User talk:Rschen7754/Archive 5

I-94 Interchanges
User: Appraiser created this article on 7 December 2006 with the hopes of consolidating space on the main I-94 article. I took the liberty of moving the detail to individual state pages:

Interstate 94 in Montana Interstate 94 in North Dakota Interstate 94 in Minnesota Interstate 94 in Wisconsin Interstate 94 in Illinois Interstate 94 in Indiana Interstate 94 in Michigan

thus the interchange page is not necessary and IMHO should be deleted. I can notify Appraiser of such if necessary, but I wanted to get an opinion of a more experienced editor as well. (Not to say Appraiser isn't experienced? I don't know)

Since it was only linked to I-94, There wouldn't be a reason to bring it up to debate first IMHO.

Could you get back to me at your earliest convience - and I hope you had a good vacation. •  master_son  Lets talk  03:36, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I support your actions. You can probably prod it. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 02:41, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

A copyvio problem
Hey Rschen. A user, 512theking, has been uploading pictures stolen from state-ends.com and releasing them into the public domain as their author, which is most certainly not the case. I would not bring this up here except for the fact that this user is the same one as Albertotineo10 and Kingofpitching10, the former of which committed the same copyright violations. What should be done? -- T M F Let's Go Mets - Stats 06:24, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * How do we know this? Has a checkuser been done? --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 06:25, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * No, but I believe that this edit is implicating enough. The target of the two users' contributions (PA-related articles) are almost identical as well. -- T M F Let's Go Mets - Stats 06:28, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * That is a bit suspicious. And how Albertotineo10 suddenly gave up and left? The problem is what to do, however... I'll consider blocks but this may need to be taken to a higher level. I'd say take this to ANI and see what they say. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 06:36, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Agreed. That seems like the best approach at this point. -- T M F Let's Go Mets - Stats 06:37, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah... present all the evidence and see what they say. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 06:39, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Infobox standards

 * User:TwinsMetsFan has been working on this at User:TwinsMetsFan/browse for a while... with regards to Illinois I would say offer them the chance to change their infobox (maybe it can be converted without changing too much?) but don't force them. Shields are supposed to be SVG though so MN does have to switch over... but ask shields subdepartment to make sure. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 00:55, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Oklahoma could be converted with minimal effort, I've left a note on their WP page. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 01:05, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
 * not to worry - I'm not going to press the issue with them right now unless TMF or you would like me to. I'm trying to get a hold of Sable232 since he has done some already. Then kill two birds with one stone - converting the infobox -which should go easy since it's essentially a carbon of Missouri's. •   master_son  Lets talk  02:25, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Assessment
I can take care of the New Hampshire articles; I've been cleaning them up to WP:NHSH standards as I go down the unassessed list. -- T M F Let's Go Mets - Stats 22:47, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I appreciate the work... I'm trying to balance not overloading the category yet still getting all the articles assessed (I estimate there's at least 1-2K that need to be assessed that aren't in the category yet.) --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 23:03, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for tagging all of the WV articles. I can handle these as well - all of them need massive cleanup before they get assessed. -- T M F Let's Go Mets - Stats 08:52, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Unused highway
Now sourced from a bajillion different sources -- Unused highway. Does this satisfy user:B.Wind's criteria? Is there a way to condense the references or put the code somewhere else? The page looks VERY jargled.  Seicer  (talk) (contribs) 05:39, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

NYSR-NYCR Newsletter - Issue 2

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TfD nomination of Template:TemplateName
Template:TemplateName has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. --•  master_son  Lets talk  05:41, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

UT SR Page question
Hey. I recently added an infobox on the Utah State Route 68 page. Everything is well, except the image of the SR-68 shield doesn't show up. Instead, the normal gray background just stays there. Can you check the page to see if you have the same problem? Thanks -  •The RSJ•    Talk   | Sign Here  04:10, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
 * the thumbnail program still has bugs - if you follow the image into wikiCommons - then tack on "?action=purge" to the end of the url, it will refresh the thumbnail. I just did that and it shows up now. •   master_son  Lets talk  00:36, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Cool. :) --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 02:55, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah, it works now. Woohoo :D  •The RSJ•    Talk   | Sign Here  22:45, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

How Come?
How come you and that TMF guy talking about me stealing images. Listen i did you guys a great favor on a lot of Pennsylvania Highways that need help if you guys want to block me, be my guest. But next time say it in my talk page instead of talking to one of your friends about it first. What is this the Wiki:Police, don't make me laugh i'm leaving and never doing this again and by the way, i'm not albertotineo10 or the other guy. -- The King is done (512theking)

Additional info
Just to let you know, User:512theking told User:Prisonbreak91 to pick up where he left off. Also, if you check 512theking's page, it says that 512theking quit and never coming back. This was just a heads-up if you didn't look yet. V60 VTalk - VDemolitions 05:26, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
 * OK, WOW! Looks like we have a sockpuppet amongst our pages from the looks of it involving the users you mentioned in this section and in the Copyvio problem section above (obviously)  And for sure - it looks like User:Prisonbreak91 is also User:512theking - (the former is the one that put this section in your page. :-Z. Why - and how - did he sign with the latter's name instead?) Are you guys having their IPs checked if possible to see where they're contributing from?  •   master_son  Lets talk  03:55, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
 * We have to run a checkuser for that- I'm waiting to see what WP:ANI (if they care?) says. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 04:00, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Checkuser...and possibly a block on both... V60 VTalk - VDemolitions 04:15, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Update: I have yet identified two possible socks. 172.146.169.214 added "Can someone help me create road maps" (look here) and contributed to PA Route articles. 209.244.30.249 has added the "I QUIT AND NEVER COMING BACK!" line (look here) and also contributed to PA Route articles. Just a little bit more research on the page history. V60 VTalk - VDemolitions 04:27, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I noticed all of those two - but didn't think about that. The guys were using the MTF Talk template on their pages as well. •   master_son  Lets talk  05:02, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh - and even though he says leave Prisonbreak91 out of it, that user is as guilty as the rest of them IMHO •  master_son  Lets talk  02:27, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Rschen, block the users below NOW! You're the admin; you should do something about it (I hope what 512theking10 said was true)! V60 VTalk - VDemolitions 01:11, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Agreed fully - I got one of these vandal edits myself - •   master_son  Lets talk  02:26, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

My thanks to everyone for taking care of this issue. I've been busy lately, so I haven't been able to edit/monitor that much. Glad to see this is finally being resolved. -- T M F Let's Go Mets - Stats 04:17, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Blocks
Effective immediately, I am blocking the following users and IPs for abusive sockpuppetry, trolling, image copyright violations, MOS problems, etc. With the exception of Prisonbreak10 and the IPs, all will be blocked indefinitely. The ones not blocked indefinitely will be blocked for 48 hours. However, with any further violations, the aforementioned accounts and any socks will be blocked indefinitely on sight. Let this serve as a final warning to the person behind all of these accounts:
 * User:Prisonbreak91
 * User:512theking
 * User:512theking10
 * 209.244.30.249
 * 172.146.169.214
 * User:Kingofpitching10
 * user:Albertotineo10

If anyone has concerns regarding these blocks, please contact me on my talk page. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 04:05, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Rschen, I just removed trolling from the 209... IP. He just said that he'll create another account and vandalize more.  So just as a precautionary measure, block his IP from creating accounts (and of course editing pages). V60 VTalk - VDemolitions 23:04, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually the IP is 209.244.30.229. Now block him indefinitely from creating accounts and editing pages. V60 VTalk - VDemolitions 23:07, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
 * According to the blocking policy, "Indefinite blocks should not be used on IPs; many IPs are dynamically assigned and change frequently from one person to the next, and even static IP addresses are re-assigned or have different users." Also, do we know that the recent ones are the same person? It could just be someone familiar with the case and wanting to stir up trouble. If you want to do a longer-term block on the IP, you should probably ask on requests for checkuser to ensure that they are the same person. --NE2 23:21, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Agreed, but I don't think there's much doubt that these IPs are the same person as the users listed above. See their contributions for evidence. I'm not saying that a checkuser isn't needed - I'm just saying it's extremely likely that a checkuser would come up positive. -- T M F Let's Go Mets - Stats 23:28, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Specifically, it's not clear to me that 512theking10 is the same as the other people. It's certainly likely, but could be a troll stirring stuff up. --NE2 23:41, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
 * What other actions are available to deal with IPs? It seems that would be very difficult to block one because it's variable •  <span style="font-variant: small-caps; color:#006600!important"> master_son <sup style="font-variant: small-caps; color: #aca607!important;"> Lets talk  23:57, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Blocked Special:Contributions/209.244.30.229 for one week. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 02:32, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Blocked Prisonbreak91 and other IPs for a week as well. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 02:36, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

Could this IP be a sock as well? Special:Contributions/163.238.61.156 --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 02:41, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

Not again... User:Pahighways. Vandalized my page. Blocked 1 week. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 02:54, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
 * What was I thinking? Reblocked indef. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 03:05, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
 * User:Pahighways is a blatant vandal, modeled after Jeff Kitsko's PAHighways. Jeff uses the nickname online, such as on IRC, and this is not the same user (verified through direct communition with him tonight). As such, this user needs to be blocked ASAP; CheckUser first would be nice.  Seicer  (talk) (contribs) 03:40, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
 * He was already blocked. I'm thinking of filing for a checkuser to see if there's more... looking into it now. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 03:42, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
 * All the user contributions (images) are copyright vios. I am tagging them right now, but this is getting out-of-hand. More action may be necessary in the future.  Seicer  (talk) (contribs) 03:43, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
 * And now the copyright vios are being posted on Commons -- . Can these be speedy deleted?  Seicer  (talk) (contribs) 03:46, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I tagged it there (I'm not an admin at Commons). --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 03:58, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Also found Image:I-81 va exit 3.jpg, Image:I-81 s near I-64.jpg, Image:I-081 sb exit 300 03.jpg at commons. They're probably here too. `Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 04:00, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

''Discussion has been moved to WP:ANI. Please only leave urgent messages here.''

Copyright vios
I took care of the copyright violations you posted about on WP:ANI. The user is clearly a sockpuppet of the earlier user, so you might want to take administrative actions.  Seicer  (talk) (contribs) 18:45, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

3di2
this template was added to WP:TFD thought I'd let you know - I just discovered that this morning • <span style="font-variant: small-caps; color:#006600!important"> master_son <sup style="font-variant: small-caps; color: #aca607!important;"> Lets talk  13:35, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I added it to Deletion Debates also • <span style="font-variant: small-caps; color:#006600!important"> master_son <sup style="font-variant: small-caps; color: #aca607!important;"> Lets talk  13:36, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

The I-95 in DC theory
Hey Rschen. I think this goes right along with the I-95 in DC theory. Your thoughts are appreciated. -- T M F Let's Go Mets - Stats 17:46, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

FYI
Wikipedia talk:Block log Hesperian 03:03, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the explanation, but I wasn't asking for one; I trust you. I just wanted to draw your attention to that message. Hesperian 03:09, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism
Yeah, it sure is. Speaking of which, a vandal not related to ours vandalised my user page yesterday. Isn't that nice? V60 VTalk - VDemolitions 23:17, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

User talk page vandalism
and. Pretty intimidating. V60 VTalk - VDemolitions 04:00, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Just a thought - I joined the CVU after our last barrage and haven't been touched since ;) • <span style="font-variant: small-caps; color:#006600!important"> master_son <sup style="font-variant: small-caps; color: #aca607!important;"> Lets talk  14:29, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Pennsylvania Route 43
TMF and I are trying to fend off a violation of WP:NOR and possibly WP:VERIFY by an anon editor. The trouble is, that editor claims that he/she has been on the road frequently, but I said repeatedly that reliable sources are the content that can be on Wikipedia, and that original research is prohibited at all times. Since you are the "resident admin for WP:USRD", and tell him/her that original research is unacceptable, that would be great. V60 VTalk - VDemolitions 00:46, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

User:JohnDoe15
Could you please unblock that user? It appears that he is not a vandal, although he is using the same IP as our's. Plus, by me saying those, it implies that he is not a sock of our vandal, either. It's just an AOL proxy that's confusing us. V60 VTalk - VDemolitions 03:01, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
 * That link really doesn't imply anything meaningful. If you can, please check the IP's talk page.  The AOL proxy probably had a glitch and made that user and 512theking have the same IP. V60 VTalk - VDemolitions 03:33, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
 * True, this could be disputed. WP:RFCU won't do anything, but what will? V60 VTalk - VDemolitions 03:39, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

New user: User:JohnnyAlbert10. Don't block him, though, since I told him to actually contribute, not vandalize. Give him an hour to not vandalize, then make the decision to block or not. V60 VTalk - VDemolitions 01:51, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

!
'''CELEBRATE!!! 512hteking is GROUNDED! V60''' VTalk - VDemolitions 02:13, 5 February 2007 (UTC) —I am usually not this crazy, but the vandalism problem @ USRD is over!!!

Uh...
Please don't block the new user. He will learn how to edit very well, just like I did in the early days of me contributing. This applies even though the new user's brother is the real vandal. V60 VTalk - VDemolitions 20:19, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
 * The Prisonbreak91 thing is because the vandal forgot to log out and so JohnnyAlbert did PA 897.  V 6 0  VTalk · VDemolitions 22:48, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

WP:NJSCR Newsletter 2
08:23, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Highways
Ah, that would be several months ago. There were several proposals and polls, as well as an arbitration case about it. I believe it's not really in dispute any more, that page is rather outdated.  &gt; R a d i a n t &lt;  08:23, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

"One-way" Highway question
U.S. Route 7 Alternate, is a southbound-only road. Does the normal convention of listing roads south to north apply to this type of road? (The road is listed south to north in the VT route log.)

TIA, SkipperRipper 05:17, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Not sure on that one. I would bring it to the VTSH talk page or the USRD talk page. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 05:21, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks (and done), SkipperRipper 18:21, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

U.S. Roads Newsletter Issue #1

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The great highway deletion debates
has anyone ever noticed something about the experience of these users who are putting up the AfDs like User:Inkpaduta. Who are they to come in do this? Many of them have hardly been here long enough. • <span style="font-variant: small-caps; color:#006600!important"> master_son <sup style="font-variant: small-caps; color: #aca607!important;"> Lets talk  16:03, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Injustice of course. We get people not from WP:USRD telling us what to do. But eventually ... well all the problems we've had with that have gone our way, except for stubs. Those editors won't budge. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 01:43, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Hi. In relation to Articles for deletion/Minnesota State Highway 127, doing "random article patrol" is a housekeeping project to find unsourced stubby articles, vanity articles, hoaxes, nonsense articles, and commerical spam articles. I click on a "Random article" and sometimes find an article which needs sources. If it is a stub and it looks like sources cannot be found to make it more than a stub, I may nominate it for deletion. I looked it up in Google, I studied iits satellite image and map at Google map, and I could not see how it could ever make an encyclopedia article on its own. Random article patrol means I may nominate a Polish rap group, then a porn actor, then a short piece of highway. I am sorry if I got ego involved in this one AFD, because the intention is just to have all the articles be well sourced non-stubs and which have evidence of notability. Was this Minnesta highway AFD  mentioned on a project page or noticeboard? It seemed like several editors came trooping in to say "all roads are notable." References of a  map and being on a bid list satisfy the WP:RS and WP:V issues, but there are lots of things which exist without belonging in an encyclopedia. And there is the question of where you draw the line: if any tiny piece of the state road system is notable, (some of the sections are pretty short and there does not seem to be much you could say about them) what about  county roads and city streets? Some of these stubs would do better is a list which collected them than in individual articles. On the project page Wikipedia talk:WikiProject U.S. Highways I see discussion of merging extremely short sections, and that still seems like a good idea, just because there is not much to be said in the article. Regards. Now I'll just wander on down the road to another random article. Inkpaduta 20:02, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Please read the instructions at the top of the page and put new posts at the bottom, because I didn't notice this post the first few times around. It is fair game to inform other editors about such deletion. Per consensus, state highways are notable, whether you agree or not. One of the major philosophies on Wikipedia is going along with consensus and yielding to it, whether you agree with it or not.. As I see you have been here only a week, I would strongly advise that you learn this early on, for you will most definitely run into situations like this again. County roads have been deemed notable, but streets have not, except for famous streets in places like Manhattan.


 * Another point to mention is that if you don't believe highways are notable, then you take it to a place like WT:USRD. You don't start nominating articles for deletion. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 00:09, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

User:64.90.95.53
I see I'm not the only one having issues with this editor. I've had to clean up after him on several occasions (as you may see on his talk page :) • <span style="font-variant: small-caps; color:#006600!important"> master_son <sup style="font-variant: small-caps; color: #aca607!important;"> Lets talk  03:43, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that's why I decided to block. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 03:49, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Kudos from me, too. The only reason I requested semi-protection for I-90 is because I couldn't think of anything else.  You certainly took care of it. -- NORTH talk 22:18, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

The newsletter...
Please unsubscribe me from the road project newsletter. Cheers.  young  american (ahoy hoy) 13:15, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Done. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 00:09, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

This is a automated to all bot operators
Please take a few moments and fill in the data for your bot on Bots/Status Thank you Betacommand (talk • contribs • Bot) 19:46, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Dumb internet connection... I'll take care of it at home. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 00:09, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Florida State Road 500A
You know about highways. Are there sources which could be added to this to make it a better article? Sould it be merged? With what? I found it in random article patrol, but don't want to just jump in to the AFD thing on a stub of a road article again so soon. Regards. Inkpaduta 21:02, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Notify WT:FLSH, or wait and eventually someone will add to it. I can routebox it when i get home (I'm currently using a display computer at Circuit City.) --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 23:55, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

My bad
Opps, my mistake i though the edit summary was optional. Okay i'll provide a summary. -- JohnnyAlbert 13:25, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Not a problem, I frequently forget. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 23:53, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Quick speedy
Could you delete Image:Pennsylvania Turnpike logo.svg? The db is already there. Thanks!  V 6 0  VTalk · VDemolitions 00:11, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Done... it's properly licensed at commons? I thought it was fair use. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 00:19, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
 * It was fair use, but is ineligible for copyright.  V 6 0  VTalk · VDemolitions 00:29, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

NYSR-NYCR Newsletter - Issue 3

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Importance scale
See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Assessment. Thanks! —Scott5114↗ 20:07, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Hey Rschen7754
Hi, i'm wondering what happened to all my brother's user pages:User:512theking, User:512theking10, User:Kingofpitching10, User:Prisonbreak91, and other ones. My brother is in juvy becuase he stole a car so he can't vandalize wikipedia but i'm still wondering what will happen to all of his pages? Aren't those useless pages taking up usefull space in wikipedia? Please respond on my talk page if you want to. --  Johnny Albert 10  Time to talk · My Help 16:47, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

I'll remember to do that but I'm a bit quick with things. I've been really busy so when I edit an article I just save it. But you're right that's no excuse why I shouldn't be using the preview button. --  Johnny Albert 10  Time to talk · My Help 21:10, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

<div id="" style="border:4px solid #DB7093; padding:3px; color:#5959AB; margin:; background-color:#FFE4E1; width:;"> The current U.S. Roads Article Improvement Drive articles are ' (improvement) and ' (expansion). Last week's collaborations were: ' and '. CAST YOUR VOTE for next week's article --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 03:13, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism by User:68.127.37.6
The recent edits by 68.127.37.6 on Interstate 630 have been rather disruptive and, as I see it, vandalism. I wouldn't have thought much of it the first time (detailed below) as I assumed a good-faith edit gone bad, but as of this second time, and after reading his talk page, I'm concerned and feel that action should be taken. Your thoughts? For all intensive purposes, I've copied this to User:Ryanpostlethwaite. First occurance Second occurance Cheers, -- M PD T / C 04:02, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

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Raccoon-Fox
I'm here. Still will be. Just watch Highway 401 to see if it's me. <span style="border: 2px solid #330000; text-align:center; background: #C0C0C0; text-color: #DDDDDD; link: #A0522D; vlink: #000000"> RingtailedFox • Talk • Stalk''' 23:05, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

TfD nomination of Template:Mnclink
Template:Mnclink has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. --• <span style="font-variant: small-caps; color:#006600!important"> master_son <sup style="font-variant: small-caps; color: #aca607!important;"> Lets talk  18:23, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

TfD nomination of Template:Mnclist
Template:Mnclist has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. --• <span style="font-variant: small-caps; color:#006600!important"> master_son <sup style="font-variant: small-caps; color: #aca607!important;"> Lets talk  18:23, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Help
Please Rschen, some one has vandalized my talk page. --  Johnny Albert 10  Time to talk · My Help 14:13, 24 February 2007 (UTC)


 * I fixed my talk page, but block the user responsible. --  Johnny Albert 10  Time to talk · My Help 14:29, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

U.S. Roads Newsletter Issue #2

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Apologies for the late delivery. Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 05:13, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Another AFD
Articles for deletion/Rhode Island Route 11!!! It's sort of urgent, so please get onto IRC ASAP!  V 6 0  VTalk · VDemolitions  ·  Editor review 2! 00:45, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Recent articles for deletion
I have solicited a response to recent listings at Articles for deletion on the Administrators' noticeboard. You are invited to come participate. --Iamunknown 05:05, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

ELG
User:MPD01605/Roads/Work Go there and see if you like it. Thanks, -- M PD T / C 00:49, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Concurrencies need to be multi-column; otherwise they';re too hard to see. Exit numbers don't really need to be in bold. Otherwise, I have no problems. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 00:55, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
 * They're definitely harder to see than a multi-column row. Whether or not they're too hard I suppose depends on personal opinion – how important one thinks the concurrencies are.  In other words how important is the I-81/VA 100 concurrency that it needs a multi-column row to bring attention to it? -- NORTH talk 01:05, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I personally believe they are very important: for example, what about those looking for a VA 100 exit list? sure hard to find if there's no multi-column list... --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 01:06, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
 * That should be on the Virginia Route 100 article. -- NORTH talk 01:10, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, that won't necessarily happen immediately, and besides, that information is harder to find with concurrencies in notes column. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 01:12, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Collateral damage
Just to tell you, there was a bit of unintentional collateral damage from your recent block of User:512theking. It would be awesome if you could take care of it. Thanks! Grace notes <sup style="color:#960;">T &#167; 05:21, 4 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks for unblocking me, i'm really sorry that my brother vandalizd your pages he told me after he came home from juvy. I'm sorry, i'm the one to blame for this becuase I should have taken care of him a long time ago. I told him if he ever edits any wikipedia article ever again, i'll tell my parents that time he skipped school 7 times, he'll be for grounded like 5 months. --  Johnny Albert 10  Time to talk · My Help 12:25, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Specifically, this edit was conducted: Per latest consensus at the U.S. Roads WikiProject, all of these socks have been blocked indef. on sight. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 20:20, 4 March 2007 (UTC)


 * If i see him on wikipedia with another account. I'll tell you ahead of time, OK? --  Johnny Albert 10  Time to talk ·  My Help 15:23, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Anything even remotely similar to 512theking will get blocked. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 20:28, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Possibly if he uses 512theking in the name? --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 20:47, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I tried my skipping school threat, and he don't care. But how will you know if that's him, he could be using a new name. I'll just look in his computer's history then notifying you.

Hey, could you take a good look at Pennsylvania Route 65 and tell me what else the article needs to improve. I could use some help as well. --  Johnny Albert 10  Time to talk · My Help 15:32, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
 * More formal tone could be used. Beyond that, I am not sure (I am not from the East Coast and do not know much about PA highways). --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 20:47, 4 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Ohh yeah you're from California, my bad. But i'll work on this route, thank you. --  Johnny Albert 10  Time to talk · My Help 15:51, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Hey's Back
Hey Rschen, my brother vandalied my talk page two times good thing a had a copy of it on Microsoft Word. Lookout, he's User:Phillies 5000. --  Johnny Albert 10  Time to talk · My Help 14:51, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank you
Thank you for reverting vandalism on my userpage! <b style="color:#000000;">Royal</b><b style="color:#FFCC00;">broil</b>T : C 12:51, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

About my rating for the WP:CAL
Hello, I am a member of the WP:CAL. The routes you have rated are on my Watchlist. I have contributed to them and have rated for our project. I would like to rate higher than B, Low but have guidance on this from a respected proect member on ratings. On articles of great importance to our project, I have rated up to B, Mid. This one should be that but not when stacked up against some of our other projects. Hope this helps. BTW, I added to U.S. Route 40 a source that gives great descriptions on our state routes/interstates Interstate 40. If you look at the top of the page, there is a box to type in a route number ala 68 which talks about our California State Route 68. Lots of great info. Ronbo76 03:42, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
 * WP:USRD/A rating is separate from any WP:CAL rating. If this does not answer your question, please clarify. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 03:44, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

USRD Newsletter - Issue 3

 * Want to help on next month's newsletter? Don't want to receive these in future? Don't want it subst'd next time? – It's all here.

Active user verification
Hello,. Due to the high number of inactive users at WP:USRD, we are asking that you verify that you are still an active contributor of the project. To do so, please add an asterisk (*) after your name on WikiProject U.S. Roads/Newsletter/List. Users without one by the next issue in 2 weeks will be removed off the list and off the respective road projects as well. If you have any questions, please contact me on my talk page. Thanks. Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 22:55, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Request Block
In regards to IP user 209.244.30.249, on 19 January 2007 you said "with any further violations, the aforementioned accounts and any socks will be blocked indefinitely on sight. Let this serve as a final warning to the person behind all of these accounts."

IP 209.244.30.249 has been used to repeatedly vandalize the Michael Corcoran article.

I beleive these IP's/accounts to be sock puppets of the same individual:

69.139.11.105 69.248.239.218 130.91.93.33 Watchmike

I ask you to follow through and block this IP and the related sock puppets indefinitely. Thanks Windyjarhead 04:03, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
 * This needs to be taken to WP:AN subpage, this appears to be a different vandal than the one that was blocked above. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 04:39, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Newsletter
Hey dude can I start getting the newsletter? JohnnyBGood   t   c  VIVA! 20:21, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Hmm you're not on the list? You can go to WikiProject U.S. Roads/Newsletter/List to sign up. (If you're not a member of a highway WP you might have been missed.) --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 21:46, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Request for bot approval
Hi. I don't know what bot something with your request for bot approval went wrong. You linked to a request that doesn't exist. Maybe a typo? — Ocolon 06:42, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I linked to Bots/Requests for approval/Rschen7754. How embarassing. :) --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 21:53, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism
Hey Rschen, can you please block King of fools23 because he blanked Pennsylvania Route 145 about 3 or 4 times. Thanks. --  Johnny Albert 10  Time to talk · My Help 16:00, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Done. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 20:03, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Watch out, look at this. He just doesn't quit, Block him. -- --  J-A 10  T ·  C 23:57, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

WP:RFBOT
Your recent bot approvals request has been Approved for Task Trial. Please see the request page for details. — xaosflux  <sup style="color:#00FF00;">Talk  04:36, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Your usertalk page
I've unprotected your usertalk page, as it has been protected against "trolling" for ~2 months. Having your talk page accesible is important when you are running new bot trials. If you have more trolling issues please let me know. — xaosflux  <sup style="color:#00FF00;">Talk  04:36, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

uw-roads
Just so you know, I've renamed Template:uw-roads1 and Template:uw-roads2 to Template:usrd1 and Template:usrd2, as the uw- space is for user warnings, where these are notices from a Wikiproject. --TeckWiz 13:35, 24 March 2007

Inactive
Yes, I am now transitioning out of the WP roads projects. Thank you for the confirmation. Jgcarter 21:08, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Inactive at WP:USR
I've just got a notification from you saying I've been inactive from the US. State Roads related WikiProjects. This is a large error, as I'm thinking about modifying some project guidelines to blend in with the MOS. -- w L &lt;speak&middot;check&gt; 21:18, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the notification, your name will be replaced into the active users list. Apologies for that. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 21:22, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

USRD Newsletter - Issue 4

 * Want to help on next month's newsletter? Don't want to receive these in future? Don't want it subst'd next time? – It's all here. — --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 22:21, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

WP:KYSH
I'll get right on this to improve the project. I've been editing so many other articles lately I've put it on the backburner, but the pages really do need attention. I'll also update WP:KYSH with the new infobox road template as well. Thanks for bringing it to my attention via the newsletter!  Seicer  (talk) (contribs) 01:32, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

RE:U.S. Roads Project Inactivy
This is clearly and mistake, I thought you were talking about helping with the newsletter, not recieving it. - Patricknoddy<sup style="font-variant:small-caps; color:#000000;">TALK (reply here) <sup style="font-variant:small-caps; color:#000000;">| <sup style="font-variant:small-caps; color:#000000;">HISTORY 10:44, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I'd like to clarify it, I've been "removed" from U.S. roads wikiprojects, and this is a error. - Patricknoddy<sup style="font-variant:small-caps; color:#000000;">TALK (reply here) <sup style="font-variant:small-caps; color:#000000;">| <sup style="font-variant:small-caps; color:#000000;">HISTORY 11:01, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Ditto. ¿ςפקι Д Иτς! ☺ ☻ 17:31, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Both restored. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 19:25, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks. - Patricknoddy<sup style="font-variant:small-caps; color:#000000;">TALK (reply here) <sup style="font-variant:small-caps; color:#000000;">| <sup style="font-variant:small-caps; color:#000000;">HISTORY 18:44, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Requests for arbitration/Highways
The arbitration committee has voted to lift your probation in the above entitled arbitration case. For the arbitration committee, Thatcher131 12:49, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Need improving
I need a favor, i'm too busy on WPTC to get around to the Canada Roads projects, any chance you could help?Mitchazenia 22:39, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Possibly me or TMF... however, I have a huge backlog in the U.S. and am not sure I can get to Canada. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 21:49, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Image:CA118.JPG listed for deletion
An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:CA118.JPG, has been listed at. Please look there to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Bigr Tex  20:28, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

WP:NJSCR Newsletter #3
-- NORTH talk 21:00, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Don't remove me!
I'm still active! Thanks! Milktaco 04:15, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
 * You've been readded to the list. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 04:37, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Minnesota Highway Shields
I got this notice when I started applying the current shields. I might need someone to back me up on this.
 * I noticed you've been replacing the historic shields with the modern blue ones. This can't happen. It's misleading to put the modern shield on an article when the highway was decommissioned long before that style was used. In that case I see it as better to have no shield at all than an incorrect one, but I still don't see what the problem with mine is. --Sable232 14:10, 28 March 2007 (UTC) (on my talk page)

-- <span style="font-variant: small-caps; color:#006600!important"> master_son <sup style="font-variant: small-caps; color: #aca607!important;"> Talk <sup style="font-variant: small-caps; color: #aca607!important;"> - <sup style="font-variant: small-caps; color: #aca607!important;"> Edits 18:07, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
 * actually I would like to discuss this (IRC?) tonight if possible... -- <span style="font-variant: small-caps; color:#006600!important"> master_son <sup style="font-variant: small-caps; color: #aca607!important;"> Talk <sup style="font-variant: small-caps; color: #aca607!important;"> - <sup style="font-variant: small-caps; color: #aca607!important;"> Edits 18:18, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

TfD nomination of Template:Usrd1
Template:Usrd1 has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. — --TeckWiz Parlate Contribs@ 22:26, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

An Automated Message from HagermanBot
Hello. In case you didn't know, when you add content to talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion, you should sign your posts by typing four tildes ( &#126;&#126;&#126;&#126; ) at the end of your comment. You may also click on the signature button located above the edit window. This will automatically insert a signature with your name and the time you posted the comment. This information is useful because other editors will be able to tell who said what, and when. Thank you! HagermanBot 04:41, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
 * How about no, old junction lists dont get signed. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 04:45, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Automation has its limits I suppose. ;-) -- NORTH talk 05:09, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Interstate 238
Your input would be appreciated at Talk:Interstate 238. A debate has developed about 238's status as a child or non-child of I-80. User:Chriscf is claiming it is a child of 80 while I'm claiming it is not as we've been treating it from day one. I've found no evidence for his position but at least 3 different instances of support for mine from fairly reliable sources one of which is linked to from the Caltrans page. Gateman1997 08:26, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
 * He's striking out your comments again. Gateman1997 21:29, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Also yes I'm still active, as evidence by me engaging in the I 238 debate. I just didn't want to get the newsletter. I usually come read where it's located directly. Gateman1997 21:33, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Talk page warnings - WP:POINT
Please do not place frivolous warnings on the talk pages of other users, and assume good faith of your fellow contributors. Chris cheese whine 21:43, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Rschen7754bot
I have already completed a trial, and this was clearly noted on the request page. Furthermore, I asked for two other tasks to be approved. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 21:56, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry, is this is response to something? I don't remember :-) — M ETS 501 (talk) 22:01, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
 * This was in response to your archiving of my bot request today. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 22:02, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh, sorry. It wasn't archiving, don't worry, just moving into the "Bots in a trial period" section for sorting purposes.  It will be dealt with soon. — M ETS 501 (talk) 22:06, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
 * The problem is, there is a huge backload of tasks at USRD that need to get approved that were waiting on that archived request. Such as the delivery of newsletters that are delivered tomorrow.
 * Quite frankly, the level of bureaucracy at BRFA is disturbing and frustrating, especially for a bot that has been approved by the old bot group and has a bot flag. It can be stated that it would be quicker for me to carry out the tasks manually than to wait for the current BRFA group to slowly agree with my requests. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 22:09, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry that you feel that way, but complaining isn't going to help. Really.  I don't know what you mean about "new" and "old" bot approvals groups, because there's only been additions; only Essjay (who was inactive) and Betacommand have been removed.  There's just a lot of bots that need to be dealt with, and we have to be very careful about EVERYTHING.  Much more than just manual editing.  When letting a bot run, it's crucial that everything is perfect, because fixing it is TONS of work. — M ETS 501 (talk) 22:14, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Please restore me.
Hi there, I actually was unable to build any more pages in the past couple months due to being busy. Because of that, I had not logged into my Wikipedia account. I'd like to be added to the roads pages again, because there are some articles I want to write or edit on Maryland roads. -Matt —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mattpedersen (talk • contribs) 17:47, 5 April 2007 (UTC).
 * Re-added to the newsletter list. However, you will need to re-add yourself to any projects. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 00:35, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

USRD Newsletter - Issue 5

 * Want to help on next month's newsletter? Don't want to receive these in future? Don't want it subst'd next time? – It's all here. —Rschen7754bot 00:31, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

USRD Newsletter template coding error...
The template that delivers the USRD has a missing tag that is wreaking havoc with my talkpage, probably others as well, and it looks like yours too. That should probably be fixed... Its right before your signature. When the tag is left unclosed, it propagates through the whole page. Just thought you should know, and can fix it before the next issue. Thanks for all of your work on this. I don't do as much editing on road articles as I used to, but I appreciate receiving the newsletter and keeping abreast of the project. --Jayron32| talk | contribs 16:03, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah, HTML tidy has been tweaked a bit, so it won't automatically close tags. I've fixed it here.  V 6 0  干什么？ ·  VDemolitions 16:38, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I fixed one here... Tom e r<sup style="font-variant: small-caps; color: #129dbc!important;">talk  03:46, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

USRD Newsletter - Issue 6

 * Want to help on next month's newsletter? Don't want to receive these in future? Don't want it subst'd next time? – It's all here. —Rschen7754bot 22:14, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

See...
Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_U.S._Roads/Newsletter ... anything you can do to help greatly appreciated, it clutters up my talk page :) ++Lar: t/c 22:43, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

IRC
Thanks, next time I'll prevent my brother from going on. --  JA 10  T · C 15:34, 23 April 2007 (UTC)


 * But, I'm still blocked..What's going on? -- 172.134.130.6 19:59, 23 April 2007 (UTC)


 * That statement above was me, I forgot to log in. --  JA 10  T · C 20:00, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Vishwin has returned, pm him and he can fix it. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 05:02, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Road cruft
That stuff belongs on talk pages. I think you can agree with me that there is no excuse in the world for a Wikiproject to be named in a template used on an actual mainspace article. There may well be a need to use some cleanup template, but the mention to the project... has got to go. Sorry if you personally were offended. <b style="color:#DF0001;">Matt Yeager</b> <b style="font-size:medium; color:#B46611;">♫</b> ( Talk? ) 19:52, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Six-month block
Was a six-month block of really necessary? The IP made one vandal edit and you blocked him six months. Yeah, yeah... so he had a previous block record. But still... --  tariq abjotu  04:09, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I believe it was, since obviously he did not learn from his previous blocks. This shows that he has not learned anything, and this is to protect the integrity of Wikipedia. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 04:11, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Highway 99
Where I grew up (in the northern San Joaquin Valley), 99 is commonly known as "Highway 99", not "State Route 99". In this case, WP:USSH is misleading. By the way, Google searches show: -- Jasper 04:46, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
 * 341,000 hits for "Highway 99" California
 * 139,000 hits for "Hwy 99" California
 * 45,000 hits for "State Route 99" California
 * 41,000 hits for "SR 99" California
 * Then take it up with WT:USRD. Be forewarned, however, you will upset many people for bringing this up. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 04:48, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

USRD Newsletter - Issue 7

 * Want to help on next month's newsletter? Don't want to receive these in future? Don't want it subst'd next time? – It's all here. — Vsh Bot (t • c) 19:17, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

WP:USSH
I don't think you meant to say "The infobox should use either the official name of the road which is not necessarily the same as the article title." That's an incomplete sentence, and I'm not sure exactly what's meant by it. There are some infoboxes that don't use the "official" name, such as New York State Route 15. I screwed that sentence up too though; sorry. --NE2 05:00, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Fixed, thanks for the warning. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 05:57, 7 May 2007 (UTC)