Talk:U.S. Route 83 in North Dakota

Junctions not supported by source?
Hello. I'm the user who turned the section from U.S. Route 83 into this article with the junction table. I agree that most of the information on the page (copied from the section in the main US 83 article) needs sources to back it up. But I'm confused about the notice placed at the top of the junctions table, saying that it is unsourced. The edit summary said the source did not back up the information, but everything on that table was generated using that map from the NDDOT. I'm not sure where else a person is supposed to get mileage information, considering Wikipedia's longstanding policy against WP:ORIGINAL research. Can someone shed some light on what I did wrong here, and how I can fix it? Thanks. —LinkTiger (talk) 21:58, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
 * I put two tags on - the unreferenced section and the single source. I think your question is about the unreferenced section tag. When I went to the North Dakota PDF I saw the maps - if you're suggesting that you did all totaling for the various miles and distances upon closer inspection that does seem present in the source and would qualify as simple math so doable. But basically it was not clear to me looking at the source that you were able to populate the data table from its information. Hope that helps. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 22:15, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Hey Barkeep49. No math was necessary. The numbers in the map are in the same format that WikiProject U.S. Roads asks for in the junction list section of their Manual of Style, so I copied them verbatim. Clearly, the article still needs more sources, so that top tag should stay. But if you don't mind, I'm going to remove the unreferenced section template on the junction list, since the numbers come straight from the map with no interpretation. Thanks for elaborating on your thinking. —LinkTiger (talk) 22:30, 4 September 2018 (UTC)