User talk:Mr. Matté/Archive 8

Asbury Park thanks
Thanks for making all of the changes to reflect the change in the form of government by Asbury Park, New Jersey from the 1923 Municipal Manager Law to a Faulkner Act (Council-Manager) form, reflecting all of the changes through the relevant articles. Reports should start flowing in over the next few days on swearing in ceremonies and reorganization meeting results where legislatures select their own leadership. I will be watching out and updating as necessary. Thanks again for all of your work. Alansohn (talk) 02:19, 2 January 2015 (UTC)

Philly roads = Unreliable source?
Hello, I noticed that back in April 2014, you added a note on the Yardley-Wilburtha bridge article identifying it as an unreliable source. Could you explain your reasoning? The source appears to be well referenced. Famartin (talk) 10:55, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
 * It's a self-published source. It doesn't necessarily mean that the information is wrong or misleading, but reliable sources should be used to cite the information being stated. —Mr. Matté (Talk/Contrib) 12:12, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

FA map
I see that you got File:USRD FA map.png updated, and I'd like to say, "good job". If you're up to it, Scott5114 also updated File:MISH FA map.png as necessary, and if you'll look, you'd note that US 45, US 141, US 31 and I-69 are all missing from it. It's the same situation there as the main USRD map as to the reason why it hasn't been updated.  Imzadi 1979  →   05:03, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
 * I'm out busy most of the night tonight but I'll go ahead and put it on my to-do list. —Mr. Matté (Talk/Contrib) 16:21, 18 February 2015 (UTC)

✅ File:MISH FA map.png though I couldn't salvage the water and other states' land. —Mr. Matté (Talk/Contrib) 04:14, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks, and without the extra stuff, it matches up well with File:MSHP counties by highest article.svg on WP:USRD/MI.  Imzadi 1979  →   13:28, 19 February 2015 (UTC)

PA State Legislature Maps
Could you update the PA State Senate and State House maps to reflect party changes in the 2014 election as well as the new boundaries? Thanks for providing these great resources! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 153.104.11.72 (talk) 21:57, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
 * On the to-do list. —Mr. Matté (Talk/Contrib) 04:14, 19 February 2015 (UTC)

The Center Line: Winter 2015

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Edit causing error
Your most recent edit to Interstate 15 in Idaho is causing a Checkwiki high priority error #8 Heading should end with "=" Knife-in-the-drawer (talk) 02:12, 28 March 2015 (UTC)

The Center Line: Spring 2015

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CR 530 and Birmingham
What are the details about CR 530 in the transportation section of Birmingham, New Jersey in this edit? Can the 317 bus be accessed by CR 530? Alansohn (talk) 00:16, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Hanover St. is CR 616 in Pemberton. —Mr. Matté (Talk/Contrib) 00:28, 2 June 2015 (UTC)

US County Map Projection
Is your US county SVG map an Albers equal area projection - and if so what are the associated parameters? Sidpret (talk) 18:15, 12 June 2015 (UTC)

LA maps
My apologies for making a cut and paste error that accidentally removed the maps for LA 12 and LA 19, two pages I just worked on, but it seems we both reinstated the code at the same time. Thanks for doing the maps and KML's for the Louisiana highways. I've been away for awhile, and it's nice to see that so many have been created. They look great! Britinvasion64 (talk) 20:12, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

DYK for 30th Legislative District (New Jersey)
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The Center Line: Summer 2015

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Rutgers Athletics Logo
Hi and thanks for creating the vector form for the Rutgers athletic logo. Per a discussion at the Wikimedia Commons Illustration Workshop I've updated the logo slightly to increase the line weight and adjust the color. The updated version is based on the current (September 2015) version of the Rutgers Visual Identity Manual, page 8.1. Cheers, Mliu92 (talk) 15:11, 24 September 2015 (UTC)

The Center Line: September 2015
  Volume 8, Issue S1 • September 2015 • About the Newsletter
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Use of succession box
Your recent edit, removed the succession box from the article for Sea Bright, New Jersey, with an edit summary noting that a "succession box not appropriate for depicting a north/south relation". The succession box has been used widely elsewhere for the same purpose, for example at Delran Township, New Jersey. I think that the information is appropriate and should remain in the article. Are there any other methods that you see as appropriate here to provide this information or would you oppose reinserting the succession box? Alansohn (talk) 02:42, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
 * The use of "preceded"/"succeeded" for something directional is subjective to people. It's obvious for actual successions/predecessors (i.e. Richard Codey preceded Jon Corzine and Chris Christie succeeded him) but some people might think that Sandy Hook might precede Sea Bright due to its virtue of being north of it while others might think it should succeed it since one might read things starting from the south and work north. If there was a way to hard code a direction into the succession box like this:


 * without exploding the template on each article, I would not be opposed to that. —Mr. Matté (Talk/Contrib) 02:50, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Sounds worth a try. Alansohn (talk) 04:45, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

Chatham High School image
This edit added a photo of Chatham High School (New Jersey). Do you think that the picture comes out well in the infobox, or would it look better outside and larger? Alansohn (talk) 20:46, 9 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Don't really care, all I did was noted the lack of a image in the article as I was busy organizing county articles in the Commons so I added it in the typical spot for such images. —Mr. Matté (Talk/Contrib) 00:53, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

Ohio state route mileages
Hi, I belatedly noticed this edit of yours at Ohio State Route 126 a couple years back. It looks like you replaced all the route mileages with "true log mileages" (STLOG) from ODOT's DESTAPE files. I disagree that STLOG should be used in Ohio junction tables, because ODOT and county highway departments use a system identical to California postmiles instead of true log mileages for most purposes (except on Interstates). For example, Ronald Reagan Cross County Highway's concurrency with U.S. Route 27 starts at mile marker 7.0, not 19.92 as the STLOG column in the DESTAPE would indicate. (In most ODOT materials, the mileages would be denoted e.g. "HAM-SR 126-7.0", using a three-letter abbreviation for the county.) So for all non-Interstate Ohio junction tables, the mileages should reset at every county line. (See California State Route 1 for an example of how California junction tables handle the reset.) I'm pointing this out a couple years late because it looks like you're still active in editing Ohio state route articles. Please let me know if you have any questions. – Minh Nguyễn &#x1f4ac; 23:51, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
 * If there are some accurate ways to calculate the mileages from those, you can use them. (California doesn't have 100% reliable means, though for some routes they do post statewide mileage). --Rschen7754 23:56, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
 * The true log mileages are published in the DESTAPE files, but they're really obscure and not posted or used anywhere outside ODOT headquarters. Is there a reason not to use the system that's signposted? If disambiguation is necessary, the three-letter abbreviations are standardized across the state. – Minh Nguyễn &#x1f4ac; 00:03, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Not sure I completely follow what you're asking. Are you saying that the RJL should be converted to use county mileages only? It's more helpful to list the total mileage from one terminus rather than calculating out the maximum mileposts from each county preceding it (if if there's a multiple entry to the county, good night noyise). I don't like the way we list California's postmile system here as I think it should be from a set point too rather than the discontinuous numbers with the occasional R too, but now I'm off topic. Since the DESTAPE logs have the STLOG published (who cares if they're obscure?), it can be used. —Mr. Matté (Talk/Contrib) 00:53, 12 October 2015 (UTC)


 * Yes, I'm saying that RJLs for non-Interstates in Ohio should use county-based mileages, and ideally only those mileages. (Only Interstates have a dual system that starts from the beginning of the route. That system exists because Interstates need exit numbers. I'm not suggesting any change there.) It matters that the true log mileages are incredibly obscure: it means they aren't nearly notable enough for inclusion here, whereas the posted mileages definitely are. When a reader sees these numbers under an "mi" column, the implication is that the junction can be found at a distance measured by the usual means – which, in Ohio, starts at the county line. For example, news reports about accidents frequently refer to (county-based) mileposts but never to true log mileages.  As it happens, Ohio State Route 126 does reenter Hamilton County, and the posted mileage picks up where the last Hamilton County segment left off.  The DESTAPE files themselves make clear that the county-based mileages are the primary reference point: they are in the first column, while the true log mileages are the penultimate column. The last column is longitude and latitude: if I added coordinates for each of these junctions, I'm pretty sure USRD editors would line up to strip them out, no matter that they're more helpful in some ways (easier to plot on a map). I agree that it may be useful to know the total length of a route, but that information is already provided in the infobox and hopefully somewhere in the prose.  – Minh Nguyễn  &#x1f4ac; 03:09, 12 October 2015 (UTC)


 * On the bright side, when Ohio alters a route within a county, all mileages within the county are recalculated. So there's none of that equation nonsense that California does – thank goodness! – Minh Nguyễn &#x1f4ac; 03:26, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

Interstate 49 in Louisiana: image
The Image on Interstate 49 in Louisiana shows the route (in red) of the opened section of the highway. Is there a way to add the section (possibly in blue) of the future I-49 from Lafayette to New Orleans? Otr500 (talk) 17:57, 8 November 2015 (UTC)
 * The issue with adding the future route is that I can't find any sources showing the final routing of the Interstate. Obviously, most of it will follow what's now US 90 and the issue I will raise won't be noticeable on a large-scale map but there will have to be some realignments to go around the surface highway portions through towns. I'd rather wait until there's at least a final map showing where the Interstate will be heading both along the southern portion and the Shreveport area, draw it in a KML file, and use that to add to the map. I hope you understand. Note to my talk page stalkers, if you wish to tackle this addition and use my map as a base, I shall raise no objections (I can't anyway since permission to modify is already granted in the GFDL anyway :) ). —Mr. Matté (Talk/Contrib) 18:37, 9 November 2015 (UTC)
 * I completely understand as it would be a little hard. The route is actually already approved. There were alternate routes through Lafayette but the US 90 corridor won out. There are alternate routes (page 3, exhibit 1-1) from I-310 to the terminus but some of that is already solved with at grade interstate highway like Bus. 90, from Garden road in Marrero to the Crescent City Connection, and from LA-88 to I-310. A map will be nice when the interstate is completed but the Lafayette section could be "many years" from now. Thank you, Otr500 (talk) 00:06, 17 November 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!
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Newsletter request
Can you write up a short paragraph to update our readers on what's going on with Texas? I see that you've been merging some of the FM articles into lists. A brief paragraph for the State updates section is all we'd need. You can submit it at WP:USRD/NR.  Imzadi 1979  →   08:04, 30 November 2015 (UTC)
 * I've only just been doing that one FM 400s list but I'll see what I can whip up later tonight. —Mr. Matté (Talk/Contrib) 17:20, 30 November 2015 (UTC)
 * I published to ensure a November timestamp on delivery, but the delivery notice is formatted such that any addition can be slotted into the actual issue page without problem.  Imzadi 1979  →   23:06, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

The Center Line: November 2015
  Volume 8, Issue 4 • November 2015 • About the Newsletter

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File:Pennsylvania Route 194 map.svg
I noticed an error in this map, you have Hanover labeled as Hancock.  Dough   4872   05:03, 16 December 2015 (UTC)
 * I'm on it. I should have this updated around lunchtime. I've also noticed that my PA 116 and PA 94 maps have the same error, let me know if you see the same error elsewhere. —Mr. Matté (Talk/Contrib) 12:33, 16 December 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ The three maps have been fixed. —Mr. Matté (Talk/Contrib) 03:24, 17 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks.  Dough   4872   03:50, 17 December 2015 (UTC)