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==Always in the newsletter==
*Intro
*Selected article / picture from portal
*Leaderboard / stubs update
*Featured stories, if anything important happened
*Project news
**State updates
*From the editor

==Issue 1 (Winter 2017)==
Publication deadline: 12 PM Pacific-3 PM Eastern on TBD.

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===Introduction===
:''Contributors:'' Philroc, Morriswa (copy-editing)
Welcome to the first issue of ''The Center Line'' since winter of 2015, which was over a year ago. Firstly, because 2016, the year we were so excited about in the last issue, has come and gone without a new issue, we hope 2016 was a good year for you. Secondly, since it is now 2017, happy belated New Year! We hope that this year will bring new improvement for USRD. We will focus on the completion of two initatives on Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata, *Topic of Feature 2*, and *Topic of Feature 3* in this issue. We hope to publish another issue this spring, so please be patient. ❖Philroc

===Commons and Wikidata revamp===
:''Contributor:'' Rschen7754

2012 and 2013 were momentous years in the history of USRD: the consolidation of the state highway WikiProjects, the deployment of [[Keyhole Markup Language|KML files]], and a record-breaking number of featured articles and good articles. But behind the scenes, two initiatives on Wikimedia sister projects were started, and were only completed last year.

[to be continued]

===Feature 2 (if needed)===
:''Contributor:'' 

Note: If you suggest a story then you are volunteering to write it, unless someone else decides to do so.
===Feature 3 (if needed)===
:''Contributor:'' 

Note: If you suggest a story then you are volunteering to write it, unless someone else decides to do so.

===Project news===
:''Contributors:'' Philroc, Morriswa (copy-editing)

* There is an ongoing discussion [[WT:USRD#Multi-State Route Articles Redux|here]] about whether sets of articles about highways that travel through multiple states, have the same number, and are connected to each other should each be combined into one article, and how the articles that are made from this process should be named. Your input is needed, so, please voice your opinion at the above link. [[User:Philroc|<font color="#009933">Phil</font>]][[User talk:Philroc|<font color="#000000">roc</font>]]<sup>[[Special:Contributions/Philroc|''My contribs'']]</sup> 13:56, 18 March 2017 (UTC)

Be sure to look through Article Alerts and WT:USRD.

===State updates===
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*California: Since the last issue, [[California State Route 11]] became a Good Article, and [[California State Route 94]] and [[California State Route 76]] became Featured Articles. [[:File:McClure Tunnel west.jpg]] also became a Featured Picture. A source for replacing the [[California postmile]] with actual mileages was found at [https://postmile.dot.ca.gov/]. --'''[[User:Rschen7754|Rs]][[User talk:Rschen7754|chen]][[Special:Contributions/Rschen7754|7754]]''' 17:20, 18 March 2017 (UTC)
*Georgia: The [[List of state routes in Georgia (U.S. state)]] page was made [[Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Standards/Route lists|standards compliant]] and still is in the midst of a major revamp to include all previous and current state highways. Also, the [[List of former state routes in Georgia (U.S. state)]] page has had a major revamp started to include all previous state highways and make each section cited and include complete histories. The process on both pages is still ongoing, with various current state highway articles having properly-cited "History" sections added or revamped to be proper. [[User:Morriswa|Charlotte Allison (Morriswa)]] ([[User talk:Morriswa|talk]]) 11:13, 18 March 2017 (UTC)
*Idaho: All current state highways now have articles, with the final redlink of [[Idaho State Highway 81]] being created on February 21. The main list of state highways was made [[WP:USRD/STDS/L|standards compliant]] and split thrice. '''[[User:SounderBruce|<span style="background:#5d9731; color:white; padding:2px;">Sounder</span>]][[User talk:SounderBruce|<span style="background:#1047AB; color:white; padding:2px;">Bruce</span>]]''' 06:44, 18 March 2017 (UTC)
*Michigan: With the promotion of [[Interstate 675 (Michigan)]] (and the previous promotion of [[Interstate 94 in Michigan]]) to Featured Article status, the [[Wikipedia:Featured topics/Interstate Highways in Michigan|Interstate Highways in Michigan]] topic automatically promoted to Featured Topic status on March 4, 2017. <span style="background:#006B54; padding:2px;">'''[[User:Imzadi1979|<font color="white">Imzadi&nbsp;1979</font>]]&nbsp;[[User talk:Imzadi1979|<font color="white"><big>→</big></font>]]'''</span>  00:59, 20 March 2017 (UTC)
====Leaderboard and stub count====
:''Contributor:'' Philroc

Here's how the leaderboard looks as of March 21, 2017.
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|-
!Rank
!State
!{{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class U.S. road transport articles}}
!{{A-Class|category=Category:A-Class U.S. road transport articles}}
!{{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class U.S. road transport articles}}
!{{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class U.S. road transport articles}}
!{{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class U.S. road transport articles}}
!{{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class U.S. road transport articles}}
!{{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class U.S. road transport articles}}
!ω
!Ω
|-align=center
!1
|[[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Michigan road transport articles by quality statistics|Michigan]]
|31
|5
|188
|0
|0
|0
|0
|381
|1.701
|-align=center
!2
|[[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Delaware road transport articles by quality statistics|Delaware]]
|1
|0
|63
|0
|0
|0
|0
|126
|1.969
|-align=center
!3
|[[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/New York road transport articles by quality statistics|New York]]
|12
|3
|198
|332
|107
|24
|2
|1955
|2.883
|-align=center
!4
|[[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Maryland road transport articles by quality statistics|Maryland]]
|4
|1
|65
|346
|45
|8
|0
|1389
|2.962
|-align=center
!5
|[[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Washington road transport articles by quality statistics|Washington]]
|0
|2
|73
|78
|54
|6
|1
|634
|2.963
|-align=center
!6
|[[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/New Jersey road transport articles by quality statistics|New Jersey]]
|0
|2
|102
|47
|19
|81
|0
|828
|3.299
|-align=center
!7
|[[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Utah road transport articles by quality statistics|Utah]]
|4
|3
|16
|64
|131
|7
|1
|792
|3.504
|-align=center
!8
|[[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Iowa road transport articles by quality statistics|Iowa]]
|2
|1
|19
|19
|87
|12
|0
|504
|3.600
|-align=center
!9
|[[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Arizona road transport articles by quality statistics|Arizona]]
|2
|0
|12
|18
|47
|20
|1
|372
|3.720
|-align=center
!10
|[[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Oklahoma road transport articles by quality statistics|Oklahoma]]
|2
|0
|14
|66
|38
|59
|0
|673
|3.760
|-
|}

Since 2015, Maryland has had its WikiWork increase by three thounsandths of a point, causing it to beat Washington State in the leaderboard and moving it from 5th place to 4th place. Arizona is interesting in that its relative WikiWork is its WikiWork divided by 100. All of the article numbers for that state added up to exactly 100, and 372 WikiWork points became 3.72 relative WikiWork points.

Now let's look at how the four main task forces are doing:
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Project
!{{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class U.S. road transport articles}}
!{{A-Class|category=Category:A-Class U.S. road transport articles}}
!{{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class U.S. road transport articles}}
!{{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class U.S. road transport articles}}
!{{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class U.S. road transport articles}}
!{{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class U.S. road transport articles}}
!{{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class U.S. road transport articles}}
!Total
!ω
!Ω
|-align=center
![[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/U.S. road transport articles by quality statistics|USRD]]
|73
|20
|988
|1565
|2982
|4602
|1662
|11892
|51601
|4.339
|-align=center
!|[[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Interstate Highway System articles by quality statistics|IH]]
|23
|1
|53
|39
|274
|188
|4
|582
|2284
|3.924
|-align=center
!|[[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/U.S. Highway system articles by quality statistics|USH]]
|17
|2
|70
|44
|240
|338
|9
|720
|2978
|4.136
|-align=center
![[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/U.S. auto trail articles by quality statistics|Auto trail]]
|7
|0
|5
|1
|10
|29
|9
|61
|252
|4.131
|-
|}

Since 2015, all 4 task forces except Auto Trails have had their relative WikiWorks drop.

===Selected article/picture from portal===
;October
:US: [[Arizona State Route 67]]
:MI: [[Interstate 196]]
[[File:Shenandoah SkylineDrive Milemarker103 FallColors.jpg|center|300px]]
<center>'''[[Skyline Drive]]''' at milepost 103 in [[Shenandoah National Park]], [[Virginia]] in the fall</center>

Recently selected: [[Portal:U.S. Roads/Selected picture/September 2016|Arkansas Highway 7]]{{*}} [[Portal:U.S. Roads/Selected picture/August 2016|West Virginia Route 28/55]]{{*}} [[Portal:U.S. Roads/Selected picture/July 2016|Interstate 395 (District of Columbia–Virginia)]]
;November
:US: [[Interstate 81 in West Virginia]]
:MI: [[M-67 (Michigan highway)]]
[[File:Amboy_(California,_USA),_Hist._Route_66_--_2012_--_1.jpg|center|300px]]
<center>'''[[U.S. Route 66 in California|U.S. Route 66]]''' near [[Amboy, California]]</center>

Recently selected: [[Portal:U.S. Roads/Selected picture/October 2016|Skyline Drive]]{{*}} [[Portal:U.S. Roads/Selected picture/September 2016|Arkansas Highway 7]]{{*}} [[Portal:U.S. Roads/Selected picture/August 2016|West Virginia Route 28/55]]
;December
:US: [[U.S. Route 67 in Iowa]]
:MI: [[Interstate 496]]
[[File:Merritt3.jpg|center|300px]]
<center>Tree canopy on the '''[[Merritt Parkway]]''' in [[Connecticut]].</center>

Recently selected: [[Portal:U.S. Roads/Selected picture/November 2016|U.S. Route 66 in California]]{{*}} [[Portal:U.S. Roads/Selected picture/October 2016|Skyline Drive]]{{*}} [[Portal:U.S. Roads/Selected picture/September 2016|Arkansas Highway 7]]

===From the editors===
While we were making this issue of ''The Center Line'', there was a bit of a slowdown at one point. This was because not enough stories were suggested during that time period. If you would like to see more issues of ''The Center Line'' more often, please suggest some stories [[WP:USRD/NR|here]]. The next issue should be out this spring, and if more stories get suggested, it will look as normal as this issue.

Special thanks to [[User:Morriswa|Morriswa]] for copy-editing parts of this issue.