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Since you've stated to have an interest in portals, particularly the Michigan highways portal, just letting you know that I've started a new discussion with a specific focus upon increasing portal visibility on the portal discussion page here: Wikipedia talk: Portal - Ideas to increase portal visibility. — Northamerica1000 (talk) 02:18, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
Imzadi, could you look back in here please? I'm unclear if you're saying that you think I'm not in a position to close the FAC, considering my prose comments on the FAC. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 20:00, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
Hi Imzadi, Please take a look. Thanks. 7&6=thirteen ( ☎) 20:01, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
Well done for remembering that you set up a JL-Bot recognised content sweep for WikiProject UK Roads! That looks quite neat now. I might just tweak the columns as I don't think there's enough content to warrant 3. I've also noticed that the assessment page is listed at Wikipedia:WikiProject UK road/Assessment and not Wikipedia:WikiProject UK Roads/Assessment, where it should be as a sub-page - can this page just be moved without screwing anything else up you think? Thanks again, Zangar ( talk) 22:56, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
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Wow, that was fast, I just updated, and was going to change the redirect...-- UnQuébécois ( talk) 02:39, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
This edit is unacceptable, and I have opposed your FAC on account of it. As I said there, I will not hesitate to bring it up on AN/I and at the Signpost (where this will get mentioned if it's promoted). You should be thankful that no one blocked you for this, because I know a number of admins that would do just that without a second thought. Sven Manguard Wha? 03:44, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
On the List of highways numbered 19A page, I attempted to put the sign for U.S. 19 Alternate on the page, but it didn't work right.
Could you help, please?
Thank you,
Allen ( talk) 03:33, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
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).
Imzadi 1979
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03:36, 16 December 2011 (UTC)Imzadi1979,
Could you help me to correct the errors in my Wikipedia book?
I wanted to have a link to every Interstate and U.S. highway that has, does, or will exist in it. However, I don't have the links correct.
If you could help me, that would be great!
Allen ( talk) 04:08, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
Hi Imzadi1979. I always help when needed but I have already a lot of articles to translate, including those where I really get a knowledge. However, I've add a couple of thing on the M-6 article (sorry for that silly stub) and I can ask for a translator if you want (even if the translation task force isn't really important in contributors). Regards. Like tears in rain ( talk) 09:50, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for correcting the section that I mentioned. I don't have lots of time to edit articles the way I would like, so I try to do what I can.
However, thank you for putting better "touches" to that section.
Relying on you (and other talented Wikipedians) for help,
Allen (
talk)
02:04, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
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Imzadi1979,
Could you help me to improve my Wikipedia book, User:Morriswa/Books/Highways?
I want to have a link to every Interstate and U.S. Highway that has ever existed, currently does exist, or may ever exist in the future, including unsigned and controversial ones.
If you can't help me, could you pass it along to anyone else?
Thank you for all of your help (here and throughout Wikipedia,
Allen ( talk) 23:01, 22 December 2011 (UTC)
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Congratulations! You have been awarded the Four Award for your work from beginning to end on U.S. Route 2 in Michigan. TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 01:15, 25 December 2011 (UTC) |
-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 01:15, 25 December 2011 (UTC)
Can you tell me who was notified about Talk:Illinois Tollway oasis/GA2. I follow WT:CHICAGO and have seen no notification.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 14:50, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
I'm still learning wiki and having a problem learning linking to a specific article. Thanks for clearing up the territory link on Guam Highway 1 Sprinkler21 ( talk) 04:48, 27 December 2011 (UTC)Sprinkler21
Seems as though your new years road plan has just been sped up, Wikipedia:Templates for discussion#Template:Infobox Australian road. -- WOSlinker ( talk) 11:32, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
Merry Christmas to you too! Dough 48 72 01:01, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
I responded on my talk page. Thanks! Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 23:45, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for letting me know about that thing about NC 540. By the way your user page looks great. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.99.36.246 ( talk) 18:23, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
Hello, I would like a Interstate North Carolina 40 sign. This would be great.
Thanks, -- 174.99.36.246 ( talk) 21:43, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
Just spotted another infobox which I've added to your list. -- WOSlinker ( talk) 20:20, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
I saw that you looked through Lake Shore Drive Bridge (Michigan) and fixed some things up, and I was wondering if there were any similar issues in Eagle River Timber Bridge. Thanks. Chris857 ( talk) 22:34, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
Hello Imzadi1979! Can you please explain me the difference between a Highway and street? I am asking this in reference to your edits at Seventh Avenue (Islamabad). -- SMS Talk 03:10, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi. Can you please be EXTREMELY EXTREMELY EXTREMELY careful when making edits to change template change from Outback Roads to USA road article boxes? I don't think you've driven on Northern Territory roads… but some of the information in the road box can possibly be an issue of life or death. If a road needs a permit or not is extremely important: It makes it possible for authorities to know if people have gone missing because of treacherous road conditions. Knowing where service stations and facilities are is also important. The area is extremely, extremely remote in places, where it can be a two to three hour drive from one town of 100 to another town of 100 people. The Australian government in some places pays people to live in isolated remote areas in order to maintain service stations so road travellers have access to petrol. If you miss a service station, it isn't a case of another one in five or ten miles, it could be a case of 100 to 200 miles. Many of these roads are unpaved and require four wheel drive. (And people have died on these roads after getting bogged and not knowing how to use the 4WD.) So yes, please be careful when changing these templates and explain the rationale before doing it. Australian users are probably very willing to help you if you have questions about our roads. -- LauraHale ( talk) 10:57, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
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You have shown lots of knowledge in the "finer" issues of Wikipedia editing. Allen ( talk) 11:34, 10 January 2012 (UTC) |
Imzadi1979, I apologize for "screwing" up Interstate 3 and Interstate 4. I didn't realize that it was going to do what it did. Thank you for correcting my mistake. Allen ( talk) 23:56, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
Hey, I have been working on Crowley's Ridge Parkway's junction list in my text editor, but I wasn't sure how to tackle it. For instance, how would you indicate when the route jumps from a county road to a state highways as state maintenance begins in the middle of pavement? Would you just mark it as a concurrency? Do you know where any examples exist that I could model this route after? I really want to get it done and maybe that will spur someone to make the shield for the route. Thanks. Brandonrush Woo pig sooie 04:21, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
|tourist=
parameter in it now since it was added to accommodate New Zealand articles. If you looked at very many Michigan articles, you'd see that it's used only for National Scenic Byways, the state's Heritage Routes and the Great Lakes Circle Tours. You can always add a link to Crowley's Ridge Parkway to the various highways that carry the NSB.
M-65 (Michigan highway) has such as link.
U.S. Route 2 in Michigan has several items listed, with and without links as appropriate.
Imzadi 1979
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09:52, 12 January 2012 (UTC)You may dismiss as "trivial" that "Based on total area, Ahmeek, Michigan holds the distinction of being the largest incorporated community, in the largest county (Keweenaw County, 5,965.96 square miles (water and land; Marquette County). However, if the category geographical oddities of the United States ever comes up in Jeopardy, the fault will be yours alone. Cheers. 7&6=thirteen ( ☎) 17:42, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
What would be the policy for creating or cleaning up an article for a highway that is never signed as itself? A few highways that I know of are signed as different routes, but never the actual route. An example would be LA 3280, which is not signed as LA 3280 at all, but is actually LA 15/US 165 BUS, which is actually signed. It might not be the best cluster of shields, but for someone actually using the route, they would never see LA 3280, only LA 15/US 165 BUS. Mcdonaat ( talk) 08:02, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
For me, the task of cleaning up the list of state roads in Florida is a bit "over the top". So, I will leave it in your capable hands. Besides, you did a great job with last night's edits anyway.
Do you know of any other "projects" with which I can get involved -- especially road pages? I want to help Wikipedia be the best encyclopedia it can be, and I really enjoy editing road articles.
Thank you for your advice and help.
Allen ( talk) 11:02, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
Would you mind holding off on the proposed deletion of County Road 210 (St. Johns County, Florida)? I'd like to redirect it onto a new List of county roads in St. Johns County, Florida that's currently in my sandbox. I'll try to get done with it by January 23, if real life doesn't get in the way. ---- DanTD ( talk) 13:42, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
I was disheartened to discover that you removed the PROD on Ring Roads in Singapore. The "general references" were to the top landing page of said site and in no way are relevant to the article. Because of your attack of pique, we now have to go through the longer process of AfD for the article when obviously it is not appropriate for inclusion. Than you for making a point. Hasteur ( talk) 23:21, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
Hey. I was wondering how you determined the destination city for use in the major intersections table, and is having a city (i. e. using |city1=) recommended even for minor two-lane roads as well as limited-access roads? Also in the lead of Arkansas highway articles, since they are not technically called things like Arkansas Highway 28, should the lead still be Arkansas Highway 28 (AR 28, Hwy. 28), or Highway 28 (AR 28, Hwy. 28), or maybe Highway 28 (AR 28 and Hwy. 28)? Thank you, Brandonrush Woo pig sooie 01:08, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
Would have perfered a heads-up before moving one of my userboxes to a standardized location. Not that I would have had a problem with it's move, it's just a courtesy thing. Please try that in the future. - Neutralhomer • Talk • 07:42, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
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Thanks Imzadi1979 for helping to promote M-84 (Michigan highway) to Good Article status. Please accept this little sign of appreciation and goodwill from me, because you deserve it. Keep it up, and give someone a pat on the back today. -- Sp33dyphil © hat ontributions 23:11, 24 January 2012 (UTC) |
Alright. Thanks!
Multi Trixes! ( Talk - Me on Wikia) 20:44, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi, Imzadi1979 (BTW, my wife and I got married on your 3rd birthday):
I thought you'd be interested in knowing that a reference in the Wiki article about Michigan Highway 209 is in the Internet Archive. I was going to edit it in the Reference section, but I don't how to do it, because there's only one word used for all references in that section. If you know how to do it, here's the web address for the article, "Early Modern Highways in Leelanau": http://web.archive.org/web/20080704055509/http://www.leelanaupost.com/2006/01/ Igo4U ( talk) 22:40, 25 January 2012 (UTC)Igo4U
What do you think of the new sections of "Interstate 67" on the William H. Natcher Parkway page? Are they legitimate edits? Can the Interstate 67 page be changed from a redirect (into an actual article)? Allen ( talk) 02:25, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
Do you know where I can get an official list of all current and former Florida state roads from the Florida DOT? I want to be more accurate with the List of State Roads in Florida page. Allen ( talk) 00:35, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
Is there a way that I can get a list of all Florida State Roads (past, present, or future)?
We have contacted the DOT Statistics Office and the Surveying and Mapping Office in search of the information you requested, but neither of them have the information. You may wish to contact the two offices for additional information. The phone numbers for the two offices are:
If the highway templates are deleted as this page shows, are there other navigational templates to replace them? Allen ( talk) 18:15, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
Hello! I have some queries related to road/highway articles which I am asking you considering your experience on related articles:
Can you please answer these? or direct me to relevant wiki page. Thanks! -- SMS Talk 20:06, 29 January 2012 (UTC)
{{
google maps|url=|title=|accessdate=}}
in the article.
Imzadi 1979
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19:11, 1 February 2012 (UTC)Hi. I am not interested in this newsletter. Please remove me from your posting list. Thanks. My name is Mercy11 ( talk) 14:27, 6 February 2012 (UTC), and I approve this message.
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on your talk." That's all I have done, so to call that harassment is a bit much, and not my intent at all. No offense was intended, and I had hoped that you'd be pleased to know about the PR task force.
Imzadi 1979
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14:53, 6 February 2012 (UTC)Since when have newsletters been harassment? That's a very strong accusation to make. -- Rs chen 7754 19:49, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
I have no idea what this tilde thing means but here:
TooFolkGR ( talk) 18:59, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
How is it correct to list Rte 86 between Rte 192 and Rte 193, when the route number was changed decades ago? Is this some Wiki convention I'm unaware of? Sincerely, -- Triskele Jim ( talk) 18:15, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
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Thank you for helping to promote M-36 (Michigan highway) to GA status. You effort is greatly appreciated! -- Sp33dyphil © hat ontributions 02:04, 12 February 2012 (UTC) |
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You work super hard to make the U.S. Roads articles be really great and useful! Allen ( talk) 03:29, 12 February 2012 (UTC) |
Apologies, I had completely missed your comments - I'd been looking on the article talk page and the FAC page, but hadn't realised that you'd posted something to the FAC talk page as well (you seem to be the only person to have done so!). I've addressed most of them but have a couple of outstanding queries for you; could you please take a look? Prioryman ( talk) 09:58, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for doing that! The new ones are lovely =) ♠ PMC♠ (talk) 10:35, 20 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi Imzadi - If you have some time, would you mind returning to your "delist" vote at the Kolkata FAR? Quite a bit of work has been done on the article, and it would be great to get your further comments on this. Also, an editor has responded to your concerns at the Chennai FAR - if you have further comments there it would be great to see them. Thank you very much for the reviewing you do at FAR - it's always good to see you around! Dana boomer ( talk) 12:38, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the note. I have clarified my comment re the National Highway System (United States) article. PeterEastern ( talk) 13:54, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
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User:97.76.44.70 made some edits to the List of State Roads in Florida. I don't know if the edits are correct, but I think they may need to be undone. Do I need to do that? Should I do that? What do you think? Thank you for your help. Allen ( talk) 22:03, 29 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi! All the points that you raised have been addressed, except one. The location of publishers of newspaper—this has become a problem, especially for pan-Indian newspapers. Please see the FARC for detailed discussion on this, we need to make a strategy for this. Locations of publishers of all book sources have been updated. Regards.-- Dwaipayan ( talk) 23:02, 1 March 2012 (UTC)
You've had good ideas in the past. Please take a look. I've put in links and sources, and it is a better article than it was. It just got promoted to a "B". Thanks. 7&6=thirteen ( ☎) 12:43, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
Why did you remove Category:U.S. Route 10 from Minnesota State Highway 210? I've seen more than one occasion of this, so I thought it was okay. Allen ( talk) 00:48, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi. I was wondering, since I have seen you edit numerous highway related pages, if you could take a look at New Mexico State Road 1. The link that I changed was part of the template formatting. It was a red link before, since I-25 Business is a disambig. page. I solved the DAB issue and now no I-25 shield is present for the north end location. Also, there are many NM highway pages with dead links. Thanks for your help, there!
Regards, Tinton5 ( talk) 06:15, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
{{
jct|state=NM|BL|25|dab1=Socorro}}
. The type code of BL
(or BS
for business spurs) handles Interstate Business Loops, and the dab1=
tells it what specific city to use for disambiguation. (It uses the state from the first part to complete the link). As for the rest of that article, it needs to be rewritten in a south-to-north direction to follow
WP:USRD/STDS.
Imzadi 1979
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06:49, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
US-Bus
for US Highway business routes and other type codes. Just insert the location used to dab the link, or in the case of
M-144 (1936-1940 Michigan highway), the years.
Imzadi 1979
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07:07, 9 March 2012 (UTC)Maybe it's just the computers I've been using, but ever since this update, for Interstate 95 in South Carolina I haven't been able to see the image for the Gateway to South Carolina. It was replaced by a red-X, although clicking on the image itself works out. ---- DanTD ( talk) 13:09, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Can you please shed some light on the conversation at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject U.S. Roads#Future articles? You are more well versed on this topic than I am. Allen ( talk) 23:20, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Did you look at the March 7 comments on my talk page? -- ClemRutter ( talk) 10:29, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
Further to my new request at Template talk:Infobox road. I looked back at the original discussion in detail. I now understand what you meant by first tier and second tier municipalities. Alberta's Ministry of Municipal Affairs determines that towns, villages, and summer villages are second tier to specialized and rural municipalities by virtue of this document. Note that each town, village, and summer village is listed under the respective specialized or rural municipality.
Also note that cities are not listed under any specialized or rural municipality. As such, they would be at the equivalent tier as specialized and rural municipalities. Hwy43 ( talk) 05:54, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
You may also want to check out the photo in Farm to Market Road 1709. Dough 48 72 18:26, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
Could you take a look at the recent changes to Decommissioned highway? The user mentioned that there used to be a different US 8 than the current one, and a different US 46 (in Colorado of all places) than the current one. Also, could you just review the rest of the edits? Allen ( talk) 00:14, 15 March 2012 (UTC)
Can you take a look at Interstate 570 (Missouri)? Is it a true designation? Or, is the author (not me!) pulling our legs? Allen ( talk) 19:46, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
الله يكون معك
Are you still active in the African Highway Project? I recently updated quite a bit on the Moroccan expressway pages: updated data on completed roads (such as the Fes–Oujda expressway and created the Rabat Ringroad. If you have any time could you assist in updating Société Nationale des Autoroutes du Maroc. Although there had been some edits in 2010 and 2011 many of the information on the page was from 2008. As you can see on the Talk page I did update the information on the projects but not on company information. The ADM website no longer has proper English version, but maybe you can have a look at the Arab or French website and check if the general company information is up to date. Once you have completed that feel free to remove the Outdated template I placed there. Greetings. Tonkie ( talk) 02:20, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi Imzadi! It would be much appreciated if you could return to your comments at the Kolkata FAR and check if they have been fully addressed. User:Dwaipayanc has been doing some great work on this FAR, as well as the other Indian ones on the page (hint, hint, you might want to take a look! :). Thanks in advance, Dana boomer ( talk) 13:59, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for that,
Awardgive,
the editor with the msitaken name.
20:45, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
Just as the title says. Congrats on yet another GA.
Awardgive,
the editor with the msitaken name.
03:55, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
Why did you revert my edits? Allen ( talk) 01:31, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
{{
jct|country=USA|US|383}}
works to produce Can you tell me what you think of this new article? Allen ( talk) 01:38, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
|map_notes=
) in the infobox, especially when the map doesn't show the whole state.{{convert|29.3|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}
produces the properly done " 29.3-mile-long (47.2 km)". If you're not using the word "long", use |adj=on
in the template.Replies:
|counties=
to the infobox. Add links to the county articles, piped so that only the county name appears. The county portion of the name is redundant to the label and should be dropped, so Marquette, not Marquette County. That helps locate the highway in the state.|cspan=
) so that the box in that column covers enough rows. That first row also has to define the location and how many rows the location spans. If the junction is in a spot that isn't incorporated (it isn't a city or village), then set it as |location=none
. Each time the county or location changes, define it and set the spans up right; since {{
jctint}} isn't specific to one state, you have to set |state=GA
for any template usages that have a county or a location (other than none) set.Let me know if that answers your questions. There's also WP:USRD/STDS that details our best practices, although some of what I mention isn't in there. Imzadi 1979 → 05:16, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
|counties=
go in the infobox.|location=none
or |state=GA
?{{GAint
- |county=Warren
- |cspan=#
- |location=[city/village name or "none"]
- |lspan=#
- |mile=0.0
- |road=[jct template or plain text road name]
|notes=[any notes needed] }}
{{GAint
- |location=[city/village name or "none"]
- |lspan=# [if needed]
- |mile=#.#
- |road=[jct template or plain text road name]
|notes=[any notes needed] }}
[[<county> County, <full state name>|<county]]
and [[<location>, <full state name>|<location]]
; if you don't give it the state's postal abbreviation, it won't create the proper link.|state=MI
because it knows that it's for Michigan already. We haven't created these templates for all of the states yet, but eventually we will. The basics works the same between the two.
Imzadi 1979
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20:48, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
{{
GAint}}
and updated the examples above to use it. –
Fredddie
™
00:19, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
|location_special=
, which lets you specify whatever you need there, linked or unlinked. The phrase "western terminus" isn't a proper noun (big pet peeve) and it shouldn't be capitalized. The color key version of the footer isn't needed unless the colors are used, so I switched to the plain footer. The last thing is that I moved the names so that they came after the last highway (name3 for triple concurrencies instead of name1 so it appears last, not in the middle). Seriously though, the table looked great, so pat yourself on your back!
Imzadi 1979
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01:45, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
Another thing to learn to do at some point is formatting a full reference citation. I use the citation templates myself, since I can plug in the various variables, and it outputs the result in a neatly consistent fashion. (Like most templates, it doesn't matter what order you code the template parameters in the article, the template generates the output according to its coding.) Things like {{ cite web}}, {{ cite map}}, {{ google maps}}, {{ cite book}}, etc work great. Now, before you get ahead of yourself too much, you don't have to learn how to use them right now. Just try to create footnotes that have the title of the source, a date when it was published, an author if there is one, most importantly and for online sources, the accessdate.
Oh, and when you're making a junction list, you should provide the source you used to get the mileposts. The {{
jcttop}} has the |length_ref=
parameter to insert the footnote in the mile column of the table. (There are also similar parameters for the other columns, but for most things, f we cite the mileages, we're good.)
Imzadi 1979
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03:36, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
Imzadi, I am (more or less) the sole editor of this new article. It has gotten nearly 18,000 views in the last 2 days. Lots of traffic. It needs a fresh set of eyes. Thank you. 7&6=thirteen ( ☎) 18:13, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
{{#tag:ref||group="nb"|name=""}}
for doing
nested references. That way you aren't repeated the full citation inside the explanatory footnote.|deadurl= no
at the end of the citation template, the template will link the title to the original online source and list the archive link afterwards. Then if/when the link goes dead in the future, you just removed that deadurl parameter and the template switches to link to the archive as the title and put the original link later. Most online news articles will go dead when the publisher moves them behind a paywall or simply deletes the article from their website. The only caveat is that video is not archived, and I'm concerned by the number of online videos you've used.
Imzadi 1979
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Registering this stuff is cumbersome, but I'm sure it will be worthwhile. Didn't realize that each one had to be manually archived. In any event, there seems to be a problem with the Wulfhurst citation. "duplicate" links I think. 7&6=thirteen ( ☎) 19:49, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
Another editor noticed that that code for different date formats at Template:Geographic reference doesn't always work. Since you suggested the change, you might be interested in the discussion. TheCatalyst31 Reaction• Creation 18:33, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
This is an awesome thing. I'll be in touch, but I'm a fifth grader so i can't give you my email address. Thanks! Miri3795 ( talk) 04:41, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
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I had some questions concerning editing the page, that I wanted to run by you. This is because:
I think that the exit list and/or the junctions in the infobox are wrong.
According to the
2011-2012 Georgia state map, I-516 has the following exits (exit numbers not marked on the map):
SR 21 North & SR 25 North in Garden City
US 80 West/SR 26 West & SR 25 Connector East (or South) (west end of US 80/SR 26 concurrency)
Augusta Avenue
Some exit c. 0.6 miles (0.97 km) farther down
I-16 West/SR 404 West & I-16 East/US 17 North/SR 404 East (west/north end of US 17 concurrency)
Some exit c. 0.26 miles (0.42 km) farther down
US 17 South/SR 25 South & US 80 East/SR 26 East (east/south end of US 17 concurrency; south end of SR 25 concurrency; east end of US 80/SR 26 concurrency)
Some exit c. 1 mile (1.6 km) farther down
I-516 either ends at the West DeRenne Avenue/Montgomery Street intersection, or just west of it.
According to the 2012 Rand McNally road atlas, the exits are as follows (exit numbers are marked on this map):
Exit 8: SR 21 North & SR 25 North in Garden City
Exit 7: US 80 West/SR 26 West (west end of US 80/SR 26 concurrency)
Exit 5: I-16 West/SR 404 West & I-16 East/US 17 North/SR 404 East (west/north end of US 17 concurrency)
Exit 3: US 17 South/SR 25 South & US 80 East/SR 26 East (east/south end of US 17 concurrency; south end of SR 25 concurrency; east end of US 80/SR 26 concurrency)
Exit 1: Veterans Parkway
I-516 either ends at the West DeRenne Avenue/Montgomery Street intersection, or just west of it.
Also, in the infobox, can a browse be put there concerning Interstate highways? Is it okay if I edit the page? Or, would you rather do it? Allen (Morriswa) ( talk) 16:04, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
I thought you made adding the shields unnecessary when you reformatted all the CR shield templates. I apologize for not resizing the Lake CR 50 shield, but this was one that was missed. ---- DanTD ( talk) 13:02, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
I am working on a new article for Louisiana Highway 137. Would it be appropriate to also put the shield for US Highway 425 on the article? LA 137 and US 425 both run on the same road, and LA 137's route is entirely US 425. Confusing, but Louisiana just slapped US 425 on a bunch of different state highways. I thought it would be appropriate, since there are no LA 137 shields by themselves. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mcdonaat ( talk • contribs) 22:40, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi! The FAR for Chennai (review at Wikipedia:Featured article review/Chennai/archive2) has been ongoing for a while, and could use some comments to help wrap it up. Would you mind revisiting your comments on the page, and perhaps entering an opinion as to whether the article should be kept or delisted? Thanks! Dana boomer ( talk) 14:00, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
ha!, that's not stupid: Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2012 April 12#WWM, finally
my point was: i was looking for the meanings of WWM and i was directly redirected to Concurrency (road) (with no WWM-search possible on this page), which is not relevant ...and it's pretty boring when anybody just "undoes" without any thinking - 84.227.76.140 ( talk) 06:19, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
I'm going around and updating some articles for Louisiana, and made one for LA 139. About half of the length of the highway was supplanted by U.S. 425, and removed, so I wanted to do a small infobox for a smaller section (see Old County Lake Road 550 for an idea). The road has mostly been supplanted by another state highway (as is the case with LA 139 being replaced somewhat by US 425). The only other thing I can think of is taking another section, without the infobox, and talking about the highway being replaced. Any ideas? I know it wouldn't fall in line with many other pages on here, but I feel that this is a unique case (no other 'state' route has been partially replaced by a U.S. highway since 1955). Mcdonaat ( talk) 06:57, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
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hey, thanks for your wonderful map on High Five Interchange. Certainly helps to understand what's going on with all those roads. I had a devil of a time figuring it out when writing the article. MathewTownsend ( talk) 13:17, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
You were the image reviewer at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Stark Raving Dad/archive3 which was promoted to FA on 8 February 2011. This included a review of the infobox image File:Stark Raving Dad.PNG. I am in a debate at Wikipedia:Files for deletion/2012 April 15#File:Pilot .28The Cosby Show.29 monopoly lesson.png, which is a debate over the infobox image for a television episode. The reviewer believes that the image currently violates WP:NFCC. I was hoping you might weigh in on this debate.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 18:41, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
Sorry, but nesting footnotes still elude me. Please tweak. Thanks. 7&6=thirteen ( ☎) 13:11, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
Imzadi1979, Where is a good place to get decent roads to add to my GA by number list page? I know of ones I want, but they are redirects. Allen (Morriswa) ( talk) 18:38, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
![]() | On 18 April 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Minnesota State Highway 7, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that State Highway 7 in the US state of Minnesota follows the Minnesota River National Scenic Byway along Lac qui Parle by the state line? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Minnesota State Highway 7.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 01:37, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
I see you have been involved in discussions at Template talk:Infobox U.S. state. Therefore I would like to ask you to join in on my new discussion there. Thanks Fry1989 eh? 20:17, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
See Talk:U.S. Route 41 in Michigan#2010 realignment. Chris857 ( talk) 01:30, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
![]() | On 22 April 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Whitefish Bay National Forest Scenic Byway, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Whitefish Bay National Forest Scenic Byway in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan follows the shore of Whitefish Bay and provides access to the Point Iroquois Lighthouse? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Whitefish Bay National Forest Scenic Byway.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Casliber ( talk · contribs) 16:05, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
Can you take a look at the article Georgia State Route 2? I have done lots of editing lately, and I'd like your opinion as to what is missing, etc. and what to do next with the article. Allen (Morriswa) ( talk) 22:36, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
![]() | On 24 April 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article County Road 595 (Marquette County, Michigan), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that a private company wants to pay for the construction of County Road 595 in Marquette County, Michigan, to connect its nickel mine to its processing mill? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/County Road 595 (Marquette County, Michigan).You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Casliber ( talk · contribs) 00:05, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
![]() | On 25 April 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Seward Highway, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that most of the length of the Seward Highway, which connects Anchorage and Seward, Alaska, is within Chugach National Forest? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Seward Highway.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Casliber ( talk · contribs) 00:05, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
![]() | On 29 April 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article M-5 (Michigan highway), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the freeway sections of M-5, a state highway in Michigan, were originally planned as parts of two different Interstate Highways? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/M-5 (Michigan highway).You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Panyd The muffin is not subtle 08:06, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
Sad to learn about your loss, I must say that today's Bach cantata, now on the Main page, says it better than I could, "Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen" (Weeping, lamenting, worrying, fearing). Please let me know if I ca be of any helpl, -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 08:29, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
Sorry to hear that Imzadi. All the best mate..♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:58, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
![]() | On 4 May 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article H-13 (Michigan county highway), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Federal Forest Highway 13 (pictured) in the Hiawatha National Forest in Michigan crosses the Sturgeon River on a T-beam bridge built in 1941? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/H-13 (Michigan county highway).You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Panyd The muffin is not subtle 08:02, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi, Imzadi. I've taken a look at the M-14 article through the GA review process, and have placed it on hold. -- Starstriker7( Talk) 16:53, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi! The Frederick Russell Burnham FAR is still ongoing and has been moved to FARC. If you have the time, it would be appreciated if you could revisit your comments there, and perhaps give us your opinion as to whether the article should be kept as a FA or delisted. Thanks! Dana boomer ( talk) 12:37, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi Imzadi, I recall seeing your participation in a discussion (can’t recall where) regarding the use of GIS data as a source for content on highway articles. Can you review this discussion on my talk page regarding the use of area data from the attribute table of a GIS feature class (communities) published as open data by the City of Calgary? We’d like to know if we can use the open data to support the uncited area column at List of neighbourhoods in Calgary#List of communities. I believe the data would be considered a WP:PRIMARY, but may qualify for use per the following excerpt from its associated policy.
If the data can be used as a source, I’d also like to know the proper way to cite GIS data. Hwy43 ( talk) 02:34, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi-I corrected some misspellings in the Widconsin Highway 35 article that were redlinks. However, I left some others that were about highways. Would you please look at the article with the remaining redlinks. I am not sure but I think there is some undetected vandalism in the article=Thank you- RFD ( talk) 11:19, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
![]() | On 18 May 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article County Road 510 (Marquette County, Michigan), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that County Road 510 in Marquette County, Michigan, previously crossed the Dead River on a bridge moved to the site from Pennsylvania? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/County Road 510 (Marquette County, Michigan).You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Casliber ( talk · contribs) 00:33, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
I swung by the LaDOTD and picked up some sign specs, and got some answers about the bordered signs and non-bordered signs. Contractors have an option between the two, with Interstate highway contractors opting to use the black-with-border. The signs would need to be changed to the non-border, as seen on Louisiana Highway 1258. A template might not be necessary; one sign is already made, so we might can just use that one sign as a template. Mcdonaat ( talk) 21:28, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
Re your edits to
Hillsdale Daily News,
The Daily Telegram and
The Daily Reporter (Coldwater) ... Is there a guideline or MOS entry on whether to link [[City, State]], [[United States]]
or [[City, State|City]], [[State]], [[United States]]
-- i.e., link the state separately or not? I used to use one link, as you do, but I changed my ways after reading a talk page debate somewhere (sorry, I don't remember where, and I can't seem to find it on WP search). The point made was that when we're identifying a location, we're saying it's in Hillsdale, and it's in Michigan, and it's in the United States -- and it doesn't make sense, when naming all three, to link two of these and not the other one. Also you have the example of large cities like Chicago or Detroit that stand alone in their WP article names; to avoid redirects you would have to link them as [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]], [[United States]]
, anyway. Perhaps I'd be better off asking this question at
WP:USA, but I figured I'd ask you first because you've edited so many more pages than me and perhaps you know where this policy is written, or why this practice is generally preferred. ```
t b w i l l i e `
$1.25 `
20:10, 19 May 2012 (UTC)
your in no position to decide if townships can be included on population centers. look at every other state on wikipedia and they include townships and largest population centers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.148.62.73 ( talk) 16:28, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
I've run into a wall when it comes to forest service routes. A few of the state highways here in Louisiana end at forest service roads, and I would like to know if there is a way that the shield for a forest road could be placed in an infobox, as a terminus. It's vague to just say "Local Road," and the forest road is a true numbered road that can be followed. Lemme know what you think! Also, my partner in crime Fredddie has a template saved for Louisiana highways, and it's ready to roll out! Mcdonaat ( talk) 20:29, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
It looks like a few highways are being deleted from the DOTD logbook. The highways are vanishing on the maps, signs being changed, and if you want it sent to you, a huge amount of highways are being turned back to local control... about 2,500 miles in total. I'm updating the highway pages for the ones that have vanished so far, so if you see any changing, it's on purpose! Mcdonaat ( talk) 02:57, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
<ref>A reference here...</ref>
which will add the little wikilinked footnote number. Then in the reference section, you need to add {{
reflist}} which is where the list will appear. There are various citation templates like {{
cite web}} for webpages, {{
cite news}} for news sources like newspaper articles (online or not) or online TV news articles, {{
cite journal}} for journal or magazine articles, {{
cite map}} for maps (with {{
google maps}}, {{
yahoo maps}} or {{
bing maps}} already set up for those online mapping services), etc. Using the templates isn't required, and you could hand-code a reference just as you might hand-type an APA or MLA bibliographic entry in a term paper, but I personally prefer the templates because it keeps the output neat and consistent.Hi Imzadi1979, I posted comments for the GA review on this article. Sorry for the mix-up on the name change! Mark Arsten ( talk) 22:44, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
The edits and advice you supplied were much appreciated and helpful! Also, as a fellow Michigan citizen I am now interested in visiting interstate Wiki articles. Highways were one thing I never thought to Wiki and now I've been more inclined to read about them (especially those in Michigan that I use every day). Thanks again for your time and effort on my first page! DerrickJSly ( talk) 06:46, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
TY for your response to my discussion about Highway 20. I'll get to work. -- @Efrat ( talk) 19:14, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
Sort of road related.. how could I land a talk page BGS like you have? I'm a fan of it, and would like to make my own to fit my area. Also, how could I get a cool signature like yours, with the colored background? Mcdonaat ( talk) 01:20, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
<span style="background:#006B54; padding:2px;">'''[[User:Imzadi1979|<font color="white">Imzadi 1979</font>]] [[User talk:Imzadi1979|<font color="white"><big>→</big></font>]]'''</span>
I wish I had paid attention to this page--it would have saved me some time and irritation: I am the editor who started the review of The Canterbury Tales based on Oakley's nomination. I read through a couple of the related posts, and saw a note to the GAN talk discussion on the editor's talk page, and I couldn't agree more. Thanks for closing that discussion and writing up the conclusions. GA is hard enough already. Drmies ( talk) 15:43, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
Imzadi1979: Your last change to the cultural reference on M22 is a false statement of law and fact. A Michigan AG opinion has no impact on federal law. There is no legal or authority to support your statement. In fact, federal courts has repeatedly ruled the opposite of the AG; public domain items can be valid trademarks. I like what you have done with your road sign pages. I would like to work with you to get the trademark issue right. As the page now stands you have published a false statement which could be considered defamatory. I am going to provide you some more information. In the meantime, I have removed your reference. I think it is important to note that M22 has a variety of federally registered trademarks which remain valid. Contrary to your post, federal registration creates a presumption of validity unless challenged in court or at the USPTO or suggestion that the issue is resolved is misleading. While you may have your own opinion and agree withe AG, you need to make sure to leave your views on the side-line. I will help you get objective information published on the issue which will be valuable to the reader and accurate under law. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.124.197.176 ( talk) 12:44, 8 June 2012 (UTC)
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
I'm not going to fight you on this and if you want to spend your time then thats on you but efforts like this are pretty counterproductive to helping the encyclopedia. You do a lot of good work on articles but your stance on ownership of articles in the scope of USRoads is rather troubling. Kumioko ( talk) 18:11, 8 June 2012 (UTC)
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I didn't really think that mention of the US 41 sign error in New York was necessary either. The only thing I fixed was the format errors that anonymous IP made. I probably would've been better off deleting the whole sentence like you did in the previous edit. ---- DanTD ( talk) 19:19, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi,
I have opened a review and made some suggestions at Talk:Black River National Forest Scenic Byway/GA1 regarding your nomination. Meanwhile, I've put the review on hold. Feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns. Regards, MathewTownsend ( talk) 17:34, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
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The Writer's Barnstar |
Man, isn't all that too much. Ankit Maity Talk Contribs 12:37, 18 June 2012 (UTC) |
Thanks, Imzadi 1979 → 07:19, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
The link on your page to M-56 (1919–1957 Michigan highway) has the wrong dash between years, pointing at a nonexistent page. Chris857 ( talk) 14:08, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
Hello Imzadi1979, Regarding the George Washington Memorial Parkway, which we have both been making significant edits to, I added that the county for certain locations was Arlington County, Virginia. I believe you changed it so that the city section was empty. However, Arlington is also the city name used for street addresses, so therefore would also qualify for the "city" column. I'll change it back for you unless you respond, but this is just a little picky thing that I feel needs to be fixed Thank you. C16sh ( talk) 15:53, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
![]() | On 20 June 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Black River National Forest Scenic Byway, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Black River National Forest Scenic Byway in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan connects to the tallest ski flying hill in the world and one of two National Forest harbors in the United States? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Black River National Forest Scenic Byway. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Casliber ( talk · contribs) 16:03, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
Many thanks for fixing the dab in the US Highway 43 article concerning [[Brookside, Oconto County, Wisconsin. RFD ( talk) 21:36, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
|ctdab=
for dab by county and |area=
for dab by area. If the link should be to [[Florence (town), Wisconsin]], just use |location=Florence
and |area=town
and it will even pipe the link to "Town of Florence". (That works for CDPs, townships, villages, etc.)
Imzadi 1979
→
21:42, 20 June 2012 (UTC)Could you tell me once more how to upload shields into the shield generator? I'm having a tough time understanding where to upload the images to. Also, do I need to just upload the template with the normal text, or do I need to convert it to FWHA-standard font? Mcdonaat 22:48, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
The article
M-211 (Michigan highway) you nominated as a
good article has passed
; see
Talk:M-211 (Michigan highway) for comments about the article. Well done! There is a backlog of articles waiting for review, why not help out and
review a nominated article yourself?
Statυs (
talk)
02:37, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
The article
M-137 (Michigan highway) you nominated as a
good article has passed
; see
Talk:M-137 (Michigan highway) for comments about the article. Well done! There is a backlog of articles waiting for review, why not help out and
review a nominated article yourself?
Statυs (
talk)
02:37, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
After thoroughly reviewing this article, I have passed it at this time. Continue to keep up the good work! Also, I probably should let you know that I am also reviewing
M-143 (Michigan highway) and
M-147 (Michigan highway) that you put up for good article nomination.
Rp0211
(talk2me)
16:21, 30 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi,
You GAN M-201 (Michigan highway) has passed. Congratulations! MathewTownsend ( talk) 18:29, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
Congratulations! MathewTownsend ( talk) 18:33, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
I have reviewed the M-227 (Michigan highway) article that you nominated for GA status and I have put the article on hold to allow one problem to be fixed. Please see the review page for more details.-- Dom497 ( talk) 13:52, 8 July 2012 (UTC)
I have reviewed the M-205 (Michigan highway) article that you nominated for GA status and I have put the article on hold to allow one problem to be fixed. Please see the review page for more details.-- Dom497 ( talk) 14:24, 8 July 2012 (UTC)
After thoroughly reviewing this article, I have passed it at this time. Keep up the good work you are doing!
Rp0211
(talk2me)
17:57, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
I'm currently in the sweeping mode of targeting the different state highway shields, converting to black-and-white. The major ones I'm doing right now are the ones referenced in infoboxes as being along Interstates, since those are the most viewed ones, in my opinion. However, if a Business route, Spur route, or Loop route is shown on the infobox, it actually still shows the green-and-white box that Louisiana defaults to, instead of black-and-white MUTCD standard. Is there any way I can have the boxes show the black-and-white plates instead of green-and-white? Directions on how to enable Alternate shields to pop up too would be helpful! Mcdonaat 00:39, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
{{
Infobox road}}
, {{
Jct}}
, or both? –
Fredddie
™
03:07, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
That's better. We can code the templates to look at that naming scheme instead of the current one. We can create a different type so that they can still use the older version, and the templates will know the difference to use black & white banner tabs with the new graphics and green & white tabs with the old graphics based on the types. Please revert the rest back to the original files. Create the set of graphics needed, and we'll do the process right in the templates. Imzadi 1979 → 05:49, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
Have the article you requested, please send me an email. OhanaUnited Talk page 20:16, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
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Just one issue. Very, very small.
Statυs (
talk)
19:40, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
I'm updating an Interstate exit with a parish road, since the road is actually of some significance. It runs concurrent with a state highway, is signed, and even has directional banners (East and West). I tried to copy Florida's style, where the county name is used, and Florida's pages seem to link to the county article. However, Louisiana won't connect, and the link is still shown as black, with nothing to click. Any ideas? I've messed around with it at this page, and would like some help. It's Exit 132. Mcdonaat 21:27, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
Hey. Since the "North Dakota Highways 1-30" page is a self-published source, where do you reckon we'd be able to find a mileage source that is usable in a Good Article? I no longer live in North Dakota, so it would be pretty hard for me to find any sort of map. I would have replied on my own talk page, but it has been about a week since I last replied to you there. If I should do otherwise next time, please inform me.
-- Thecatchernumbersevenjooooemauer 05:14, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
So, I looked for about 20 minutes...and I can't find any more history for North Dakota Highway 15. I did see some kind of house listing with the address listed as "Old Highway 15" in Northwood, which the route passes just north of. This may or may not mean it has been slightly realigned within cities in the past, but I can't seem to find when it was realigned, if it even was, or where the old alignment took place. For this reason, I'm not completely sure that an in-depth History section for this page, along with many other North Dakota Highway pages, is even needed. I would like your input on this, as I am trying as hard as I can to find stuff and coming up with nothing. On a different note, I also added the mileage for the page in question. -- Thecatchernumbersevenjooooemauer 23:15, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
I have asked twice about any rule anyone might be following around a person's notablity and nobody has responded. I see that my comment was removed by yet another editor. I am willing to learn, but people don't seem to want to help me understand exactly what the definitions of notability are. I have looked and can't find any. John Maino does not have his own page, but he is referenced in two separate Wikipedia articles as being a radio personality in Northeast Wisconsin. Would references to those pages help people's views of his notability? Lutheran4life ( talk) 14:21, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi,
Very nice article! I've left a few comments for you to address at Talk:Interstate 696/GA1.
Best wishes, MathewTownsend ( talk) 19:20, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
So, I'm trying to update
Interstate 5 in Oregon to the modern exit list, but I'm getting a red wikilink when I type in |ORinttop=exit
it gives me {{
ORinttop}}. (I typed a line and not an equals sign, so I have no idea why it's showing an equals sign between ORinttop and exit.) Am I just mistyping this or is there really no template? I noticed that
Interstate 84 in Oregon is also using the old exit list format, which is most likely because the lack of an ORinttop template is derailing the whole table. I apologize if this issue has been brought up before, but I am trying to update the exit lists and this really isn't helping. Thanks for your time. --
Thecatchernumbersevenjooooemauer 12:33, 15 July 2012 (UTC) (
talk to me)
One more question. There is an exit on Interstate 5 in Oregon that is both the end of a concurrency and an exit with incomplete access. Which type do I use? Thecatchernumbersevenjooooemauer 16:42, 15 July 2012 (UTC) ( talk to me)
Nice little article. Well done! Best wishes, MathewTownsend ( talk) 16:25, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
Good news - LaDOTD said that the Department of Corrections manufactured the signs, so they would be the ones who held the rights to the design. The DOC has given the ALL CLEAR, and that we are free to use the design at will. With your permission, I would like to start by posting LA 6's article, titled "Louisiana Route 6," with the old pelican design. From there, I can do LA 1, LA 2, and so forth. Mcdonaat 22:27, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
|type=
so that the templates can tell the difference between a modern highway and a long-decommissioned one. The next thing you'll need to determine is how to integrate the Routes into the browser system with the Highways. Assuming you have repeated numbers,
WP:USRD/STDS says that for a state, the priority is Interstates first, US Highways second and then state highways third; states with multiple types of state highways are supposed to use some sort of locally defined priority. Texas is the biggest offender of this last part. Rather than come up with an order, say IH→USH→SH→Loops/Spurs→FM/RM→PR→RE, they only browse in order by type. In other words, RE 3 points backwards to RE 2 and forwards to RE 4 without any linkage to the other subsystems, against the standards. You'll need to decide if Highways take priority over Routes or vice versa. Got it! I have Commonist running right now, and I have shields 1-98 uploaded. They're located as
. I can;t figure out how to link to the certain page, but oh well. Let me know when the infobox and jct has been updated, and I can get to work on LA 6 and LA 15, then try and manage 1-10 tonight. I'll do a controlled creation, where things should work smoothly.
Mcdonaat
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Route information | ||||
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Maintained by Louisiana DOTD | ||||
Existed | 1924–1955 | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Louisiana | |||
Highway system | ||||
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I'm working on the infobox now. I just need to figure out how to get the name to appear.
Imzadi 1979
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Since you've stated to have an interest in portals, particularly the Michigan highways portal, just letting you know that I've started a new discussion with a specific focus upon increasing portal visibility on the portal discussion page here: Wikipedia talk: Portal - Ideas to increase portal visibility. — Northamerica1000 (talk) 02:18, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
Imzadi, could you look back in here please? I'm unclear if you're saying that you think I'm not in a position to close the FAC, considering my prose comments on the FAC. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 20:00, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
Hi Imzadi, Please take a look. Thanks. 7&6=thirteen ( ☎) 20:01, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
Well done for remembering that you set up a JL-Bot recognised content sweep for WikiProject UK Roads! That looks quite neat now. I might just tweak the columns as I don't think there's enough content to warrant 3. I've also noticed that the assessment page is listed at Wikipedia:WikiProject UK road/Assessment and not Wikipedia:WikiProject UK Roads/Assessment, where it should be as a sub-page - can this page just be moved without screwing anything else up you think? Thanks again, Zangar ( talk) 22:56, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
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Wow, that was fast, I just updated, and was going to change the redirect...-- UnQuébécois ( talk) 02:39, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
This edit is unacceptable, and I have opposed your FAC on account of it. As I said there, I will not hesitate to bring it up on AN/I and at the Signpost (where this will get mentioned if it's promoted). You should be thankful that no one blocked you for this, because I know a number of admins that would do just that without a second thought. Sven Manguard Wha? 03:44, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
On the List of highways numbered 19A page, I attempted to put the sign for U.S. 19 Alternate on the page, but it didn't work right.
Could you help, please?
Thank you,
Allen ( talk) 03:33, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
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).
Imzadi 1979
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03:36, 16 December 2011 (UTC)Imzadi1979,
Could you help me to correct the errors in my Wikipedia book?
I wanted to have a link to every Interstate and U.S. highway that has, does, or will exist in it. However, I don't have the links correct.
If you could help me, that would be great!
Allen ( talk) 04:08, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
Hi Imzadi1979. I always help when needed but I have already a lot of articles to translate, including those where I really get a knowledge. However, I've add a couple of thing on the M-6 article (sorry for that silly stub) and I can ask for a translator if you want (even if the translation task force isn't really important in contributors). Regards. Like tears in rain ( talk) 09:50, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for correcting the section that I mentioned. I don't have lots of time to edit articles the way I would like, so I try to do what I can.
However, thank you for putting better "touches" to that section.
Relying on you (and other talented Wikipedians) for help,
Allen (
talk)
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Imzadi1979,
Could you help me to improve my Wikipedia book, User:Morriswa/Books/Highways?
I want to have a link to every Interstate and U.S. Highway that has ever existed, currently does exist, or may ever exist in the future, including unsigned and controversial ones.
If you can't help me, could you pass it along to anyone else?
Thank you for all of your help (here and throughout Wikipedia,
Allen ( talk) 23:01, 22 December 2011 (UTC)
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Congratulations! You have been awarded the Four Award for your work from beginning to end on U.S. Route 2 in Michigan. TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 01:15, 25 December 2011 (UTC) |
-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 01:15, 25 December 2011 (UTC)
Can you tell me who was notified about Talk:Illinois Tollway oasis/GA2. I follow WT:CHICAGO and have seen no notification.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 14:50, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
I'm still learning wiki and having a problem learning linking to a specific article. Thanks for clearing up the territory link on Guam Highway 1 Sprinkler21 ( talk) 04:48, 27 December 2011 (UTC)Sprinkler21
Seems as though your new years road plan has just been sped up, Wikipedia:Templates for discussion#Template:Infobox Australian road. -- WOSlinker ( talk) 11:32, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
Merry Christmas to you too! Dough 48 72 01:01, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
I responded on my talk page. Thanks! Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 23:45, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for letting me know about that thing about NC 540. By the way your user page looks great. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.99.36.246 ( talk) 18:23, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
Hello, I would like a Interstate North Carolina 40 sign. This would be great.
Thanks, -- 174.99.36.246 ( talk) 21:43, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
Just spotted another infobox which I've added to your list. -- WOSlinker ( talk) 20:20, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
I saw that you looked through Lake Shore Drive Bridge (Michigan) and fixed some things up, and I was wondering if there were any similar issues in Eagle River Timber Bridge. Thanks. Chris857 ( talk) 22:34, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
Hello Imzadi1979! Can you please explain me the difference between a Highway and street? I am asking this in reference to your edits at Seventh Avenue (Islamabad). -- SMS Talk 03:10, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi. Can you please be EXTREMELY EXTREMELY EXTREMELY careful when making edits to change template change from Outback Roads to USA road article boxes? I don't think you've driven on Northern Territory roads… but some of the information in the road box can possibly be an issue of life or death. If a road needs a permit or not is extremely important: It makes it possible for authorities to know if people have gone missing because of treacherous road conditions. Knowing where service stations and facilities are is also important. The area is extremely, extremely remote in places, where it can be a two to three hour drive from one town of 100 to another town of 100 people. The Australian government in some places pays people to live in isolated remote areas in order to maintain service stations so road travellers have access to petrol. If you miss a service station, it isn't a case of another one in five or ten miles, it could be a case of 100 to 200 miles. Many of these roads are unpaved and require four wheel drive. (And people have died on these roads after getting bogged and not knowing how to use the 4WD.) So yes, please be careful when changing these templates and explain the rationale before doing it. Australian users are probably very willing to help you if you have questions about our roads. -- LauraHale ( talk) 10:57, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
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You have shown lots of knowledge in the "finer" issues of Wikipedia editing. Allen ( talk) 11:34, 10 January 2012 (UTC) |
Imzadi1979, I apologize for "screwing" up Interstate 3 and Interstate 4. I didn't realize that it was going to do what it did. Thank you for correcting my mistake. Allen ( talk) 23:56, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
Hey, I have been working on Crowley's Ridge Parkway's junction list in my text editor, but I wasn't sure how to tackle it. For instance, how would you indicate when the route jumps from a county road to a state highways as state maintenance begins in the middle of pavement? Would you just mark it as a concurrency? Do you know where any examples exist that I could model this route after? I really want to get it done and maybe that will spur someone to make the shield for the route. Thanks. Brandonrush Woo pig sooie 04:21, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
|tourist=
parameter in it now since it was added to accommodate New Zealand articles. If you looked at very many Michigan articles, you'd see that it's used only for National Scenic Byways, the state's Heritage Routes and the Great Lakes Circle Tours. You can always add a link to Crowley's Ridge Parkway to the various highways that carry the NSB.
M-65 (Michigan highway) has such as link.
U.S. Route 2 in Michigan has several items listed, with and without links as appropriate.
Imzadi 1979
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09:52, 12 January 2012 (UTC)You may dismiss as "trivial" that "Based on total area, Ahmeek, Michigan holds the distinction of being the largest incorporated community, in the largest county (Keweenaw County, 5,965.96 square miles (water and land; Marquette County). However, if the category geographical oddities of the United States ever comes up in Jeopardy, the fault will be yours alone. Cheers. 7&6=thirteen ( ☎) 17:42, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
What would be the policy for creating or cleaning up an article for a highway that is never signed as itself? A few highways that I know of are signed as different routes, but never the actual route. An example would be LA 3280, which is not signed as LA 3280 at all, but is actually LA 15/US 165 BUS, which is actually signed. It might not be the best cluster of shields, but for someone actually using the route, they would never see LA 3280, only LA 15/US 165 BUS. Mcdonaat ( talk) 08:02, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
For me, the task of cleaning up the list of state roads in Florida is a bit "over the top". So, I will leave it in your capable hands. Besides, you did a great job with last night's edits anyway.
Do you know of any other "projects" with which I can get involved -- especially road pages? I want to help Wikipedia be the best encyclopedia it can be, and I really enjoy editing road articles.
Thank you for your advice and help.
Allen ( talk) 11:02, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
Would you mind holding off on the proposed deletion of County Road 210 (St. Johns County, Florida)? I'd like to redirect it onto a new List of county roads in St. Johns County, Florida that's currently in my sandbox. I'll try to get done with it by January 23, if real life doesn't get in the way. ---- DanTD ( talk) 13:42, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
I was disheartened to discover that you removed the PROD on Ring Roads in Singapore. The "general references" were to the top landing page of said site and in no way are relevant to the article. Because of your attack of pique, we now have to go through the longer process of AfD for the article when obviously it is not appropriate for inclusion. Than you for making a point. Hasteur ( talk) 23:21, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
Hey. I was wondering how you determined the destination city for use in the major intersections table, and is having a city (i. e. using |city1=) recommended even for minor two-lane roads as well as limited-access roads? Also in the lead of Arkansas highway articles, since they are not technically called things like Arkansas Highway 28, should the lead still be Arkansas Highway 28 (AR 28, Hwy. 28), or Highway 28 (AR 28, Hwy. 28), or maybe Highway 28 (AR 28 and Hwy. 28)? Thank you, Brandonrush Woo pig sooie 01:08, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
Would have perfered a heads-up before moving one of my userboxes to a standardized location. Not that I would have had a problem with it's move, it's just a courtesy thing. Please try that in the future. - Neutralhomer • Talk • 07:42, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
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Thanks Imzadi1979 for helping to promote M-84 (Michigan highway) to Good Article status. Please accept this little sign of appreciation and goodwill from me, because you deserve it. Keep it up, and give someone a pat on the back today. -- Sp33dyphil © hat ontributions 23:11, 24 January 2012 (UTC) |
Alright. Thanks!
Multi Trixes! ( Talk - Me on Wikia) 20:44, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi, Imzadi1979 (BTW, my wife and I got married on your 3rd birthday):
I thought you'd be interested in knowing that a reference in the Wiki article about Michigan Highway 209 is in the Internet Archive. I was going to edit it in the Reference section, but I don't how to do it, because there's only one word used for all references in that section. If you know how to do it, here's the web address for the article, "Early Modern Highways in Leelanau": http://web.archive.org/web/20080704055509/http://www.leelanaupost.com/2006/01/ Igo4U ( talk) 22:40, 25 January 2012 (UTC)Igo4U
What do you think of the new sections of "Interstate 67" on the William H. Natcher Parkway page? Are they legitimate edits? Can the Interstate 67 page be changed from a redirect (into an actual article)? Allen ( talk) 02:25, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
Do you know where I can get an official list of all current and former Florida state roads from the Florida DOT? I want to be more accurate with the List of State Roads in Florida page. Allen ( talk) 00:35, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
Is there a way that I can get a list of all Florida State Roads (past, present, or future)?
We have contacted the DOT Statistics Office and the Surveying and Mapping Office in search of the information you requested, but neither of them have the information. You may wish to contact the two offices for additional information. The phone numbers for the two offices are:
If the highway templates are deleted as this page shows, are there other navigational templates to replace them? Allen ( talk) 18:15, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
Hello! I have some queries related to road/highway articles which I am asking you considering your experience on related articles:
Can you please answer these? or direct me to relevant wiki page. Thanks! -- SMS Talk 20:06, 29 January 2012 (UTC)
{{
google maps|url=|title=|accessdate=}}
in the article.
Imzadi 1979
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19:11, 1 February 2012 (UTC)Hi. I am not interested in this newsletter. Please remove me from your posting list. Thanks. My name is Mercy11 ( talk) 14:27, 6 February 2012 (UTC), and I approve this message.
{{
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on your talk." That's all I have done, so to call that harassment is a bit much, and not my intent at all. No offense was intended, and I had hoped that you'd be pleased to know about the PR task force.
Imzadi 1979
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14:53, 6 February 2012 (UTC)Since when have newsletters been harassment? That's a very strong accusation to make. -- Rs chen 7754 19:49, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
I have no idea what this tilde thing means but here:
TooFolkGR ( talk) 18:59, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
How is it correct to list Rte 86 between Rte 192 and Rte 193, when the route number was changed decades ago? Is this some Wiki convention I'm unaware of? Sincerely, -- Triskele Jim ( talk) 18:15, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
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You work super hard to make the U.S. Roads articles be really great and useful! Allen ( talk) 03:29, 12 February 2012 (UTC) |
Apologies, I had completely missed your comments - I'd been looking on the article talk page and the FAC page, but hadn't realised that you'd posted something to the FAC talk page as well (you seem to be the only person to have done so!). I've addressed most of them but have a couple of outstanding queries for you; could you please take a look? Prioryman ( talk) 09:58, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for doing that! The new ones are lovely =) ♠ PMC♠ (talk) 10:35, 20 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi Imzadi - If you have some time, would you mind returning to your "delist" vote at the Kolkata FAR? Quite a bit of work has been done on the article, and it would be great to get your further comments on this. Also, an editor has responded to your concerns at the Chennai FAR - if you have further comments there it would be great to see them. Thank you very much for the reviewing you do at FAR - it's always good to see you around! Dana boomer ( talk) 12:38, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the note. I have clarified my comment re the National Highway System (United States) article. PeterEastern ( talk) 13:54, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
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User:97.76.44.70 made some edits to the List of State Roads in Florida. I don't know if the edits are correct, but I think they may need to be undone. Do I need to do that? Should I do that? What do you think? Thank you for your help. Allen ( talk) 22:03, 29 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi! All the points that you raised have been addressed, except one. The location of publishers of newspaper—this has become a problem, especially for pan-Indian newspapers. Please see the FARC for detailed discussion on this, we need to make a strategy for this. Locations of publishers of all book sources have been updated. Regards.-- Dwaipayan ( talk) 23:02, 1 March 2012 (UTC)
You've had good ideas in the past. Please take a look. I've put in links and sources, and it is a better article than it was. It just got promoted to a "B". Thanks. 7&6=thirteen ( ☎) 12:43, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
Why did you remove Category:U.S. Route 10 from Minnesota State Highway 210? I've seen more than one occasion of this, so I thought it was okay. Allen ( talk) 00:48, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi. I was wondering, since I have seen you edit numerous highway related pages, if you could take a look at New Mexico State Road 1. The link that I changed was part of the template formatting. It was a red link before, since I-25 Business is a disambig. page. I solved the DAB issue and now no I-25 shield is present for the north end location. Also, there are many NM highway pages with dead links. Thanks for your help, there!
Regards, Tinton5 ( talk) 06:15, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
{{
jct|state=NM|BL|25|dab1=Socorro}}
. The type code of BL
(or BS
for business spurs) handles Interstate Business Loops, and the dab1=
tells it what specific city to use for disambiguation. (It uses the state from the first part to complete the link). As for the rest of that article, it needs to be rewritten in a south-to-north direction to follow
WP:USRD/STDS.
Imzadi 1979
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US-Bus
for US Highway business routes and other type codes. Just insert the location used to dab the link, or in the case of
M-144 (1936-1940 Michigan highway), the years.
Imzadi 1979
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07:07, 9 March 2012 (UTC)Maybe it's just the computers I've been using, but ever since this update, for Interstate 95 in South Carolina I haven't been able to see the image for the Gateway to South Carolina. It was replaced by a red-X, although clicking on the image itself works out. ---- DanTD ( talk) 13:09, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Can you please shed some light on the conversation at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject U.S. Roads#Future articles? You are more well versed on this topic than I am. Allen ( talk) 23:20, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Did you look at the March 7 comments on my talk page? -- ClemRutter ( talk) 10:29, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
Further to my new request at Template talk:Infobox road. I looked back at the original discussion in detail. I now understand what you meant by first tier and second tier municipalities. Alberta's Ministry of Municipal Affairs determines that towns, villages, and summer villages are second tier to specialized and rural municipalities by virtue of this document. Note that each town, village, and summer village is listed under the respective specialized or rural municipality.
Also note that cities are not listed under any specialized or rural municipality. As such, they would be at the equivalent tier as specialized and rural municipalities. Hwy43 ( talk) 05:54, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
You may also want to check out the photo in Farm to Market Road 1709. Dough 48 72 18:26, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
Could you take a look at the recent changes to Decommissioned highway? The user mentioned that there used to be a different US 8 than the current one, and a different US 46 (in Colorado of all places) than the current one. Also, could you just review the rest of the edits? Allen ( talk) 00:14, 15 March 2012 (UTC)
Can you take a look at Interstate 570 (Missouri)? Is it a true designation? Or, is the author (not me!) pulling our legs? Allen ( talk) 19:46, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
الله يكون معك
Are you still active in the African Highway Project? I recently updated quite a bit on the Moroccan expressway pages: updated data on completed roads (such as the Fes–Oujda expressway and created the Rabat Ringroad. If you have any time could you assist in updating Société Nationale des Autoroutes du Maroc. Although there had been some edits in 2010 and 2011 many of the information on the page was from 2008. As you can see on the Talk page I did update the information on the projects but not on company information. The ADM website no longer has proper English version, but maybe you can have a look at the Arab or French website and check if the general company information is up to date. Once you have completed that feel free to remove the Outdated template I placed there. Greetings. Tonkie ( talk) 02:20, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi Imzadi! It would be much appreciated if you could return to your comments at the Kolkata FAR and check if they have been fully addressed. User:Dwaipayanc has been doing some great work on this FAR, as well as the other Indian ones on the page (hint, hint, you might want to take a look! :). Thanks in advance, Dana boomer ( talk) 13:59, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for that,
Awardgive,
the editor with the msitaken name.
20:45, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
Just as the title says. Congrats on yet another GA.
Awardgive,
the editor with the msitaken name.
03:55, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
Why did you revert my edits? Allen ( talk) 01:31, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
{{
jct|country=USA|US|383}}
works to produce Can you tell me what you think of this new article? Allen ( talk) 01:38, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
|map_notes=
) in the infobox, especially when the map doesn't show the whole state.{{convert|29.3|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}
produces the properly done " 29.3-mile-long (47.2 km)". If you're not using the word "long", use |adj=on
in the template.Replies:
|counties=
to the infobox. Add links to the county articles, piped so that only the county name appears. The county portion of the name is redundant to the label and should be dropped, so Marquette, not Marquette County. That helps locate the highway in the state.|cspan=
) so that the box in that column covers enough rows. That first row also has to define the location and how many rows the location spans. If the junction is in a spot that isn't incorporated (it isn't a city or village), then set it as |location=none
. Each time the county or location changes, define it and set the spans up right; since {{
jctint}} isn't specific to one state, you have to set |state=GA
for any template usages that have a county or a location (other than none) set.Let me know if that answers your questions. There's also WP:USRD/STDS that details our best practices, although some of what I mention isn't in there. Imzadi 1979 → 05:16, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
|counties=
go in the infobox.|location=none
or |state=GA
?{{GAint
- |county=Warren
- |cspan=#
- |location=[city/village name or "none"]
- |lspan=#
- |mile=0.0
- |road=[jct template or plain text road name]
|notes=[any notes needed] }}
{{GAint
- |location=[city/village name or "none"]
- |lspan=# [if needed]
- |mile=#.#
- |road=[jct template or plain text road name]
|notes=[any notes needed] }}
[[<county> County, <full state name>|<county]]
and [[<location>, <full state name>|<location]]
; if you don't give it the state's postal abbreviation, it won't create the proper link.|state=MI
because it knows that it's for Michigan already. We haven't created these templates for all of the states yet, but eventually we will. The basics works the same between the two.
Imzadi 1979
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{{
GAint}}
and updated the examples above to use it. –
Fredddie
™
00:19, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
|location_special=
, which lets you specify whatever you need there, linked or unlinked. The phrase "western terminus" isn't a proper noun (big pet peeve) and it shouldn't be capitalized. The color key version of the footer isn't needed unless the colors are used, so I switched to the plain footer. The last thing is that I moved the names so that they came after the last highway (name3 for triple concurrencies instead of name1 so it appears last, not in the middle). Seriously though, the table looked great, so pat yourself on your back!
Imzadi 1979
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01:45, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
Another thing to learn to do at some point is formatting a full reference citation. I use the citation templates myself, since I can plug in the various variables, and it outputs the result in a neatly consistent fashion. (Like most templates, it doesn't matter what order you code the template parameters in the article, the template generates the output according to its coding.) Things like {{ cite web}}, {{ cite map}}, {{ google maps}}, {{ cite book}}, etc work great. Now, before you get ahead of yourself too much, you don't have to learn how to use them right now. Just try to create footnotes that have the title of the source, a date when it was published, an author if there is one, most importantly and for online sources, the accessdate.
Oh, and when you're making a junction list, you should provide the source you used to get the mileposts. The {{
jcttop}} has the |length_ref=
parameter to insert the footnote in the mile column of the table. (There are also similar parameters for the other columns, but for most things, f we cite the mileages, we're good.)
Imzadi 1979
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Imzadi, I am (more or less) the sole editor of this new article. It has gotten nearly 18,000 views in the last 2 days. Lots of traffic. It needs a fresh set of eyes. Thank you. 7&6=thirteen ( ☎) 18:13, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
{{#tag:ref||group="nb"|name=""}}
for doing
nested references. That way you aren't repeated the full citation inside the explanatory footnote.|deadurl= no
at the end of the citation template, the template will link the title to the original online source and list the archive link afterwards. Then if/when the link goes dead in the future, you just removed that deadurl parameter and the template switches to link to the archive as the title and put the original link later. Most online news articles will go dead when the publisher moves them behind a paywall or simply deletes the article from their website. The only caveat is that video is not archived, and I'm concerned by the number of online videos you've used.
Imzadi 1979
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Registering this stuff is cumbersome, but I'm sure it will be worthwhile. Didn't realize that each one had to be manually archived. In any event, there seems to be a problem with the Wulfhurst citation. "duplicate" links I think. 7&6=thirteen ( ☎) 19:49, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
Another editor noticed that that code for different date formats at Template:Geographic reference doesn't always work. Since you suggested the change, you might be interested in the discussion. TheCatalyst31 Reaction• Creation 18:33, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
This is an awesome thing. I'll be in touch, but I'm a fifth grader so i can't give you my email address. Thanks! Miri3795 ( talk) 04:41, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
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I had some questions concerning editing the page, that I wanted to run by you. This is because:
I think that the exit list and/or the junctions in the infobox are wrong.
According to the
2011-2012 Georgia state map, I-516 has the following exits (exit numbers not marked on the map):
SR 21 North & SR 25 North in Garden City
US 80 West/SR 26 West & SR 25 Connector East (or South) (west end of US 80/SR 26 concurrency)
Augusta Avenue
Some exit c. 0.6 miles (0.97 km) farther down
I-16 West/SR 404 West & I-16 East/US 17 North/SR 404 East (west/north end of US 17 concurrency)
Some exit c. 0.26 miles (0.42 km) farther down
US 17 South/SR 25 South & US 80 East/SR 26 East (east/south end of US 17 concurrency; south end of SR 25 concurrency; east end of US 80/SR 26 concurrency)
Some exit c. 1 mile (1.6 km) farther down
I-516 either ends at the West DeRenne Avenue/Montgomery Street intersection, or just west of it.
According to the 2012 Rand McNally road atlas, the exits are as follows (exit numbers are marked on this map):
Exit 8: SR 21 North & SR 25 North in Garden City
Exit 7: US 80 West/SR 26 West (west end of US 80/SR 26 concurrency)
Exit 5: I-16 West/SR 404 West & I-16 East/US 17 North/SR 404 East (west/north end of US 17 concurrency)
Exit 3: US 17 South/SR 25 South & US 80 East/SR 26 East (east/south end of US 17 concurrency; south end of SR 25 concurrency; east end of US 80/SR 26 concurrency)
Exit 1: Veterans Parkway
I-516 either ends at the West DeRenne Avenue/Montgomery Street intersection, or just west of it.
Also, in the infobox, can a browse be put there concerning Interstate highways? Is it okay if I edit the page? Or, would you rather do it? Allen (Morriswa) ( talk) 16:04, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
I thought you made adding the shields unnecessary when you reformatted all the CR shield templates. I apologize for not resizing the Lake CR 50 shield, but this was one that was missed. ---- DanTD ( talk) 13:02, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
I am working on a new article for Louisiana Highway 137. Would it be appropriate to also put the shield for US Highway 425 on the article? LA 137 and US 425 both run on the same road, and LA 137's route is entirely US 425. Confusing, but Louisiana just slapped US 425 on a bunch of different state highways. I thought it would be appropriate, since there are no LA 137 shields by themselves. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mcdonaat ( talk • contribs) 22:40, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi! The FAR for Chennai (review at Wikipedia:Featured article review/Chennai/archive2) has been ongoing for a while, and could use some comments to help wrap it up. Would you mind revisiting your comments on the page, and perhaps entering an opinion as to whether the article should be kept or delisted? Thanks! Dana boomer ( talk) 14:00, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
ha!, that's not stupid: Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2012 April 12#WWM, finally
my point was: i was looking for the meanings of WWM and i was directly redirected to Concurrency (road) (with no WWM-search possible on this page), which is not relevant ...and it's pretty boring when anybody just "undoes" without any thinking - 84.227.76.140 ( talk) 06:19, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
I'm going around and updating some articles for Louisiana, and made one for LA 139. About half of the length of the highway was supplanted by U.S. 425, and removed, so I wanted to do a small infobox for a smaller section (see Old County Lake Road 550 for an idea). The road has mostly been supplanted by another state highway (as is the case with LA 139 being replaced somewhat by US 425). The only other thing I can think of is taking another section, without the infobox, and talking about the highway being replaced. Any ideas? I know it wouldn't fall in line with many other pages on here, but I feel that this is a unique case (no other 'state' route has been partially replaced by a U.S. highway since 1955). Mcdonaat ( talk) 06:57, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
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hey, thanks for your wonderful map on High Five Interchange. Certainly helps to understand what's going on with all those roads. I had a devil of a time figuring it out when writing the article. MathewTownsend ( talk) 13:17, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
You were the image reviewer at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Stark Raving Dad/archive3 which was promoted to FA on 8 February 2011. This included a review of the infobox image File:Stark Raving Dad.PNG. I am in a debate at Wikipedia:Files for deletion/2012 April 15#File:Pilot .28The Cosby Show.29 monopoly lesson.png, which is a debate over the infobox image for a television episode. The reviewer believes that the image currently violates WP:NFCC. I was hoping you might weigh in on this debate.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 18:41, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
Sorry, but nesting footnotes still elude me. Please tweak. Thanks. 7&6=thirteen ( ☎) 13:11, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
Imzadi1979, Where is a good place to get decent roads to add to my GA by number list page? I know of ones I want, but they are redirects. Allen (Morriswa) ( talk) 18:38, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
![]() | On 18 April 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Minnesota State Highway 7, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that State Highway 7 in the US state of Minnesota follows the Minnesota River National Scenic Byway along Lac qui Parle by the state line? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Minnesota State Highway 7.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 01:37, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
I see you have been involved in discussions at Template talk:Infobox U.S. state. Therefore I would like to ask you to join in on my new discussion there. Thanks Fry1989 eh? 20:17, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
See Talk:U.S. Route 41 in Michigan#2010 realignment. Chris857 ( talk) 01:30, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
![]() | On 22 April 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Whitefish Bay National Forest Scenic Byway, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Whitefish Bay National Forest Scenic Byway in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan follows the shore of Whitefish Bay and provides access to the Point Iroquois Lighthouse? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Whitefish Bay National Forest Scenic Byway.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Casliber ( talk · contribs) 16:05, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
Can you take a look at the article Georgia State Route 2? I have done lots of editing lately, and I'd like your opinion as to what is missing, etc. and what to do next with the article. Allen (Morriswa) ( talk) 22:36, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
![]() | On 24 April 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article County Road 595 (Marquette County, Michigan), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that a private company wants to pay for the construction of County Road 595 in Marquette County, Michigan, to connect its nickel mine to its processing mill? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/County Road 595 (Marquette County, Michigan).You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Casliber ( talk · contribs) 00:05, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
![]() | On 25 April 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Seward Highway, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that most of the length of the Seward Highway, which connects Anchorage and Seward, Alaska, is within Chugach National Forest? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Seward Highway.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Casliber ( talk · contribs) 00:05, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
![]() | On 29 April 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article M-5 (Michigan highway), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the freeway sections of M-5, a state highway in Michigan, were originally planned as parts of two different Interstate Highways? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/M-5 (Michigan highway).You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Panyd The muffin is not subtle 08:06, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
Sad to learn about your loss, I must say that today's Bach cantata, now on the Main page, says it better than I could, "Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen" (Weeping, lamenting, worrying, fearing). Please let me know if I ca be of any helpl, -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 08:29, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
Sorry to hear that Imzadi. All the best mate..♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:58, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
![]() | On 4 May 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article H-13 (Michigan county highway), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Federal Forest Highway 13 (pictured) in the Hiawatha National Forest in Michigan crosses the Sturgeon River on a T-beam bridge built in 1941? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/H-13 (Michigan county highway).You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Panyd The muffin is not subtle 08:02, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi, Imzadi. I've taken a look at the M-14 article through the GA review process, and have placed it on hold. -- Starstriker7( Talk) 16:53, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi! The Frederick Russell Burnham FAR is still ongoing and has been moved to FARC. If you have the time, it would be appreciated if you could revisit your comments there, and perhaps give us your opinion as to whether the article should be kept as a FA or delisted. Thanks! Dana boomer ( talk) 12:37, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi Imzadi, I recall seeing your participation in a discussion (can’t recall where) regarding the use of GIS data as a source for content on highway articles. Can you review this discussion on my talk page regarding the use of area data from the attribute table of a GIS feature class (communities) published as open data by the City of Calgary? We’d like to know if we can use the open data to support the uncited area column at List of neighbourhoods in Calgary#List of communities. I believe the data would be considered a WP:PRIMARY, but may qualify for use per the following excerpt from its associated policy.
If the data can be used as a source, I’d also like to know the proper way to cite GIS data. Hwy43 ( talk) 02:34, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi-I corrected some misspellings in the Widconsin Highway 35 article that were redlinks. However, I left some others that were about highways. Would you please look at the article with the remaining redlinks. I am not sure but I think there is some undetected vandalism in the article=Thank you- RFD ( talk) 11:19, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
![]() | On 18 May 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article County Road 510 (Marquette County, Michigan), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that County Road 510 in Marquette County, Michigan, previously crossed the Dead River on a bridge moved to the site from Pennsylvania? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/County Road 510 (Marquette County, Michigan).You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Casliber ( talk · contribs) 00:33, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
I swung by the LaDOTD and picked up some sign specs, and got some answers about the bordered signs and non-bordered signs. Contractors have an option between the two, with Interstate highway contractors opting to use the black-with-border. The signs would need to be changed to the non-border, as seen on Louisiana Highway 1258. A template might not be necessary; one sign is already made, so we might can just use that one sign as a template. Mcdonaat ( talk) 21:28, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
Re your edits to
Hillsdale Daily News,
The Daily Telegram and
The Daily Reporter (Coldwater) ... Is there a guideline or MOS entry on whether to link [[City, State]], [[United States]]
or [[City, State|City]], [[State]], [[United States]]
-- i.e., link the state separately or not? I used to use one link, as you do, but I changed my ways after reading a talk page debate somewhere (sorry, I don't remember where, and I can't seem to find it on WP search). The point made was that when we're identifying a location, we're saying it's in Hillsdale, and it's in Michigan, and it's in the United States -- and it doesn't make sense, when naming all three, to link two of these and not the other one. Also you have the example of large cities like Chicago or Detroit that stand alone in their WP article names; to avoid redirects you would have to link them as [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]], [[United States]]
, anyway. Perhaps I'd be better off asking this question at
WP:USA, but I figured I'd ask you first because you've edited so many more pages than me and perhaps you know where this policy is written, or why this practice is generally preferred. ```
t b w i l l i e `
$1.25 `
20:10, 19 May 2012 (UTC)
your in no position to decide if townships can be included on population centers. look at every other state on wikipedia and they include townships and largest population centers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.148.62.73 ( talk) 16:28, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
I've run into a wall when it comes to forest service routes. A few of the state highways here in Louisiana end at forest service roads, and I would like to know if there is a way that the shield for a forest road could be placed in an infobox, as a terminus. It's vague to just say "Local Road," and the forest road is a true numbered road that can be followed. Lemme know what you think! Also, my partner in crime Fredddie has a template saved for Louisiana highways, and it's ready to roll out! Mcdonaat ( talk) 20:29, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
It looks like a few highways are being deleted from the DOTD logbook. The highways are vanishing on the maps, signs being changed, and if you want it sent to you, a huge amount of highways are being turned back to local control... about 2,500 miles in total. I'm updating the highway pages for the ones that have vanished so far, so if you see any changing, it's on purpose! Mcdonaat ( talk) 02:57, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
<ref>A reference here...</ref>
which will add the little wikilinked footnote number. Then in the reference section, you need to add {{
reflist}} which is where the list will appear. There are various citation templates like {{
cite web}} for webpages, {{
cite news}} for news sources like newspaper articles (online or not) or online TV news articles, {{
cite journal}} for journal or magazine articles, {{
cite map}} for maps (with {{
google maps}}, {{
yahoo maps}} or {{
bing maps}} already set up for those online mapping services), etc. Using the templates isn't required, and you could hand-code a reference just as you might hand-type an APA or MLA bibliographic entry in a term paper, but I personally prefer the templates because it keeps the output neat and consistent.Hi Imzadi1979, I posted comments for the GA review on this article. Sorry for the mix-up on the name change! Mark Arsten ( talk) 22:44, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
The edits and advice you supplied were much appreciated and helpful! Also, as a fellow Michigan citizen I am now interested in visiting interstate Wiki articles. Highways were one thing I never thought to Wiki and now I've been more inclined to read about them (especially those in Michigan that I use every day). Thanks again for your time and effort on my first page! DerrickJSly ( talk) 06:46, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
TY for your response to my discussion about Highway 20. I'll get to work. -- @Efrat ( talk) 19:14, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
Sort of road related.. how could I land a talk page BGS like you have? I'm a fan of it, and would like to make my own to fit my area. Also, how could I get a cool signature like yours, with the colored background? Mcdonaat ( talk) 01:20, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
<span style="background:#006B54; padding:2px;">'''[[User:Imzadi1979|<font color="white">Imzadi 1979</font>]] [[User talk:Imzadi1979|<font color="white"><big>→</big></font>]]'''</span>
I wish I had paid attention to this page--it would have saved me some time and irritation: I am the editor who started the review of The Canterbury Tales based on Oakley's nomination. I read through a couple of the related posts, and saw a note to the GAN talk discussion on the editor's talk page, and I couldn't agree more. Thanks for closing that discussion and writing up the conclusions. GA is hard enough already. Drmies ( talk) 15:43, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
Imzadi1979: Your last change to the cultural reference on M22 is a false statement of law and fact. A Michigan AG opinion has no impact on federal law. There is no legal or authority to support your statement. In fact, federal courts has repeatedly ruled the opposite of the AG; public domain items can be valid trademarks. I like what you have done with your road sign pages. I would like to work with you to get the trademark issue right. As the page now stands you have published a false statement which could be considered defamatory. I am going to provide you some more information. In the meantime, I have removed your reference. I think it is important to note that M22 has a variety of federally registered trademarks which remain valid. Contrary to your post, federal registration creates a presumption of validity unless challenged in court or at the USPTO or suggestion that the issue is resolved is misleading. While you may have your own opinion and agree withe AG, you need to make sure to leave your views on the side-line. I will help you get objective information published on the issue which will be valuable to the reader and accurate under law. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.124.197.176 ( talk) 12:44, 8 June 2012 (UTC)
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
I'm not going to fight you on this and if you want to spend your time then thats on you but efforts like this are pretty counterproductive to helping the encyclopedia. You do a lot of good work on articles but your stance on ownership of articles in the scope of USRoads is rather troubling. Kumioko ( talk) 18:11, 8 June 2012 (UTC)
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I didn't really think that mention of the US 41 sign error in New York was necessary either. The only thing I fixed was the format errors that anonymous IP made. I probably would've been better off deleting the whole sentence like you did in the previous edit. ---- DanTD ( talk) 19:19, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi,
I have opened a review and made some suggestions at Talk:Black River National Forest Scenic Byway/GA1 regarding your nomination. Meanwhile, I've put the review on hold. Feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns. Regards, MathewTownsend ( talk) 17:34, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
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Man, isn't all that too much. Ankit Maity Talk Contribs 12:37, 18 June 2012 (UTC) |
Thanks, Imzadi 1979 → 07:19, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
The link on your page to M-56 (1919–1957 Michigan highway) has the wrong dash between years, pointing at a nonexistent page. Chris857 ( talk) 14:08, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
Hello Imzadi1979, Regarding the George Washington Memorial Parkway, which we have both been making significant edits to, I added that the county for certain locations was Arlington County, Virginia. I believe you changed it so that the city section was empty. However, Arlington is also the city name used for street addresses, so therefore would also qualify for the "city" column. I'll change it back for you unless you respond, but this is just a little picky thing that I feel needs to be fixed Thank you. C16sh ( talk) 15:53, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
![]() | On 20 June 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Black River National Forest Scenic Byway, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Black River National Forest Scenic Byway in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan connects to the tallest ski flying hill in the world and one of two National Forest harbors in the United States? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Black River National Forest Scenic Byway. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Casliber ( talk · contribs) 16:03, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
Many thanks for fixing the dab in the US Highway 43 article concerning [[Brookside, Oconto County, Wisconsin. RFD ( talk) 21:36, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
|ctdab=
for dab by county and |area=
for dab by area. If the link should be to [[Florence (town), Wisconsin]], just use |location=Florence
and |area=town
and it will even pipe the link to "Town of Florence". (That works for CDPs, townships, villages, etc.)
Imzadi 1979
→
21:42, 20 June 2012 (UTC)Could you tell me once more how to upload shields into the shield generator? I'm having a tough time understanding where to upload the images to. Also, do I need to just upload the template with the normal text, or do I need to convert it to FWHA-standard font? Mcdonaat 22:48, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
The article
M-211 (Michigan highway) you nominated as a
good article has passed
; see
Talk:M-211 (Michigan highway) for comments about the article. Well done! There is a backlog of articles waiting for review, why not help out and
review a nominated article yourself?
Statυs (
talk)
02:37, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
The article
M-137 (Michigan highway) you nominated as a
good article has passed
; see
Talk:M-137 (Michigan highway) for comments about the article. Well done! There is a backlog of articles waiting for review, why not help out and
review a nominated article yourself?
Statυs (
talk)
02:37, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
After thoroughly reviewing this article, I have passed it at this time. Continue to keep up the good work! Also, I probably should let you know that I am also reviewing
M-143 (Michigan highway) and
M-147 (Michigan highway) that you put up for good article nomination.
Rp0211
(talk2me)
16:21, 30 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi,
You GAN M-201 (Michigan highway) has passed. Congratulations! MathewTownsend ( talk) 18:29, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
Congratulations! MathewTownsend ( talk) 18:33, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
I have reviewed the M-227 (Michigan highway) article that you nominated for GA status and I have put the article on hold to allow one problem to be fixed. Please see the review page for more details.-- Dom497 ( talk) 13:52, 8 July 2012 (UTC)
I have reviewed the M-205 (Michigan highway) article that you nominated for GA status and I have put the article on hold to allow one problem to be fixed. Please see the review page for more details.-- Dom497 ( talk) 14:24, 8 July 2012 (UTC)
After thoroughly reviewing this article, I have passed it at this time. Keep up the good work you are doing!
Rp0211
(talk2me)
17:57, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
I'm currently in the sweeping mode of targeting the different state highway shields, converting to black-and-white. The major ones I'm doing right now are the ones referenced in infoboxes as being along Interstates, since those are the most viewed ones, in my opinion. However, if a Business route, Spur route, or Loop route is shown on the infobox, it actually still shows the green-and-white box that Louisiana defaults to, instead of black-and-white MUTCD standard. Is there any way I can have the boxes show the black-and-white plates instead of green-and-white? Directions on how to enable Alternate shields to pop up too would be helpful! Mcdonaat 00:39, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
{{
Infobox road}}
, {{
Jct}}
, or both? –
Fredddie
™
03:07, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
That's better. We can code the templates to look at that naming scheme instead of the current one. We can create a different type so that they can still use the older version, and the templates will know the difference to use black & white banner tabs with the new graphics and green & white tabs with the old graphics based on the types. Please revert the rest back to the original files. Create the set of graphics needed, and we'll do the process right in the templates. Imzadi 1979 → 05:49, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
Have the article you requested, please send me an email. OhanaUnited Talk page 20:16, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
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Statυs (
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19:40, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
I'm updating an Interstate exit with a parish road, since the road is actually of some significance. It runs concurrent with a state highway, is signed, and even has directional banners (East and West). I tried to copy Florida's style, where the county name is used, and Florida's pages seem to link to the county article. However, Louisiana won't connect, and the link is still shown as black, with nothing to click. Any ideas? I've messed around with it at this page, and would like some help. It's Exit 132. Mcdonaat 21:27, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
Hey. Since the "North Dakota Highways 1-30" page is a self-published source, where do you reckon we'd be able to find a mileage source that is usable in a Good Article? I no longer live in North Dakota, so it would be pretty hard for me to find any sort of map. I would have replied on my own talk page, but it has been about a week since I last replied to you there. If I should do otherwise next time, please inform me.
-- Thecatchernumbersevenjooooemauer 05:14, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
So, I looked for about 20 minutes...and I can't find any more history for North Dakota Highway 15. I did see some kind of house listing with the address listed as "Old Highway 15" in Northwood, which the route passes just north of. This may or may not mean it has been slightly realigned within cities in the past, but I can't seem to find when it was realigned, if it even was, or where the old alignment took place. For this reason, I'm not completely sure that an in-depth History section for this page, along with many other North Dakota Highway pages, is even needed. I would like your input on this, as I am trying as hard as I can to find stuff and coming up with nothing. On a different note, I also added the mileage for the page in question. -- Thecatchernumbersevenjooooemauer 23:15, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
I have asked twice about any rule anyone might be following around a person's notablity and nobody has responded. I see that my comment was removed by yet another editor. I am willing to learn, but people don't seem to want to help me understand exactly what the definitions of notability are. I have looked and can't find any. John Maino does not have his own page, but he is referenced in two separate Wikipedia articles as being a radio personality in Northeast Wisconsin. Would references to those pages help people's views of his notability? Lutheran4life ( talk) 14:21, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi,
Very nice article! I've left a few comments for you to address at Talk:Interstate 696/GA1.
Best wishes, MathewTownsend ( talk) 19:20, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
So, I'm trying to update
Interstate 5 in Oregon to the modern exit list, but I'm getting a red wikilink when I type in |ORinttop=exit
it gives me {{
ORinttop}}. (I typed a line and not an equals sign, so I have no idea why it's showing an equals sign between ORinttop and exit.) Am I just mistyping this or is there really no template? I noticed that
Interstate 84 in Oregon is also using the old exit list format, which is most likely because the lack of an ORinttop template is derailing the whole table. I apologize if this issue has been brought up before, but I am trying to update the exit lists and this really isn't helping. Thanks for your time. --
Thecatchernumbersevenjooooemauer 12:33, 15 July 2012 (UTC) (
talk to me)
One more question. There is an exit on Interstate 5 in Oregon that is both the end of a concurrency and an exit with incomplete access. Which type do I use? Thecatchernumbersevenjooooemauer 16:42, 15 July 2012 (UTC) ( talk to me)
Nice little article. Well done! Best wishes, MathewTownsend ( talk) 16:25, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
Good news - LaDOTD said that the Department of Corrections manufactured the signs, so they would be the ones who held the rights to the design. The DOC has given the ALL CLEAR, and that we are free to use the design at will. With your permission, I would like to start by posting LA 6's article, titled "Louisiana Route 6," with the old pelican design. From there, I can do LA 1, LA 2, and so forth. Mcdonaat 22:27, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
|type=
so that the templates can tell the difference between a modern highway and a long-decommissioned one. The next thing you'll need to determine is how to integrate the Routes into the browser system with the Highways. Assuming you have repeated numbers,
WP:USRD/STDS says that for a state, the priority is Interstates first, US Highways second and then state highways third; states with multiple types of state highways are supposed to use some sort of locally defined priority. Texas is the biggest offender of this last part. Rather than come up with an order, say IH→USH→SH→Loops/Spurs→FM/RM→PR→RE, they only browse in order by type. In other words, RE 3 points backwards to RE 2 and forwards to RE 4 without any linkage to the other subsystems, against the standards. You'll need to decide if Highways take priority over Routes or vice versa. Got it! I have Commonist running right now, and I have shields 1-98 uploaded. They're located as
. I can;t figure out how to link to the certain page, but oh well. Let me know when the infobox and jct has been updated, and I can get to work on LA 6 and LA 15, then try and manage 1-10 tonight. I'll do a controlled creation, where things should work smoothly.
Mcdonaat
00:24, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
Route information | ||||
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Maintained by Louisiana DOTD | ||||
Existed | 1924–1955 | |||
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Country | United States | |||
State | Louisiana | |||
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I'm working on the infobox now. I just need to figure out how to get the name to appear.
Imzadi 1979
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