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|colspan=3 style="padding:5px"|<big>'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads|<span style="color:white">The U.S. Roads WikiProject</span>]] Newsletter'''</big>
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|colspan=3 style="background-color: gold; text-align:center; font-weight:bold"| Volume 2, Issue 6 • [[8 September]] [[2008]] • [[Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Newsletter|About the Newsletter]]
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===Introduction===
Both July and August were slow months for USRD, while September increase in activity, namely the split of a subproject of WikiProject U.S. Roads.

This newsletter is covering both July, August and early September because of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Newsletter/Issues/Volume02/Issue05|last issue's]] late publication. The newsletter was further delayed due to the events regarding NYSR's secession, which will be covered below. This will be the last newsletter; no further newsletters will be published.

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;<big>Featured story</big>
<div style="float:right"><big><center>'''In this issue'''</center></big>{{TOClimit|2}}</div>

===Gap appears in freeway===
On [[July 29]] at 11:42:15 am [[Pacific Standard Time|PST]] (18:42:15 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]), an [[earthquake]], now named the [[2008 Chino Hills earthquake]], struck [[Southern California]]. The quake caused a portion of [[California State Route 91]] to split and open a small gap on the freeway in Anaheim Hills, approximately 7 miles from the epicenter in [[Chino Hills, California|Chino Hills]]. The [[California Department of Transportation]] said that the gap is minor and does not pose a danger for drivers. There was also a landslide caused by the earthquake in the same area near [[California State Route 91]]. 

''Source:'' [http://www.ocregister.com/articles/font-shaking-2108278 ''OC Register'']
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;<big>State and national updates</big>
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===Leaderboard===
The leaderboard has changed slightly, especially since the introduction of C-class. Utah has climbed to number one to knock Michigan off the top spot with a relative WikiWork of 3.790. Michigan comes in a close second at 3.840, while Arizona trails behind at 4.198. Connecticut has dropped to number four and Vermont has entered the leaderboard at number five. Oklahoma has climbed up two spots in the board at sixth place while Idaho climbed up to seven. Iowa dropped down one place to eighth while Alaska fell three places to number nine. Finally, the fight between California and New Jersey for the number ten spot has concluded, with New Jersey coming out the winner! However, California is just below the top-ten cutoff at number eleven.

As a reminder, the introduction of C-class has changed the formula. This class lies in between B- and Start-class. C-class is worth 4, Start-class 5, and stubs 6.

All that aside, here's the leaderboard for 8 September 2008!

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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}}
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|1
|Utah
|3
|1
|7
|31
|92
|19
|4
|595
|3.790

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|2
|Michigan
|2
|3
|11
|83
|43
|80
|3
|864
|3.840

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|3
|(Arizona)
|1
|0
|4
|28
|15
|55
|3
|445
|4.198
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|4
|Connecticut
|1
|0
|2
|37
|71
|112
|8
|1007
|4.359
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|5
|Vermont
|0
|0
|2
|10
|6
|17
|30
|323
|4.969
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|6
|Oklahoma
|1
|0
|2
|32
|12
|46
|92
|930
|5.027
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|7
|(Idaho)
|0
|0
|0
|5
|2
|16
|15
|193
|5.079
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|8
|Iowa
|0
|0
|0
|17
|2
|58
|46
|625
|5.081
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|9
|(Alaska)
|0
|0
|0
|2
|0
|18
|7
|138
|5.111
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|10
|New Jersey
|1
|0
|5
|40
|37
|67
|196
|1789
|5.171
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States in parentheses have no project. States listed in italics are task forces.

Here are the stats for the national projects.

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!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}}
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|USRD
|13*
|11
|73
|808
|373
|2507
|6115
|53298
|5.384
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|IH
|5*
|2
|15
|102
|26
|260
|205
|2972
|4.833

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|US
|1
|1
|14
|71
|22
|251
|194
|2749
|4.962
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|''Auto trails''
|0
|0
|1
|4
|2
|25
|22
|279
|5.167
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:''*indicates featured list''

Statistics are derived from [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_U.S._Roads/Assessment/States&oldid=237170272 this version] of the state stats table table. As always, if your favorite state isn't listed here, you can find it at [[Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Assessment/States]]. Congrats to the editors at the ten states above for their hard work! Keep it up!

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===Project reports===
'''[[WP:MDRD]]''': [[List of numbered highways in Maryland]] became a [[WP:FL|featured list]] on July 21. [[Maryland Route 36]] became an [[WP:USRD/ACR|A-class]] article on August 5, and became a [[WP:FA|featured article]] on August 29. [[U.S. Route 40 Alternate (Keyser's Ridge-Cumberland)]] became a [[WP:GA#Transport|GA]] on August 27.

'''[[WP:MISH]]''': [[M-28 (Michigan highway)]] became a [[WP:FA|featured article]] and [[M-28 Business (Ishpeming-Negaunee, Michigan)]] became a [[WP:GA|Good Article]] on August 14. [[M-107 (Michigan highway)]] and [[M-28 Business (Ishpeming–Negaunee, Michigan)]] were promoted to A-Class on August 27 and September 4 respectively. [[M-185 (Michigan highway)]] is up for a more collaborative [[Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Assessment/A-Class review/M-185 (Michigan highway)|ACR]] seeking opinions and resource ideas for expansion and improvement in addition to promotion. [[M-553 (Michigan highway)]] and [[M-554 (Michigan highway)]] passed and became GAs on August 27. [[M-95 (Michigan highway)]], [[U.S. Route 41 in Michigan]] and [[M-94 (Michigan highway)]] passed as GAs on August 31, September 6 and September 7, respectively, completing the [[Marquette County, Michigan|Marquette County]] GA drive. Michigan has its first [[WP:FLC|FLC]] at the moment, [[List of state highways in Marquette County, Michigan]].

'''[[WP:IH]]''': [[Interstate 82]] was promoted to GA status on September 6.

'''[[WP:ORSH]]''': [[Interstate 82]] was promoted to GA status on September 6.

'''[[WP:UTSH]]''': [[WP:FA|Featured Articles]]: [[U.S. Route 491]] passed its [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/U.S. Route 491|FA]] and [[Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Assessment/A-Class review/U.S. Route 491|A-Class]] reviews (August 5 [ACR] and 16 [FA]). [[WP:USRD/ACR|A-Class Review]]: [[SR-128 (UT)|SR-128]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Assessment/A-Class review/Utah State Route 128|passed]] on July 29. [[SR-68 (UT)|SR-68]] passed its [[Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Assessment/A-Class review/Utah State Route 68|ACR]] on August 27 and its GAR on August 18, and is up for [[WP:PR|peer-review]]. [[WP:GA|Good articles]]: [[U.S. Route 50 in Utah|US-50]] and [[SR-103 (UT)|SR-103]] passed on June 28 and August 27 and respectively, while [[I-215 (UT)|I-215]] passed September 2.

'''[[WP:WASH]]''': [[List of U.S. Routes in Washington]] ([[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of U.S. Routes in Washington/archive1|nom]]) and [[List of Interstate and U.S. Highways in Washington]] ([[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of numbered highways in Washington|nom]]) failed as Featured List candidates and the list of U.S. Highways was [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Highways/Peer review/List of U.S. Routes in Washington|peer reviewied]]. [[Washington State Route 531]] had its [[Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Assessment/A-Class review/Washington State Route 531/Archive1|A-Class nomination]] withdrawn and was [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Highways/Peer review/Washington State Route 531|peer reviewed]] before getting [[Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Assessment/A-Class review/Washington State Route 531|re-nominated]] and promoted on August 26. [[Interstate 5 in Washington]], after going through a major expansion, is being [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Highways/Peer review/Interstate 5 in Washington|peer reviewed]]. [[Interstate 82]] was promoted to GA status on September 6 while [[Washington State Route 124]] is being [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Highways/Peer review/Washington State Route 124|peer reviewed]] and is at GAN.
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===Project news===
*Nominations and votes are needed for October's [[Portal:U.S. Roads/Selected article/Recommend|selected article]] and [[Portal:U.S. Roads/Selected picture/Recommend|selected picture]].
*The creation of new state highway subprojects are strongly discouraged. Instead, consider helping to fix the five projects currently demoted to task forces - [[WP:ALSH|Alabama]], [[WP:KSSH|Kansas]], [[WP:LASH|Louisiana]], [[WP:NVSH|Nevada]], and [[WP:SCSH|South Carolina]].
*There are only 100 articles above [[WP:GA|Good Article]] status within the scope of WikiProject U.S. Roads, about only 1% of all assessed articles. Meanwhile, there are about 6115 stubs - almost two-thirds of all assessed articles. Please help improve the articles!
*Please help get a few articles up to A-Class at [[WP:USRD/ACR|USRD's A-Class review]]! We need your help!
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===Deletion debates===
:''[[WP:USRD/P|An archive of all previous debates.]]''

*Articles for deletion
:*[[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Roadgeek (2nd nomination)|Roadgeek]] closed as '''no consensus'''.
:*[[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Roadfan|Roadfan]] closed as '''no consensus'''.
:*[[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Roadgeek (3rd nomination)|Roadgeek]] closed as '''no consensus'''.
:*[[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Roadgeek (4th nomination)|Roadgeek]] closed as '''no consensus'''.
:*[[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Reversible express lanes in Seattle, Washington|Reversible express lanes in Seattle, Washington]] closed as '''merge'''.
*Deletion review
:*[[Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2008 July 6|Roadfan]] closed as '''relist at [[WP:AFD|AfD]]'''.

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===New York subproject appears on the Wikipedia Signpost===
:<small>By [[User:ComputerGuy890100|ComputerGuy890100]]</small>

On the [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-08-09|August 9, 2008 edition]] of the [[WP:POST|Wikipedia Signpost]], [[WP:NYSR|WikiProject New York state routes]] appeared as the WikiProject report. [[User:Mitchazenia]] was interviewed by [[User:Shoemaker's Holiday]] about the recent [[:Category:FA-Class New York road transport articles|5]] [[WP:FA|FAs]] and [[Wikipedia:Featured topics/New York State Route 20N|featured topic]]. This is the first time [[WP:USRD]] or any [[WP:USRD/SUB|subproject]] appeared on the [[WP:POST|Wikipedia Signpost's]] WikiProject report.

''Source: [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-08-09/WikiProject report]]''

===Featured member: CountyLemonade===
[[User:CountyLemonade|CountyLemonade]] ([[User talk:CountyLemonade|talk]]) has been a Wikipedia editor since [[2008-03-21]]. He is a major contributor and participant of the [[WP:UTSH|Utah subproject]] and has over 1,000 edits. He, along with [[User:Admrboltz|Admrboltz]], [[User:Davemeistermoab|Davemeistermoab]], [[User:DeFaultRyan|DeFaultRyan]], and [[User:NE2|NE2]] have brought the task force back to an active project. CountyLemonade has participated in reassesing articles to C-Class and has contributed to two [[WP:GA|GA]]s, [[Utah State Route 269]] and [[Interstate 215 (Utah)]].

Thank you, CountyLemonade, for all of your hard work!


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===New York State Routes leaves jurisdiction of USRD===
:''Contributor: [[User:CountyLemonade|CountyLemonade]]''
The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject New York State routes|New York State Routes]] Wikiproject (NYSR) has seceded from its parent project, [[WP:USRD|USRD]]. A member of the project, [[User:Mitchazenia|Mitchazenia]], states that, "[The] project has enough to sustain itself, and has much more room to grow." The secession occurred [[1 September]]. The Newsletter wishes to take a neutral stance in the issue and therefore will not endorse any specific view or person.

''Source: [[WT:USRD]]''
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===From the editors—newsletter decommissioned===
A recent discussion on [[WT:USRD]] annouced that this newsletter will cease to exist after this edition. The newsletter is very small and not updated as much, like June 21's edition, which was a week late. The newsletter is being replaced by a blog that will feature news and a featured member. So, to all readers, a farewell from the editors and contributors of the newsletter. 
:—''[[User:ComputerGuy890100|ComputerGuy890100]]''

The newsletter, when created, was necessary; many of the subprojects of the USRD were not inter-communicating, so a means of passing along news throughout all of the members was needed. Now, in part due to this newsletter, USRD has become more unified and news is spread differently. The newsletter has seen a drop in activity and has reached a point to where one or two editors are working overtime and composing all the sections. As mentioned before, we will get a replacement blog that will work in a much more efficient manner. The leaderboard will still be at its usual place [[Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Assessment/States|here]]. Thanks to all the readers, the editors and the contributors of this newsletter in the past two years. Here's to USRD. 
:—''[[User:CountyLemonade|CountyLemonade]]''
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===Contributors to this issue===
* [[User:Admrboltz|Admrboltz]] (contributor)
* [[User:Algorerhythms|Algorerhythms]] (contributor)
* [[User:ComputerGuy890100|ComputerGuy890100]] (editor) 
* [[User:CountyLemonade|CountyLemonade]] (editor) 
* [[User:Davemeistermoab|Davemeistermoab]] (contributor)
* [[User:DeFaultRyan|DeFaultRyan]] (contributor)
* [[User:Imzadi1979|Imzadi1979]] (editor)
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