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Contents 1 Shields 2 Michigan maps 3 County highways 4 Highway Naming Convention 5 Browse boxes 6 Image:M-35 1932.jpg 7 Wikifying dates in references 8 Your continued contributions 9 Thank you 10 Junctions 11 M-2 12 WP:USRD Newsletter Issue 1 13 USRD Newsletter - Issue 2 14 USRD Newsletter - Issue 3 14.1 Active user verification 15 Thanks for the Infoboxes 16 USRD Newsletter - Issue 4 17 Some questions if you can ask 18 Have a question for ya 19 USRD Newsletter - Issue 5

[edit] Shields

Thanks for doing the Diamond shields for the M-roads KelleyCook 15:31, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Michigan maps

yeah, i can fix those when I get back after the 14th. Just dont have access to my GIS software on the road. Cheers. Stratosphere (talk - Contrib) 02:24, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

done and done. thanks for the heads up. Stratosphere (talk - Contrib) 23:38, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, most likely. I'll take a look at it on Tuesday. Cheers. Stratosphere ^{(U T)} 05:33, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Actually, now that I think about it, when I fixed M-553 and M-94 maps per your request I had to edit the data manually to include it in the state trunklines. I'll think about it, but it's probably in other maps too. Every map of the UP that has that road in it, is grey except for 553 and 94 maps. I'm just not sure if I want to invest the time in correcting it. Stratosphere ^{(U T)} 05:37, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] County highways

Yeah, I can do those, I think. I just need to find a comprehensive list of routes, and the counties they go through. (looks like Michigan Highways will do there.) My only question, as the nearest CDH to me is D-19 in Livingston County, is do these have hyphens or not? I seem to remember D-19 having one. —IW4^U_T^C 21:52, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Done. —IW4^U_T^C 09:20, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Sure. I can do that. Just get me a reference image for whichever shields you want vectored, and I can (likely) take care of it. —IW4^U_T^C 12:53, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

I should be less surprised. I actually think I like it better with the hyphens, but if need be, I'll redo them without. Did you ever get me a reference image of that other county sign you wanted me to vectorize? —IW4^U_T^C 23:44, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Highway Naming Convention

Greetings. Please take a look at my comment here and provide input on whether or not this is a route we should pursue. Thanks! Stratosphere ^{(U T)} 04:02, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Browse boxes

Browsing in the infobox is intended to be limited to intrastate routes only, with interstate U.S. routes having their browses at the bottom of the page. Please read WP:USH, Template:Infobox U.S. Route, and WT:USH. Thanks. --TMF ^{Let's Go Mets - Stats} 15:31, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:M-35 1932.jpg

Please direct all discussion of this image to Talk:M-35_(Michigan_highway). I am apparently not as well versed in matters of copyright law as some of the rest of those involved on here. Forgive my ignorance. The tenor of some of the comments made on here almost sent me packing from WikiPedia completely. Imzadi1979 07:12, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikifying dates in references

I don't care one way or the other, but what's the point of wikifying a date? Clicking on it links to the page for that day which has no context or relevance to the article (or any article for that matter). I guess my question is, does it do something else besides link to that page or is it just accepted practice? Stratosphere ^{(U T)} 07:41, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

I have my preference set to Day Month Year. Wikifying the dates honors that preference for dates set by the individual user. Imzadi1979 07:42, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Oh, really? Cool. Guess that answers that. Keep up the good work then ;) Stratosphere ^{(U T)} 07:44, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Although it works best if coded like: [[October 30]], [[2006]] or [[30 October]] [[2006]]. The coding will figure out if a comma is needed to make October 30, 2006 or leave it out for 30 October 2006. Imzadi1979 07:53, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

If I remember, I'll start doing this from now on...NO PROMISES!! ;) Stratosphere ^{(U T)} 15:21, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your continued contributions

I know hard work can go unnoticed on here, it happens far to often. Your work, over the past few weeks/months, on the Michigan Highway Articles has been nothing short of outstanding. We're only a few rows away from having articles for all the highways (past and present), which didn't seem likely six months ago.

On a related note, thanks for hitting up the references and migrating them to cite, that was on my list, but I'll tell you I wasn't looking forward to it ;) Anyway, this comment is just to commend you on your great work. Cheers! Stratosphere ^{(U T)} 07:15, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! It's nice to be appreciated. I have M-1 through M-19 re-cited. I'm quitting there for the night. Maybe tomorrow evening after the day job I'll pick up some more. I'll post the info for the cite template on the main MSHP page. Imzadi1979 07:28, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you

Sorry, I'm late sending you this, but I found out today the star you posted on my profile regarding the contributions I've made to the Michigan Highways article, and do want to say thank you. I enjoy history and writing and Wikipedia gives me a chance to use both. You'll be glad to know also that I found out how to add 'edit summaries', the box being at the bottom of the page (DUH). Anyway, have a Happy Thanksgiving. Igo4U

[edit] Junctions

The junction listings have always used no ampersand...it has nothing to do with whether they're duplexed or not. Stratosphere ^{(U T)} 23:44, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

for what it's worth, the examples I provided weren't the best since I-90/80 are duplexed, but US 101 is NOT duplexed with I280 or I680. Stratosphere ^{(U T)} 23:47, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Well, in all of the pages I've edited/written, I've only used a "/" for actually multplexed routes and an "&" for merely junctioning routes. See M-28's junction listing on Newberry as one example. Since M-117 & M-123 don't duplex, they aren't properly listed with a slash. To me, the slash implies a concurrency. I-75/US 23 or US 41/M-28 implies one thing, I-96 & M-104 implies another. The difference is subtle, but precise. Imzadi1979 23:52, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Also, the Michigan Highways site, all termini listings use the ampersand to denote junction and the slash to denote duplex. Imzadi1979 23:52, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

I'm just suggesting you think it over, if you want to change the format everyone's been using forever then propose an adjustment. My viewpoint on this is there's been an apparent consensus and established precedent regarding this subject. Every article I can find (save the one's you've made) across all the articles under the Roads Wikiproject (including all state listings, interstate and us routes) use the slash to list junctions in a given area near a city/town. The MSHP is a daughter project of the US Roads project, and all the state highway projects are children of the same. They've all used the slash. Stratosphere ^{(U T)} 00:00, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] M-2

I saw your message on NE2's talk page. I was confused when I saw M-2 removed from the browsing order on US 2, and when I saw your message, I was inspired to do a little research as to what happened, so allow me to answer on his behalf. The article was sent to AfD (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/M-2 (Michigan highway)), saying that it was unreliable (albeit informed) speculation, not quite meeting the standards for inclusion in Wikipedia. The admin closed the debate in favor of delete, but NE2 made an editorial decision to create a redirect in its place.

I never saw the article, so I can't say whether I agree with the deletion or not. If you disagree with it, you may consider a DRV, but it would be unlikely to succeed, given that there were no !votes to keep and 7 to delete/redirect (1 to merge). -- NORTH ^talk 00:45, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Here's the article: [1] It should be acceptable to undelete the history: "History only undeletions can be performed without needing a vote on this page.", but I don't see the point. --NE2 00:48, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

I've been watching my watchlist, never saw it get flagged for deletion, let alone deleted. I guess things move pretty fast around here and I never got to voice my opinion as the oringal author of the article! I've requested a history only undelete so that at a later date, I can recreate the article with more detail/research so it stays this time. Imzadi1979 06:14, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WP:USRD Newsletter Issue 1

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[edit] USRD Newsletter - Issue 2

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[edit] Active user verification

Hello, Imzadi1979. 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 Wikipedia: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.  V60 ^{VTalk · VDemolitions} 20:16, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the Infoboxes

I was not aware we needed those for the business routes but oh well. I guess I should not have looked at the retired business route. In anycase I think I will write a few of these each day and maybe, cross my fingers, we get those business routes off the to do list. I still have to look into the US and that lone Interstate route. --Mihsfbstadium 04:26, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

I have a completion list on my user page similar to the one list on the main MSHP page: User:Imzadi1979/ComplistBR. Hopefully we'll get some maps drawn sometime to add to them. Imzadi1979 04:48, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the link to your list. I have one on my user page as well for just the michigan road geeks that are currently active. Of course its nearly the same that is on the Michigan Project page. Btw I hope to get cracking on your list sometime in the future here. I can not make guarentees about it since I am currently preoccupied with other items but I am hoping in the near future. --Mihsfbstadium 06:37, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] USRD Newsletter - Issue 4

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[edit] Some questions if you can ask

I been trying to get the major road geeks aka head of the US Road Project to get me some feedback. So far they have refused to discuss anything more than once with me. I ask for clarification and I did not recieve it. In anycase the first thing is the I-196 exit list. I tried to ask what we need to do with it and I did not get any response as for what it needs. Next I tried to figure out why the Michigan project is listed as having no Infobox info, Maps, or Browse Boxes along with the fact that there is at least 2 to 3 of us on the project not 1. The funny thing is that Indiana has the same situation at least for thier decominished routes and they have all of the above except for the maps checked off. If you can ask for me I would be thrilled. --Mihsfbstadium 18:30, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Have a question for ya

I guess the top road geeks are saying that the state completion is not valid. They say we need to have pages with rediricts and what not. Here is an example California Completion List of what I am talking about. Now do you have any idea if we have that lying around already or not. If we dont they are requesting that we make one. I am currently not in the mood to deal with that since it would be just a huge project in itself. Any info you can provide me about that would be benifical to get those national road geeks off our back. Plus do you honestly think our Michigan Road project is in dire need of help --Mihsfbstadium 02:10, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Yes, we do, odd enough it is at Talk:List of highways in Michigan/completion list. It should be moved to a more logical location similar to your California example. Imzadi1979 02:58, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

who cares where its listed at, at least we have it now. BTW if you plan on moving it leave a redirct so some of the links dont get messed up that are linked to it. --Mihsfbstadium 03:03, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] USRD Newsletter - Issue 5

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