Katr67 20:46, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

P.S. It's nice if you strikeout rather than delete things on this page that have been fixed, that way it's easier to follow the thread of the conversation. If this page gets too full we can archive it. Katr67 20:49, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Condominium projects

I think that this subsection under economy should include all the current projects. The Meridian and the one across from the riverfront park (I couldn't find a name for it) are the two that I know about.--Psjoding 06:30, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

The problem I see with this is that such projects come and go regularly, and there may be ones which we don't know of and/or don't know the names of. Also, I don't know if the specific project names are something people will make use of/be looking for?Syuyohyu 14:53, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

If were are not going to list current condo projects, I feel that subsection should be removed. (A mere two lines is not adding to the article)--Psjoding 06:25, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Minto-Brown/Browns

I believe though it is commonly called "Minto-Brown" Island Park, it is properly called "Minto-Browns" Island Park. That's what my map of Salem calls it. The park is made up of Minto Island and Browns Island (though with the channelizing of the Willamette, you can hardly tell they are islands anymore). I'll look around. Any info would be appreciated. Katr67 14:46, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

The City of Salem website lists it as "Minto-Brown Island Park." I always just call it "Minto," and leave it at that.  :) --Syuyohyu 08:35, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Jut because the city says it's "Brown" doesn't mean it's right. :) (The new Salem website sure looks a lot better now though.) But that seems to be the most common modern usage, so I won't be pedantic about it. And, hey, thanks for all your work on the article! Katr67 14:33, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] is it

named after the witch place? kzz* 23:27, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

It could be named for Salem, Massachusetts. It also might come from a biblical name for Jerusalem. It would be an interesting thing to figure out. Owen 23:36, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

According to [1], one of the trustees of the Oregon Institute, which founded the city, was from Salem, MA. So, it's a possible link. But, the name might also have been chosen by W. H. Wilson who filed the actual plats. It seems to me (no longer citing the ref) that since the founders were Methodist missionaries, they might have just decided they liked the word.Syuyohyu 14:53, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pictures

I added some pictures, is that enough or do people still want more? Aboutmovies 05:10, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Maybe a wide shot of downtown or maybe other angles besides being taken from the capitol?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.236.131.101 (talk • contribs) 02:14, November 30, 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Crooked picture

Does it bother anyone else that the picture of the Capitol building is quite noticably crooked? Does anyone in Salem want to take one that doesn't suck?? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 208.151.246.194 (talk • contribs) 22:16, January 25, 2007 (UTC)

How do you know our capitol isn't crooked? ;) Honestly though, your post is so uncivil I think we should leave it up there forever. Another option would be to contact the user who uploaded their photo and see if s/he could photoshop it... Katr67 23:10, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

I looked into photoshopping it myself, but the uploaded version is at minimal resolution (284 x 132), so it's likely to look bad after rotation. If anyone has a high resolution photo, that would be preferable. —EncMstr 00:06, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

I can take a picture, but what do we want? Wide shot of the capitol, the rotunda, the pioneer, etc.? Night, day? Aboutmovies 23:16, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

How about several of each? That's what I do if I were doing it. Then upload the best shot of each composition and link the images together with the other_versions field of the {{Information}} template. (It's implied to set the camera to maximum resolution and minimal compression, right?) —EncMstr 23:43, 8 February 2007 (UTC)