User talk:DanTD/Archive. November - December 2013

The Center Line: Fall 2013

 * —EdwardsBot (talk) 03:11, 15 November 2013 (UTC)

US station naming conventions
Hi! You're being spammed because you've participated in the move discussion at Talk:Parkside Avenue (BMT Brighton Line). I'm seeking input for a broader policy solution to US station name articles at User:Mackensen/Naming conventions (US stations) and I hope that you'll participate there. Best, Mackensen (talk) 01:05, 25 November 2013 (UTC)

I-75 business routes
Michigan has nine entries, enough to support its own list, so I won't move the title back. Business routes of Interstate 75 redirects there, yes, but that's because the page was moved forcing a redirect to be created. You can recreate a list at that title by editing the redirect and turning it back into a list. Just add a link to Business routes of Interstate 75 in Michigan to the page. For an example, Bannered routes of U.S. Route 31 (bad name, we shouldn't be using "bannered" in the title, but that's another issue) links to the list article Business routes of U.S. Route 31 in Michigan, which has eight entries.  Imzadi 1979  →   17:45, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Well, there's only four for Georgia, but I can give it a shot. I was going to consider either your suggestion, or a split of all I-75 Business routes per state, with the one for Michigan redirecting there. But if Michigan has enough entries for it's own page I won't bother calling for a merge or redirect. -User:DanTD (talk) 17:56, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Georgia may only have four, but has anyone looked to see if Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and Florida have any? Michigan loves its business routes. I counted 71 with a possible 72nd for the Interstates and US Highways with another 3 for state highways at the moment. In those cases, MI will maintain its own lists, or merge the list into the parent article. (Interstate 196 has its three current business routes merged into that article.) There's just too many for the state, and no way for me to easily improve other states' entries on national lists, for this one person to manage combined lists in this case. Plus, having national-level lists will make the Good Topic on the Michigan State Trunkline Highway System murkier or impossible to complete because we will be mixing in so many states' business routes.  Imzadi 1979  →   18:10, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
 * I'm pretty sure Florida doesn't, but I admit I haven't checked on Ohio, Kentucky or Tennessee. Be that as it may, I've already declared that I won't merge the Michigan list. -User:DanTD (talk) 18:15, 26 November 2013 (UTC)

Template:Georgia Interstate Highways
I noticed that you added some links (redlinks for now?) to the Georgia Interstate Highways template. I used Google Street View and never saw any signs for the ones you added. Are they real? Are they unsigned? Or are you making them up? If they are real, subsections for them should be added to Interstate 75 in Georgia. Thanks. Allen (Morriswa) (talk) 04:48, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Maybe this should be moved into the discussion above. I also checked the appropriate city maps and county maps, plus the front side and back side of the 2013-2014 GDOT map. The only one I have found is the one in Tifton, but that is only from a sign on I-75. Allen (Morriswa) (talk) 05:48, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Before you move it to the discussion, I vaguely remember a few more I-75 business routes in my June 2013 road trip, but I got the others from this. Rather than a subsection, I thought of reviving Business routes of Interstate 75 as a separate page rather than a redirect for Business routes of Interstate 75 in Michigan. -User:DanTD (talk) 12:20, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
 * I did not know those business routes were on the List of business routes of the Interstate Highway System page. I have even looked at the Rand McNally Road Atlas, as well as their online mapping service. Still, I don't see any evidence of those business routes existing. The only one that has any signage is the Tifton one, and that seems to only be the exit signs on the Interstate. On the exit ramps, there is no mention of the business route. If you can verify the existence (past or present) of them, and their route, you could put them on the Interstate 75 in Georgia page. Also, I totally support your upgrading that redirect! Allen (Morriswa) (talk) 22:09, 29 November 2013 (UTC)
 * I hope I can verify it too. If I can't, I'll just revert my edit with some adjustments, and transform I-75 BUS in Tifton into a sub-section of I-75 in Georgia. -User:DanTD (talk) 22:13, 29 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Found something. It may be an SPS, but it's the closest thing we can get at this point. -User:DanTD (talk) 17:14, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

Bannered route of U.S. Route 460
I see that you have your own list of bannered routes of US 460. Have you taken a look at List of bannered U.S. Routes? There are some routes that you don't have on your list. Let me know if there are any discrepancies in the lists. Allen (Morriswa) (talk) 01:45, 1 December 2013 (UTC)
 * I've been meaning to split a few of them up before I added the others. That sandbox has been there for quite a while, though. -User:DanTD (talk) 03:24, 1 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Do you need any help? I could add some of the sections that are missing and correct the ones that are already there. Allen (Morriswa) (talk) 03:27, 1 December 2013 (UTC)
 * I'll split up all the rest and you can sort out the locations on them and add the others. But right now I should be going to bed soon (It's 1:22 A.M. EST!). -User:DanTD (talk) 06:22, 1 December 2013 (UTC)
 * I think I got the page done. I added all the sections from List of bannered U.S. Routes. I also corrected some formatting and other errors in the pre-existing ones. Besides the one that traveled in both VA/WV (because I didn't know how to correctly show that in Infobox road small, the only thing to do is expand each section with information, as normal. Allen (Morriswa) (talk) 06:38, 1 December 2013 (UTC)
 * I had mileage on many of those, along with other details. Also, I did swipe them from the List of bannered U.S. Routes, and doubted the geographic order of them. I'm going to have to recover a lot of my previous material before anything is done with this list. -User:DanTD (talk) 15:21, 1 December 2013 (UTC)

Science article
There's a significant problem with the opening paragraph of the article on science.

The definition given is so vague that it just means "knowledge", and that's not how the term "science" is used nowadays.

Modern science is *empirically testable", and not merely "testable", since the latter can be purely logical, and need not include any kind of empirical testing.

The *old* usage of science, to broadly mean "knowledge", is significantly different to the modern usage, and is definitely not "closely related", since it means something entirely different. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ksolway (talk • contribs) 04:51, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

Point Washington, Florida
I thought you might be interested in this subject. Happy New Year. Candleabracadabra (talk) 02:05, 31 December 2013 (UTC)

December 2013
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