Talk:Maryland Route 5

Merging Mattawoman Beantown Road
The article for Mattawoman Beantown Road should be merged into this article because it describes a section of MD 5 and it is very short. Dough4872 (talk) 17:06, 26 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Agreed -- I say it's pretty clear-cut that we can merge the two. -- Bossi  ( talk • gallery • contrib ) 01:16, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

Trimming the Infobox
Ah, I wasn't aware. I simply looked at the Editing Guide, which said for Junction Lists, to list all numbered junctions. Although......That IS referring to the Junction list in the Infobox, right? OR, is that referring to the master junction table in the main article? If the latter, I'll run through my changes and make any updates if any are needed... (Yeah, I'm new  ) Kumba42 (talk) 03:27, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
 * It's referring to the table in the main article. There you want all the numbered route junctions, and if there are any major non-numbered routes (for example, Suitland Parkway), those should be included, too. In the infobox, it's best to keep the list short, because if every route is listed, the infobox gets really large, and in a short article like this one, a large infobox can sometimes mess up spacing. - Algorerhythms (talk) 03:36, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Gotcha, thanks for the tip! Kumba42 (talk) 03:43, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

Green MD 5 Business Plate
Hughesville has a business spur of MD 5 now, although SHA signs it on their HLR as MD 625. But the actual signage displays a green-on-white business shield. I asked one of the WP:USRD/Shields people to cook one up (discussion here):



The question is, what's the best way to use this in this article? The specs are derived from official SHA sources on their site, and I have a picture here depicting its use at the intersection of MD 231/MD 5. Most MD Business spurs appear to use the stacking of numbered route plus the business shield plate, but I haven't checked the signs around the St. Charles area nor Leonardtown yet to see if they're following the green version.

At minimum, I didn't see an easy way to get the Template:shban to reference it, so I thought I'd comment before attempting to poke at a GA article. Also need to merge in MD 625's info as the starting point for the business spur in Hughesville, and correct a few articles linking to 625 to point here instead. Thanks! Kumba42 (talk) 02:13, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Took discussion to Template talk:Shban to see if it can get modified. Dough4872 (talk) 18:42, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Looks like Template:shban is fixed. I did a quick check, and it looks like MD 5 is the only MD highway covered that both has a business spur and uses Shban.  MD 3 might, but I haven't been up on that road, and it has its own, separate article anyways.  I've also got a small write up to add to the "Bannered Routes" section for Hughesville, but I'm unsure about editing due to the article's status as a GA. Kumba42 (talk) 01:23, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I added a section about the Hughesville business route to the article. Dough4872 (talk) 17:53, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Yup, heard about it on IRC. Looks good, and gives me some ideas for further improving the articles I've written for Charles.  Thanks! Kumba42 (talk) 02:18, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Since MD uses both the green-on-white shield, would it make sense to set up Shban to do both? I'll play with the template some more.  --Fredddie™ 02:41, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Looks like it'll work, but one of the options will have to change from BUS to BUSINESS, most likely the green-on-white will change to BUSINESS. --Fredddie™ 03:00, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

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