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Congratulations on the FA for Capitol Loop. I was glad to help in a small way. Finetooth ( talk) 02:09, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar | ||
To Imzadi 1979, for carefully shepherding Capitol Loop to FA. The article was incredibly well-written and sets a high standard for other road articles to live up to. Great work! Karanacs ( talk) 14:41, 1 September 2010 (UTC) |
Congratulations on your work successfully attaining Featured Portal status, for Portal:U.S. Roads. Thank you for your work on portals on Wikipedia! :) Cheers, -- Cirt ( talk) 19:06, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
Four Award | ||
Congratulations! You have been awarded the Four Award for your work from beginning to end on Capitol Loop. |
Great work! Little Mountain 5 22:24, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for helping out at FAC! Please review Elcobbola's comments at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Alboin/archive1. Best, SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 22:36, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
Many thanks for the message- RFD ( talk) 20:10, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
Belated happy birthday. You have correctly stated the policy for naming articles. However, when writing prose in a University article, "Plain English works best: avoid jargon, and vague or unnecessarily complex wording." and "Write out both the full version and the abbreviation at first occurrence." (WP:MOS) Many readers have no idea what "M-45" means, so the article should spell out the abbreviation. Thanks, Racepacket ( talk) 21:33, 17 September 2010 (UTC)
Hi! Thank you for your review of the A1 (Croatia) GAN. Your comments have been very helpful and clear.
There are, however, few questions that I'd like to ask:
1. The Exit list header row is colored to match the motorway shield background. That color is universal in Croatia and I thought that it might be possible to model the header of the table on the UK standard (except there is blue background, matching UK motorway shield color). Also, all other Croatian motorway articles feature the same color scheme. Furthermore, the header text is changed to match the UK model and not to repeat the section head. Do you think that might represent an appropriate solution?
2. As far as the column span is concerned for the significant structures specified by the RJL, the information contained in the 'notes' column is not really necessary as it is found either in the main text or in articles on the structure themselves and it is, naturally, possible to span the 'name' all the way to the 'notes'. I have no problem with that. On the other hand, I am reluctant to span that further into the 'exit' column since that would destroy vertical alignment of the items found under 'name'. I agree that there can be no exit number for a tunnel or a bridge, but would it be agreeable to merge 'km' and 'exit' in those cases (and also in case of rest areas) and to merge 'name', 'destination' and 'notes' separately?
Unfortunately no reliable information on chainage of major structures (and some rest areas) is avalable. However, I'll be sure to add those later on if they turn up somewhere. Once again, thanks for your effort!-- Tomobe03 ( talk) 18:03, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
|colspan=# align=center|
. Originally they were set to !colspan=#|
which produced centered, bold text but that's not appropriate per other parts of the MOS. You'll find that many of the US articles still have the older, bolded format but as articles are updated, that is being fixed, conversion/color keys added, and other updates from the MOS:RJL overhaul from earlier this year are being implemented. There are more changes in the works for RJLs in articles over accessibility concerns, which is why for Michigan I use {{
MIint}}, {{
MIexit}} and their kin to create the tables. Then I've just updated the templates to roll changes out to 218 articles for Michigan, the last being the conversion key and the scope=col
attribute to the column labels. That attribute allows a screen reader to repeat the name of the column when reading each row of the column, change from the section of the MOS on Accessibility.As you've been through the mill of getting a portal to Featured status recently, if you got a chance to look in at Wikipedia:Portal peer review/Law of England and Wales/archive1 some time in the next couple of weeks, that would be lovely. Thanks, Bencherlite Talk 20:15, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
Based on your prior comments at Template_talk:Did_you_know#Articles_created.2Fexpanded_on_September_14, you may be interested/willing to approve the new multis at Wikipedia_talk:Did_you_know#Michigan_basketball_overload.2C_part_2. Please consider doing so.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 21:32, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
I have put M-152 (Michigan highway) on hold. Thanks, Racepacket ( talk) 11:50, 24 September 2010 (UTC)
On 25 September 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article County Road 492 (Marquette County, Michigan), which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check ) and add it 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. |
— Rlevse • Talk • 00:02, 25 September 2010 (UTC)
On 25 September 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article M-66 (Michigan highway), which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check ) and add it 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. |
— Rlevse • Talk • 12:40, 25 September 2010 (UTC)
If we are both refereing to teh same WP:WIABCA #2, it states that "The article reasonably covers the topic, and does not contain obvious omissions or inaccuracies. It contains a large proportion of the material necessary for an A-Class article, although some sections may need expansion, and some less important topics may be missing." This is quite generic, can you be more specific? My name is Mercy11 ( talk) 21:40, 24 September 2010 (UTC), and I approve this message.
On 27 September 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article U.S. Route 2 in Michigan, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check ) and add it 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. |
— Rlevse • Talk • 06:02, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
Follow-up after your question about rwospan/colspan at the accessibility manual of style. See the consensus we reached at Wikipedia:Manual of Style (accessibility)/Data tables tutorial#Avoiding rowspan/colspan. In short, this is a bonus guideline. You can conform to it, but it's not a top priority. So it's basically you own choice. :-) Dodoïste ( talk) 17:03, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
You'll notice I've made some big edits at above and provided some references. Wonder if you wouldn't mind to have a look, and if possible piggy-back the repetivitive ones. Thought that would have happened with the formatting, but doesn't seem to be working. Thanks for you help with this and other stuff to keep the article in FA shape. Djflem ( talk) 07:36, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
I'm back and have put the article on hold. Racepacket ( talk) 04:25, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
On 30 September 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article M-6 (Michigan highway), which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check ) and add it 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) 12:04, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
I have placed the GA review on hold. Racepacket ( talk) 04:29, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
Just to let you know, an article you nominated for AfD in July ( Baxter Boulevard) is very notable. It is on the National Register of Historic Places, which was easily findable by checking what linked to the page. Also, a search of Google Books and a plain Google search turned up multiple reliable sources relating to the 100+ year old history of the public park and roadway. Check them out. Moreover, as a primary editor on the page, the uploader of the image and one of two most recent editors of the page prior to the AfD, I would have appreciated being notified. I've redirected the page to Back Cove, Portland, Maine for now.-- TM 05:17, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi Imzadi - Would you mind revisiting WP:Featured article review/Pulaski Skyway/archive1 and checking to see if your concerns have been resolved and then making either a keep or delist declaration in the FARC section? Thank you, Dana boomer ( talk) 13:46, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
Greetings! In light of your previous work on these articles, please weigh in on the discussion at Talk:Supreme Court of the United States#Discussion of use of European American and White American on this page. Cheers! bd2412 T 23:25, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
What Wikipedia guideline proscibes the use of abbreviations in captions? The need for brevity in captions is so obvious to me that I can't imagine what it would be.
Thanks for bringing that to my attention. I think I found a USRT banner on one NY street article, and then made the mistake of extrapolating from there. ScottyBerg ( talk) 13:21, 21 October 2010 (UTC)
Care to reassess this? -- Admrboltz ( talk) 17:19, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
Because you participated in Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Ghostofnemo, you may be interested in Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Ghostofnemo (2nd nomination). Cunard ( talk) 22:29, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
I don't dispute your move of my photo. I believe your intention was to have the photo in only one location. The photo still appears in the junction list, which I don't think you intended. Dwight Burdette 03:02, October 18, 2010 (UTC)
Hey, I'm contacting you because you participated in the last FAC. I have renominated Dustbin Baby (film) for featured article status, and I was wondering if you wanted to take another look. Thanks. J Milburn ( talk) 10:58, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
It is our duty as editors to list sources verbatim. If the source chooses only to capitalize the first letter of a title, as is common in news stories on the internet, such as the sources here, then we must list it the same way. (I checked Wikipedia:Naming conventions (capitalization), but that only refers to titles of WP articles, not titles of external material). Similarly, the title from MDOT in the St. Joseph Valley Parkway ( see here) should have retained the hyphen between "US" and "31" because that's the way MDOT created the title. It is not our job to retroactively apply WP standards to entities which are independent of WP.
I will revert both unless given evidence otherwise. Mapsax ( talk) 18:54, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
On 2 November 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Louisiana Highway 975, which you recently nominated. If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
-- Cirt ( talk) 06:03, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
Im not trying to sway you into anything you dont want to do but the Metabanner template can support your project. Here is what someone else already started: banner but it still need some work. They also said they could probably support the inline format you use if you want to keep it. Just wanted to let you know in case you were interested. -- Kumioko ( talk) 17:27, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
Concerning your edit here, I believe it's better to clarify in which county Howell Township is located in the first sentence, especially since we are describing the terminus of the route. What do you think? -- Thomprod ( talk) 18:44, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
Imzadi, You've been leading by example, and I am being guilted into adopting citation templates. Is there an easier way to use them? Less cumbersome? Thanks. 7&6=thirteen ( talk) 15:46, 5 November 2010 (UTC) Stan
|lastn= |firstn=
for author names. If there are multiple authors, add a number in place of the n to separate them out. If there is only one, drop the number.|author=
if the author is an organization, which is rare. I only use organizations as an author if the publisher is different and the organization is explicitly credited as an author|title=
for the title of the article, map, press release, web page or book. Convert the title to Title Case.|work=
the name of the website (which isn't the URL and should be different from the publisher), the name of the newspaper, etc.|publisher=
the company that publishes the content. For most newspapers, this isn't really needed, but this is where to put the TV or radio station's call letters. (I don't use the station's branding as outside of their viewing/listening area, no one knows who "9&10 News" would be, but they'd understand
WWTV-TV.)|location=
the location, if known, of the source. I skip this if the location is listed in the newspaper's name. I usually skip this on state government sources since the assumption would be that it was published in the state capital. (Sometimes with DOT sources, the location is the district office because the source only pertains to a district.)|date=
The date of publication. Similarly, |year=
if only the year is known. Bots will fix this during other edits if you use the "wrong" one.|page= |pages=
use one or the other but not both. The former uses "p. #" as the output, and the latter uses "pp. #" instead. If you have a range of pages, use an en dash (–) as the separator, not a hyphen (-).|accessdate=
for the date you accessed the source, if an online link is provided.|url=
if there is a link to the source, feel free to add it. Except for webpages though, this is usually quite optional.|format=
this is a multipurpose parameter. If the URL links to a PDF, you should indicate that. Same for anything like an Excel file, a Word document, etc. Also, if a subscription is required, I list "Subscription required" to alert readers that they might have to pay to get the article.|archiveurl= |archivedate=
are useful if the webpage is no longer accessible through the website, but it is hosted at
http://www.archive.org/ or another site. In that case, use the original URL in the |url=
parameter|isbn= |issn=
and the like. ISBNs are standard numbers for books, and ISSNs are used on some journals and magazines. If you can provide one of these, the reader will get link to a search page. From there, he can click to find the book in the WorldCat library catalog search, Amazon or Google Books, among other options.Hey, your Michigan State Highways page and the page for Interstate 375 Business (Detroit, Michigan) have contradicting distances. And really? A 3di bus spur? Admrboltz ( talk) 23:22, 12 November 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for the help in doing the cites. I used the reference guide given in the editing box but it is quite short on good info. I much prefer your style so thanks for giving me the ability to cite better. As a resident of the city I like to get that page looking better but have not made the trip into the library to talk to the historical commission. I like to see if they could provide some good help but with a lot of them of the older type I am unsure how much they can provide. Not to mention the aspect that some of their work has been used in book format the usage of said material seems tricky at best. In any case thanks for your support. BTW if you come across any photos of 28th street during the 1960's it would be awesome or even before that for the history section along with Division Ave. I like to put up a few small pics of those places with another of the current appearance of the DDA.
A second thought came up to me is the aspect of BRT. I am leaning on eliminating the BRT section as I am unsure when the BRT vote will occur and since the federal funds to start it are hinged on getting operations funding decided by 2012 it seems until that gets resolved their is no point in having it listed. If you any thoughts on this feel free to give me a holler. Mihsfbstadium ( talk) 12:19, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
Hey, I am trying to add to the bottom of Washington State Route 22 and wanted to know if you thought User:Admrboltz/SR 22 Alt 1 or User:Admrboltz/SR 22 Alt 2 would work better. -- Admrboltz ( talk) 15:56, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
Thanks, going with Alt 2 -- Admrboltz ( talk) 21:16, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
An article that you have been involved in editing, Interstate 375 (Michigan) has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments here . If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status will be removed from the article. -- Admrboltz ( talk) 20:25, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
Still screwing around trying to work with reference templates. If you would take a look at this article and clean up the mess I've created (I did manage to get most of them right, I think) I would appreciate it. I am trying to get a WP:DYK out of this article, and I am close to the "expanded" limit. Thanks. 7&6=thirteen ( talk) 16:43, 14 November 2010 (UTC) Stan
Barber pole grasshopper. [1] 7&6=thirteen ( talk) 20:24, 14 November 2010 (UTC) Stan
You won't hear from me again until you give me a green light. 7&6=thirteen ( talk) 20:33, 14 November 2010 (UTC) Stan
Ok, the revamp is done. You have some sources though that are either superfluous or just plain unreliable. Blogs and forum posts shouldn't be used as sources. In this revision of the article, footnotes 25, 33, 35, 42, 43 should be removed. Some of them are redundant to other sources, otherwise replacement sources should be found. There is no footnote that has a Mike Novato. There is the Roadside America sources with a third author by the first name of Mike that are published in Novato, CA though.
I don't know what your ultimate plans are for the article, but it's usually suspicious to see 3 footnotes at the end of a sentence. I would also combine one-sentence paragraphs together, and try to condense some of the "other uses" subsections together. The "animal husbandry" and "etymology" sections could be one "Animals" section. The "aviation and space flight", "computer science", "electtonics" and the second music section could be "technology". If you wanted to add in "weather", title it "science and technology". The "gambling", "hockey" and " music" sections could all be lumped together as "recreation". The "Canadian Naval Group" and "daymarks" sections could be one "maritime" section as well. If you split off the aircraft markings into that section, that could be all lumped as "navigation". I'm not sure where I'd put the parachuting, but could be worked into "recreation". (Headings don't count toward the text count for DYK expansion. Neither do anything in bulleted lists, tables, image captions or the references. Imzadi 1979 → 22:14, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
You were looking for these, If I recall. They now have everything except 1955 and 1985-86: [1] -- Sable232 ( talk) 03:22, 15 November 2010 (UTC)
The article Michigan Highway System you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Michigan Highway System for things which need to be addressed. Admrboltz ( talk) 21:52, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
A discussion has begun about whether the article List of special routes in Michigan, which you created or to which you contributed, should be deleted. While contributions are welcome, an article may be deleted if it is inconsistent with Wikipedia policies and guidelines for inclusion, explained in the deletion policy.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of special routes in Michigan until a consensus is reached, and you are welcome to contribute to the discussion.
You may edit the article during the discussion, including to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Jclemens ( talk) 22:48, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
If you want help with AWB settings, running the job or both, just ask, either my talk page or on the AWB tasks page.
Rich
Farmbrough, 22:42, 20 November 2010 (UTC).
Not that I mind that the article passed... but I was wondering if you could give it a better review than whats there :P Talk:Washington State Route 22 -- Admrboltz ( talk) 19:51, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
Hi Imzadi - There are just a few things that need to be done before the Pulaski Skyway article can be kept at FAR - one comment on the lead from myself plus a few other comments that were added recently by another editor. Are you interested in working on these or should I go bug someone else? Thanks in advance, Dana boomer ( talk) 14:24, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
I have placed the article on hold , but I hope you have a great trip out of town. Enjoy your holiday. Racepacket ( talk) 19:32, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
I have tried to use yahoo maps to compute the distance between exits, but I am getting inconsistent results. Do you have a better tool to measure short distances along a highway? Could you possibly compute the mile markers for Virginia Route 27? Thanks, Racepacket ( talk) 20:26, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
Calamitybrook ( talk) 23:23, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
The sandbox2 version didn't automatically handle class & importance for non-article pages, so I've done a version in sandbox4 which does that. So on a template talk page for example, there is no need to specify class or importance. -- WOSlinker ( talk) 19:38, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
Just to let you know that all the code that was in subtopic, shield & name was redone and put into taskforce. -- WOSlinker ( talk) 20:23, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
Calamitybrook ( talk) 00:14, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
Calamitybrook, please note that Imzadi's disinterest in the cougar articles doesn't give you a carte blanche to stink it up. Please follow our guidelines and stop bothering my friend. – Fredddie ™ 00:40, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
Imzadi, please do not report people to WP:AIV unless they are actually vandalizing Wikipedia. If you have a content dispute -- or a disagreement over how frequently someone needs to post the same footnote -- for the love of all that's holy that is NOT vandalism on the part of the other editor. Thank you, Antandrus (talk) 03:06, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
An irrepressible, irresistible and inspired arranger of citations, writer of articles, and conciliator of disputes.
Thank you for your intervention on Upper Peninsula ---- 7&6=thirteen ( talk) 22:42, 4 December 2010 (UTC) Stan
I confess to becoming frustrated with the state of our projects current dilemna and have opened up an incident request at the Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard here for clarification. Please take a moment and add your comments so we can get this resolved. -- Kumioko ( talk) 05:04, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
I was curious to see how many articles we have in common...22 including 1 book and 2 categories. I have delinked them. In the future I will make every effort not to edit any of the USRD articles. You are free to edit any WPUS articles you wish. We welcome all help. -- Kumioko ( talk) 06:54, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
I was aware of the (superficial) duplication. The urls and titles were the same, but the page numbers differed. The further reading was to the whole article, the citation was to a particular page for a particular proposition. But you're the expert, and I'll defer to your judgment. 7&6=thirteen ( talk) 01:27, 10 December 2010 (UTC) Stan
In honor of your spectacular ability to jump through Wikipedia's hoops as a content contributor, I hereby award you the Wikipedia steeplechase award. You're a champ! SMasters ( talk) 05:59, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi- just wanted to notify you that the {{ User WikiProject Golden Horseshoe Roads}} and Category:WikiProject Golden Horseshoe Roads participants need to have their participant category updated, so not to be orphaned in the upcoming deletion. -- Funandtrvl ( talk) 15:56, 11 December 2010 (UTC)
I have started a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (capital letters)#smallcaps and LORD.-- Kevinkor2 ( talk) 12:28, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
Vroom, vroom... Thank you for all your hard work. May you wear the crowns well, and may the crown sign lead you on the highway to more outstanding articles. – SMasters ( talk) 09:23, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
As someone who has nominated or commented on one of the current candidates, a couple of which are getting very old, you are invited to comment at this discussion to see if we can tidy up the FSC page before Christmas (and / or one or more of the nominations). Thank you. Bencherlite Talk 19:05, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
I would also advise you to review the other streets named Broadway, which are also not as important. The reason I created an article was to be consistent with other cities which have streets named Broadway, not as a county road, per se. -- Moreau36-- Discuss 00:44, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
Please reverse your removal of the road-switches from the BC article talkpages - so I don't have to do it for you, it's laborious to correct such errors. All items are parts of numbered provincial highways - major routes. The Sunday Summit exists only as part of a highway, it's not really a pass anyway; and things like the Needles Ferry are parts of the highways they exist only because of. SFAIK bridges and special route-points like passes/summits are very much part of CRWP; it doesn't matter if they're not in the US Roads WP; different standards/content guideilnes apply. Skookum1 ( talk) 22:24, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
|road=yes
has been depreciated, and will be removed from {{
WikiProject Canada}} which is why it was removed from these articles in the first place. --
Admrboltz (
talk) 23:32, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
|road=yes
code to the templates, but it won't do anything, That coding has been removed from the banner now. The previously used assessment categories are on there way to deletion. My thoughts are that unless something is going to use {{
infobox road}} or {{
infobox road junction}}, then it's not part of the project's scope. The only exception are road tunnels that were specifically built to complete a highway. When a project for tunnels is created, then those articles would be spun off to the new project. The reasoning is that the various categories will have very different items to cover that fall outside of the standard expertise of the project's editors.
Imzadi
1979
→ 04:19, 22 December 2010 (UTC)I like it – Fredddie ™ 00:02, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
Oh, and UT is getting a Michigan left - [2] -- Admrboltz ( talk) 02:58, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
I placed the information back on gov elect because it is notable and is worth of being there. The Gov elect was notable and like presidents elect he/she is making news about his agenenda, officers, and other issues. This makes it worth of wiki. and it is part of history of the state(s), I am going to be drafting a proposed change to the infobox for states. Jsgoodrich ( talk) 19:19, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
Merry Christmas to you! My my, how this year has flown by, and hopefully next year is prosperous for us all. And may the GA and FA gods shine upon yourself and the project in the new year. -- Admrboltz ( talk) 01:41, 25 December 2010 (UTC) |
Thank you for your work on highway articles across the world in 2010, whether it was converting articles to {{ Infobox road}} or working on converting articles to WP:RJL or building the WP:HWY assessment infrastructure. Even though we still have a long ways to go, and my goal of a universal {{ Infobox road}} and WP:RJL was not realized, we have made many improvements that will go a long way towards improving the state of the English Wikipedia highway articles. -- Rs chen 7754 21:26, 28 December 2010 (UTC) |
I took this image of the covered trail that I read about in a magazine that was recommended view at the north end of US 41 just south of Copper Harbor. I don't know where it would fit in the article. Please reply here on your talk page, or you can just add it if you want. I did a trip to the Keweenaw area and took lots of photos; I'm finally getting around to finishing most of the uploads. Royal broil 04:47, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
Please, I beg you, in the nicest way I can plead with you, if you are not going to follow the discussion through and un-watchlist it after you leave a comment like the one you did, don't bother leaving a comment. Its just wasting everyone's time and energy. -- Kumioko ( talk) 06:11, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
I have removed the {{ prod}} tag from Army Trail Road, which you proposed for deletion. I'm leaving this message here to notify you about it. If you still think the article should be deleted, please don't add the {{ prod}} template back to the article. Instead, feel free to list it at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion. Thanks! TheCatalyst31 Reaction• Creation 08:35, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
I have raise the unusual closure of the GA review and your subsequent revert on the article talk page at ANI. If you wanted a second opinion, this is not the correct way to request it. Thanks, Racepacket ( talk) 07:31, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Willow Run airplane inspection.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Admrboltz ( talk) 02:58, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Connector plate.gif, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Admrboltz ( talk) 03:06, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
I am back to the PR-10 article. As agreed, I am removing stuff that is not related to the physical PR-10 road (that is, removing stuff related to the physical PR-123 road). I am locating such PR-123 road material in teh PR-123 article. You may want to check it out. Mercy11 ( talk) 04:14, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
Greetings. Everything
HERE has been addressed. Seems to me the article can now be upgraded. Your thoughts?
Mercy11 (
talk) 04:41, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
Hummmmm, I am not sure if there is anything that is wanted from me to help solve THIS problem... Do I just sit tight now and until something happens? What is supposed to happen next??? Mercy11 ( talk) 01:41, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
I have closed all three discussions as a speedy keep, FYI. Dusti *poke* 23:38, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
Mind making me a sign? There are two signs and they both read:
PEÑA BOULEVARD
They are on AA Roads but since they hate hotlinking lately... image "Another mileage sign is posted after the 56th Avenue interchange" and "A green guide sign doubles as an END shield for Peña Boulevard" are the two in question. -- Admrboltz ( talk) 03:00, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
See Talk:U.S. Route 395, well someone did it. I know we just did this and have somewhat differing opinions, so I would appreciate the feedback. Dave ( talk) 16:59, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
As the initiator of this merger discussion, would you be willing to relist it again so that it can be reevaluated based on the fact that a history section has been added to the article? In the spirit of giving the article its fair consideration, I think it would be the right thing to do & this request has received no response from the community. I see no harm in letting this article go through another round of discussion for another week, considering it has been in existence for almost 4 years. Right now, it appears burried in the leftover area of discussions. Thanks & Semper Fi! FieldMarine ( talk) 21:31, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
Please see Wikipedia_talk:Good_article_nominations#Clarify_my_argument.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 09:16, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
Can You Please Stop Deleting My Artictes My Articles Are True I Live In Eureka California And We Have Big Famous Harris St, Walnut Dr, I St, H St And Myrtle Avenue So Please Stop Deleting The Myrtle Avenue Page Or Im Going To Delete Your Talk Page Thank You offrecord09 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Offrecord09 ( talk • contribs) 03:44, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
Re: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Mercy11#Your_latest_personal_attack , yes the Govt of PR DOT makes a road map of PR. It is available HERE (it's under "A good Puerto Rican Road Map"). Let me know if that is enough for you or if you wish a hardcopy instead. Mercy11 ( talk) 05:06, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
Mercy, do you have a link to the DOT's order page? Imzadi 1979 → 03:55, 29 January 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for your thoughtful comments. Racepacket ( talk) 16:59, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
{{ User:Dough4872/User Hollister}} -- Admrboltz ( talk) 01:25, 29 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi Imzadi, I noticed you comment on the copyright status of images at WP:FAC and thought I would try a preemptive strike. I am not sure of the protocol or if there is a better way to do this, so feel free to decline or point me in the right direction. Anyways, a group of us are trying to get New Zealand up to Featured standard. One of the editors has started going through the images and left comments on the the talk page. Some need a second opinion and I was hoping you would be willing to offer it. Only half the images have been reviewed so far, so there is no rush. Regards AIRcorn (talk) 07:18, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
New article. Part of the highway system. Any help could be appreciated. Thanks. 7&6=thirteen ( talk) 18:42, 4 February 2011 (UTC) Stan
Is it not possible to have the adjacent arterials noted with the street template? I do think this is useful information to have. - SimonP ( talk) 21:32, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for making those changes to the newsletter. -- Kumioko ( talk) 23:28, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
You may already have this info, but wanted to respond formally, which I couldn't do before; I was on a trip. The map I was refering to is this ONE by MetroData.
It is my belief that PR Dept of Transportation does not issue its own maps but instead has it contracted out to MetroData for the drafting, development, printing, and marketing aspect and apparently PR DOT only gives it its blessing (for the technical aspect and to make it an "official" government issue).
Regards, Mercy11 ( talk) 02:06, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
Hello, I have been flagged and warned by you about vandalizing articles with "jokes." I did no such thing. And this swift response and refusal to take my additions seriously is very unfriendly and unprofessional behavior. I introduced well-cited and quoted lines from a satirical article printed by the [New York Times] in their special millennium edition, which purported to have been published in the future. As this was a well-known feature of the NYTimes, I added the relevant content to the articles on the Port Authority Bus Terminal, Lincoln Tunnel, Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, Cross Bronx Expressway, and Donald Trump. In the same manner that popular culture, artistic reference, or notable fictional events are introduced into factual articles on Wikipedia. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's hero, Sherlock Holmes, is mentioned early in the article on Reichenbach Falls#Artistic references, despite his fictional nature. My additions were introduced as interpretations on the relevant design, or with the case of Donald Trump in his Donald Trump#In the media, which in the case of an article published by the New York Times, satirically analyzing his Trump Towers on Fifth Av and the Hudson, would seem to be the appropriate place.--- James R ( talk) 16:00, February 8, 2011
Thanks for commenting on our image review. I've replied there. Yes, I think I was wrong about the coat of arms. I don't agree with your other point though. -- Avenue ( talk) 01:37, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
On 12 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Interstate 81 in West Virginia, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that both Interstate 81 and U.S. Route 11 in West Virginia roughly follow the Warrior Path, an old Indian trail through the Eastern Panhandle region? If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist ( talk) 12:03, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
On 12 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article U.S. Route 11 in West Virginia, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that both Interstate 81 and U.S. Route 11 in West Virginia roughly follow the Warrior Path, an old Indian trail through the Eastern Panhandle region? If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist ( talk) 12:03, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
Have I missed anything? 7&6=thirteen ( ☎) 13:47, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
doesn't Portal:Washington Roads/Did you know/random work when Portal:Washington Roads/Intro/I random does? -- Admr Boltz 03:02, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
vos explication ne m explique pas se que veux dire 313 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.80.102.9 ( talk) 12:28, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
Hi. I have a formatting question: I have several external links to aerial maps. Now, I have a reference in the main article, with the reference containing the link to the map with a one sentence description. However, it would be more reader friendly to place ( map) after the road name, with the word map being the external link. Should I do that, or keep as is? Example: Lawrence Expressway ( map) or Lawrence Expressway [1] AkosSzoboszlay ( talk) 16:02, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
On 22 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article M-37 (Michigan highway), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that sections of state highway M-37 in Michigan have been named for a Civil War general, a governor, and the road's "divine scenic and recreational delights"? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it 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) 12:03, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
On 23 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Rosie's Diner, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Rosie's Diner, featured in the Bounty paper towel commercials in the US, was sawed in half and moved from Little Ferry, New Jersey to Rockford, Michigan in 1990? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it 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) 12:04, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
On 2 March 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article M-46 (Michigan highway), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that M-46 is only one of three trans-peninsular state highways in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it 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. |
Gatoclass ( talk) 18:04, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
Just wanted to say thanks for cleaning up some of the dates for iLoo. I've never really see you edit outside of anything somehow pertinent to roadways=P. Smallman12q ( talk) 02:13, 4 March 2011 (UTC)
-- P C B 04:56, 6 March 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for your comments re: SABRE. I don't have the time to do anything at the moment, but at some point I'll attempt to assemble all of the media references we have and put together a proposal. -- Ritchie333 ( talk) 16:46, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi
I have started the copyedit and gone as far as the start of the Northern Michigan section but have to take a break for a little while. I have left the GOCE banner on so that any GOCE people know it is still ongoing.
Hope it meets your approval so far :¬) Chaosdruid ( talk) 11:22, 17 March 2011 (UTC)
There has been a major revision of the the
Service Awards: the edit requirements for the higher levels have been greatly reduced, to make them reasonably attainable.
Because of this, your Service Award level has been changed, and you are now eligible for a higher level. I have taken the liberty of updating your award on your user page.
Herostratus ( talk) 06:55, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
Actually, you went up two levels. Congratulations, and thank you for your many contributions to the Wikipedia! Herostratus ( talk) 06:55, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for helping to review Netball. I've never been through the FAC process and I found your edits and comments regarding what needed fixing to be extremely helpful. While the article may have failed, the feedback was insightful, on point and offers a clear route to addressing issues in the article. Speaking for myself and other regular contributors, we'll definetely be addressing the problems raised so that at some point in the future we can renominate it and get it passed. Thanks again for the assistance! -- LauraHale ( talk) 00:34, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the help on the list. Does USRD care about Bicycle routes like U.S. Bicycle Route 1 or bridges? there are a couple of bridges I notice. -- Kumioko ( talk) 19:10, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
Thank you so much for the help. As a new wikipedia user you really helped me with my article I-81 Controversy in Syracuse. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pcwarden1990 ( talk • contribs) 18:13, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
Is there a specific reason you did not post the peer review in the USRD announcements? If there is, I can't infer it at the moment. — P C B 22:13, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
On 7 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article M-64 (Michigan highway), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the M-64 highway designation in Michigan was moved twice in two years by exchanging the number with different roads? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it 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) 00:02, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
The article M-64 (Michigan highway) you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:M-64 (Michigan highway)/GA1 for things which need to be addressed. — P C B 01:19, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
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Thanks, Rs chen 7754 04:13, 10 April 2011 (UTC)
Many apologies for taking such a long time to reply (I'm not very active on Wikipedia these days) but I've added some source info for the file as requested. Sher eth 01:56, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
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Your suggestion was great but I am having trouble figuring out how to get the "ref group" thing to make lower case letters in a Footnotes section on the list. Would you mind doing the first one at List of Seattle bridges as an example? Cptnono ( talk) 18:20, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
<ref name="foo" group="lower-alpha">Text of note.</ref>
. The others each had a citation footnote nested in the explanatory footnote. For those, I used {{#tag:ref| Text of note.<ref>Text of citation</ref> |name="bar" |group="lower-alpha"}}
In both cases, I named all of the explanatory footnotes with the initials of the specific bridge's name. If you have any questions on what I did, just ask, and I'll try to help explain and answer more or better.
Imzadi 1979
→ 22:52, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
ACTUALLY, the revert was made because I'm an IP address, despite what you would say, deep down you know it's true. Would it help if I told you my account got perm banned for disruptive editing? 24.130.62.48 ( talk) 04:53, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
I took your advice that I had to much personal information and deleted all of it. Can we ask an "oversigher" to remove any early versions of my page so none of that info can be found. User:Route11| User talk:Route11 6:32, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
I hope my concern over the BLP isn't holding up this FAC; I suspect it's not since no one agreed with me and I supported. There's a fairly quick fix, if you want to take it; we can just ask over at WP:BLPN whether they share my concerns. If not, then I'm wrong, and I can strike that part. - Dank ( push to talk) 22:43, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
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The Barnstar of Diligence | |
For your immense expert guidance and help at the SS Edmund Fitzgerald article which just achieved Featured Article.North8000 ( talk) 19:37, 7 May 2011 (UTC) |
Well, how do some people become administrators? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.11.110.182 ( talk) 00:37, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
I have taken notice that you have notched down the font sizes in the templates I've created except some (i.e. Texas) that I've edited to a more uniform. I can understand the template font standards but the original reason for the larger size is to ensure they are large enough to be clickable with some to no issues as these are numeral digits. And the main Interstate template have a slightly larger font for the numbers than the standard sized. GETONERD84 ( talk) 15:06, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
There was an article in the Washington Post about it, and I have driven MD-200/I-370 several times and attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony for MD-200 and every time you drive on MD-200, you have to use I-370 to access it/when it ends... I do not mind you requesting that I use a reference, but please don't act like you know EVERYTHING about a highway that is thousands of miles away from you, and that I have driven (and payed the redicules toll lol :P)about 1000000 million times and drove it the day of the ribbon cutton (2/21/11), and opening day (2/23/11)---- —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dea41396 ( talk • contribs) 01:19, 18 May 2011 (UTC)
Also, I understand that there is no reference, but must I drive about 250 miles from my house back down to MD since I am now back to visiting the DC area once a month? I may do that for you if I must, just to prove you wrong since you obviously want to be a know-it-all and insist on references... I am not trying to be mean here but come on =/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dea41396 ( talk • contribs) 00:50, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
On 19 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article M-134 (Michigan highway), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that M-134 is one of three state highways in Michigan on an island, and one of two to use a ferry (pictured)? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it 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. |
Materialscientist ( talk) 01:17, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
An article that you have been involved in editing, M-17 (Michigan highway) has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the good article reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status will be removed from the article. cmadler ( talk) 14:36, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi! Thought I'd let you know I reviewed M-221 at GAN and it is currently on hold, pending two comments. -- Starstriker7( Talk) 23:49, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
I also reviewed M-149 (Michigan highway). I found no problems with the article, and it is now a pass. Once again, congratulations! -- Starstriker7( Talk) 05:02, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
Please note I have been out of the country and still am so I have not had time to deal with these stupid edit wars you like to have. I have now known that you have several times tried to remove things you do not like. I would have to spend time to find them all, but I refuse to waste time.
Personally I think all the time you spend on roads as a waste. However, I do not spend my time nominating your articles for deletion. Cemeteries are history, and they have a lot of knowledge for people, plus for some not me they server as a religious sites. Yet, you find them not worthy of Wiki. I would like to know why? Please tell me this page is better than any other on wiki M-216 (Michigan highway).
Why should I mark it for deletion? After all wiki is not a collection of information. Jsgoodrich ( talk) 07:37, 2 June 2011 (UTC)
Anyway, deletion propose was not a good idea. But I strongly support the article, if it should be revamped as a disambig page. Onur T 20:27, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for giving this page a rating..... was wondering if you had time to give Rokeby Bypass a rating also?. Thankyou muchly :) p.s. How did you get that disclaimer to appear for me when writing this msg? kind regards Wiki ian 08:22, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
Your expertise in citation formatting for the SS Edmund Fitzgerald article really helped it achieve FA status. North8000 and I are working on the Titanic article before trying to reestablish it's FA status. There is no consistency to the citation formatting. Would you be interested in helping clean up the citations?-- Wpwatchdog ( talk) 20:20, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
Greetings, I am just following up with some of the participating parties on the status of the request for getting Portal United States to Featured status. Do you have any ideas about whats left to be completed? -- Kumioko ( talk) 18:56, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi can you please check commons ?Someone is waiting for your reply :) -- naveenpf ( talk) 03:08, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
I'm not a member of their group, but a casual browser of the sites and by sheer coincidence I bumped into Ritchie333 a couple of weeks ago where he was telling me his problems. They also have some frustration that a number of the motorway & road articles previously copied SABRE content without proper citation, though there are now some external links at the bottom. I wonder if you had any suggestions for restoring faith. I don't think the answer is to go into each article and cry "plagiarism!". Davoloid ( talk) 11:09, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
Ok, rewrite done: Roadgeek#SABRE - see also comments about the wider article here: Talk:Roadgeek#June_2011_tidy_up. Again, thanks for help! Davoloid ( talk) 11:40, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
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Please have a look at this: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/London Buses route 394 (2nd nomination) -- Rsrikanth05 ( talk) 05:42, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
You were the last one to comment on the GAR ten days ago. You had said you'd like to see the review stay open for a week "to see if there is any support for the issues raised, though I would be looking to close at that point if there is no support". Well, no one else has commented since you did on the 11th. I'm just curious what you think. Thanks, Imzadi 1979 → 03:07, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi,
I've started stepping a bit more boldly into the fray and cleaned up a few UK Roads articles, put better sources on them (such as Hansard) and nominated a couple for deletion (eg: A4289 road) that I didn't feel were particularly notable enough for Wikipedia and didn't have any sources. One of the hints on WP:WWMPD to deal with deleted articles is to "Try another wiki", of which Roader's Digest - The SABRE Wiki is such a place for British and Irish Roads. I'd quite like to push for having a limited set of very high quality articles on Wikipedia, and "bleeding edge" stuff on SABRE, and have mentioned it here in the past to no response.
Since, as you previously stated, SABRE falls just about on the edge of WP:Notability, this might be a suitable candidate for List of wikis, and would probably be better than me going round whacking people on the head with a WP:COI hammer saying "take it to SABRE, goddamit".
What do you think? -- Ritchie333 ( talk) 09:07, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
Thanks Imzadi naveenpf ( talk) 10:45, 2 July 2011 (UTC) |
I noticed you recently added a junction at the state line for North Carolina Highway 281, Typically, I usually ignored those on the junction list because its a continuation of the highway and not a junction (it is also shown in the terminus section). I was considering reversing it, but figured you probably had reason for it. So just want to know why this would be unique? Thanks for your time. -- WashuOtaku ( talk) 00:03, 6 July 2011 (UTC)
Hello. I have a question for you. How come you provided a link for a source that does not work when I click it? – Tinton5 ( talk) 01:39, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
Please help me out. When you add a template to a talk page, please consider adding the class and importance. For example, at Talk:Pennsylvania Route 370, make it say {{WikiProject Pennsylvania|class=B|importance=low}}, with class and importance just like the roads template. I am attempting to get every Pennsylvania article rated, and I have a long way to go. You can help. -- DThomsen8 ( talk) 01:30, 16 July 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I noticed that you commented on Template talk:Jctint and I have a question about the template. How can I add a row for a county that doesn't have any junctions? An example of this is on Texas State Highway 71 with San Saba and Blanco counties. Thanks for any help, Theking 17825 03:34, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
Ok, there are a small series of templates we have in addition to the table header and footer.
|bridge=
or |restarea=
produces the box that spans the destination and notes column. There is also a |river=
parameter if you need a river crossing that spans the county and location column that's helpful when the river is a border.Something I'll suggest that you didn't ask about is single-county or single-location highways. MOS:RJL says that if a highway only runs in one county to drop the county column. {{ jcttop}} has the state and county parameters in it. When you define the county in the header, it drops the column and inserts the note: "The entire route is in X County." The county name is wikilinked and all that good stuff. If you define the location in the header as well, it drops the location column and uses the note: "The entire route is in X, Y County." There are also parameters for the header template to change the tense of the not (The entire route was...) for former highways in a single county, and even to shut off the note completely. If the county is defined in the header, just skip it in jctint/jctbrige and the column won't appear. Ditto the location.
Another trick I use is for freeway transition points. I use the bridge template and set the "bridge" to be "Freeway begins" or "Freeway ends". Now, there is also {{
jctexit}} that works the same as {{
jctint}} but also sets up the exit number column if you use {{
exittop}}, and all of the others will use {{
jctco|exit}}
, {{
jctbridge|exit}}
etc to work in an exit list instead of a junction list. (They need "exit" as a first unnamed parameter value to trigger the code so they work in an exit list.)
Imzadi 1979
→ 05:19, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
The Special Barnstar | |
Hi, I just wanted to say thanks for all your help. Without your posts on my talk page and mine on yours, my highway-related edits would be alot worse. :) Theking 17825 05:46, 19 July 2011 (UTC) |
|county_special=
and |location_special=
in jctint and jctbridge if you need to customize what appears. That's very handy for junctions that fall on "unusual" locations. If the location doesn't need to be linked, just enter the name as you want it to appear without a link. If the location is a river that isn't a county line, add the appropriate formatted wikilink into location_special. If the junction falls on a county or municipal boundary because you can specify the wikilinks and text. I will use A–B formatting with the two areas linked for either side of the boundary joined by an en dash (–). I usually insert a <br/> after the dash to force a line break. On
M-120 (Michigan highway), I was cursing MDOT for locating a junction on a county tri-point, but if you look at the code there, you'll see how it can be done. Any more questions, ask away at any time.
Imzadi 1979
→ 07:07, 19 July 2011 (UTC)I have an interesting idea for routes that would otherwise have many, many citations for the length. For instance, routes in Virginia can be cited to each county's traffic book, and some may go through 10 counties. Check my sandbox. It's just an idea, though. – Fredddie ™ 23:30, 21 July 2011 (UTC)
Award reversed--
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WP:FOUR) 18:11, 30 July 2011 (UTC)--
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Hi, I noticed your remark in the edit summary. For the moment I am listing everything essential I can find. I am still missing important info to get to any informative prose, but yes, I agree with the stucture you are suggesting. Hoverfish Talk 19:41, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
|translation=
parameter to {{
infobox road}} that is filled in automatically for some countries to keep things consistent. Israeli highways have the Hebrew names in Hebrew script (which isn't italicized) with the Latin alphabet transliteration (which is italicized) using that parameter. Ditto highways in countries that use the Cyrillic alphabet. It just keeps everything neat and tidy, as well as consistent across all of
WP:HWY, the global highways project.
Imzadi 1979
→ 19:45, 31 July 2011 (UTC)Hi, I'm working on creating an article for U.S. Route 77 in Texas and I have a question about the junction list. The road is concurrent with Interstate 35 for a good portion, and as far as I can tell, it's unsigned along 35. Should I still include junctions that are along the concurrent part in the list? Thanks, Theking 17825 04:21, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
I got your note. Yes in many subjects areas all the notable subjects have been stubbed out. This is not a surprise. New authors will not be doing FOUR work for U.S Presidents, Sovereign nations, etc. However, every once in a while, even highly developed subjects have some holes for notable subjects in need of work. Just a few months ago, I was doing work on Template:Grammy Award for Record of the Year and noticed one was linking to a dab page. Now, " Here We Go Again (Ray Charles song) is at FAC and hopeful of inclusion in the FOUR group. Also, this award motivates old-timers to work on their stubs. You can see some people now cleaning up their oldest articles to try to get to the top of some of the FOUR sorts. As I understand it, every now and then a new highway is created. Usually, they are short distances, such as a new beltway for a city. However, earning FOUR awards is not what WP is all about. Just do whatever you enjoy doing and try to help out.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 13:14, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
I wasn't sure that Max Bernard Franc's article was a BLP. I did some looking, and it is covered under WP:BLP, since his death is not verified in a reliable source.
That said, there is coverage of his trial and conviction in the Los Angeles Times. However, that seems to be the only thing notable about him. So, even though I've rewritten the article based on what I found from the Times, I've tagged it for a "regular" proposed deletion, as he's only notable for the one event, but there are reliable sources covering him.
I've explained this all on the article's talk page, but I wanted to message you directly to explain why I changed the prod. — C.Fred ( talk) 13:50, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi! Thanks for your review of the E71. I was really unsure what needed to be done there since few E-road articles exhibit any consistency among themselves in terms of content or formatting. I added a history section providing general information about the route and major developments pertaining to significant constituent parts and briefly mentioning some ideas or plans for further upgrades. Once again, thank you, your comments were very constructive as always. Cheers!-- Tomobe03 ( talk) 21:09, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
Re National Maximum Speed Law, if I didn't want to "edit war" with this IP, what would you have me do now? 018 ( talk) 19:22, 15 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I am a traffic engineer in South Florida. I am trying to piece together the history of US 1 in the very south end of Miami-Dade County. I saw in your I-95 article that you referenced a map...General Highway Map, Dade County, Florida, September 1972 reprinted 1980... Is there any way I can get a copy of that map? FDOT only has the "revised" map which is from the mid 1980's.
Thanks for any help you can give me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jmdengr ( talk • contribs) 17:20, 16 August 2011 (UTC)
This is to let you know that there is a post involving you at the dispute resolution noticeboard. -- Rs chen 7754 05:28, 27 August 2011 (UTC)
In this archived discussion you claimed that, in this other archived discussion, "the consensus has been to avoid geocoding the articles until a satisfactory way to display the coordinates without cluttering the articles is found.". I wonder whether you could kindly say on what grounds you reached that conclusion? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 20:47, 30 August 2011 (UTC)
There is a brief straw poll to see if conducting a RFC on the question of coordinates in road articles is worthwhile. Your input would be appreciated. -- Rs chen 7754 08:19, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Over-aggressive warnings/ blocking of User:204.111.64.196. Thank you. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 11:45, 3 September 2011 (UTC)
I just found out that it's now featured - CONGRATULATIONS!! I didn't know that effort was being put into improving the article to Good/Featured level. I have a bunch of photographs that I took on a clear day on August 26, 2010 that I'll upload since they look helpful. Photos include both endpoints (for the east endpoint I have great shots with 1) just Brockway & the sign and 2) the same plus M-26 in foreground - which should I upload?) I'll upload a clear view of the forest lining the valley and ridge to the south. I have another great one with some trees in the foreground with beautiful blue Lake Superior in the background along with a somewhat visible ocean liner. I have excellent shots of the signs at the rest stop at the peak which I would upload but I'm concerned if I infringe on someone's copyright. Perhaps I should email one shot to you if the written content may be usable to you for the article. The sunlight and angle was perfect. I took a photograph to the northwest but I didn't focus on the part with the lake to the west so it's not an improvement to what already is there. The western terminus shot was taken looking down the middle of a bridge and the sign is in the background. By the way, that bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places if that helps for the article.
On topic #2, I'll gone for one week in one month from now traveling to Traverse City and Mackinac City/Island. We'll be traveling to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and I'm sure we'll travel Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive. Any photo requests? Royal broil 16:23, 24 July 2011 (UTC)
I have revived this discussion because I have returned from Lower Michigan about 1 week ago. First topic - Washington Island. MM0 near the visitor center does still have the diamond brown sign and I have a photo. I decided to go for a walk while the rest of my party went through an attraction so I walked all the way to MM1. It was NOT the diamond sign - it was a plain wooden post and I have photos. I photographed and have already uploaded the remaining NRHP listings on the island (plus I greatly improved some). So beautiful!
On the mainland: My somewhat-dated GPS helped. It still listed M-108 in Mackinaw City so I took a bunch of photos. I had the map and my GPS agreed. I didn't see a welcome center and I drove the length of it. We also drove through Glen Haven and I photographed down M-209 just like you asked. I also took photos of M-109 and M-22. I am inundated with many 100s or maybe 1000 photos to identify, crop and upload - so don't expect much for a while. I haven't even went through them yet and I have little discretionary time during this time of the year. I went through the visitor center at Sleeping Bear Dunes HQ before driving the Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive. I added a list of potential sources on the article's talk page. I'll watch your talk page so you please respond here without leaving a notice. Royal broil 15:23, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi! Thanks for the tip. I'm sure that will be a helpful resource. I expect to have more time to edit in a week, so I'll give it a try then. Cheers!-- Tomobe03 ( talk) 08:54, 7 September 2011 (UTC)
Oh, and I nearly forgot: Great work on the junctions template. One question though - is it possible to control size (width) of rendered image or not?-- Tomobe03 ( talk) 08:57, 7 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi there. It would be nice to complete the discussion and move forward with this. I believe the ball is in your hands. Best regards.-- Muhandes ( talk) 14:49, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
On 15 September 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article M-78 (Michigan highway), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that M-78, a state highway in Michigan, was extended several times, and even converted into a freeway, but since 1973 is roughly the same as its 1919 routing? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/M-78 (Michigan highway).You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it 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. |
Orlady ( talk) 00:04, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the edits on County Road 42 (Minnesota). I have not been on Wikipedia for a long time and don't know much about the Major Intersections table, so thanks for fixing it up. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Back to the Past 23 ( talk • contribs) 14:12, September 18, 2011 (UTC)
Hi Imzadi, I would love meet you. I am currently in San Jose for an assignment. Is it possible to meet you or anyone Road project ? -- naveenpf ( talk) 15:39, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
Please don't think that I am dumb, but why shouldn't headings be linked?
Thank you for bettering my knowledge of Wikipedia!
Allen ( talk) 22:38, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi Imzadi1979, hope you are well. Your nomination of List of Interstate Highways in Texas at WP:TFL has gathered some support, the only outstanding issue is the inclusion of alt text. If you would be kind enough to look into that and reply at the nomination page, I'll move it over to the queue for the main page. Many thanks. The Rambling Man ( talk) 14:37, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
alt=
parameter added to it. Also, just a description of what you see in the image could be added after the alt=
if you feel able. It's straightforward enough but it needs to come from someone who knows what each image depicts.
The Rambling Man (
talk) 18:34, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
George Washington Memorial Parkway is tagged for cleanup but there is nothing on the talk page about what it needs. Could you take a look at it and see if it looks OK or make some notes about what it needs? RJFJR ( talk) 16:03, 24 September 2011 (UTC)
I thought he/she was trying to remove an images from that articles, because you know it just appear in text format in (HG). Thank you for reminding me. Sean ( Ask Me?) 02:16, 25 September 2011 (UTC)
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You have been doing a "bust-up" job editing highway articles. If only I could do just as great a job as you. Allen ( talk) 22:38, 27 September 2011 (UTC) |
Hello Imzadi. I have responded to a message you left a year ago. See Wikipedia talk:High-risk templates#Protect templates and images.
-- David Göthberg ( talk) 19:02, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
SCB '92 ( talk) 12:07, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
I have uploaded the new versions of the Toll Texas shields to Commons, and reverted the ones I changed back to the blue-on-white versions. I'll leave implementation to you and the rest of WP:USR. Thanks again! -- Gridlock Joe ( talk) 02:31, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
Hi -- whenever it's convenient for you could you take a look at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Brain/archive4 to see whether your concerns have been addressed? No huge hurry, it's certainly going to be running for a few more days at least, just whenever you have time. Regards, Looie496 ( talk) 16:50, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
Lower Wacker Drive is considered an expressway. ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 01:07, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
Hello, Imzadi. I reviewed the article, and the comments can be viewed here. It's not too much; the article's almost to GA. -- Starstriker7( Talk) 01:48, 8 November 2011 (UTC)
Did you notice the italics on former bannered routes shown here? That was the same reason I italicized the former routes on US 27 in Florida. ---- DanTD ( talk) 00:32, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
I also see that you made a small infobox for Florida State Road 63 in the US 27 (FL) article. Have you considered another for Florida State Road 57 for US 19 in Florida? ---- DanTD ( talk) 00:47, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
This is a note to let the main editors of M-6 (Michigan highway) know that the article will be appearing as today's featured article on November 20, 2011. You can view the TFA blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/November 20, 2011. If you prefer that the article appear as TFA on a different date, or not at all, please ask featured article director Raul654 ( talk · contribs) or his delegate Dabomb87 ( talk · contribs), or start a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests. If the previous blurb needs tweaking, you might change it—following the instructions at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/instructions. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. The blurb as it stands now is below:
M-6 is a 19.7-mile (31.7 km) freeway that serves portions of southern Kent and eastern Ottawa counties south of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Initially opened to traffic on November 20, 2001, the roadway connects Interstate 196 on the west with Interstate 96 on the east while running through several townships on the south side of the Grand Rapids metropolitan area. Each end is in a rural area while the central section has suburban development along the highway. The freeway was originally conceived in the 1960s, and it took 32 years to approve, plan, finance, and build M-6 from the time that the state first authorized funding in 1972 to the time the full highway opened to traffic in 2004. Initial construction started in November 1997, with the first phase opened in 2001 and the remainder in November 2004. The project was built with two firsts: the first single-point urban interchange in the state, and a new technique to apply the pavement markings, embedding them into the concrete to reduce the chance of a snowplow scraping them off. ( more...)
UcuchaBot ( talk) 00:04, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
Hi Imzadi, I left a message for you at the Graphic Lab. Kind regards, nagualdesign ( talk) 04:23, 19 November 2011 (UTC)