How "OregonHiker" is this forum?

[mjirving]

Hi there...quick question...

How "OregonHiker" is this forum intended to be? Obviously it's mostly Oregon-based hikers (and SW Washington too! ) who go on hikes in Oregon and SW Washington. What I've wondered, is if it's in scope to post about hikes out of the area by Oregon hikers who are traveling. I assume there's no hard and fast "rule", but I want to make sure that I fit into the spirit of the scope of the site. I think out of area hikes are interesting from time to time as we all travel, but perhaps that's not really encouraged?

Thanks in advance for the insight.

Mike

[retired jerry]

No rule, anything welcome

As long as you're not posting something unrelated, like wedding dresses, just for SEO.

If you were looking for info about Washington, nwhikers.net is a good forum

[jeffstatt]

I can speak to the original intent (but I'm a little less attuned to how things have morphed over time when the scoped changed). I think anything a comfortable days' drive out-and-back to the TH from one the main Oregon population centers (Redmond, Bend, Baker City, Portland...) is going to be pretty well-received. I've often thought we've needed a separate forum section for things outside the local area. (I just got back from an uber cool gracier trek in Juneau AK that some might find interesting, but I don't think I'd post it in the normal Trip Report forums here - just keeping our central audience in mind)

[Aimless]

Well, the name of the site is OregonHikers.org, not OregonHikes.org. As far as I'm concerned, if you live in Oregon and are a hiker, or if you hike in Oregon, or you just want to talk about hiking in Oregon, you qualify. It's all good, even if you hike somewhere besides Oregon from time to time and want to talk about that, too.

[mjirving]

Aimless, you win according to one of the hiker mods who PM’d me and said basically what you said.

Thanks
Mike

[adamschneider]

We've had plenty of trip reports from far afield, including the Alps, Hawaii, even central Asia. I don't think anyone minds, as long as they're a small percentage of the overall traffic.

[jeffstatt]

Well, the name of the site is OregonHikers.org, not OregonHikes.org. As far as I'm concerned, if you live in Oregon and are a hiker, or if you hike in Oregon, or you just want to talk about hiking in Oregon, you qualify. It's all good, even if you hike somewhere besides Oregon from time to time and want to talk about that, too.

You were there when it was portlandhikers.COM so you probably remember that "hikers" instead of "hikes" was absolutely intended for that purpose!

[mjirving]

Yeah that was really lame when we could only post about hikes in the Portland city limits.

[jeffstatt]

Yeah that was really lame when we could only post about hikes in the Portland city limits.

[kepPNW]

Well, the name of the site is OregonHikers.org, not OregonHikes.org. As far as I'm concerned, if you live in Oregon and are a hiker, or if you hike in Oregon, or you just want to talk about hiking in Oregon, you qualify. It's all good, even if you hike somewhere besides Oregon from time to time and want to talk about that, too.

Aimless, you win according to one of the hiker mods who PM’d me and said basically what you said.

And people seriously wondered by Vancouver folks felt excluded, by name, with the new domain.