Talk:Wankers Corner, Oregon

message: I disagree that this is an sdc.  If you still think it should be deleted, I believe that it belongs on the VFD page. -Frazzydee|✍]] 14:14, 30 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I too think that this page should not be deleted. It's informative, not abusive, if that is the problem. --webkid 14:19, 30 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Uh, the only reason I mentioned the tavern in this article is to avoid the potential confusion over a placename outside of Wilsonville, & a bar in that town.  If a paragraph mentioning a tavern bothers people, it can always be removed. Its existence still draws puzzled queries from people who are aware of the slang word, much as Intercourse, Pennsylvania does. -- llywrch 18:36, 3 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Deletion discussion

message: While I'm not quite clear exactly how to improve this article to remove the "Clean-up" tag, I took another look at the Wanker's Corner Tavern page & found that they have a new t-shirt for sale. Ready? The shirt proudly states: 
: YOU CAN'T BEAT US ON THE FIELD, BUT YOU CAN BEAT US OFF
Hrm. Except for its name, there really isn't anything worth mentioning about this unincorporated community. The one other event heavily depends on how it is presented: if one describes it as "a notorious crime" or "notorious sex-related crime", it sounds funny; if one includes the very real fact that this crime involved a woman who was shot in the back & paralyzed (by some steroid-crazed guy), it doesn't sound funny. Does anyone have an idea of how to expand the article beyond its current intent of proving that, yes, there really is a place named "Wanker's Corners"? -- llywrch 23:11, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Heh. As far as the cleanup is concerned, all this really needs is a tightening up of the language to make it more encyclopedic. I don't think it needs expansion--note the zillions of unincorporated community articles that contain much less info. The place is notable aside from the funny name (Cf. Nimrod, Oregon) insofar as it has a ZIP Code and it's a locality that is listed on maps. Heck, I even added it to WikiProject Oregon. I'm up to my eyeballs straightening out some other stuff, but I hope to get around to cleaning this up eventually. BTW, is that alt.folklore.urban info anywhere on the 'net still? We need a refs section. Katr67 23:37, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  You can find a copy of the original a.f.u post on Google's usenet archive here; I'd add it to the article if I knew the proper way to cite a usenet post that is quoted in another usenet post. And yes, that was me to whom "dino" was responding in 2000. (I only hope that this article still can be counted as independent verification that said placename is for real.) -- llywrch 17:04, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  More double entendre information 

message: I live in Wilsonville, OR. The name of the Saloon and Store are both pronounced "Wohn-kers", but over the years has people have accepted "Wankers", yes as in the British term for one who masturbates. There are two locations for the saloon if anyone is confused. If you call the one on Wilsonville road they will answer "Waan-kers" and not "Wohn-kers". The general store did burn down and was rebuilt. The Saloon was actually built after the original proprietor sold the general store at Wankers ("Wohn-kers") corner.  My mother and grandfather knew the Wankers ("Wohn-kers") family personally. --HallmanBilly (talk) 20:50, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments