Talk:Allegheny County belt system

Stubs
Hello. Why are the articles for Red Belt, Blue Belt, Purple Belt, etc., sill considered stubs? I've seen the shows on WQED, haha, but I don't really know what more one can say about them on an encyclopedia. Just curious SolitaryThrush 04:49, 8 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Actually, I'm more wondering why they need separate articles at all, for precisely the same reasons: there isn't much you can say about each one, and a regional road seems to be significantly less notable than a globally-recognized term for a martial arts rank. I'll watch this page for a while, and if there's no object, I'll try merging them into this article (which needs a bit of cleanup anyway). Tlesher 04:03, 9 June 2007 (UTC)


 * I agree. You know...in the years I lived in Pittsburgh I NEVER heard ANYBODY--native, newcomer, whatever--refer to the belt system. I was Mr. Road Map but I could not have told you anything about which belt went where. I even remember people (including natives) make jokes about people's non-use of the color labels of the belt system. Of course, things could have changed in 15 years. PurpleChez 12 July 2007 12:09 EDT

FWIW, the History section of this entry appears to be significantly lifted/paraphrased without attribution from the copyrighted text of Jeffrey J. Kitsko, found at the PA Highways web site. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.131.84.190 (talk) 03:25, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Well noted, though that site says "Page updated June 21, 2009"... So it's hard to say which predated which. Anyone feel like looking it up on archive.org? &mdash;Notyourbroom ( talk ) 03:50, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

Full circle
I have a map produced by the Allegheny County government (complete with Dan Onorato's face on it) that says the orange belt is a complete circle. Is there anyone with a definitive statement on the completeness of this belt?--TheZachMorrisExperience (talk) 05:34, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Yes, the Orange Belt now has definite ends, at PA 88 and PA 51, marked with "End" assemblies. ESRoads (talk) 00:03, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Brownsville Road
The Yellow Belt includes a short section of Brownsville Road. Pustelnik (talk) 01:29, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Green Belt image
This is an image from the Green Belt article that was merged into here. I can't find a place for this image in the article at the moment. —Scott5114↗ [EXACT CHANGE ONLY] 08:52, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

Current Map of the Belt System
Hello, I have made an accurate and current map of the belt system using Google Maps. I feel it would be a useful resource to link to on this page, even though it is my own work. I would be happy to add the link if we agree that it would be appropriate (or someone else may). ESRoads (talk) 00:11, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Photo, map and image formatting needs to be reviewed and improved
More and more photos, maps, etc. have been added to this article over the last several years, giving it an increasingly cluttered look that makes it extremely difficult to read, particularly for people with visual impairments. At least several of these image additions appear to violate Wikipedia's Manual of Style/Accessibility standards which urge editors to "Avoid placing images on the left hand side as a consistent left hand margin makes reading easier" and "Avoid sandwiching text between two images or, unless absolutely necessary, using fixed image sizes." At this point, several photos, maps/other images need to be removed or repositioned in an image gallery in order to bring the article back into compliance with the MOS and make it more accessible for Wikipedia users with visual impairments.