Wikipedia:WikiProject Oklahoma State Highways

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[edit] Title

WikiProject:Oklahoma State Highways

[edit] Scope

To provide a set of standardized, well-written, and well-sourced articles on all state highways in Oklahoma (except lettered spurs).

[edit] Relationships

[edit] Parent WikiProject

U.S. Roads

[edit] Sibling WikiProjects

U.S. Highways | U.S. Interstate Highways | List of State-level WikiProjects

[edit] Participants

If you are interested in a newsletter, please add yourself to Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Newsletter/List. New members will no longer be added to this list.

Scott5114 (leader of project)
Rschen7754 never been to OK but will help

[edit] Structure

All articles are to be named Oklahoma State Highway X. Please see WP:SRNC and Wikipedia:Naming conventions/Numbered highways for discussion on this topic.

[edit] Infobox

Place the infobox at the very top of the page. (See below for information on how it works).

[edit] Lead section

The lead section should begin by stating the highway's name (in bold, per the Manual of Style) and the commonly accepted abbreviations (OK-x and SH-x, and any other names that are used). State that the highway is maintained by the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Give the length, in miles and kilometers. If the highway is very long, give a very general description of the route (terminii, part of state it runs through).

[edit] Route summary

Include a description of the route here. Note routes the article highway intersects, towns it passes through, duplexes, etc. If possible, upload and insert pictures.

On very long highways, split this up with subheadings.

[edit] History

If possible, write a section on the highway's history. When was the highway commissioned? Include any extensions, truncations, and/or major reroutes.

[edit] Notes

Include anything interesting about the highway here, such as memorial (and other name) signage, historical notes, events that happened on the highway, etc. Several notes pertaining to the same subject should get a section (with a heading) instead.

[edit] Spurs

Create a bulleted list of lengths and brief route desciptions of lettered spurs here. Lettered spurs should redirect to the parent route. (Exceptions are State Highway 17A, 40A, and 251A, which are both orphaned. Spurs off of U.S. Highways should redirect to Oklahoma State Highway spurs from U.S. Highways unless you have a lot to say about them - e.g. State Highway 77H.)

[edit] Exit list

If the highway has any freeway sections, include an ELG-compliant exit list here.

[edit] References

Cite all sources used.

[edit] External links

Include external links related to the highway.

[edit] Succession box

For U.S. and Interstate highways, create a succession box at the extreme bottom of the article. Use the {{ok browse}} template; see Interstate 40 for an example.

These were once used on all articles. This information is now included in the infobox on intrastate articles so this should be deleted on intrastate articles with the infobox.

[edit] Working examples of good structure

State Highway 1 (Oklahoma)
State Highway 51 (Oklahoma)
State Highway 74 (Oklahoma) (how to handle different highways with the same number)

[edit] Goals

To have an article for all current routes.
To have some Featured Articles. (Citations and lengths in miles and kilometers are very important!)

[edit] Tasks

Create an article for all current state highways. (130 possible, ~78% done)
Place routeboxes on articles which need them.
Create new shield images as necessary. (Use Meat_cleavers.svg)

[edit] General strategy and discussion forums

/General
/Strategy

[edit] Templates

[edit] Infoboxes

State Highway 3

Maintained by ODOT

Length:

616.5 mi (992 km)

West end:

Colorado state line (triplexed with

US 287/385)

East end:

AR-32, Arkansas state line

Oklahoma State Highways
< SH-2		SH-4 >

Our infobox, shown at right, is {{Infobox Oklahoma Highway}} and is fairly simple to use. These are the parameters:

article_route - The highway number you're writing about.
map - If a map at Image:Ok-x path.png exists, pass "yes", and it will be displayed. Otherwise, do not include.
yrcom - The highway's "birth" and "death" dates. If the highway still exists, place the creation year and a dash (e.g. "1942-"). If unknown, do not include.
length_mi - Length in miles. Kilometers are computed automatically.
direction_a - west or south.
direction_b - east or north.
from - The western or southern terminus. Include a shield graphic of the highway it ends at (if any).
to - The eastern or northern terminus.
previous - The highway which has the next lowest number.
previous_route - The type of the previous highway (I, US, or SH).
next - The highway which has the next highest number.
next_route - The type of the next highway (I, US, or SH).

If you are writing about a highway with two distinct sections, use {{Infobox Oklahoma Highway 2}}, which works in basically the same way.

[edit] Stub templates

None yet.

[edit] Other templates

None yet.

[edit] Project template

{{Oklahoma State Highway WikiProject}} (should be used on the talk pages of our articles, helps for article assessment)

	This article is part of the Oklahoma State Highway WikiProject, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to highways in Oklahoma. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion.
NA	This page is not an article and does not require a rating on the quality scale.

[edit] User templates

It is strongly recommended that {{Project U.S. Roads West}} be placed on user (sub) pages.

WikiProject U.S. Roads

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Project-wide news

Nominations for Portal:U.S. Roads selected articles and pictures needed.
Shields not displaying at certain sizes? See here.
Article Improvement Drive has started.
Font size change on {{Infobox road}} has taken place.
An IRC channel (#wikipedia-en-roads-us) has started, feel free to join and discuss.

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