Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Blog/April 2009

Another Milestone for USRD
Nevada State Route 375, colloquially known as the Extraterrestrial Highway, due to the countless UFO sitings resulting from it's proximity to Area 51, yesterday became the first wikipedia article about a Nevada State Route to be ranked GA status. Please join me in congratulating Lj, and the other editors who worked to reach this milestone.Dave (talk) 15:53, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Welcome back!
I would just like to briefly take the opportunity to welcome two former USRD editors back to USRD. User:TwinsMetsFan is a legendary editor of the New York project and was heavily involved in USRD until his retirement from USRD in 2007. He has recently returned and done much for the New York project.

User:Kacie Jane (also known as Kéiryn or Northenglish) has also returned. He has been involved in both the Washington and New Jersey projects. After returning, he has given input on a few ACR debates as well as done some article improvement work.

Welcome back! It's great to have you! --Rschen7754 (T C) 21:54, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

April article promotions
The following articles have been promoted to GA, GT, A, FL or FA status in April. Please take the time to read these newly-promoted quality articles and congratulate those that worked to improve the article:

Top priority article needs expanding
I am putting out a request for help. Currently, New York State Route 374 is the longest true stub NYSR has, and as of right now, I do not have time to expand this highway. If someone would like to expand, User:TwinsMetsFan and I can give the expander the history if they want it. Could someone volunteer and expand it for us? Thanks. Mitchazenia : Chat   Trained for the pen 01:27, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

USRD Article to be featured on the main page
Utah State Route 128 will be the featured article for April 6th. Thanks to Mitchazenia who has been lobbying for this since last fall.Dave (talk) 21:29, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Link here. I'm slightly disappointed that the Dewey Bridge image wasn't selected. – Juliancolton  | Talk 01:24, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Ironic considering that several of the "for" votes were only because of the pic of the bridge burning, not the article itself.Dave (talk) 03:42, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

That summary shouldn't have the first "Utah" per WP:USSH. --NE2 04:13, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ – Juliancolton  | Talk 04:22, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Milestone reached
The quality bot updated stats and categories last night. We have reached a milestone for the USRD project. Nevada joins the list of state sub-projects with an FA class article in its quiver. The list now includes the states of Oklahoma, Arizona, Illinois, Utah, Kansas, Michigan, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, California, Colorado and New Mexico. While I'm gloating, this was a team effort as the latest FA included editors in the USRD project from as far away as Illinois, Michigan and New York. Thanks everybody.Dave (talk) 14:54, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Woo hoo! Next state? How about Idaho (no project yet). –CG 19:05, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Survey results
Question #2. Why did you leave USRD? Check all that apply.

The following each received one vote:
 * Real life / lack of time
 * FAC
 * Transformation of state highway projects to state roads projects
 * A certain user that is still on Wikipedia
 * Too hard to learn how to edit
 * Found other tasks on Wikipedia more interesting
 * Drama
 * Certain Wikipedia guidelines

Question 3. Would you support the concept of project coordinators?
 * Yes. 5 votes (41.7%)
 * No. 7 votes (58.3%)

Question 4. Would you support the concept of an ACR director?
 * Yes. 9 votes (75%)
 * No. 3 votes (25%)

Question 5. merging state highway projects into USRD?
 * Yes. 3 votes (25%)
 * Only ones with permission grated. 2 votes (16.7%)
 * Only inactive ones. 5 votes (41.7%)
 * No, not at all. 2 votes (16.7%)

Question 6. Please rate us on the following programs at USRD (5 points = A, 1 point = F)
 * Assessment: 4.18
 * MTF: 3.75
 * ELG: 4.00
 * Standards: 4.25
 * GAN: 3.55
 * ACR: 3.00
 * FAC: 3.55
 * Featured lists: 3.50
 * Merging and AFD: 3.92
 * Discussion forums: 4.00
 * Shields: 4.00
 * Blog: 3.45
 * Portal: 2.75
 * IRC channel: 4.18
 * Stub templates: 4.00
 * Peer review: 2.91
 * Template:USRD Announcements: 3.50
 * State highway WikiProjects: 3.73
 * Notability guidelines: 4.08
 * Infoboxes: 4.67
 * Navigation templates: 4.25
 * Leaderboard: 3.83
 * USSH: 3.83
 * Dispute resolution: 3.50
 * County challenge: 4.00
 * USRD-CRWP WikiCup: 4.17
 * USRD RoadTrip: 3.17
 * ArbCom voting guides: 3.14
 * USRD as a whole: 3.75

--Rschen7754 (T C) 05:30, 29 March 2009 (UTC)