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Bart133 (t) 01:17, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Milepost / Bridgelogs
hey!

Just a small note; if you're wondeing wher the milepost information can be found: Caltrans bridgelogs!

there y'go

atanamir 11:52, 27 May 2005 (UTC)

Interested in an L.A.-area Wiki meetup?
It appears as though L.A. has never had a Wiki meetup. Would you be interested in attending such an event? If so, checkout User:Eric Shalov/Wikimeetup.

- Eric 21:05, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

shields for wa/sr
I will do them this weekend if i find the time

atanamir 09:47, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

Re: AZ/SR
Hi,

Yeah, i didn't sort it myself though -- i guess someone else saw it and sorted it for me.

atanamir 20:04, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

PS - sorry, i hanve't found the time to make the shields yet.

SoCal WikiProject
As a Southern Californian, you might be interested in the fairly new Southern California WikiProject (there is also the new statewide California WikiProject. Please take a look at the project and see if there is anything that you find interesting. Please contact me if you have any questions or comments. Blank Verse  &empty;  15:12, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

List of California County Routes
Hey, can I get a little backup. Some guy keeps moving List of California County Routes to list of California county routes. He's under the mistaken impression that titles of articles aren't supposed to be capitalized. I'm trying to get this article to match List of California State Routes. Thanks Gateman1997 02:54, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Could I get some back up on Talk:List of California County Routes. Thanks man.Gateman1997 03:58, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Looks like he got cute and renamed List of California State Routes now too.Gateman1997 17:31, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I say we put in an official request to move and cite both the proper noun aspect and the numerous examples including Main Page and Manual of Style that violated their supposed rule. They have no basis to stand on. I took 18 years of English courses and titles of articles, books, etc.. are to be capitalized.Gateman1997 17:39, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Oh believe me I know. I've had issues with captalization on this site since I joined. I'm willing to accept that section titles don't get capitalized, but per half of Wikipedia's own "official" pages and proper English, titles of articles are to be capitalized. I'm putting the tag on California State Routes now. Please feel free to weigh in on the talk page ;)Gateman1997 17:48, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Can you take the Washington WikiProj, I'll hit the CA one and the AZ one.Gateman1997 17:53, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I'll see about fixing that if I can find it.Gateman1997 18:10, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
 * It looks like we've had issues with the original editor before both Interstate 580 and List of three-digit Interstate Highways were incorrectly modified and moved by him.Gateman1997 20:59, 8 August 2005 (UTC)


 * True enough if and when they decide to label the nevade route as 395. It hasn't even been officially designated as such yet per my understanding of it. But regardless I was looking at that particular user's history and there is quite the history of controversial article renamings. Gateman1997 22:47, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Yeah I saw that talk page too. It's a mess. Most of the edits on it were later reverted. We're the first ones he's fought with. We're tied on County, ahead on State. Gateman1997 23:35, 8 August 2005 (UTC)


 * We need to get the rest of the big time posters involved. But frankly I'm not worried, they haven't yet gotten enough for "consensus".Gateman1997 17:23, 10 August 2005 (UTC)


 * You're doing a better job of defending this then I am. Well done.Gateman1997 17:53, 10 August 2005 (UTC)


 * No but I think we can close it ourselves as it's been 5 days and there is no consenus on the County Routes (which is default keep). And the state routes we won so feel free to be WP:BOLD and move it back.Gateman1997 17:18, 12 August 2005 (UTC)


 * Yeah they seem to have lost interest in bothering with it. CCR was also removed from the pages for move page by someone. I've removed CSR from that page as well now.Gateman1997 17:26, 15 August 2005 (UTC)


 * Oh and for future reference we can use New Zealand State Highway network as a prime example of the point we were making.Gateman1997 17:29, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Actually, for that one, it truely is a proper noun, but should be renamed to be all caps (i.e. New Zealand State Highway Network). Blank Verse  &empty;  06:14, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Explain to me that one? How is New Zealand State Highway any more of a proper noun then California State Route? You use double standards and have now been caught at it.
 * Reread what I wrote. "New Zealand State Highway Network " is a proper noun, which is the reason that I said that ALL words in the title should be capitalized. If the title had been "New Zealand state highway" instead, the state highway in that title is not a proper noun and should not be capitalized. In the same manner, "interstate highway" is not a proper noun, but "Interstate Highway System" is a proper noun. Caltrans is a proper noun, but "state route" is not a proper noun. Blank Verse  &empty;  08:10, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

California State Highway Stub
Also Rschen, he's removed your stub tag from Interstate 710. Gateman1997 06:51, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Because it is no longer a stub. The stub templates are only for use on short articles&mdash;less than 10 sentences usually. Once they are large than that, they may still need work, but they are no longer stubs and they should have the stub templates removed from them. Blank Verse  &empty;  08:10, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Per WikiProject California State Highways, a stub is used to note the articles that need routeboxes, etc. Okay, sure, we could have used the cleanupcsh template instead. What template? Oh yeah, the template that you guys tried to delete a month ago! Now I remember!--Rschen7754 17:43, August 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * (Sorry... my stupid browser won't let me type into long pages, so thats why I didn't leave BlankVerse a note on their talk page.
 * If you will reread WikiProject California State Highways, the page says absolutely nothing about when the CSH stub template should be used. Instead, you should use the info at Stub for your guidance, which says that a stub is usually 3-10 sentences. The stub templates are only supposed to be placed on very short articles and once they gets beyond that the stub page suggests using cleanup, although I suggest that a much getter way to go is to add the todo template to the article's Talk page where you can lists exactly what needs to be added or changed on the articles /Todo subpage. Blank Verse  &empty;  22:37, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Okay, fine, then I'll use the cleanupcsh, but I don't have the time to go through every single highways page and change that. Sorry. --Rschen7754
 * Please take a look at Talk:Interstate 710 to see how I've used the todo template. The big problem that I see with cleanup is that only in a very small number of the cases where it is added to a page is it obvious what needs to be done to improve the page. This also means that editors then have no benchmark on when the cleanup template can be removed. I'd rather not see the template used at all. I think that it is much, much better to add some explanation on an article's Talk page (either using the Todo template, or in a new section) saying exactly where the article needs improvement and what changes need to be made. Blank Verse <font color=#2554C7> <font color=#F660AB>&empty;  22:10, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
 * The reason I just slap stubs on articles is because I just go through the articles (CA-1, CA-2, etc.) and just put the stub template and the WP template on... I really don't have the time for the todo work. (It involves a subpage besides an additional template.) I don't mind the todo thing but it just takes time. By the way the routebox template is routeboxca2. Please use that not the southern ca routebox. Instructions are on the CASR WP page. --Rschen7754 03:25, August 22, 2005 (UTC)

Washington State Routes Project
Could you please increase the spacing around the WSR Box, it is encroaching on text in the articles, and over lapping the Interstate Boxes on Interstate 405 (Washington) TEG 18:56, 17 August 2005 (UTC)

Rpute Shields
SR-970 and 971 Shields Are finished and uploaded. Thanks for letting me know. TEG 05:08, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

State Law
Washington RCW Code for State Highway Route

Stub names
Hi - I've moved the new templates you created to more correct stub names UShighway-stub and Interstate-stub. The stub template names you created aren't in line with the stub naming guidelines, as was pointed out a couple of times during debate on the new stubs you were planning at WP:WSS/P. Grutness...  wha?  01:22, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

VfD
Hey, there is another move afoot to start VfD'ing all State Routes and Highways at Votes_for_deletion/Florida_State_Road_300. Since you've worked on several WikiProjects related to State Roads and Highways, figured you want to vote. Roby Wayne Talk &bull;  Hist 18:20, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

Wikiproject: US Highway
I have posted some concerns about this project on its talk page. I think odd numbered highways should be listed north-south as opposed to south-north (this seems to be already the case on most of these highways and seems to be the convention outside Wikipedia). I think the Infoboxes may be including too much information. Rt66lt 14:22, August 28, 2005 (UTC)
 * Hi, I must agree with Rt66 on this. I was looking at the 101 page after the latest changes and it's just too long. The new infobox has way too much info to be useful. I actually preferred the simplistic infobox it replaced that had the quick basic info on the highway and the two route shields. The current infobox only has the Oregon/Washington shield and is totally missing it's CA shield now. I'm going to revert it until we decide we want to make changes to or modify the larger routebox so the US highways have consistency.Gateman1997 07:50, 16 September 2005 (UTC)

California 7
Just the part from CA-98 to the border exists so far. Don't really know if they're going to finish building up to I-8.

Titan Rain article
If you'd like, I could send you a copy of the Titan Rain TIME magazine article as a PDF. Use the "E-mail this user" function on me if you're interested. I took a look at it and it looks legit to me. --Fastfission 19:37, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

Please clean up after page moves
As stated on the 'Move page' screen in bold type, if you choose to move a page it is your responsibility to make sure to fix any broken/double redirects the move causes. When you moved Interstate 295 (Rhode Island/Massachusetts) to Interstate 295 (Rhode Island-Massachusetts) several days ago, you left more than 80 broken links. I may try to fix a few for you, but I'd rather follow my agenda than be forced into yours. In the future, if you don't feel like cleaning up the links, please don't move the page--put the suggestion on the Talk page or requested moves. Thanks. Waterguy 16:25, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
 * That's cool. I thot it might have just been an oversight, but I figured if you just didn't know about it, and I didn't say anything you might never know. There's so much to keep track of here, and there's far too much documentation to absorb all at once. Happy editing. Waterguy 00:56, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

US 101
That's fine. I already reverted it temporarily. I hate to remove hard work, but it was just ridiculously long. That's why I think we agreed on only major interesections. It just gets out of control if we don't. Besides I doubt anyone but a road geek like you or I would care where US 101 interescts CA-whatever.Gateman1997 23:54, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Yeah sure, no problem. If you do can you add the CA US shield like the current box has. I think it's important to highlight the fact that California shields are both equal to the 49 other state's shields on the few US routes that come through CA. Gateman1997 00:03, 17 September 2005 (UTC)

Stubs
How about no. You apparent have no idea what the "stub" markers are for, based upon you marking of particaly Interstate highway article as a stub. Let me explain it to you, according to WP:Stub Stubs are articles which have not yet received substantial attention from the Wikipedia editors. They have been created, but don't yet contain enough information to be truthfully considered articles. The community believes that stubs are far from worthless. They are, rather, the first step articles take on their course to becoming complete.

A stub is an article which is clearly too short, but not so short as to be useless. In general, it must be long enough to at least define the article's title. This generally means 3 to 10 short sentences. Note that a longer article may be a stub if the topic is complex enough; conversely, a short article on a topic which has a very narrow scope may not be a stub.

Another way to define a stub is that an article so incomplete that an editor who knows little or nothing about the topic could improve its content after a superficial internet search or a few minutes in a reference library is quite probably a stub. One that can only be improved by a rather knowledgeable editor, or after significant research, may not be a stub.

Sizable articles which lack wikification or copy editing are generally not considered stubs, and the normal procedure is for one of the cleanup tags to be added to them, instead. Note that small articles with little information may end up being nominated for deletion. Wikipedia is not a dictionary, but has a sister project—the Wiktionary—which is. If your article is very short consider either moving it to the Wiktionary or, even better, adding more information to it.

Once a stub has been properly expanded and becomes an article rather than just a stub, you or any editor may remove the stub tag from it. No admin action or formal permission is needed. you also might want to look at WikiProject Stub sorting as well. Stubs are nor for to-do list nor are they for article taging for article at are not in the "guidlines" of a project. Thats that project tags are for and project to-do list are for. Ans apparently based upon you action s, you "project" need a to do list, and not to mis lable articles stubs that are not stubs. So if i come across an article in which is not a stub but has the stub marker on it i am going to remove it. Also you might want to check to make sure what you say about how many artciles that i have de tagged, 3 does not equal 200. --Boothy443 | comhrá 02:57, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

Being that you still do not understand what a stub is, being you own ingnorance or soome other probley problem that you have with the undeerstanding of the english language or policy. The projoect guidlines do not superceed wikipedia policy. Now if you refer to the stated above and to the pages cited above and read them, which apparenty you havrnt, you will see that stub is about article content, and not standards of the form of the article which is a cleanup task Aslo not fo to-do list. As for your tagging abilities, you seemed to have found the time to mis-tag articles as a stub, so i dont see the reson why yu cant fix your mitake. Like i said before if i come across article that i see as a stub based on the policy and guildiles of stub in wikipeda that have been used then i will remove the tag, their will be no waiver in my actions.

1-15
Yes, it does cross as a junction now to the I-5. Drdr1989 03:57, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

Category:Massachusetts State Route stubs Cfd
Hi, stubs are handled by WP:SFD (stubs for deletion). However, since you are the creator of the category, you can just add db to it and request speedy deletion. Then you can null edit the one article to have it appear in the new category. I have closed the Cfd listing and suggest you list it on WP:SFD or just make the changes yourself, seeings you are the only contributor and there is only 1 article. If you have any questions, feel free to ask, I may take some time to respond as I have limited net access. &infin; Who ? &iquest; ? 22:06, 20 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Hi - I've just speedied the misnamed stub category. Of course, this all begs the question of why you didn't go through proper procedure and propose the new stub template and category at WP:WSS/P, where these things are supposed to be discussed prior to creation. Both the category and - especially - the template have some problems with how they're constructed, too. I've added this one to the "discoveries" page at WP:WSS/D. Feel free to leave any comments about it there. Grutness...  wha?  02:36, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Opps - sorry - must've forgotten that one. Still there are problems with it (particularly the way the category links to other categories, and also the name of the template, though the naming of State Highway stub templates in general is a bit weird). Grutness...  wha?  02:48, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

Thanks!
Thanks for reverting my user page. It was much appreciated! &mdash; Knowledge Seeker &#2470; 04:24, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

Jaxl's RfA
Thank you for your support vote on my RfA!  Rob e  rt  16:12, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

WV Highways
There are several West Virginian's working on this entry. We created a template to make it easy to navigate. Our template is based on the US Highway and Intestate templates. It has been vandalised, along with the individual highway entries. Could you please help keep people from messing with it until we get it finished. Thank You. --71Demon 04:10, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Stop putting in the TFD notice
We are working on finishing the link. We are residents of West Virginia and have been working on it when we get the chance. It makes it difficult to finish when we have do deal with people that just seek these things out and add their $0.02 and they have nothing in our state. --71Demon 04:13, 2 October 2005 (UTC)


 * Rschen7754, your accusing me of vandalism, when somebody deleted hours of work without any discussion? As common courtesy, if I see someone working on an entry in depth.  Then I will not mess with it.  I may suggest something, but I will leave it to them to deside.  Like California Highway is in bad need of a template, but I see you are working on it, so I will not do it.  I would suggest you do it to make it easy to navigate.  I have other entries I want to work on.  I have a full time job, and can't spend the time I would like on Wikipedia, but I do what I can.  I have been wasting time on saving something that is common sense, and not being able to work on othe projects.  --71Demon 04:25, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

I have asked for page protection so that the TFD template will stay in place. Adding a TFD notice is NOT vandalism; rather, removing it is. --Rschen7754 04:27, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Don't be so rough, his user contributions prove he's a good editor, not an outright vandal. It's quite stressful to have something nominated for deletion, so cut him some slack, ok? Tito xd 04:48, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

California Highways
My intent is to bring it up for deletion in favor of a template. Since templates are easier to read, than listed. List are ackward. Templates are compact, and show more data on a smaller space on the screen. I figure our oppinions are equal, so I should express mine. What is the proper format for me to express my opinion? --71Demon 04:49, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
 * I created the page. I had to hit enter 4 times before it would go for some reason.  I voted to Keep, but mearly explained the easy way to keep the infor and conform to the Wiki.  Well you can read it.--71Demon 05:11, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Rschen7754, now I voiced my opinion on the CA Hwy page, and through discussion intiated by my afd. You are improving the entry. Which is the ultimate goal of all of us that actually care about Wiki. Now since we are small state with only 100 state highways. Do you see why a template works well for us? Now you can see I did have an honest opinion about the CA page. I would like your support on keeping the template for WV. It works for our state. Thanks. 71Demon --71Demon 06:23, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

WV template
Yeah, sorry about that. It has been fixed. --SPUI (talk) 06:50, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Interstate System
If you want to be helpful, help me find orginal References on Interstate Highway that we vandalized. --71Demon 22:37, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Never mind, I miss read it, it is ok. Long day. I wish my list for things on Wiki to work on was that short.--71Demon 23:42, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

User:71Demon
Per my personal editing philosophy, I have removed the following personal attack by User:71Demon from my talk page, and left an admonishment for the attack on his talk page. Blank <font color=    #F88017>Verse <font color=#2554C7> 07:12, 3 October 2005 (UTC)


 * No personal attack was made, this statement was a fabrication and Slander and libel. I false claim by User talk:BlankVerse --71Demon 23:00, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
 * I never used the term Nazi, I used the term Wikinazi. In the context used is merely means an over zealous editor.  One taking editing to the extreme without regard for others efforts, putting himself before other editors without cause. Being you attempted to dismantle the work of West Virginia editors on entries dealing with West Virginia, when you yourself are from California, and not out of high school yet.  It is my opinion that you fit this definition.  I believe that you should have made some attempt to contact the editors that had been working hard on those entries, prior to dismantling them.   How many classes in West Virginia History do they teach prior to 10th grade in the California school system?  I believe you are for the most part a good editor, but you do lack knowledge on certin things.  I would not attempt to edit medical entries, because I'm not a doctor.  I do understand your enthusiasm, but all I ask is that you temper it with some restraint.  We could work better together than apart.  I have thrown out several olive branches, please accept one. If I'm wrong and you have had classes in West Virginia History, then by all means I will apologize.  --71Demon 23:16, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

Since 71Demon has archived my reply on his talk page, here is my response to his post. As for his claim that there is some difference between Nazi and Wikinazi, I suggest that 71Demon ask a dozen experienced Wikipedia editors their opinion on the issue and especially on the context that it was used (randomly select people from the List of administrators for example), and he will find that all, or almost all, will say that there are only niggling differences between the two terms and that both are considered highly derogatory. As for his claim of libel, he should read the article he linked to, especially the mention of "Fair Comment" and truth as a defense. As for his threat of legal action here, he should consider No legal threats. It was prudent that he removed it.

If you truly feel that the "Issue has been resolved" between the two of you, you should go ahead and archive this discussion and I will do the same on my talk page. Blank <font color= 	#F88017>Verse <font color=#2554C7> <font color=#F660AB>&empty; 05:49, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

Template:VA_Highways
I was wondering about the status of this &mdash; the two templates (the WV one) are starting to cause hassle. If the WV is kept, should the VA one be renominated? -Splash talk 23:04, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

great job
Hey Rschen,

wow, it's been a long time since CA/SR wp was in its infancy. Remember when we first started to tinker around with the routeboxes? haha! Just wanted to commend you on how the wp and the overall quality of articles. They're a lot better than when i was wokring on them! Great job for staying so dedicated to wiki! ^_^. I hope all is going well with you.

atanamir 11:25, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

Creating dead links.
Please when you move a highway from its WVxx, MDxx, VAxx, etc location, please put in redirects so you don't create dead links. Thanks --71Demon 22:36, 8 October 2005 (UTC)


 * Good add Maryland-State-Highway-Stub to the MD 135 Entry. Thank You, keep up the good work. --71Demon 23:39, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

WV Editors
Several of us discussed it. We thought it was a good idea. --71Demon 01:38, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
 * We discussed that, but don't see the need for a Highway specific stub. We believe the road stub will work well for us and be more versital. Thank you for your thoughts.  --71Demon 02:00, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep one thing in mind when ever you do anything. KISS Keep It Simple, Stupid The simpler solution is usually the better one. That works in a lot of aspects of life.  --71Demon 02:20, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

NH Highways
The NH highway stub looks good. There isn't a WikiProject for NH roads, but maybe we should create one. I am not sure how we would go about that. I know DanMS has contributed to a lot of the NH highway pages. Let me know if you are interested, possibly you could provide some guidance on creating a WikiProject. Assawyer 18:42, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

Archived
The discussions on my talk page are now archived, but are clearly marked if they are ever needed. I don't do a separate archive page. I just delete stuff and then record the diff in the Archive section on my talk page. BTW: You're welcome. Blank <font color= 	#F88017>Verse <font color=#2554C7> <font color=#F660AB>&empty; 08:19, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

Texas Highways
No. I haven't started a WikiProject. I seem to be the only one working on Texas Highways at the moment. If anyone expresses an interest in it, I can look into setting one up. Bellhalla 15:38, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

Jimbo Wales to Attend San Diego Meetup on October 18 2005
Hello, Jimbo Wales will be in San Diego to attend OOPSLA and has agreed to come by and visit with the San Diego wikipedians. If you are interested, you will find more info on my talk page. Johntex\talk 00:54, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

Routeboxint
Please only put comments in other users' talk pages if they actually apply to them... it becomes an issue of confusion and irritation otherwise. Thanks!

California County Route stub
Looks like they're trying to delete this now too. I noticed you stated it should be singular, but it already is, it's the category that is plural which is correct as there are more then one in a category.Gateman1997 02:15, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

My RfA
Thanks, Rschen7754, for your support of my RfA! You've always been supportive of my activities around here. I promise to do a good job using the keys to the janitor's closet. >: Roby Wayne Talk &bull; Hist &bull; E@ 01:53, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for stubs!
Thanks for adding the Mass state route stub to my Mass state route articles... I see though that people want to delete it? I also see you've added a stub for NH state routes as well.

As you've probably guessed, I'm a road geek and license plate collector living in Massachusetts.

Tckma 06:42, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

NH Highways
Copying California's project would be fine with me. I am happy to help out in any way for the Wikiproject. I have included some links you and others may find helpful. The following link is for NH RSA's Title XX: Transportation, which describes the highway system in the state. NH RSA 229:5 sets out the classification of the highways in the state.

Thanks for setting up the project. I have started putting up images of the route signs and hopefully will get them all. I am doing them by a naming convention of NHrouteXX.png. Assawyer 17:48, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

Titoxd's RfA
Thank you for supporting me in my RfA. I never thought I would get so much support! Thanks to your help, my nomination was the 10th most supported RfA in Wikipedia history. Now, please keep an eye out on me while I learn the new tools, ok? Thanks again! Tito xd (?!?) 18:16, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

Quick Reference Page

 * Go ahead and copy whatever you like off my user pages; if it can be any help to others I'm willing to share :) Scott5114 21:06, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

Re: Bots
If there's an existing script in the framework to do what you want, it isn't that hard to set up. The meta page explains the setup process pretty well; setting up is basically downloading all the files, setting a few options and then figuring out what scripts do what you want. One problem is that the rest of the documentation isn't necessarily complete, and often has a few errors (generally minor) in it. If you want the bot to do something more complicated, or run on a fixed schedule, that'll likely require abit of programming. What is it that you want your bot to do? --Mairi 05:30, 31 October 2005 (UTC)


 * Adding templates ought to be doable, but I don't know if there's a script that does that. There are atleast two scripts for adding categories (makecat.py and category.py), and one for resolving disambiguation links (solve_disambiguation.py). --Mairi 04:48, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

Missouri WikiProject
Thanks for offering to help! I started going through and putting the template on the talk pages for the highways and hadn't put the stubs on because I could do the one quicker with "paste". If you can populate the stub category, I would appreciate it. I did get some stubs on, but not many. Thanks!Rt66lt 23:57, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

I also added the MO 366 image to the stub, the original is gone. Rt66lt 23:59, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

Ypur welcome
Your welcome. Job e  6   05:11, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

Missouri stubs
I would call a stub anything that doesn't have information beyond endpoints and a list of towns on the highway. Missouri State Highway 13 has enough information to not be a stub, but Missouri State Highway 1 is definately a stub. Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner, I was out of town for a few days. Thanks.Rt66lt 22:04, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

I did a handful of stubs, but not all of them. Thanks. Rt66lt 22:29, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

Stubs and templates
Hi again, you said I could contact you here, so I hope I came to the right place....Just wondering if you saw the alternate stub I created (the {Massachusetts-road-stub} one). It's the same thing as the current one, except I added the MA highway shield to it. I'm not sure who to talk to about what's "official" or not, or what will end up being the final product, but from what I've gathered, you're one of the most informed wikipedians on the road/highway subject. So I guess if they want an "entry" for MA highway stubs, that will be my contribution. If not, and it gets deleted, I certainly understand.

Also, FYI, there are a few other states I created templates for (besides NY). Massachusetts (obviously, being my home state), Vermont, Florida and Hawaii. I think Vermont and Hawaii will be fine because they're not too big (they do have majority red links which I'm hoping will turn blue when people see them and decide to create articles for the highways). Massachusetts will probably be borderline. I'm going to work with the row sizes and try to get it as space efficient as possible. Florida I'm sure will be too big, so I won't link it to anything. Maybe just keep it in its own place for as a reference point for those who wish to "check off" the unwritten links. It doesn't really matter, if somebody wants to use them, go ahead. The only one that's important to me is MA for obvious reasons. Ok I think I wrote enough! Sorry you had to read a novel! Thanks again for keeping me informed and if there's anything I can do to help, please let me know. ---Jeff (wikicali00)

Thanks
Thanks again for getting back to me, I'll just leave it up to what's decided. I agree, the Florida template is way too big. It takes up more than a page...

FSH
FYI, I proposed the Florida State Highway template for deletion. I would normally just delete it since I created it, but wanted to see if anybody wanted to do something with it (although unlikely). wikicali

Belated thanks...
... for supporting my RFA, which I thought was particularly gracious given my merciless campaign to delete (or mostly just rename) your assorted road-stubs. Aside from the way-too-small ones most of these are actually sensible and useful, I'm just troubled by the issues to do with naming and scope (as already rehearsed on the various stub project pages). Sorry about your wiki-stress: hope it isn't too related to my merciless campaign to delete -- etc, etc.  Alai 05:43, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

Left Behind series
I agree that all of these books do deserve articles, but leaving sub-stubs with no real content simply annoys readers looking for information. If you ever want to expand them, it is fairly easy to revert to the pre-redirect version. - SimonP 22:49, 18 November 2005 (UTC)

Highway Caps
Is there a new smaller debate going on? Gateman1997 19:45, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

California State Law text
Hi, it's that guy who's trying to mess up all the Cal state highway articles. I am in the midst of trying something out I hope you will like. I have taken all of the text of the Cal state Highway law and put it into wikisource, with headings so that it can be addressed individually by highway, like so
 * California State Route 3.

I've only done up through Route 140 so far, but the rest won't take long-- tomorrow should be no problem. Let me know what you think when you get a chance.

Cheers! -- Mwanner | Talk 02:27, 21 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Yes, Route 1 looks fine to me. I'll go add this link after I finish this message.
 * PS. The same sort of thing could be done with the other codes (expressway designations, etc.) but I might ask for your help putting it together, if you're interested.
 * One more thing-- I'm a complete novice over at wikisource, so for all I know they might boot the article out for violating some standard they've got that I don't know about-- this isn't a sure thing yet. But it seemed worth a try.  -- Mwanner | Talk 02:36, 21 November 2005 (UTC)


 * You wrote "We don't have to have the state law section now... as long as we change the routebox template link." --Yes, I see that you can do it that way.  The advantage to the wikisource approach is that you can take the user straight to the paragraph of the law that you want them to see, using the section label. -- Mwanner | Talk 03:17, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

OK, I finished the three law articles at Wikisource. They are
 * California Streets and Highways Code, Chapter 2, Article 3, Section 301-635
 * California Streets and Highways Code, Section 260-284
 * California Streets and Highways Code Section 250-257

Each one consists of the corresponding code, reformated, with headings for each separately designated route. I'll work further on how best to use them-- I tried integrating them with a modified copy of your template. It is on the Route 2 article now, but it may need work.

Later, Mwanner | Talk 18:11, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

And I wrote two new templates, modelled on yours: They take "route" as an argument as well as "sec", and use it to link to the Wikisource law section. I tried them out at California State Route 2.
 * CAFESAlt
 * CAScenicAlt

My thinking is that we would use your templates on the roads that are defined in 253.1 and 263.1 ("in their entirety", i.e., they don't have their own section), and the "Alt" templates for the rest.

I hope you like this approach. I won't do any more until you've had a chance to play with it. Let me know if you've got issues...

TIA, -- Mwanner | Talk 20:06, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

You wrote: "Well it looks good now but I havent had the time to fully examine it. I'm interested in putting the whole hwy code on Wikisource... but anyway... it might just be easier to have your template and trash the one I created"
 * The whole hwy code (or at least all of it that I'm aware of) is on wikisource, as above. And I think we need your original template for the roads that are included in their entirety.  I'm going to start doing a few more this way-- let me know if you see a problem. -- Mwanner | Talk 21:43, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

Progress...
OK, I think things are coming along. I tinkered with the templates some more, and went back and tried to make sure that earlier articles worked well with them. I've changed the articles up to CA route 9 (skipping 8).

There is one thing I'm puzzled over-- when we use these templates on Interstate and US routes, the Image:CA-blank.png looks out of place. We could either have two more sets of templates to deal with the problem, or we could pass the Image name to the template as an argument. I guess I lean towards the former approach. Any concerns? -- Mwanner | Talk 01:32, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

Templates
The difference is that mine (the Alt versions) go to the Route section in the wikisource doc, while yours go to the #Section_253.1 or #Section_263.1. The idea is that we can use the Alt versions for cases where the route has a specific part of the law that applies to it, like CAFES for Routes 1, 2, 3, 4, 12, 13, 16, etc.

Your templates can be used for Routes that are included in their entirety, like 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14, etc. where there is no specific Route section of the law, just the big list at Section 253.1 (for CAFES) and Section 263.1 (for CAScenic). Actually, I guess we could hard code the section, rather than pass it as an argument, since it's always the same, no?

And yes, I agree, it probably makes more sense to pass the image name for the shields. -- Mwanner | Talk 03:07, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

One set of templates

 * The problem with just having one set of templates is that the "Alt" versions tack the route parameter on to the end of the wikisource call, which takes it to the paragraph for that route:

Freeway and Expressway System


 * But routes 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, etc., don't have their own paragraph in the wikisource law articles-- if you use the Alt templates with those highways, it just takes you to the start of the wikisource doc.
 * The original version uses "sec" instead of "route", which does exist for these routes:

Freeway and Expressway System


 * Here's the difference:

CAFES CAFESAlt


 * They look exactly the same, but check the link: the first one takes you to section 253.1, which lists all of the routes included "in their entirety." The second one (the Alt version) tries to take you to the section for Route 7, which doesn't exist, so it goes to the top of the article, instead.  I imagine there might be some way to make one template handle both cases, but I certainly don't know enough about template programming to do it.

BTW, I added the shield parameter to all four templates, and it works fine. -- Mwanner | Talk 21:52, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

California_State_Route_15
Since California_State_Route_15 no longer exists, shouldn't the legal definition section be deleted? TIA, -- Mwanner | Talk 21:10, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

US 6 (templates)
It's all good...Whatever you think would work best is fine with me. Having multiple templates does make the articles huge (I did notice that on I-95 come to think of it). -- Wikicali00

Capitalisation, copied from Gateman's talk page
This debate has been moved to /Highway Capitalization. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 03:08, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

Section Numbers
Oops! Sorry about that. Well, I was thinking it would be good to revisit all for a double check-- this will make something else to do along the way. Thanks for letting me know. -- Mwanner | Talk 00:33, 4 December 2005 (UTC)


 * About adding to the Alt templates, I think it's fine (and easy enough to reverse if need be) but I have to look at it, and I'm packing it in now for the day... more tomorrow. -- Mwanner | Talk 03:31, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

shield icon size?
Do you feel the shield icons on the new state law templates are too large? I feel we could make them a bit smaller....

atanamir 06:01, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

do you have a photograph of the scenic highway one naywher? If you do, i can whip a better looking one up in illustrator for you. I also tried searching for FHS sgins but i don't think olne of those exists for CA. I've noticed some Historic Route signs on the routes sometimes... do you think we should integrate those in as well, since we're going scenic routes and FHS routes? Seems fitting...

Man the CA/SR project is so different now. too many people =P

atanamir 06:07, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

capitalisation
Hey.. hm, i'm one of the people who think it should be all caps (the way i learned for titling things), but after that entire debate about california state highway 17 vs. california state route 17, i realised that there's no way to make everyone happy about that sort of minutia.. so i generally just stay away from the debates and let them pass. California state route or California State Route? Either way won't matter if the content of the article isn't well written, right? So let's focus on that instead, i say =)

atanamir 16:22, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

California State Route 86S
What do you know for sure about California State Route 86S? We have an article that claims it exists, but the state law doesn't mention it at all. -- Mwanner | Talk 00:06, 5 December 2005 (UTC)



^^ atanamir 18:49, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

California State Routes
Well, I think I'm done! Thanks for catching and helping to clean up my errors. It's been good working with you. Good luck with the roads! -- Mwanner | Talk 20:20, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

Jesus
Check out the Jesus article and edit it to keep it focused on Jesus and a biographical account of Him. Watch the Jesus page to keep it focused on Him. Thank you. Scifiintel 22:19, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

My failed RFA and do you want one
Dear Rschen7754, I would like to thank you for supporting me on my RfA. Even though it failed with a with the final tally of 55/22/6, I want to thank you anyways. I don't want to be one a admin anymore until I reach 10,000 edits now that it's over with. Thanks --Jaranda wat's sup 03:14, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Also I noticed you are doing good work on the road articles here and so do you want me to nominate you for adminship. --Jaranda wat's sup 03:14, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

I understand, why not sharpen up these skills and I would nominate you in Christmas Day Ok. Thanks for your responce --Jaranda wat's sup 03:41, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Here ya go Requests for adminship/Rschen7754 Go on and accept ;) --Jaranda wat's sup 04:04, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

I-95
We won't; I made Interstate 95 in New Jersey and that has the box. Anyway, the boxes are much smaller than the huge boxes that some states have. On the other hand, I-78 is short enough that it doesn't need to be split. --SPUI (talk) 04:11, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

I disagree with using the routeboxint template, as it is way too long for an infobox. I will instead write that sort of thing in text. --SPUI (talk) 04:56, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

route vs highway
was there a debate already was to why the template routebox on Pomona Freeway is "highway" instead of "route"?

atanamir 08:47, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

U.S. Highway 6, especially in Colorado
I've been trying to put the major route junctions for US 6 in Colorado, and considering how many there are for the same freeway (Interstate 70), I need HELP. US 6 as a whole is disastrous to write in itself. Can you please help me, Rschen7754? (California highways are easier than this, ha!) --Geopgeop 13:21, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

re: new jersey shields
yeah sure i'll make them. I'm home for the holidays now (usually i'm at school in irvine), so i don't have that PSD file with me. But i'll try to whip sometyihng up tonight. I just noticed a competing set of images:

Route 77 (New Jersey). Should we submit deletion for all of them? SVG doesnt seem to be a very normal image format anyways. Should we also try to move those articles to new jersey state route 77? I don't want to satrt big fights over it though.

atanamir 21:43, 10 December 2005 (UTC)


 * To some degree it makes sense, if you compare to the precedent set with the interstate articles. We don't have California Interstate 280, we have Interstate 280 (California).  So I don't know which opinion I take.  Only point of contention is if the state refers to them as Highway x or Route x.  What do you think? atanamir 01:16, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

WikiProject Highways/U.S. state highway naming conventions
I've started this page to discuss naming conventions; please weigh in and help. --SPUI (talk) 18:02, 12 December 2005 (UTC)