User:Homefryes/Sandbox

Homefryes Say•Do 21:19, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Naming

 * Articles should be named "Ohio State Highway n" (where n = route number).
 * Route shield SVG's are named "OH-n.svg" and are complete for active routes.

Infobox
The Infobox to use for this project is the Template:Infobox road template.

This is the basic syntax you need to get a complete infobox on the article page, just place this before any other text and fill in the variables.

For the above parameters here's what you should fill in:
 * state: OH.
 * type: SR for state routes.
 * route: This is the number of the route the article is featuring.
 * length_mi: This is the length of the route in miles. If you specify beyond integers (i.e. add a decimal value) you will need to set the following paramater, length_round.
 * length_round: If your value for length_mi is a whole number, you can omit this. Otherwise it needs to be set to the decimal precision of the length_mi paramater.
 * length_ref: To do what a good article writer should, provide your reference for the length of the route using standard.
 * established: This is the year the route was commissioned or assigned to its current alignment.
 * direction_a: This should be either south or west to keep in accordance with the U.S. Roads parent project, which lists termini and junctions in progression travelling from West to East and South to North.
 * terminus_a: This is where the route begins and is either at the southern terminus or western terminus. The template  can be used as a shortcut for entering Ohio shields.  N=route number and YY is the size of the shield in pixels – 20 for 1- and 2-digit routes, and 25 for 3-digit shields.
 * junction: Only junctions with 2-digit interstates along the route should be listed here. If more than one junction is listed, use a   to break the lines.  If the interstate is multiplexed with another route, the other routes can be included.
 * direction_b: The opposite of direction_a.
 * terminus_b: where the route ends, in accordance with the guidelines set forth with terminus_a.
 * counties: a list of counties that the route enters, separated by commas.
 * previous_type: SR (currently, this project is only including state routes in the browse portion of the infobox).
 * previous_route: The number of the route preceding this one.
 * next_type: Same as previous_type but for the route following this one.
 * next_route: The number of the route succeeding this one.

So, by completing the infobox as follows, you'll get a routebox like the one to the right.

Main section
Untitled section that describes the route. Depending on the route this section may just name the direction (W/E or S/N) and termination points, or may go into more detail.

Cities and villages along route
A section containing a list of cities and villages along the route, from south to north and/or west to east. Municipalities that have their own articles should be “wikified” to link to those articles (these are generally incorporated municipalities). Municipalities that do not have their own articles (generally unincorporated) may also be listed depending on their importance.

Junctions
This section is for listing all of the intersections, both actual junctions and over/underpasses, that this route has with Ohio traffic routes (1-872), Interstates and U.S. routes.

This is the basic syntax you need to get a complete junction table on the article page, just place this in the Junctions section and fill in the variables.

For additional entries, use this:

For the above parameters, here's what you should fill in: Any field which is empty can be omitted. Junctions which are approximately 0.1 mile apart may be combined into one entry in the table.

See Ohio State Highway 14 for an example of how the table is used.

Points of interest
Major attractions along the road, such as institutions of higher learning and recreation areas.

History
History of the route. This can be as brief as a sentence or as extensive as a few paragraphs or a list by year. Items must be referenced (as described in the length_ref portion of the Infobox section above).

Miscellanea
Put all oddities, miscellanea, etc. here, such as recent projects to improve/upgrade the road, the road in popular culture, etc.

Categorize article
No heading for this section in the article. Place this text – – at the bottom of each article, where nnn is the route number (use leading zeros for routes 1-99).