Talk:Albany, Oregon
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[edit] Changes to history
The spelling of the early name is not a typo but a variation and there is room for a reference to both. Please be careful when adding new information that the old citations still back up the original facts cited. Consider reverting and starting over. Also, it's good to keep with the citation style already being used in the article. Katr67 17:18, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
- For the name I was going off both the official City of Albany website as well as Oregon Geographic Names (the whole book isn't online but their index is: [1]) which both list the recognized name of the settlement as Takenah. I probably should have not deleted one and just left both in. Katt 00:01, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
- Also the "typo" I was referring to in the edit summary was a minor typo I made in my first entry. Katt 00:11, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Reactive Metals
Albany is the reactive metals capital, not the rare metals capital. Column IVA on the periodic table--titanium, zirconium and hafnium--consists of reactive metals, so named because they have a strong affinity in the molten state with atmospheric gases. William Justin Kroll and colleagues at the United States Bureau of Mines in Albany modified Kroll's titanium extraction process to extract zirconium and hafnium from zircon and baddeleyite ores circa 1943.His Manliness (talk) 18:42, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
- The citation used states that it is called the "rare metals capital". If you can find a citation that says it is called the "reactive metals capital" feel free to add it. Katr67 (talk) 22:54, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] The crystal meth problem
I was born in Albany in 1982, grew up there and have since moved. In 1992, 1993 and 1996 the town was the crystal meth capitol of the United States, and it has continuously been the crystal meth capitol of Oregon. The problem is so overwhelming and glaring that its downright ludicris its not mentioned in the article. --Ragemanchoo (talk) 08:06, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Mayor
Recently, someone updated the leader, but it was reverted soon after. Bedore was the mayor back in '04, so he's probably not the mayor anymore. Just saying. ÇɧĭДfrĪĔпd12 (talk) 22:06, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
- A quick look at the city's website and a google search reveal that he wasn't mayor of Albany in '04:
- Meanwhile, the anon IP that changed the name of the mayor originates from Linn-Benton Education Service District and has made other unhelpful edits. Thus the name change was likely vandalism, unless Bedore has stepped down in the past few hours. Katr67 (talk) 22:45, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
