Wikipedia:WikiProject Canada Roads/Ontario/Resources

Guidelines
The articles governed by this project are subject to several guidelines. Some are set by the project and should be followed in order to maintain a consistent appearance across articles. Other, however, are set by the Wikipedia community, and the general consensus is that they be followed unless there is a good reason not to.


 * Mandatory guidelines
 * WP:MOS - The Manual of Style (MOS) governs the appearance of all articles on Wikipedia.
 * WP:RJL - The Road Junction List (RJL) guidelines is part of the MOS.
 * WP:MOSFLAGS - The MOS specifies when and when not to use icons (highway shields). We have our own guideline to further elaborate on this in a road context.
 * WP:EL - The external link guideline.
 * WP:N - The notability guideline determines what articles are worthy of inclusion on Wikipedia.
 * WP:COLOR - The colour guidelines should be kept in mind before you get too purdy.


 * Group guidelines
 * WP:ONRD/BOX - Regarding infoboxes and navboxes.
 * WP:ONRD/STDS - Regarding article structure and content.
 * WP:ONRD/A - Regarding assessment of articles.
 * WP:ONRD/MAPS - Regarding maps

Project resources

 * Books owned by members
 * Pre-1997 highways
 * /Notes on early assumptions and reversions
 * Length comparison 1989 vs today
 * Ontario highway redirect list

Quick refs
MTO Highway network and jurisdiction. Jurisdiction map includes speed limits and number of lanes by segment

Secondary highways designated at the beginning of 1956
 * Template:Cite ONRD - Produces 8 common citations: MTO km log, 1989 km log, MapArt's Ontario mapbook, DHO/MOTAC/MTO annual reports, 1997 highway transfer list, 1998 highway transfer list and 2011 Connecting Link list
 * Template:Cite ONRD - Produces 8 common citations: MTO km log, 1989 km log, MapArt's Ontario mapbook, DHO/MOTAC/MTO annual reports, 1997 highway transfer list, 1998 highway transfer list and 2011 Connecting Link list
 * Template:Cite ONRD - Produces 8 common citations: MTO km log, 1989 km log, MapArt's Ontario mapbook, DHO/MOTAC/MTO annual reports, 1997 highway transfer list, 1998 highway transfer list and 2011 Connecting Link list

Other sources
You likely won't find everything on the internet. There are a few important places worth checking if the resources are not digitized:
 * Local historical societies are often receptive to questions or research inquiries on local roads, even by email. Let them know you're writing for Wikipedia and what specifically you are looking for. You may get newspapers or books that are otherwise unavailable rather quickly.
 * Local libraries will have engineering plans for local project. But more importantly, a membership often provides access to digital resources. ProQuest is often the provider of these, and if your library provides it, the Canadian Newsstream database has all available Canadian newspapers from ProQuest.
 * The Wikipedia Library provides free access to Newspapers.com, another invaluable source of newspaper articles.
 * Contact the MTO. MTOINFO@ontario.ca – expect a long wait and to use a lot of persistence.

Template datasets
'''NOTE: DO NOT EDIT THESE UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING. ASK FOR HELP AT WT:ONRD OR WT:HWY'''
 * Module:Road data/strings/CAN/ON - sets display of shields and route names for infoboxes and junction tables
 * Template:Infobox road/browselinks/CAN - sets the links at the bottom of infoboxes