This page contains material that is kept because it is considered
humorous. Such material is not meant to be taken seriously.
This article is missing information about
penguins. This "article" is highly
biased towards penguins, and yes, I'm trying to make this article serious. Please expand the article to include this information. Further details may exist on the
talk page.(April 2016)
Wikipedia is no place for humour. Everything is very serious here and we are all terrifically important.
This project is written in the wrong direction. U.S. road articles are
generally written in a south-to-north and west-to-east direction in order to follow the order of their mileposts. Please help by rewriting the project in the correct direction, once we figure out what that is. Would it kill someone to put up at least one sign down here showing which direction is standard? My OCD is really acting up...
OUR QXZ AD:
Title
Antarctica Highways and Routes WikiProject
Scope
Our purpose is to provide information on highways in Antarctica.
Triadian (founder) Never been there, but honestly, would it make a difference? (Look what I've started... muahahaha!)
Studious Human - Working on a page for the Trans-
Antarctic Highway (I've never been to Antarctica so I will be referencing from
onlinesecondary sources for the majority of information on the Trans-Antarctic
Highway)
Rschen7754 What is the naming convention for these highways?
Stratosphere Working on the mass transit systems and bridges to S. America.
Myselfalso I'm hoping to make it down once the bridges to the continent are complete.
Vishwin60 Definitely coming down here once
WikiProject Bridges build the bridges. Also looking on
eBay for some stuff I could bring down.
Dravecky - Antarctica's elaborate highway information radio system needs coverage.
Cadwaladr - If this project had existed when my grandma was alive, she would have liked it.
Dough4872 - I will work to create an elaborate numbering system for Antarctica highways, similar to the
Interstate Highway System. Have to find a way to get there though. (I don't plan on going anytime soon as I am not a fan of the cold weather)
SriMesh - I will create route junctions boxes for all the Walrus crossing intersectons at all the Penguin Paths.
TStein - Covering the physics of the Antartic Highways
walkvictor falktalk I'll contribute with roadkill trivia. Did you know than an Hercules almost landed on a penguin the next-to-last winter?
I specially like the "Goals" section of this project. If you guys don´t mind, I would like to take care of the second phase, sounds hard work! But I will obviously always keep an eye for the third one. After all, that is the FINAL GOAL, right?
FkpCascais (
talk) 18:05, 27 February 2011 (UTC)reply
I wonder if they have a carpool lane...
Fatmandan420 (
talk) 05:56, 10 March 2011 (UTC)reply
As a
roadgeek, I feel I must be a member, and hope to one day be a contributing member of the WikiProject.
VIWStalk 11:48, 25 July 2011 (UTC)reply
ŞůṜīΣĻ¹98¹Speak 15:19, 14 September 2011 (UTC) - My favourite Antarctica highway is the one with the snow on it.reply
Awardgive, the editor with the msitaken name. 02:13, 14 March 2012 (UTC) - Will make articles on the Half Moon Island Penguin Routes.reply
Sgt. R.K. Blue (
talk): These Antarctic highways ensure speedy travel for penguins when
tobogganing across the continent. I also believe that these highways shouldn't
just suddenly end and send our flightless friends crashing into the chilly water without warning. Proper signage must be in place. Joined 16:01, 30 April 2012 (UTC).
Darwinfish is scared of penguins because of their fish-eating habits, but bravely joins anyway. ] Will work for signposting and mapping penguin paths, so I can more easily stay off them myself. Any interest in forming a lobby for the creation of a network of dedicated Antarctica Fish Paths for fish with feet?
darwinfish 23:17, 30 April 2012 (UTC). reply
I hardly know anything about the continent at all except that it's really cold and has lots of penguins and ice shelves, but why should I care? In fact, I might make a userspace article about the "NAFTA Superhighway South Pole Extension". Since both are conspiracy theories and/or hoaxes, count me in! --
Random Combo LOL (
talk) 13:28, 10 July 2012 (UTC)reply
I know little about roads, but this is one area where I can help. Bzweebl (
talk •
contribs) 01:51, 4 November 2012 (UTC)reply
--
ColonelHenry (
talk) 15:15, 17 December 2013 (UTC) shorts and t-shirt weather, crack open a few beers, DWIs, in Key West's southernmost sister city.reply
As a wannabe PhD in the history of Antarctic road construction from the 3rd to 7th centuries, you can count
me in!
Cogito-Ergo-Sum (14) (
talk) 01:45, 15 January 2014 (UTC)reply
User:
Sarah Palin: I am currently planning to build a new highway in Antarctica, with a bridge from which you should be able to see Chile! I will happily write the article, once i figure out how to write standing on my head to stay upright while im down there!
Mercurywoodrose (
talk) 04:12, 13 March 2014 (UTC)reply
--
Demiurge1000 (
talk) 20:39, 27 May 2014 (UTC) ... all numbered roads are notable, whether they're numbered by penguins or anyone else. This continent is a great place to find fish, which I also like. --
Demiurge1000 (
talk) 20:39, 27 May 2014 (UTC)reply
Project of critical importance...vast network of Antarctica highways has almost no articles written yet! Much work to do here! --
MONGO 01:47, 28 May 2014 (UTC)reply
Uamaol (
talk) 22:33, 16 February 2015 (UTC) Hope to go there one day and earn my
Polar Medal !!!111!1reply
Epic Genius (
talk) 22:47, 27 February 2015 (UTC) I'm part of USRD. Maybe this is just as interesting. I'm planning to write articles about the South Pole's street grid and arterial roadway system – at least when I am able to make it down there... :)reply
Kew Gardens 613 (
talk) I hope that there is light rail in the median of the highways so that penguins can quickly get to the sea from where their chicks are. --
Kew Gardens 613 (
talk) 10:23, 28 July 2015 (UTC)reply
I'm not a member of any other highway projects, but this appeals to me. I'm wondering how many
traffic lights are present currently? Etamni |
✉ |
✓ 09:02, 13 August 2015 (UTC)reply
Evensteven (
talk) I like deep subjects, and you can't get deeper than way down S... - Wait a minute! Top o' the world to ya! Come on, put on your polar ice cap, and we'll soon get the drift of things.
Evensteven (
talk) 21:23, 3 September 2015 (UTC)reply
This is the perfect project to join during the great covid 19 shutdown of 2020. I just wish I had heard of it one day earlier. ϢereSpielChequers 14:43, 2 April 2020 (UTC)reply
I second ϢereSpielChequers: what a delightful and practical WikiProject to which I humbly submit my services during this shutdown :) RubenSchade (
talk) 10:48, 4 April 2020 (UTC)reply
MoyaiViper The police force pulled me over for driving without a park pass.
Clyde Drove from DC to the ferry in Buenos Aires, great experience but I almost hit a penguin
Monkeisepicer1 There is a great lack in transportation for penguins.
56independent I'm sure i can work on creating and updating Catalan and Spanish translations but knowing the temperature difference between the three continents of the Iberian Peninsula, South America, and Antartica, i'll have to make a template saying "Muy frio! No pasar cuando invierno!".
Structure
Articles on Antarctica Highways should be named with the convention: Antarctica Route x (where x is the route number). If a more common name can be found for the highway, use that instead. For foot trails, the naming convention is Antarctica n Trail (where n is the name of the trails). For routes made by
penguins, the naming convention is Penguin Path z (Antarctica) (where z is the route number). Please note that Penguin trails use the Principle 2 format from
WP:SRNC; this is to ensure
SPUI's happiness.
Goals
Phase 1: Find Antarctica Highways
Phase 2: ????
Phase 3: BIG PROFIT!!!!!
Phase 4:WINNING! (may require kidnapping
Charlie Sheen)
Phase 5: Complete rewrite and relaunch as a serious project after the East Antarctic Ice Cap melts
Cleanup : after the penguins. This needs to be done regularly.
NPOV : Removal of
speciesist language where appropriate.
Other : Build roads in Antarctica that we can then create pages about. As a corollary action, push CO2 levels to above 500 for 100 years, to expedite global warming, melt the Antarctic icecap, and thus allow for the construction of highways in Antarctica.
Adopt an article
Similar to the
Collaboration of the week, but on a smaller scale, you might want to "adopt" an article. This would involve doing the research, writing, picture-taking (if possible), or doing construction work for either a non-existent article or a stub. Of course, everyone else can still edit an adopted article, and you can work on other things too, but the idea is to find a focus for a while, to try and build up the number of quality articles the Project has produced.
There are no paved roads in Antarcticadubious –
discuss[um, we built plenty of masonry roads... - Elder Things].
It is cold in Antarcticadubious –
discuss[relative to Triton, its balmy as Jamaica, mon].
If you lived in Antarctica, if a police officer asked you where you lived, you can't say "next to my neighbor's house", although you'd see penguins, seals, killer whales, etc. constantly. [ALLAHU AKBAR][relative to Kevon kevono, ''Where does your neighbor live? Next to my house''].
Like many other projects, we believe it is vital to bring focused attention on given articles to improve them. Given the, ahem, lack of manual dexterity many of our members might have, it also will help to have those members who can type assist those who can't. In particular, anyone with a full bladder is asked to step outside and help them quickly.
Translation
Editors who can assist in translation from
Aptenodytes and other related languages would be extremely valuable. Anyone who can assist is welcome to indicate as much here.
Peer review
Please list any articles for peer review here. Serious peer review will only be considered from editors residing in Antarctica, who are active editors year round (especially during Antarctic summer, when normal people would be outside screaming at the sky, instead of sitting in a cramped quonset hut staring at a white screen...)
This page contains material that is kept because it is considered
humorous. Such material is not meant to be taken seriously.
This article is missing information about
penguins. This "article" is highly
biased towards penguins, and yes, I'm trying to make this article serious. Please expand the article to include this information. Further details may exist on the
talk page.(April 2016)
Wikipedia is no place for humour. Everything is very serious here and we are all terrifically important.
This project is written in the wrong direction. U.S. road articles are
generally written in a south-to-north and west-to-east direction in order to follow the order of their mileposts. Please help by rewriting the project in the correct direction, once we figure out what that is. Would it kill someone to put up at least one sign down here showing which direction is standard? My OCD is really acting up...
OUR QXZ AD:
Title
Antarctica Highways and Routes WikiProject
Scope
Our purpose is to provide information on highways in Antarctica.
Triadian (founder) Never been there, but honestly, would it make a difference? (Look what I've started... muahahaha!)
Studious Human - Working on a page for the Trans-
Antarctic Highway (I've never been to Antarctica so I will be referencing from
onlinesecondary sources for the majority of information on the Trans-Antarctic
Highway)
Rschen7754 What is the naming convention for these highways?
Stratosphere Working on the mass transit systems and bridges to S. America.
Myselfalso I'm hoping to make it down once the bridges to the continent are complete.
Vishwin60 Definitely coming down here once
WikiProject Bridges build the bridges. Also looking on
eBay for some stuff I could bring down.
Dravecky - Antarctica's elaborate highway information radio system needs coverage.
Cadwaladr - If this project had existed when my grandma was alive, she would have liked it.
Dough4872 - I will work to create an elaborate numbering system for Antarctica highways, similar to the
Interstate Highway System. Have to find a way to get there though. (I don't plan on going anytime soon as I am not a fan of the cold weather)
SriMesh - I will create route junctions boxes for all the Walrus crossing intersectons at all the Penguin Paths.
TStein - Covering the physics of the Antartic Highways
walkvictor falktalk I'll contribute with roadkill trivia. Did you know than an Hercules almost landed on a penguin the next-to-last winter?
I specially like the "Goals" section of this project. If you guys don´t mind, I would like to take care of the second phase, sounds hard work! But I will obviously always keep an eye for the third one. After all, that is the FINAL GOAL, right?
FkpCascais (
talk) 18:05, 27 February 2011 (UTC)reply
I wonder if they have a carpool lane...
Fatmandan420 (
talk) 05:56, 10 March 2011 (UTC)reply
As a
roadgeek, I feel I must be a member, and hope to one day be a contributing member of the WikiProject.
VIWStalk 11:48, 25 July 2011 (UTC)reply
ŞůṜīΣĻ¹98¹Speak 15:19, 14 September 2011 (UTC) - My favourite Antarctica highway is the one with the snow on it.reply
Awardgive, the editor with the msitaken name. 02:13, 14 March 2012 (UTC) - Will make articles on the Half Moon Island Penguin Routes.reply
Sgt. R.K. Blue (
talk): These Antarctic highways ensure speedy travel for penguins when
tobogganing across the continent. I also believe that these highways shouldn't
just suddenly end and send our flightless friends crashing into the chilly water without warning. Proper signage must be in place. Joined 16:01, 30 April 2012 (UTC).
Darwinfish is scared of penguins because of their fish-eating habits, but bravely joins anyway. ] Will work for signposting and mapping penguin paths, so I can more easily stay off them myself. Any interest in forming a lobby for the creation of a network of dedicated Antarctica Fish Paths for fish with feet?
darwinfish 23:17, 30 April 2012 (UTC). reply
I hardly know anything about the continent at all except that it's really cold and has lots of penguins and ice shelves, but why should I care? In fact, I might make a userspace article about the "NAFTA Superhighway South Pole Extension". Since both are conspiracy theories and/or hoaxes, count me in! --
Random Combo LOL (
talk) 13:28, 10 July 2012 (UTC)reply
I know little about roads, but this is one area where I can help. Bzweebl (
talk •
contribs) 01:51, 4 November 2012 (UTC)reply
--
ColonelHenry (
talk) 15:15, 17 December 2013 (UTC) shorts and t-shirt weather, crack open a few beers, DWIs, in Key West's southernmost sister city.reply
As a wannabe PhD in the history of Antarctic road construction from the 3rd to 7th centuries, you can count
me in!
Cogito-Ergo-Sum (14) (
talk) 01:45, 15 January 2014 (UTC)reply
User:
Sarah Palin: I am currently planning to build a new highway in Antarctica, with a bridge from which you should be able to see Chile! I will happily write the article, once i figure out how to write standing on my head to stay upright while im down there!
Mercurywoodrose (
talk) 04:12, 13 March 2014 (UTC)reply
--
Demiurge1000 (
talk) 20:39, 27 May 2014 (UTC) ... all numbered roads are notable, whether they're numbered by penguins or anyone else. This continent is a great place to find fish, which I also like. --
Demiurge1000 (
talk) 20:39, 27 May 2014 (UTC)reply
Project of critical importance...vast network of Antarctica highways has almost no articles written yet! Much work to do here! --
MONGO 01:47, 28 May 2014 (UTC)reply
Uamaol (
talk) 22:33, 16 February 2015 (UTC) Hope to go there one day and earn my
Polar Medal !!!111!1reply
Epic Genius (
talk) 22:47, 27 February 2015 (UTC) I'm part of USRD. Maybe this is just as interesting. I'm planning to write articles about the South Pole's street grid and arterial roadway system – at least when I am able to make it down there... :)reply
Kew Gardens 613 (
talk) I hope that there is light rail in the median of the highways so that penguins can quickly get to the sea from where their chicks are. --
Kew Gardens 613 (
talk) 10:23, 28 July 2015 (UTC)reply
I'm not a member of any other highway projects, but this appeals to me. I'm wondering how many
traffic lights are present currently? Etamni |
✉ |
✓ 09:02, 13 August 2015 (UTC)reply
Evensteven (
talk) I like deep subjects, and you can't get deeper than way down S... - Wait a minute! Top o' the world to ya! Come on, put on your polar ice cap, and we'll soon get the drift of things.
Evensteven (
talk) 21:23, 3 September 2015 (UTC)reply
This is the perfect project to join during the great covid 19 shutdown of 2020. I just wish I had heard of it one day earlier. ϢereSpielChequers 14:43, 2 April 2020 (UTC)reply
I second ϢereSpielChequers: what a delightful and practical WikiProject to which I humbly submit my services during this shutdown :) RubenSchade (
talk) 10:48, 4 April 2020 (UTC)reply
MoyaiViper The police force pulled me over for driving without a park pass.
Clyde Drove from DC to the ferry in Buenos Aires, great experience but I almost hit a penguin
Monkeisepicer1 There is a great lack in transportation for penguins.
56independent I'm sure i can work on creating and updating Catalan and Spanish translations but knowing the temperature difference between the three continents of the Iberian Peninsula, South America, and Antartica, i'll have to make a template saying "Muy frio! No pasar cuando invierno!".
Structure
Articles on Antarctica Highways should be named with the convention: Antarctica Route x (where x is the route number). If a more common name can be found for the highway, use that instead. For foot trails, the naming convention is Antarctica n Trail (where n is the name of the trails). For routes made by
penguins, the naming convention is Penguin Path z (Antarctica) (where z is the route number). Please note that Penguin trails use the Principle 2 format from
WP:SRNC; this is to ensure
SPUI's happiness.
Goals
Phase 1: Find Antarctica Highways
Phase 2: ????
Phase 3: BIG PROFIT!!!!!
Phase 4:WINNING! (may require kidnapping
Charlie Sheen)
Phase 5: Complete rewrite and relaunch as a serious project after the East Antarctic Ice Cap melts
Cleanup : after the penguins. This needs to be done regularly.
NPOV : Removal of
speciesist language where appropriate.
Other : Build roads in Antarctica that we can then create pages about. As a corollary action, push CO2 levels to above 500 for 100 years, to expedite global warming, melt the Antarctic icecap, and thus allow for the construction of highways in Antarctica.
Adopt an article
Similar to the
Collaboration of the week, but on a smaller scale, you might want to "adopt" an article. This would involve doing the research, writing, picture-taking (if possible), or doing construction work for either a non-existent article or a stub. Of course, everyone else can still edit an adopted article, and you can work on other things too, but the idea is to find a focus for a while, to try and build up the number of quality articles the Project has produced.
There are no paved roads in Antarcticadubious –
discuss[um, we built plenty of masonry roads... - Elder Things].
It is cold in Antarcticadubious –
discuss[relative to Triton, its balmy as Jamaica, mon].
If you lived in Antarctica, if a police officer asked you where you lived, you can't say "next to my neighbor's house", although you'd see penguins, seals, killer whales, etc. constantly. [ALLAHU AKBAR][relative to Kevon kevono, ''Where does your neighbor live? Next to my house''].
Like many other projects, we believe it is vital to bring focused attention on given articles to improve them. Given the, ahem, lack of manual dexterity many of our members might have, it also will help to have those members who can type assist those who can't. In particular, anyone with a full bladder is asked to step outside and help them quickly.
Translation
Editors who can assist in translation from
Aptenodytes and other related languages would be extremely valuable. Anyone who can assist is welcome to indicate as much here.
Peer review
Please list any articles for peer review here. Serious peer review will only be considered from editors residing in Antarctica, who are active editors year round (especially during Antarctic summer, when normal people would be outside screaming at the sky, instead of sitting in a cramped quonset hut staring at a white screen...)