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The Center Line: U.S. Roads WikiProject Newsletter, Winter 2013[edit]


Volume 6, Issue 1 • Winter 2013 • About the Newsletter
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—EdwardsBot (talk) 19:58, 17 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Baltimore Ravens[edit]

I saw you reverted the extraneous text Tony Spike dumped into the lead of Baltimore Ravens. Nice job. You must not have noticed that he also changed the wikilink from AFC to NFC for some inexplicable reason. Can you revert that, too? Thanks. --76.189.111.199 (talk) 04:22, 4 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Malls[edit]

Yeah, i'm getting lazy. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 17:16, 7 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

SH 82 GA thanks[edit]

Thank you for passing that article. I appreciate the recognition; I hope that eventually I can make it the first Colorado surface road to get to FA.

This means a lot, incidentally, because it's the first road article I've gotten to GA largely all by myself (and, ironically, it's about a road over 2,000 miles away from where I live, one that I only rode on a few times during a short visit two and a half years ago). Daniel Case (talk) 03:25, 15 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I was advised to take it to ACR before FAC, and I'll be doing that. However, not right away ... I find the intensity of the process of improving an article such that, having gone through one step in the process, I need to take a break before I come back to it.

Besides, I have sort of an overall plan on this. Two months ago I got Independence Pass to GA. I have also emailed the link to the head of the Independence Pass Foundation for some external peer review (which might also be a good idea for the SH 82 article if I could find someone interested at CODOT), and he had some things I want to incorporate into that article before taking it to FAC.

The idea is, if I can get both articles to FAC, I think it would be possible to propose a Main Page blurb that links to both articles, and preferably have it run on July 4 (since that's how the pass got its name). It would be a first. Hopefully it could happen this year, but if not, I think it will work next year. Daniel Case (talk) 04:15, 15 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

My idea is that it would be a single blurb, with both articles linked and bolded, but just the one picture of the pass (which of course shows the road as well). Not the way we did it on Election Day 2008. Daniel Case (talk) 04:27, 15 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

So do I. For now we'll cross that bridge when we come to it. Before the next step on SH 82 (which is to say, after I've taken time to work on other articles of interest (and hoping things like the SPI that I was involved in for most of this week don't take up too much of my time), I want to make sure all the redlinks are blue (and, if possible, that they link to decent articles that are at least better than stubs). Daniel Case (talk) 04:32, 15 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Proposed closing of Morriswa RFC[edit]

Hi, Dough4872. As a person who has commented in the above RFC, your input on a possible closure of the RFC at Wikipedia talk:Requests for comment/Morriswa#Proposal to close would be appreciated. Thank you. --Rs chen 7754 05:09, 2 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Filemover[edit]

I granted you the right. You can read more about its usage at WP:FILEMOVER NativeForeigner ^Talk 20:06, 16 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Misposted messages[edit]

I have copied the two messages below from Talk:Dough4872. JohnCD (talk) 12:56, 24 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Reinsertion of Irrelevant Source Citation - Route 24[edit]

You undid a revision that I made on Feb 12 for Route 24 (New Jersey) regarding one citation source for 2 statements in the article.

I have opened up a Talk Page, Reinsertion of Irrelevant Source Citation.

It addresses that citation source for one of the article statements.

I left in the citation source for the second article statement.

Please go to the Talk Page and indicate:

1. You agree with my proposed change for the cited article statement; or

2. Why The Record citation, which makes NO mention of any of the specific details for the future extension in the article and could NOT forecast in 1992 that the plans were scrapped in 1993, should be reinserted when the NJ 24 Freeway website that I propose to add fully covers the referenced statement.

Thanks. I look forward to working with you.Wondering55 (talk) 02:29, 10 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I am waiting for you to respond to Talk page for "Reinsertion of Irrelevant Source Citation" for New Jersey Route 24 for you to address why irrelevant Record article should be cited rather than an alternate relevant/correct cited source. If you now agree with my reasons, which are straight forward and based on the facts, for making the original changes, please confirm that on the Talk page. No one else has objected to the changes that I want to make. Thanks for your assistance.Wondering55 (talk) 21:46, 19 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I would appreciate if you would respond to Reinsertion of Irrelevant Source Citation and confirm if you agree or if there is a problem with replacing 1 of 2 citations from a Record article, which DOES NOT provide required details for the referenced statement, with a cited source that DOES provide required details. No one else indicated any problems with this source replacement. If I don't hear back from you, I will assume you have no concerns about the source replacement. Thanks for your consideration. I would look forward to working with you.Wondering55 (talk) 14:09, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Santa Rosa Mall[edit]

Just wanted to let you know that the ‪Santa Rosa Mall‬ article, which you gave a cleanup job last year, was also a hijacking. It was originally a stub about a mall in Florida, but an IP overwrote it in 2011 to be about a mall in Puerto Rico. I could barely find any info on the Puerto Rico mall, so I reverted it to be about the Florida mall and added some sources. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 21:07, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It's best not to move the article on the Florida one until after the Puerto Rico one has a page. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 21:29, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm working on the PR article right now. Dough 48 72 21:31, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not much to it, but it's a start. I added what little I could find. Don't forget to clean up your links. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 21:46, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

There. Now the bigger mall in town has an article too, for fairness. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 22:18, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I would suggest properly formatting the references. Dough 48 72 01:12, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A cookie for you![edit]

For making 100 edits today! Imzadi 1979 → 03:00, 1 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A pie for you![edit]

For receiving a cookie earlier today! T C N7JM 03:10, 1 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Creek Turnpike ACR[edit]

Just in case you don't have it on your watchlist, I have responded to your concerns on the Creek Turnpike ACR. —Scott5114 ↗ [EXACT CHANGE ONLY] 07:13, 7 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

GW Parkway[edit]

I am a frequent traveler to the DC area, and can verify that the NPS logo is signed at almost all instances where there are ramps to the GW Parkway. See here as an example. So for now I'm going to revert your change on the Capital Beltway article, but I thought I'd let you know that I believe the shield should stay. -- c16sh (talk to me) 20:08, 9 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

We typically do not include the NPS logo for roads that are maintained by the NPS. If you feel we should do this for road articles, bring this up at WT:USRD. Dough 48 72 23:24, 9 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Center Line: Spring 2013[edit]


Volume 6, Issue 2 • Spring 2013 • About the Newsletter
Departments Assessment roundup Portal selected articles and pictures	Features Project creates route list standard Driving down under Meta and Wikidata update ACR becoming active, changing USRD Cup wraps up	State and national updates Project news Task force reports for CA, GA, MI, OK and WA
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—EdwardsBot (talk) 22:34, 27 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

RfC:Infobox Road proposal[edit]

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.

Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian Roads/RfC:Infobox Road proposal

You are being contacted as a user who participated in previous discussions proposing the deletion of {{infobox Australian road}}, this RfC does not propose that.

Nbound (talk) 07:09, 6 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Florida State Road 261[edit]

While normally I'd agree that a co-signed route should be redirected, that would be if it's a hidden route - SR 261 is not a hidden route, it is signed. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 01:15, 7 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The route is still entirely a part of US 319. Regardless of whether it is signed or not, it can easily be covered in that article. Dough 48 72 01:16, 7 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

RfC:Infobox Road proposal[edit]

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.

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Nbound (talk) 23:01, 8 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A cupcake for you![edit]

For your GA review of Kwinana Freeway. Thanks, Evad37 (talk) 04:12, 10 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

GAR notification[edit]

New Jersey Route 18, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for an individual good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. --Rs chen 7754 22:34, 12 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Just in case you haven't already seen...[edit]

I left some comments at the NJ 18 GAR. Go ahead and fix them, they're really minor. T C N7JM 22:18, 16 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

GAR notification[edit]

Schuylkill Expressway, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for an individual good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. --Rs chen 7754 04:20, 22 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Invitation to take a short survey about communication and efficiency of WikiProjects for my research[edit]

Hi Dough4872, I'm working on a project to study the running of WikiProject and possible performance measures for it. I learn from WikiProject U.S. Roads talk page that you are an active member of the project. I would like to invite you to take a short survey for my study. If you are available to take our survey, could you please reply an email to me? I'm new to Wikipedia, I can't send too many emails to other editors due to anti-spam measure. Thank you very much for your time. Xiangju (talk) 17:19, 22 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike GAN[edit]

Hey mate, I've made changes as per your recommendations to the HEFT article for your review. -DyluckTRocket (talk) 11:19, 25 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

GAR notification[edit]

Interstate 295 (Delaware–New Jersey), an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for an individual good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. --Rs chen 7754 04:54, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Pennsylvania Turnpike[edit]

Hi; I've put a fair amount of effort into copyediting this article as a potential future FAC (whose criteria mandates that an article's prose be "engaging, even brilliant, and of a professional standard"), but Imzadi1979 is undoing my edits. Therefore, I'm removing it from the requests list and archiving it. Good luck with FA and all the best, Miniapolis 15:24, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) Imzadi1979 did not undo your edit, only the parts that added nothing to the article, like the alt text, which isn't an FA requirement anymore, the incorrect switching of capitalized words to lowercase, random edits to the citation template that don't even show up in the article, and all but undoing things Dough4872 was asked to fix in two A-Class Reviews. He did nothing wrong, and you should reinstate this on the GOCE requests list for an editor more willing to copyedit the article correctly. T C N7JM 16:33, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

There's an implicit insult in the original comments by Miniapolis above that I'll ignore other than to say that I've successfully nominated 15 Featured Articles of my own over the last five years. Turning to the specifics of this article's copy edits, the things I switched are minor, but important details.

As as I was taught in school, when two or more proper names share a common word at the end of their names, like in "Quemahoning Tunnel" and "Negro Mountain Tunnel", then the combination has "tunnels" in lower case at the end of "Quemahoning and Negro Mountain tunnels".
Titles in front of names are supposed to be capitalized as well, as our MOS makes clear. "President Clinton" but "the president".
We should follow the sources on certain formatting, like repeating "Northeast Extension" (a proper name) in caps and keeping true to capitalization on nicknames, as they were used at the time.

So please continue, but I should hope that you're aware that this is a wiki, we are supposed to collaborate, and no one person is the final arbiter of "engaging, even brilliant, and of a professional standard" when minor issues like capitalization are actually changed to be wrong. Imzadi 1979 → 01:39, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm familiar with collaboration, but what makes me realize that we're not on the same page is the removal of alt text from the images; FA requirement or no, it's useful to users with screen readers and therefore beneficial to the 'pedia. See my comments at WP:GOCE/REQ#Pennsylvania Turnpike. Miniapolis 02:21, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't touch the alt text though, and that's something I normally add to articles when I'm in the ACR or FAC stages of development. (I've been known to add it for articles I've prepped for GAN, but it's not part of my normal routine for that stage.) Imzadi 1979 → 02:45, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Dough4872, I'm resuming the copy-edit. Please feel free to contact me, or to correct my edits if necessary. Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 01:52, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Done—feel free to contact me about any issues arising from my portion of the copy-edit ("Extensions" onwards). Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 00:47, 9 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Cameroon FAR[edit]

Hi Dough4872 - If you have the time, would you mind returning to your comments at WP:Featured article review/Cameroon/archive1? An editor has completed significant work on the article, and an update to your comments would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance, Dana boomer (talk) 19:39, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

GAR notice[edit]

Pennsylvania Route 21, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for an individual good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. --Rs chen 7754 07:01, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Also, it seems that we may have broken off Delaware and Maryland from the big GA clump on the connectivity page by this. Could you verify this? I do wonder if the GA connectivity needs to be reformatted somehow so that it is more maintainable. --Rs chen 7754 07:16, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2013 Philadelphia Wiki-Picnic: Saturday, June 22[edit]

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WikiProject Good Articles Recruitment Centre[edit]

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Ohio State Route 161[edit]

passed. --Rs chen 7754 09:08, 10 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

GAR notification[edit]

Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for an individual good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. --Rs chen 7754 22:29, 11 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Kentucky shields[edit]

When a four-digit route number contains more than one 1, use Series C. –Fredddie ™ 05:38, 5 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the heads up. I thought just to use B for all 4-digit shields to be consistent. Dough 48 72 17:01, 5 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Some shields done[edit]

Hi - letting you know that your requests at Wikipedia:WikiProject_U.S._Roads/Shields_task_force/Requests have been fulfilled. Hampton Roads Beltway and Kentucky Turnpike are now illustrated. Sir Rcsprinter, Bt (talk to me) @ 21:01, 20 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Would you mind joining this discussion?[edit]

This. Thank you! Tinton5 (talk) 20:15, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Center Line: Summer 2013[edit]


Volume 6, Issue 3 • Summer 2013 • About the Newsletter
Departments Assessment roundup Portal selected articles and pictures	Features Rewriting Infobox road and incorporating Wikidata Driving around the Pearl of the Orient Fixing our shields licensing	State and national updates Project news in brief Task force reports for CA, GA, MI, MN and WI
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—EdwardsBot (talk) 22:29, 10 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:WikiProject Highways/Assessment/A-Class Review/Baltimore–Washington Parkway[edit]

Please see the above ACR. --Rs chen 7754 01:53, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

GAR notification[edit]

New Jersey Route 124, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for an individual good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. --Rs chen 7754 06:18, 10 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:WikiProject Highways/Assessment/A-Class Review/Baltimore–Washington Parkway[edit]

Per the requirements at WP:HWY/ACR, this notice is being left to inform you that this candidate for demotion from ACR has gone 30 days without any activity. If there is no clear consensus (3 votes) to keep or demote after 7 days, and no attempt to continue work, the review will be closed as keep. --Rs chen 7754 10:03, 12 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

GAR[edit]

Cathay Pacific, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for an individual good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. (I'm notifying you because you were the reviewer.) Dana boomer (talk) 14:32, 13 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination for deletion of Template:The Simpsons episode count[edit]

Template:The Simpsons episode count has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Taylor Trescott - ^{my talk} + _{my edits} 23:15, 18 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

New York City Subway[edit]

I was changing the New York City Subway article so that I could renominate it to be GA-class. Can you revert your edit on that article? Philroc (talk) 12:12, 21 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Cabelas, Bass Pro Shops, and...?[edit]

Hi, I saw that you removed the store lists from these articles. I have no problem with this, but was there any particular reason or WP policy as to why? You stated what you were doing, but not "why" in your edit summaries. Just curious... --Scalhotrod - Just your average banjo playing, drag racing, cowboy... (talk) 18:36, 23 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

WP:NOTDIRECTORY. Dough 48 72 00:14, 24 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thank-you note for your file move on Commons[edit]

See your talk page there.

BTW, for the next issue of the USRD newsletter, would you like a short blurb about Wikimania? I was there, again. Not much that I think would be really news of interest to the roads projects, other than the greater support for video already implemented and coming soon, but I can also add some stuff about how impressive the roads and bridges in Hong Kong are, along with some pics I took. Daniel Case (talk) 02:29, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, you can write an article about Wikimania for the upcoming newsletter. Dough 48 72 02:31, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Bikes May Use Full Lane[edit]

Why are you so hasty in proposing to delete a brand new article? You could have asked me about it. Seems harsh. --B2C 18:02, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Really? You're not even going to respond? Now you've gone beyond harsh. Luckily, I'm an experienced editor, so I only find this annoying. But if you treated a less experienced editor like this, your behavior would likely drive them away from Wikipedia. Probably not what we should be doing these days. --B2C 23:40, 29 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) If you read the orange box at the top of this page, it says Dough is away for the weekend and won't be back until Monday at the earliest. –Fredddie ™ 01:17, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I did not notice that. However, the vacation notice was added 10 hours after I created this section. During that 10-hour period Dough made about 20 edits, none of which even acknowledged my question, here or at the Afd page he created, much less answered it.

Anyway, absent a blatant BLP violation or something like that, what reason that benefits Wikipedia could anyone possibly have for formally nominating a brand new article for deletion without first trying to touch base with the creator? --B2C 17:28, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion on Talk:Hurricane Sandy[edit]

I am contacting you to let you know that there is currently a discussion going on that you might be interested in on Talk:Hurricane Sandy. I noticed that you were one of the top contributors to the article, so I figured I would let you know. Please don't feel like this invitation means that you have to participate, but feel free to do so if you desire. Inks.LWC (talk) 23:58, 4 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This discussion was recently closed by me, but has since reopened. Please feel free to participate if you are interested. I, JethroBT ^{drop me a line} 17:32, 7 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

GAR notification[edit]

New Jersey Route 15, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for an individual good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. --Rs chen 7754 23:54, 10 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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GAR[edit]

New Jersey Route 158, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for an individual good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. --Rs chen 7754 04:25, 19 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Pennsylvania Route 519[edit]

Why did you remove the category Category:U.S. Route 19 from the page? Its "History" section says that it was swapped with US 19. Allen (Morriswa) (talk) 00:57, 20 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Reverted. Dough 48 72 01:07, 20 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, but why was it removed? If that is not accurate information in the "History" section, then that should be removed or re-worded. Allen (Morriswa) (talk) 01:15, 20 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I had removed it because I thought that the route was only tangentially related to US 19. Dough 48 72 01:17, 20 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Commons[edit]

One of your images is the subject of discussion at Commons:Commons:Deletion requests/PAHMC.--GrapedApe (talk) 21:43, 26 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Edit summaries[edit]

Hey there. Just curious, what tool do you use to insert remarks like these? Regards, Reh man 04:06, 27 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Filemover on Commons. It is a permission that can be requested. Dough 48 72 00:10, 28 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I am an admin there. How do you automatically generate that edit summary here at enwiki? Reh man 15:32, 28 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

When I moved the image on Commons, I renamed the image on all the wikis that it is on. The tool automatically generates the edit summaries that you see. Dough 48 72 00:34, 29 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm... For some reason that doesn't work for me. I'll try and figure it out. Thanks anyways. Reh man 15:25, 29 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

P:USRD SA for Nov.[edit]

Can you trim the blurb? They shouldn't be three paragraphs of text as exact copies of the lead; rather they should be 200–300 words, tops. Imzadi 1979 → 09:50, 7 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Center Line: Fall 2013[edit]


Volume 6, Issue 4 • Fall 2013 • About the Newsletter
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—EdwardsBot (talk) 03:23, 15 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Creation of road sign graphics[edit]

Hello, I noticed that you create road signs and I was wondering if I could request a few, which are similar to ones you've already done. Specifically, they would be elongated circles with the following numbers: 1398, 2267, 2269, and 2863. I'm involved in a backlog reduction for articles with missing images and these missing elongated circles make the following pages show up in the backlog: Kentucky Route 1399, Kentucky Route 2268, and Kentucky Route 2862. Please let me know if you can help. Thanks - tucoxn\^talk 00:32, 24 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Done I got them in about 5 minutes. Imzadi 1979 → 01:00, 24 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much. We're getting into the "L" section of the backlog and we're about to start dealing with lists of roads. I hope you won't mind fielding some other similar requests! - tucoxn\^talk 01:42, 24 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I can make any missing shields, just let me know. Dough 48 72 01:44, 24 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I'm working on articles with missing images as well and I've been very slowly making the missing shields when I've needed - so it will be really great to have someone more proficient at doing them to help :) — KylieTastic (talk) 14:55, 24 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

One that has just popped up is for Tennessee State Route 462 missing File:Secondary Tennessee 462.svg
List of highways in Reeves County, Texas#Historic roads needs a File:Old Texas 192.svg
List of highways in Sonora needs a File:HIGHWAYSON 163.jpg that could then be used on Sonora State Highway 163 as well
List of highways numbered 216 needs a File:MN-216.svg - or maybe we just remove historic signs, not sure?
List of highways numbered 243 needs a File:MN-216.svg - again just historic.

Plenty more List of highways numbered... with missing shields but didn't want to depress you with a huge list - but any help you can give will be much appreciated - Cheers — KylieTastic (talk) 14:55, 24 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

For future reference you can request shields at WP:USRD/S/R so other shield makers can easily see your request too. Dough 48 72 01:52, 25 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Tennessee shield has already been made. I can't do the Texas or Sonora shields as I do not have the proper fonts. As for the Minnesota shield, I do not have enough historical data to determine what kind of shield is needed. Again, requesting the shields at WP:USRD/S/R will allow a wider pool of shield creators who may have the resources who can make the shield. Dough 48 72 01:55, 25 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Dough4872 and Imzadi1979: Thank you very much for your help! I'll be sure to post these requests at WP:USRD/S/R in the future. It looks like you both monitor that page as well. Thanks again! - tucoxn\^talk 02:51, 25 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers for the help and thanks for the heads up on WP:USRD/S/R KylieTastic (talk) 09:34, 25 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

GAR notification[edit]

New Jersey Route 31, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for an individual good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. --Rs chen 7754 21:19, 4 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

TN State Route 66 junction list[edit]

Dough4872 On Tennessee State Route 94 Half is Primary i have traveled the highway i should know, The Secondary section goes fromi TN 70 to the former Pressmens Home and the Primary section goes from TN-66 to Pressmens home that is where the Shields change it should be a Primary Shield Go to Google Maps and Search Rogersville TN and go on the north along 66 to 94 and at the intersection go on street view and you will see that half is Primary. --ACase0000 (talk) 06:53, 21 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

According to Tennessee's official highway map TN 94 is a secondary route its entire length. It appears though it is signed with both primary and secondary shields according to Google Street View. Dough 48 72 00:29, 22 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

That street view picture is a few years old so TDOT could have removed the primary signs, so i think it should be left the way it is. --ACase0000 (talk) 05:44, 22 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Pennsylvania Route 115[edit]

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Your GA nomination of Pennsylvania Route 115[edit]

The article Pennsylvania Route 115 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 7 days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Pennsylvania Route 115 for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Admrboltz -- Admrboltz (talk) 18:00, 23 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Pennsylvania Route 115[edit]

The article Pennsylvania Route 115 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Pennsylvania Route 115 for comments about the article. Well done! Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Admrboltz -- Admrboltz (talk) 13:32, 24 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Maryland Route 787[edit]

Dough, can you revert your changes related to MD 787? I know the HLR says the highway was decommissioned in 2012, but the route is still signed. I am not sure if the decommissioning took effect in 2012, if it will happen when the financial transaction from the state to the city to rebuild the road occurs/occurred, or if it will happen when construction is complete. Usually I would go by the HLR, but this route is very local to me so I want to review my local resources (mainly city newsletters) before we change anything. V C 00:00, 26 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I have reverted the changes for now pending future investigations. However, I should note that MD 787 could have been decommissioned last year and that the state and the city of Takoma Park may have not bothered to remove the shields. Dough 48 72 01:52, 26 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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SR 290[edit]

is now a county road: http://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=474.msg113266#msg113266 --NE2 16:44, 31 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Former routes still go into article browses. Also, do you think you can update the FL 290 article? Dough 48 72 16:46, 31 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Are you aware of how many former state roads there are in Florida? The majority were not in the browses; I simply removed the few that were. --NE2 17:48, 31 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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