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There is currently a proposal to modify WT:RJL to allow geotagging of highway articles in the junction lists, at specified important points along the route. Your input is welcome. -- Rs chen 7754 03:46, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion taking place at WT:HWY regarding the potential use of coordinates in highway articles. Your input is welcomed. -- Rs chen 7754 01:48, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
I have made a proposal for a new junction list table design, for Perth freeways, highways, and major roads. See an example at Talk:Great Eastern Highway Bypass, and add your comments to the discussion at WT:WA. - Evad37 ( talk) 05:18, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
Most New Zealand highway articles are lacking maps. Does anyone know how to create maps for highways? Videomaniac29 ( talk) 09:13, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
But is there anyone who is able to make maps relevant to this taskforce. It seems that the only user who made multiple maps for NZ highways, decided to leave Wikipedia. Videomaniac29 ( talk) 08:43, 24 October 2012 (UTC)
I have worked out how to edit maps. I have uploaded one so far (NZ SH29). It is surprisingly simple. Save wikipedia image of another map. Open in paint. Paint other old map line. Add in new map line. Upload. Videomaniac29 ( talk) 22:25, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
Mitchell Freeway has been nominated for promotion to A-class. You are are welcome to participate in the discussion. - Evad37 ( talk) 15:55, 9 April 2013 (UTC)
WP:AURD (Australian Roads), is inviting comment on a proposal to convert Australian road articles to {{
infobox road}}
. Please come and discuss. The vote will be after concerns have been looked into.
Nbound ( talk) 10:30, 5 May 2013 (UTC)
Now that WP:Australian Roads exists, I'm fairly sure that all Australian road topics are no longer within this project's scope. Therefore the 'oceania=yes' tag will need to be removed from all affected articles and will need to be replaced by something like 'australia=yes' will need to be created. So should we remove the 'ocenia=yes' tags from the articles now or wait until an 'australia=yes' is created? Videomaniac29 ( talk) 04:20, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
{{
WikiProject Australian Roads}}
banner (or {{
WP AURD}}
, a redirect), then yes, the WP:HWY banner can be removed. If the WP:AURD tag is just within the banner for WP:AUS, then I would prefer you leave it. I will fix it up as I go through the remaining articles -
Evad37 (
talk)
05:14, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
Can I suggest that you more specifically state on the project page what the scope is? Is it just state highways and major arterials, or any old road that has its own article? Do bridges fall within the scope? Schwede 66 19:03, 27 September 2013 (UTC)
Ive created {{
NZshield}}
to automatically display NZ shields, depending on input parameters. It is essentially a modified copy of the existing {{
AUshield}}
.
I dont know too much about the road system there, last time I went to NZ was via cruise ship, but this could probably also be modified to include tourist routes, etc. -
Nbound (
talk)
05:25, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
The breakdown of the subpage components is about the same:
Template:NZshield
- parameter handlingTemplate:NZshield/core
- this is where you can link route types to image sets.Template:NZshield/default size
- this is where you can control default icon sizes for each route type.Template:NZshield/doc
- documentation
Nbound (
talk)
05:32, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
{{
NZshield}}
would also allow linkage to the local name of the road for whatever reason, if desired, rather than a generic State Highway descriptor. -
Nbound (
talk)
06:14, 9 May 2013 (UTC)It seems that since the Australian Roads WP split from this WP, there has been almost no activity. But there are still a lot of articles under this WP that desperately need some work done on them. It is important to realise that these articles are actually being read by a large number of people. In the last 3 months, NZSH1 has been viewed over 6000 times.
So, I think that over the next few weeks, we should really push to improve the articles that come under this WP. To start us off, I'm currently reorganizing the 'importance' ratings of the articles. Videomaniac29 ( talk) 07:49, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
I was kind of afraid that the formation of AURD would gut this task force of any vitality. If a NZRD project is formed at some point, I'm going to suggest that whatever is left in the HWY/O be merged over to the Asia task force because there won't be much left to sustain a task force. With USRD and CRWP there's a reason why we didn't try to do separate task forces for the remainder of North America and all of South America; a Latin America definition, while imperfect, worked better to keep a large group of articles an potential editors together. That's also why Antarctica doesn't have have TF; the lone road there wouldn't make a meaningful subdivision of the HWY project, and since it was built by Americans primarily, USRD "adopted" that roadway for maintenance and assessment. Imzadi 1979 → 20:34, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
Would it be possible to turn WP:HWY/O into WP:NZRD, and then move any non-NZ articles into WP:HWY/AS Or would that not be possible? Videomaniac29 ( talk) 09:32, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
History sections in articles about NZ highways are very poor, and in many cases the lack of a history section is preventing an article from reaching a higher quality class. The issue is that it is very hard to find information about the history of highways in New Zealand. So, perhaps if we listed the sources that we each use to write history sections, then other editors might be able to discover/use those sources too, and the quality of history sections might improve. Videomaniac29 ( talk) 23:47, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
{{
infobox road}}
does not have the capability at this stage for the gazetted label. Unlike {{
infobox Australian road}}
.) --
Nbound (
talk)
00:07, 30 September 2013 (UTC)Here are a couple of links I found:
and you should consider searching through your local library and/or the National library for book sources. - Evad37 ( talk) 01:29, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
The US has had {{ infobox state highway system}}, but now there is a more generic {{ infobox highway system}} designed for a more globalized use. Imzadi 1979 → 22:00, 24 April 2014 (UTC)
Please join us at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject U.S. Roads#Citing a map for a discussion on possible updates to the format of map citations in Citation Style 1 using {{ cite map}}. Imzadi 1979 → 16:43, 26 April 2014 (UTC)
There is a discussion going in Template talk:New Zealand State Highway navbox as to whether or not the SH prefix should be included in front of all state highway numbers (eg SH 1). Would like a consensus before we start editing the full look and feel of things as another editor recently tried to do. Ajf773 ( talk) 21:05, 6 July 2016 (UTC)
There have been some proposed changes to the A-Class review process at the discussion above. -- Rs chen 7754 20:50, 5 November 2017 (UTC)
![]() | This page is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
There is currently a proposal to modify WT:RJL to allow geotagging of highway articles in the junction lists, at specified important points along the route. Your input is welcome. -- Rs chen 7754 03:46, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion taking place at WT:HWY regarding the potential use of coordinates in highway articles. Your input is welcomed. -- Rs chen 7754 01:48, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
I have made a proposal for a new junction list table design, for Perth freeways, highways, and major roads. See an example at Talk:Great Eastern Highway Bypass, and add your comments to the discussion at WT:WA. - Evad37 ( talk) 05:18, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
Most New Zealand highway articles are lacking maps. Does anyone know how to create maps for highways? Videomaniac29 ( talk) 09:13, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
But is there anyone who is able to make maps relevant to this taskforce. It seems that the only user who made multiple maps for NZ highways, decided to leave Wikipedia. Videomaniac29 ( talk) 08:43, 24 October 2012 (UTC)
I have worked out how to edit maps. I have uploaded one so far (NZ SH29). It is surprisingly simple. Save wikipedia image of another map. Open in paint. Paint other old map line. Add in new map line. Upload. Videomaniac29 ( talk) 22:25, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
Mitchell Freeway has been nominated for promotion to A-class. You are are welcome to participate in the discussion. - Evad37 ( talk) 15:55, 9 April 2013 (UTC)
WP:AURD (Australian Roads), is inviting comment on a proposal to convert Australian road articles to {{
infobox road}}
. Please come and discuss. The vote will be after concerns have been looked into.
Nbound ( talk) 10:30, 5 May 2013 (UTC)
Now that WP:Australian Roads exists, I'm fairly sure that all Australian road topics are no longer within this project's scope. Therefore the 'oceania=yes' tag will need to be removed from all affected articles and will need to be replaced by something like 'australia=yes' will need to be created. So should we remove the 'ocenia=yes' tags from the articles now or wait until an 'australia=yes' is created? Videomaniac29 ( talk) 04:20, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
{{
WikiProject Australian Roads}}
banner (or {{
WP AURD}}
, a redirect), then yes, the WP:HWY banner can be removed. If the WP:AURD tag is just within the banner for WP:AUS, then I would prefer you leave it. I will fix it up as I go through the remaining articles -
Evad37 (
talk)
05:14, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
Can I suggest that you more specifically state on the project page what the scope is? Is it just state highways and major arterials, or any old road that has its own article? Do bridges fall within the scope? Schwede 66 19:03, 27 September 2013 (UTC)
Ive created {{
NZshield}}
to automatically display NZ shields, depending on input parameters. It is essentially a modified copy of the existing {{
AUshield}}
.
I dont know too much about the road system there, last time I went to NZ was via cruise ship, but this could probably also be modified to include tourist routes, etc. -
Nbound (
talk)
05:25, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
The breakdown of the subpage components is about the same:
Template:NZshield
- parameter handlingTemplate:NZshield/core
- this is where you can link route types to image sets.Template:NZshield/default size
- this is where you can control default icon sizes for each route type.Template:NZshield/doc
- documentation
Nbound (
talk)
05:32, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
{{
NZshield}}
would also allow linkage to the local name of the road for whatever reason, if desired, rather than a generic State Highway descriptor. -
Nbound (
talk)
06:14, 9 May 2013 (UTC)It seems that since the Australian Roads WP split from this WP, there has been almost no activity. But there are still a lot of articles under this WP that desperately need some work done on them. It is important to realise that these articles are actually being read by a large number of people. In the last 3 months, NZSH1 has been viewed over 6000 times.
So, I think that over the next few weeks, we should really push to improve the articles that come under this WP. To start us off, I'm currently reorganizing the 'importance' ratings of the articles. Videomaniac29 ( talk) 07:49, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
I was kind of afraid that the formation of AURD would gut this task force of any vitality. If a NZRD project is formed at some point, I'm going to suggest that whatever is left in the HWY/O be merged over to the Asia task force because there won't be much left to sustain a task force. With USRD and CRWP there's a reason why we didn't try to do separate task forces for the remainder of North America and all of South America; a Latin America definition, while imperfect, worked better to keep a large group of articles an potential editors together. That's also why Antarctica doesn't have have TF; the lone road there wouldn't make a meaningful subdivision of the HWY project, and since it was built by Americans primarily, USRD "adopted" that roadway for maintenance and assessment. Imzadi 1979 → 20:34, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
Would it be possible to turn WP:HWY/O into WP:NZRD, and then move any non-NZ articles into WP:HWY/AS Or would that not be possible? Videomaniac29 ( talk) 09:32, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
History sections in articles about NZ highways are very poor, and in many cases the lack of a history section is preventing an article from reaching a higher quality class. The issue is that it is very hard to find information about the history of highways in New Zealand. So, perhaps if we listed the sources that we each use to write history sections, then other editors might be able to discover/use those sources too, and the quality of history sections might improve. Videomaniac29 ( talk) 23:47, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
{{
infobox road}}
does not have the capability at this stage for the gazetted label. Unlike {{
infobox Australian road}}
.) --
Nbound (
talk)
00:07, 30 September 2013 (UTC)Here are a couple of links I found:
and you should consider searching through your local library and/or the National library for book sources. - Evad37 ( talk) 01:29, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
The US has had {{ infobox state highway system}}, but now there is a more generic {{ infobox highway system}} designed for a more globalized use. Imzadi 1979 → 22:00, 24 April 2014 (UTC)
Please join us at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject U.S. Roads#Citing a map for a discussion on possible updates to the format of map citations in Citation Style 1 using {{ cite map}}. Imzadi 1979 → 16:43, 26 April 2014 (UTC)
There is a discussion going in Template talk:New Zealand State Highway navbox as to whether or not the SH prefix should be included in front of all state highway numbers (eg SH 1). Would like a consensus before we start editing the full look and feel of things as another editor recently tried to do. Ajf773 ( talk) 21:05, 6 July 2016 (UTC)
There have been some proposed changes to the A-Class review process at the discussion above. -- Rs chen 7754 20:50, 5 November 2017 (UTC)