User talk:Fredddie/Archives/2015

List of toll roads in the United States
Heya Fredddie, saw the changes you made on the toll road page after the few days I took revising it. I'm not totally against the change, but the cities that identified the junction ends are now don't show anymore (while the ones that didn't use a jct code stayed the same). Is their a way to bring them back, which I believe was helpful. Thank you. --WashuOtaku (talk) 23:25, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
 * That was an unfortunate result to my haste. If you feel the need to revert, go ahead.  However, I think we should not use  or  in the endpoint columns because 1) they distract from the toll road in question and 2) there are too many instances of Jct as it is because some of the ones at the bottom do not display presently.  It would be great if we could implememnt the routelist row templates, but the tolls throw a wrench into that. –Fredddie™ 23:34, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
 * I found a workaround for now, but my point about removing Jct in the middle columns stands. –Fredddie™ 23:48, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for finding the work around. I think the only other option is to simply remove the jct code and write it out like the none highway end points.  Yes, toll roads is a special case so a routelist can't truly work.  --WashuOtaku (talk) 00:18, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
 * That doesn't mean we can't emulate it. –Fredddie™ 00:30, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Well, that is what I did with the NC Highway list, so if that's the better solution I can eventually revise them all. --WashuOtaku (talk) 00:58, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

Missing Ohio county route shields
A large number of Ohio state route article refer to county routes that don't correspond to any generic shield at Commons. For example, "Ohio State Route 66" refers to Putnam County routes 26, 171, and 201, none of which have the expected green square shield. Do you have a template for these generic shields, or better yet a bot that can upload them en masse? – Minh Nguyễn &#x1f4ac; 11:29, 11 February 2015 (UTC)
 * I simply took the green square CR template and deleted the text above and below the number. –Fredddie™ 15:01, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

Template:Attached KML
The links (e.g. ) still work for me, though I get the message that "A Google Maps feature used on this page is changing soon." Try adding '&output=classic' to the URL if it doesn't work for you. --NE2 04:19, 17 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Weird. I'm trying some random links.  Some work as expected, some go to the new maps and put our KML address in the search bar. –Fredddie™ 04:32, 17 February 2015 (UTC)
 * It appears that whenever there is an en dash in the title, it breaks. I-270 (MO-IL). –Fredddie™ 04:38, 17 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks, MOS enforcers! --NE2 04:53, 17 February 2015 (UTC)
 * That isn't new. For as long as I can remember, that's been an error on Google. Bing, however, outputs those correctly. T  C  N7 JM  05:09, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

Texas country road history-merge requests

 * You submitted these 3 history-merge requests:-
 * Draft:List of Farm to Market Roads in Texas (100–199) to List of Farm to Market Roads in Texas (100–199)
 * Draft:List of Farm to Market Roads in Texas (300–399) to List of Farm to Market Roads in Texas (300–399)
 * Draft:List of Farm to Market Roads in Texas (500–599) to List of Farm to Market Roads in Texas (500–599)
 * All ✅. But I had some trouble finding the draft files, because you listed their names with a hyphen '-' instead of a dash '–'. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 06:54, 21 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks. –Fredddie™ 15:33, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

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Maps
Do you know any place I can create a map? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2006 December (talk • contribs)
 * WP:USRD/MTF is a good place to start. Or you can just request one. –Fredddie™ 01:58, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

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A4 motorway (Netherlands)
Hello,

I tried to create a Jctint for this road, but I'm having some difficulties.
 * 1) The final exit of this road is partially on Belgian soil, is there another way of doing it in contrast to how I did it?
 * 2) The A4 motorway is planned to be extended between interchange Benelux and interchange Klaaswaal (the second yellow gap) After that, the route follows a road that is designated as A29 up to the interchange with A59. Should all of these exits be trans (blue)?

TheWombatGuru (talk) 12:39, 27 June 2015 (UTC)
 * That looks fine. Another thing you can do is merge A29 into A4.  Since you say that A4 will eventually take over A29's route (do you have proof of that?), you can get ahead of it by merging the articles together. –Fredddie™ 14:40, 27 June 2015 (UTC)
 * It will only partially take over A29, but will probably not be designated as A4 after the missing link between A29 and the more northern segment of A4 is finished. There is a difference between the road signs like A4 and A29 and their Rijksweg number. That part, the trans part in jctint, is already part of Rijksweg 4, just like all the other parts of A4. And once the missing link has been created (no plans yet), A4 would not have a missing link if you take that part of A29 (which is already part of Rijksweg 4).


 * In short, if we're talking about A4, A29 is not part of it. If we're talking about Rijksweg 4, A29 is part of it. TheWombatGuru (talk) 17:00, 27 June 2015 (UTC)

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Re: Lists of highways in counties
Hey Fredddie, haven't thought about it since I haven't tackled any kind of wiki-transformation before, but you may be right. The US 75 example looks more professional and pulled-together, while the Henderson County example is, umm, kinda sloppy in comparison. Awtribute (talk) 17:52, 24 July 2015 (UTC)
 * It's been so long since my original post, that I had forgotten what it was about. Glad to hear you agree. –Fredddie™ 23:33, 24 July 2015 (UTC)

Draft:1980 Iowa highway jurisdictional transfer
The problem is without an AFC header, there's no way to determine the age of old drafts. Technically, Draft:1980 Iowa highway jurisdictional transfer hasn't been edited since April 2014 and there'd be an argument for listing it for MFD as a stale draft (since it's in draftspace and not in your personal userspace or the like) or even under G13 (I wouldn't think all drafts qualify but I've seen admins take that position and delete). If the header was there, it would be dated, marked for G13 when the six month passes and would be periodically reviewed at least that way. I'm presuming that the Roads project has these articles under alert. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 22:49, 12 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I get that, but I removed the tag because I would never in a million years use AFC for an article that I started. Maybe we can come up with something that keeps track of draft ages and doesn't read like you're forcing established editors to use a process they don't want or need to use. –Fredddie™ 23:02, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

Cards84664
'''EDIT: Disregard this message, I accidentally typed |span=2 instead of |lspan=2. lol.''' — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cards84664 (talk • contribs) 14:38, 27 August 2015 (UTC)

Can you help me with editing this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_20_in_Ohio

I was trying to fix the chart so it shows routes 6 and 175 in the same city (Euclid), but it keeps formatting wrong, and I don't know how to fix it. Cards84664 (talk) 14:29, 27 August 2015 (UTC)

Ohio State Route 512
This route is missing a 1948 shield, and there was never one in existence. Can you help?, Because I don't know how to do that :/ Cards84664 (talk) 14:37, 30 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I created the file, but there was no reason to split that out into its own article, especially when it's a copy/paste job like that. I have redirected that page to the list. –Fredddie™ 16:15, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

Ohio State Route Shields (1920)
Why are we not using the shields on Wikimedia commons at Fredddie/gallery/archive 9? Fri Sep 06 16:39:48 CDT 2013 Cards84664 (talk) 00:57, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Where would we use them? –Fredddie™ 01:20, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
 * On The lists of former routes that were deleted from ODOT's system before 1926? Cards84664 (talk) 11:17, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
 * You also mentioned that there was a white version of this shield, right? Where would that go? Cards84664 (talk) 11:50, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Don't wait for me to give you the OK to use them. I really don't care either way; I simply try to keep the templates from breaking. –Fredddie™ 21:11, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I tried to put one in my sandbox (infobox road) But it didn't understand the input, like how it can recognize (type=OH 1927) How would I fix that?, because (type=OH 1920) Didn't work. Cards84664 (talk) 23:03, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
 * It works now. That's what I do. –Fredddie™ 00:42, 2 October 2015 (UTC)

please don't use my talk page as a sandbox, and please keep your edits here to a minimum. I get pinged every time you edit my talk page and it's getting annoying. –Fredddie™ 01:46, 2 October 2015 (UTC)

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Ohio State Route 2D
Found this. Is it legitimate without a map page? http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/TIM/Documents/SLD/pdf_files/FULSR0002D.pdf

Cards84664 (talk) 11:15, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Per this, it's the first directional alternate in Fulton County. It is legit, but I personally would not rush to add it.  If you look at it on Google StreetView, it is signed as SR 2. –Fredddie™ 21:37, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

So you are saying I could add a section on the route 2 page about it, upload a 2D shield, and say that it is signed as 2? Cards84664 (talk) 23:33, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Oh. So I was looking at Google Maps, which one is the alt? At the Southern end of N Fulton, E Elm to SR 108 only has SR 2 Eastbound signage, While on Southbound 108 at E Linfoot Ave to N Fulton to W Elm only has SR 2 Westbound signage.

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Horizontal TOC
I am assuming you are using Chrome? in which case, could you comment at WP:VPT? thank you. Frietjes (talk) 21:52, 16 November 2015 (UTC)
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About the edit you undid in U.S. Route 285
Hi. I noticed you undid one of my edits in U.S. Route 285. Please note, however, that this exit list is only temporary. Once the actual U.S. Route 285 in Colorado article is created (it doesn't exist, you know), that junction list will be transferred. If you don't understand, see what I did here. HeatIsCool (talk) 22:27, 14 December 2015 (UTC)
 * I understand completely, but I strongly suggest creating a sandbox article in the draftspace or in your userspace rather than putting it in the live article. In fact,  and I are creating junction lists for U.S. Highways in South Dakota because there are no state-detail articles in SD.  The good news is that your work is not gone forever; you can easily rescue the junction lists from previous diffs when the time and place is right. –Fredddie™ 22:36, 14 December 2015 (UTC)
 * I also understand, but I second what Fredddie says and think the junction list is out of place in the US 285 article itself. It's a bit redundant to the junction list section near the bottom of the article and it gives too much attention to the Colorado section of the article. If you plan on eventually expanding that RJL into a complete article, I'd suggest putting it in draftspace and starting Draft:U.S. Route 285 in Colorado. If you plan on creating more RJLs for routes that don't yet have articles, I'd start a subpage in your userspace and put the RJL there. T  C  N7 JM  23:28, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

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