Talk:Shane Bemis

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OregonDuck22 (talk · contribs) has been paid by Shane Bemis. Their editing has included contributions to this article. This user has been banned and may therefore be reverted on sight, per WP:REVERTBAN. All edits reverted

Whoa - Not so fast! Please give me a chance to add content and context to the article. Thanks for your consideration.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Frank1ray (talk • contribs)

Notability

Latest comment: 17 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

I don't think there's really any concern about Bemis' notability -- he's been mayor for a long time, Gresham is one of the larger cities in the state, there's been a great deal of local coverage of him. The article will however need some work to draw that notability out (and conform to WP's style standards). I'll chip away at it a little. -Pete (talk) 17:02, 4 April 2009 (UTC)Reply

Notablility

Latest comment: 17 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

I added more external references about Bemis and some of his more significant initiatives as Mayor of Gresham, hopefully more firmly establishing noteworthiness. Frank1ray (talk) 01:21, 6 April 2009 (UTC)Reply

With the addition of the "after his first year" profile from the Outlook, I think his notability is established. Aboutmovies, what do you think? Feel free to add the tag back if you think it's necessary. I also added the {{inline}} template, to reflect that this (and other) sources really should be incorporated into the article as inline citations, rather than generic external links.

One other source I found: Bemis leading Gresham to win "Green Power Community" status. May want a 2ndary source though. -Pete (talk) 00:27, 9 April 2009 (UTC)Reply

Edit request: proposed expanded rewrite

Latest comment: 4 days ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The user below has a request that an edit be made to Shane Bemis. That user has an actual or apparent conflict of interest.
The requested edits backlog is very high. Please be extremely patient. There are currently 896 requests waiting for review.

Please read the instructions for the parameters used by this template for accepting and declining them, and review the request below and make the edit if it is well sourced, neutral, and follows other Wikipedia guidelines and policies. Remember to set the |answered= parameter to "yes" when the request has been accepted, rejected or on hold awaiting user input.

I am Shane Bemis, the subject of this article, so I am not editing it directly (see my disclosure at User:Cityfact). I am aware of the earlier undisclosed paid editing by OregonDuck22; this request is being made openly for independent review.

I have drafted a sourced expansion at User:Cityfact/sandbox. The current article is a stub; the draft covers my City Council and mayoral record (2003–2020), my U.S. Conference of Mayors roles, the 2020 resignation and later career. It cites more than 100 sources, including The Oregonian, OPB, KGW, KATU, Willamette Week, Oregon Business, C-SPAN and U.S. Conference of Mayors records.

Notes for the reviewer:

Please keep the existing infobox photo; my draft leaves the image field blank.
The infobox lists my current voter registration as unaffiliated. That is self-reported and has no published source, so please remove it if it doesn't meet the sourcing standard.
Several Oregonian articles are paywalled; I can supply text from them on request.

I would welcome any editor replacing the current text with the draft, in whole or in part, and I'm happy to answer questions or provide sources. Thank you. Cityfact (talk) 21:20, 28 September 2026 (UTC)Reply