User:Ljthefro

Hello Wikipedia! I am Ljthefro!

About Me
I am a native Nevadan, originally from Las Vegas.

I have a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Nevada, Reno, where I was actively involved on campus (including a four-year tenure as a resident assistant). I recently received an M.A. in Educational Leadership from the same institution. I am now an academic advisor at my alma mater.

I consider myself a roadgeek, and have been one for as long as I can remember--having memorized the legend of all the freeway signs near my house by age 4 should attest to that. I'm also a huge fan of game shows, and was the host of UNR's very popular recreation of The Price Is Right for its first six years.

Wikipedia interests
Right now, my editing focus is on highways in Nevada. I occasionally contribute in other areas as well, especially on articles pertaining to my other interests and in small cleanup of grammar/style.

Contribution Milestones

 * First edit as registered Wikipedia user:
 * 02:50, 10 June 2007 - Interstate 15 exit list - fixed Nevada exit list errors. (The exit list was subsequently moved to Interstate 15 in Nevada.)


 * First article created:
 * 01:41, 12 June 2007 - Nevada State Route 443


 * Did You Know:
 * 24 Feb 2008 - A fact from Summerlin Parkway was featured on DYK.


 * Project Recognition:
 * Jan 2009 - I was nominated and selected as the WP:USRD featured editor for January 2009 (noted here).


 * Good Article:
 * 28 Apr 2009 - Nevada State Route 375, the first article I worked on with the goal of attaining Good Article status, passed its GA nomination.

Selected contributions

 * List of state routes in Nevada - overhauled tables
 * List of state routes in Nevada prior to 1976 - created list
 * List of U.S. Routes in Nevada - created list
 * List of Interstate Highways in Nevada - created list
 * Ensured all post-1976 Nevada State Route articles have an infobox; Fixed browsing in all active SR articles to link to known SRs.
 * Interstate 15 in Nevada - history of SR 6/US 91, junction list
 * Interstate 80 in Nevada - junction list
 * Interstate 215 (Nevada)/Las Vegas Beltway - Rewrote lead and route description, junction list
 * Interstate 515 (Nevada)
 * Interstate 580 (Nevada)
 * U.S. Route 6 in Nevada - junction list
 * U.S. Route 50 in Nevada - maintenance, participated in ACR
 * U.S. Route 93 in Nevada - created initial article, history
 * U.S. Route 93 Alternate (Nevada) - created initial article
 * U.S. Route 95 in Nevada - infobox, junction list, some history
 * U.S. Route 395 in Nevada - junction list
 * Summerlin Parkway - created initial page
 * USA Parkway - moved page, added info
 * NV State Route articles created: SR 426, SR 427, SR 429, SR 430, SR 443, SR 659, SR 789, SR 795, SR 806, SR 822, US 95 Alt. (Las Vegas), among others
 * NV State Route article stubs expanded: SR 341, SR 375, SR 425, SR 512, SR 650, SR 651, among others