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[edit] Tables for county route lists?
A discussion is currently underway at Talk:County routes in New Jersey about changing the county route lists from bulleted lists to table form (see List of county routes in Monmouth County, New Jersey for an example). -- NORTH talk 03:01, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Goodbye
Hello Fellow Wikipedians!
I have enjoyed my time editing here on Wikipedia but I feel it is time to move on. I have done edits on some pages here but I feel it is time to start my own website for roads, I will post the link when it goes live. I have removed a chunck of articles from my watchlist and will begin to make a steady transition out. My subsequent edits will be more for matience and/or minor information changes. I have no hard feelings towards this project but I feel its time to move on. I am not leaving Wikipedia, just this project as it would not be appropriate for me to do this in addition to my future website. Thank you all for the wonderful time I had here! If there is anything you all want help with or want my opinion on, just let me know!
All the best!
Jgcarter 19:52, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
PS- You can help me out by using my website for citations!
[edit] To-do list
After much effort, all current state routes now have infoboxes!!! So now, all that's left to do is... everything else. Just kidding... or am I? Well, now that we have infoboxes the bulk of the work is done, so it's time for a "final" run-through of all the state route articles. This will ensure that all the articles are up to the standards set by both this project and its parent WP:USRD. Once that's done, everything's done except the obvious... expansion.
So here's an expanded version of the to-do list, explaining exactly what needs to be done.
- Ensure that all freeway exit lists are up to exit list guide standards.
- Many of the exit lists in our project predate the exit list guide, with issues like the Municipality column inconsistenly placed, the milepost and exit number columns switched, and the lack of a county column. (Also, the Municipality column should be renamed "Location".) These were wonderful for first drafts, but as the U.S. Roads WikiProject moves towards standardization, so should we.
- Mileposts should be taken from the SLD. Generally, the milepost should be where the road crosses over/under the freeway, although exceptions are made when the ramps are in significantly different places.
- Make sure all infoboxes have the new maint= parameter.
- A new parameter was added to {{infobox road}} last month, and should be added to all NJ state route infoboxes that don't already have it. For most routes, this can be done simply by adding the line
|maint=[[NJDOT]]to the infobox. However, check the straight line diagram to ensure that the road is in fact maintained by the DOT for its enitre length. - This parameter replaces the old system= parameter. Infoboxes that use that parameter should be changed.
- Make sure all infoboxes use length_ref and length_round instead of length_km. Also ensure the straight line diagram is properly linked as the reference.
- This change to {{infobox road}} isn't quite so recent, but there are still several infoboxes that need to be updated. The length in kilometers in the infobox should not be manually calculated. Instead put the length from the SLD in length_mi. Then, instead of using length_km, use the line
|length_round=2, and have the infobox calculate the kilometers itself. - On a related topic, this project has never had a consistent format for the link to the SLD. From now on, the {{cite web}} template should be used. See New Jersey Route 168 and Interstate 95 in New Jersey for this in practice. The following parameters should be used:
author=[[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]url=the url for the straight line diagram (without brackets)title=Route XXX straight line diagramIn the title, use either Route XX, U.S. Route XX, or Interstate XX.accessdate=YYYY-MM-DDUse the date you're adding the template, in YYYY-MM-DD format.
- Add a major intersections table to each article.
- The major intersections table was a relatively recent addition to the project page, and has only made an appearance on a few pages (such as U.S. Route 9 in New Jersey and New Jersey Route 33). The guidelines for the intersection table are mostly spelled out on the project page, but I'll do so again here. The purpose of the list is to be a more complete list of junctions with numbered highways than the list in the infobox. The list should follow the exit list guide; the exit # and notes columns can be left out if they are empty.
- State routes should have all junctions with other state routes listed. All junctions with 500-series county routes should also be listed, unless it makes the list exceedingly long. (Either all 500-series routes, or none, should be listed.) Junctions with 600-series county routes should not be listed, unless it is an extremely short route.
- 500-series county routes should always have all junctions with state routes and other 500-series county routes listed. Junctions with 600-series county routes can be listed unless it makes the list exceedingly long.
- 600-series county routes should always have all junctions with all numbered highways listed.
- Some pre-existing lists (such as New Jersey Route 67) have extra intersections listed. It is not particularly necessary to remove these junctions.
That's all for now. Thanks for all your hard work recently, and in the future. -- NORTH talk 00:44, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Shields
Important heads up about the shields. Per a discussion on WT:USRD, there's a project going on right now to combine the "image sets" for the many states that use circular shields. The result will be one set with ellipses (
), and one with "elongated circles" (
).
At some point in the near future, the naming convention for NJ's shields will change. My personal preference would be to use the ellipses (for reason's Vishwin stated on WT:USRD), but it doesn't really matter since NJ's signage is so inconsistent on the matter. -- NORTH talk 23:29, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
