User talk:MatthewAnderson707

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Resignation
It's been a nice 16 years. However, because of the way standards are changing and some users are abusing said standards, I quit. Wikipedia may go in any direction it likes, but I no longer support the project, nor do I wish to contribute to it. This was supposed to be a public knowledge database and repository, not a carbon copy of Encyclopedia Britannica.&mdash; MatthewAnderson707 (talk|sandbox) 19:50, 6 September 2023 (UTC)

1950 Tete de I'Obiou C-54 Crash
Hi WS, regarding this article, you only cite one source which is ASN. But the material you added includes many more details, of which ASN covers only a small part. Would you mind telling where you got that material? And why that source is not mentioned in the article? Thanks, Crum375 (talk) 01:26, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Happy 10th Anniversary of Wikipedia!
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Template:Infobox aircraft type
I have reverted you change to the Template:Infobox aircraft type as I could not find any supporting discussion, and apology if you have agreed this somewhere but I could find it. I have raised the issue at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Aircraft your comment would be welcome, thanks. MilborneOne (talk) 22:47, 4 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the messsage, I appreciate that you made the change in good faith but with any changes made to the template appearing in loads of aircraft articles we have to take care. If you have any ideas then a suggestion on the template talk page or even better on the WP:AVIATION talk page might get support for any change. MilborneOne (talk) 14:37, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

Constellation production lists
I have proposed for deletion the Constellation production lists that you have jsut created, we dont normally create production lists, I have raised it at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Aircraft if you would like to comment, thanks. MilborneOne (talk) 22:58, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Lockheed Constellation production list


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I have nominated this for delete. Not because it is a bad idea, but because there is absolutely no relevant content even in the links supplied. If you are in the process of building the article/list please do it in your sandbox before sending to main-space.(forgot to sign)Petebutt (talk) 04:47, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

Deleting the Lockheed Constellation production list
Hi again, I think you have the wrong end of the stick. You haven't done any harm, in fact you have taken part in the process that is Wikipedia. The reason the lists have been deleted is not that they were harmful or you did wrong in writing them, just that they were in the wrong place and there is no need for them on Wikipedia. It is important that you understand that your input is welcome, but may be modified, and possibly deleted, by others to make it fit into the various guidelines, with the same applying to every edit made including mine!! So keepyour pecker up and carry on inputting. If you want someone to check out your articles before posting them in main space you could drop them in my sandbox [User:Petebutt/Sandbox] and leave a note on my talk page.Petebutt (talk) 18:46, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Lockheed Constellation production list TOC
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Lockheed L-1249 Super Constellation maximum takeoff weight vs. empty weight
Hello White Star Line Fan! It has been pointed out on the Science Ref Desk that the Max. takeoff weight of 136,000 lbs is less than the empty weight of 150,999 lbs currently given in the Lockheed L-1249 Super Constellation that you created back in October 2011. Can you please verify these figures? (Even if they were reversed, a 15,000 lb difference doesn't sound like much capacity. I see that Lockheed Constellation gives an Empty weight of 79,700 lb and a maximum takeoff weight of 137,500 lb.) -- ToE 02:58, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

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US 491 and arizonaroads.com
I reverted your changes. US 491 is a Featured Article, and FAs need to use "high-quality reliable sources". The website you used, http://www.arizonaroads.com/, is a self-published source that doesn't qualify as a regular reliable source.  Imzadi 1979  →   06:13, 3 April 2015 (UTC)
 * White Start Line Fan, I like and appreciate the attempt to "color up" the articles with vintage shields. However, this does have it's limits.
 * I have two concerns about this navigational template: Template:Highways of the 1927 Arizona Highway Plan. I have no doubt it is true, but it is also based on Self published sources. This template also touches on issues with the Icon & Flags policy, which the WP:USRD project has interpreted to apply highway articles as explained here: WP:USRD/STDS. Lastly, there is a debate on the appropriateness and value of these navigational templates in general. Arguably, they serve the same purpose as a category, and can run afoul of the policy on category clutter. However, I'll leave that debate for others, as I have mixed feelings on it.


 * Adding to what Imzadi has said, It's not to say that arizonaroads is a bad resource. Far from it, I've used and enjoyed reading the content on that site for years. For the reasons Imzadi states, any addition to an article like US 491 will have more scrutiny than, say the same addition on the article for US Route 91, which has not yet been peer reviewed and ranked as a quality article.
 * Cheers, and I hope these comments are taken in the spirit intended, I like of many of your contributions, just expressing concerns about some. Dave (talk) 19:24, 3 April 2015 (UTC)


 * I appreciate your feedback very much. I apologize for any inconveniences as my only goal was to improve information on Arizona Highway History to the degree of Washington and California.707 (talk) 19:31, 3 April 2015 (UTC)
 * No need to apologize. I like the color shields, and the fact that I have an old AZ highway map that confirms they were used at one time means they have a place here. =-) Nobody's saying "you can't do that", just asking to find better sources and be aware of policies on the subject. Thanks for engaging in conversation, and I'm sure our paths will continue to cross with a common interest in Arizona highways. Dave (talk) 19:59, 3 April 2015 (UTC)

Old AZ markers
You created a bunch of subtemplates earlier today to put two older styles of AZ markers into use. All of that work was worthless though as those style subtemplates are no longer in use. There is a Lua module for each state that handles the type codes for that state now. For AZ, it is Module:Road data/strings/USA/AZ. If you are unsure though, don't edit the module as mistakes will screw up every article for Arizona.  Imzadi 1979  →   20:01, 3 April 2015 (UTC)

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Articles on former highways
I think you're emulating U.S. Route 66, which was judged to be a special case, when you should be emulating things like U.S. Route 16 in Michigan or U.S. Route 33 in Michigan. In short, we normally use the condition of the highway at the time it was decommissioned when creating the route description or junction list for an article. The concept is that if Wikipedia existed at the time the highway was removed from a state, the article would have been kept updated to reflect the configuration of the roadway up until it was removed, and then after it was decommissioned, the article would have been updated in terms of verb tense ("was" instead of "is"), etc. US 66 was judged to be a special case that isn't the template to be used.

Also, when creating special route types for specific vintages, the format of the type is "US 1948-Bus", not "US-Bus 1948".  Imzadi 1979  →   04:05, 4 May 2015 (UTC)
 * In a sense, yes I was emulating US 66 to a point with the styling of the articles. However, I have also noticed the Texas State Highway 1, U.S. Route 466 and U.S. Route 99 articles have similar features when it comes to junctions and length. The SH 1 article in particular shows the route prior to 1935 and the US 99 article showing its length, junctions and termini prior to 1964. The same goes for US 466. I was also taking into consideration those articles and not just US 66. Thank you and apologies for any inconveniences. MatthewAnderson707 (talk) 15:30, 4 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Many of those other examples should be changed as well as time allows. US 66 is a special case because of the nostalgia factor, and because tour guides treat it at its greatest extent, not its last, greatly diminished, extent. The other highways don't have those factors, so we should keep to the idea that the article should reflect the final state of a highway before it was decommissioned.  Imzadi 1979  →   08:52, 5 May 2015 (UTC)
 * I would like to disagree on US 66 being the only special exception. US 80 is marked as a historic highway and while it has not received nearly as much attention as US 66, there are books, webpages and other media, not to mention whole organizations and towns such as the Corporation for Historic Route 80 in California that recognize the highway not in its diminished days, but at its full length from San Diego to Tybee Island. In much of California, the highway is well marked as Historic US 80. The state of Mississippi has also marked a historic US 80 through downtown Vicksburg. I appreciate and understand your feelings, opinions and concerns when it comes to the composition to the US 80 articles for New Mexico and Arizona, but I still disagree.MatthewAnderson707 (talk) 18:40, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

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Arizona SR 364
Do you have any idea why that road was built? It's now part of US 160. There is a draft article covering the New Mexico portion of US 160 (really), and some context on why SR 364 was built could shine some light on the New Mexico part. I can start working on an Arizona US 160 draft if you're interested. –Fredddie™ 23:48, 26 June 2016 (UTC)
 * That sounds like a great project! Unfortunately, I have no idea when SR 364 was built. I could look through the ADOT records provided on a website if that would help. It gave the full dates for SR 93 and US 80.MatthewAnderson707 (talk) 18:34, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

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Historic USH shields
This may be of interest to you. –Fredddie™ 04:20, 6 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I redid the shields to the exact dimensions of that PDF. Now it really matches specs, where the other shields were just blind guesses based off photo traces. I mean where are you going to find documents for old NM and AZ signs right? Especially since ADOT loves to toss out everything when they're done with it. -MatthewAnderson707 (talk) 03:14, 9 September 2018 (UTC)
 * The guy whose name is on that PDF is active in the roadgeek community. I would wager that he has designs stashed away somewhere in his collection. –Fredddie™ 16:39, 15 September 2018 (UTC)
 * No kidding? Thanks for the tip off! In the meantime, I'll continue doing some more research on Arizona's historic highways and try to clean up a few more articles. I think I've pretty much finished with SR 84 for now.

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U.S. Route 62 in New Mexico
Do you think that we should rename the page since it is concurrent with US-180? Thanks 420Traveler (talk) 20:17, 1 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure. We should consult with Imzadi1979 and Fredddie about this. Maybe they can help with the idea since US 1 and US 9 have a dedicated concurrency page; U.S. Route 1/9. -MatthewAnderson707 (talk|sandbox) 21:36, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of U.S. Route 70 in Arizona
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Your GA nomination of U.S. Route 70 in Arizona
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 * I also hope we can work together on bringing future numbered highways in the southwestern U.S. to GA status. In fact, I'll probably start working on U.S. Route 290 next. ToThAc (talk) 16:17, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I hope so too! I'm planning on updating U.S. Route 60 in Arizona or U.S. Route 89 in Arizona next or writing U.S. Route 191 in Arizona. In the meantime, I'm working to make sure U.S. Route 66 in Arizona and U.S. Route 80 in Arizona reach GA standards. -MatthewAnderson707 (talk|sandbox) 16:43, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

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Texas mileage sourcing
Hi, I noticed you found a more official venue that can be used to source instantaneous mileages in Texas road articles (specifically this). While this is fantastic to see, I'm not entirely sure how to use it properly. Mind informing me on its usage so I can use it on other articles? ToThAc (talk) 00:45, 7 October 2019 (UTC)
 * P.S.: I also recently posted a peer review that I think could maybe use your input while I wait for Fredddie to post his thoughts on the article. ToThAc (talk) 00:45, 7 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Absolutely. First, you zoom in to the road you want to get mileage info off of, then you click the LRS tab on the left-hand side of the webpage. Then, you make sure the option is set to "Distance from Origin". Afterward, click on the area of the highway you are getting mileage info for with your mouse cursor. It should show the mileage on the left-hand side of the page as well as on the map itself. Sometimes, other highways get in the way of getting junction info for the route you're aiming for. In said case, zoom in as close as you can to the intersection and try to click the closest point possible on the desired route to the major intersection. &mdash; MatthewAnderson707 (talk|sandbox) 06:18, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

Your new signature
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 * Removed. &mdash; MatthewAnderson707 (talk|sandbox) 06:12, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

US Roads question
I saw your name on WT:USRD so I thought I'd ask since no one ever seems to respond to my posts:

The article List of temporary Interstate Highways has been unsourced since creation in 2005 and hasn't gotten an iota of TLC. Some of these are so short-lived that they probably didn't even appear on any maps. What should be done with this list? Does anyone want to clean it up? Should it be deleted? Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 18:39, 12 October 2019 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure what to do in this situation. List articles have a different rating and quality policy than other articles, so this is a difficult call. I know there are reputable sources to at least for Temporary I-10 in Arizona. I can't exactly remember all of them at the top of my head, but I know ADOT has resolutions proving its existence. For the rest, I'd say do some advanced searching on search engines and state or university archive websites for any reputable sources or other information you can find. If it's a self-published source, which is basically a personal website where a road enthusiast posts highway info on, that would be acceptable to use as a temporary source until a better source can be located. I know this wasn't of much help, but I'm also still learning the ropes of WP:USRD. Fredddie, Imzadi1979 and Rschen7754 would know how to deal with this stuff better than I would, given they're veterans at dealing with these sort of issues. If you already tried to contact them and they haven't responded, it's probably because they are offline or busy. They're usually good at getting back to me on things. &mdash; MatthewAnderson707 (talk|sandbox) 00:32, 13 October 2019 (UTC)
 * I asked Imzadi1979 and he just reverted the discussion without saying anything. I've submitted it to AFD after some extensive searching. Most of the ones I see listed weren't even on maps (such as Temporary I-196, which I'm not sure even existed). Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 00:53, 13 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Where did he revert the discussion? &mdash; MatthewAnderson707 (talk|sandbox) 01:26, 13 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Right here, he just archived it without answering. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 01:28, 13 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Yeah. I don't know what his deal is. He ignored me several times too and never replied. &mdash; MatthewAnderson707 (talk|sandbox) 02:10, 13 October 2019 (UTC)
 * It's funny, I was actually thinking that it seemed odd that we had an article for this and was wondering whether it should still exist. I didn't feel strongly enough to do anything about it though. I guess my issue with it is that it borders on trivia - I'm sure we could source some of them (I-15 in CA comes to mind). --Rschen7754 02:39, 13 October 2019 (UTC)

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Idea
Regarding this, one option is to create redirects for all the north and east shields and another set of redirects for the south and west. Let me demonstrate:
 * US %route% (1960 AZ west).svg → US %route% (1960 AZ 1).svg
 * US %route% (1960 AZ east).svg → US %route% (1960 AZ 2).svg
 * US %route% (1960 AZ south).svg → US %route% (1960 AZ 1).svg
 * US %route% (1960 AZ north).svg → US %route% (1960 AZ 2).svg

Then your default would work  and we could simplify the code on /shieldmain/. –Fredddie™ 04:36, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Not a bad idea. Would it also work if I created the redirects the other way around?&mdash; MatthewAnderson707 (talk|sandbox) 04:48, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes, that's what I meant. –Fredddie™ 04:55, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

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 * You can go ahead and delete it. Apologies for the unnecessary page. &mdash; MatthewAnderson707 (talk|sandbox) 18:15, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

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