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To start a new issue, use <nowiki>{{subst:Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Newsletter/Newsroom/Template|issue=1|date=Winter 2016 |
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==Always in the newsletter== |
==Always in the newsletter== |
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*From the editor |
*From the editor |
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==Issue |
==Issue 2 (Summer 2017)== |
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Publication deadline: 12 PM Pacific-3 PM Eastern on TBD. |
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Please sign up for what you want to write. Have it done by the publication deadline. |
Please sign up for what you want to write. Have it done by the publication deadline. |
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===Introduction=== |
===Introduction=== |
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:''Contributor:'' |
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:''Contributors:'' Philroc, Morriswa (copy-editing) |
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Welcome to the first issue of ''The Center Line'' since winter 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 initiatives on Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata, route articles that don't have junction lists and getting route log data for them, and *Topic of Feature 3* in this issue. We hope to publish another issue this summer, so please be patient. ❖Philroc |
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===Feature 1 (if needed)=== |
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Note: If you suggest a story then you are volunteering to write it, unless someone else decides to do so. |
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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. |
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===Feature 2 (if needed)=== |
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[[File:California 9.svg|left|100px]] '''[[c:Commons:WikiProject U.S. Roads|Commons:WikiProject U.S. Roads]]''' completed the initial work of tagging all the highway shields properly. In the past, shields were tagged with templates like {{tl|PD-self}} or {{tl|CC-BY-SA 3.0}}, even though the design of the shields themselves was done by the state department of transportation. For example, the shield to the left was created by the [[California Department of Transportation]] and should be tagged {{[[C:Template:PD-MUTCD-CA|PD-MUTCD-CA]]}}, because it appears in the [[Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices]] and is thus in the [[public domain]]. A full list of the templates to use is on [[c:COM:USRD/L]]. |
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'''[[d:Wikidata:WikiProject Roads/United States|Wikidata:WikiProject Roads/United States]]''' is our portal on one of the newest Wikimedia projects, [[Wikidata]]. Last year, we completed the initial setup of the project pages and the data items. The project pages dynamically change when data is added to items, easily indicating what facts are missing. |
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In future months, we hope to add more shields to Commons (including shields for other countries and historic highway shields) and to improve the infrastructure on Wikidata to handle geographic shapefiles and other data. |
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===Route logs for junction lists=== |
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:''Contributor:'' –[[User:Fredddie|Fredddie]][[User talk:Fredddie|™]] |
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As of this writing, [[Montana Highway 2]] is the last remaining extant Montana article that is missing a junction list. To be honest, it's missing everything, but I'm just going to focus on junction lists. If you look at [[:Category:U.S. Roads project articles needing a junction list]], you'll see that there are still {{PAGESINCAT:U.S. Roads project articles needing a junction list}} articles that do not have a junction list, which is roughly 6.5% of all USRD articles. Some state departments of transportation are more forthcoming with their data than others, whether it's in a convenient route log like [[Minnesota Department of Transportation|MnDOT]] provides, or it's given in GIS data as [[Illinois Department of Transportation|IDOT]] does. Some states do not provide any route log data, and as you can imagine, articles in those states lag behind in quality. |
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These are the states that need the most attention with regards to route logs: |
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:[[WP:USRD/ME|Maine]], [[WP:USRD/NV|Nevada]] (former routes only), [[WP:USRD/PR|Puerto Rico]], [[WP:USRD/TN|Tennessee]], [[WP:USRD/TX|Texas]], [[WP:USRD/VI|U.S. Virgin Islands]], [[WP:USRD/WV|West Virginia]], [[WP:USRD/WI|Wisconsin]] |
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These are states that have route log data available, but still have a lot of articles requiring junction lists: |
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:[[WP:USRD/AR|Arkansas]], [[WP:USRD/IL|Illinois]], [[WP:USRD/KS|Kansas]], [[WP:USRD/KY|Kentucky]], [[WP:USRD/MO|Missouri]], [[WP:USRD/NM|New Mexico]] <!-- I will link to route logs/data before publishing --> |
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So this is my call to action. We can easily halve the number of articles that need a junction list by plugging away at the states that have route data and contacting the departments of transportation in the states that don't to see if they could provide us with the data. |
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Note: If you suggest a story then you are volunteering to write it, unless someone else decides to do so. |
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===Feature 3 (if needed)=== |
===Feature 3 (if needed)=== |
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Note: If you suggest a story then you are volunteering to write it, unless someone else decides to do so. |
Note: If you suggest a story then you are volunteering to write it, unless someone else decides to do so. |
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===Project news=== |
===Project news=== |
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:''Contributors:'' Philroc, Morriswa (copy-editing) |
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* 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) |
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Be sure to look through Article Alerts and WT:USRD. |
Be sure to look through Article Alerts and WT:USRD. |
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*All states are < 5.5 in rel WW. --'''[[User:Rschen7754|Rs]][[User talk:Rschen7754|chen]][[Special:Contributions/Rschen7754|7754]]''' 03:25, 16 July 2017 (UTC) |
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===State updates=== |
===State updates=== |
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Write the updates below. If signatures are present, remove them before adding to the newsletter. |
Write the updates below. If signatures are present, remove them before adding to the newsletter. |
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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/]. And finally, [[Interstate 8]] was featured on the [[Main Page]] on [[Wikipedia:Today's featured article/March 26, 2017|March 26, 2017]] and got 32,800 page views. --'''[[User:Rschen7754|Rs]][[User talk:Rschen7754|chen]][[Special:Contributions/Rschen7754|7754]]''' 05:05, 3 April 2017 (UTC) |
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*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) |
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*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) |
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*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 1979</font>]] [[User talk:Imzadi1979|<font color="white"><big>→</big></font>]]'''</span> 00:59, 20 March 2017 (UTC) |
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====Leaderboard and stub count==== |
====Leaderboard and stub count==== |
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Note: I will insert it right before we are ready to publish. |
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===Selected article/picture from portal=== |
===Selected article/picture from portal=== |
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Just make sure this is substituted before publication. |
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;October |
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:US: [[Arizona State Route 67]] |
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:MI: [[Interstate 196]] |
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[[File:Shenandoah SkylineDrive Milemarker103 FallColors.jpg|center|300px]] |
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<center>'''[[Skyline Drive]]''' at milepost 103 in [[Shenandoah National Park]], [[Virginia]] in the fall</center> |
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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)]] |
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;November |
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:US: [[Interstate 81 in West Virginia]] |
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:MI: [[M-67 (Michigan highway)]] |
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[[File:Amboy_(California,_USA),_Hist._Route_66_--_2012_--_1.jpg|center|300px]] |
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<center>'''[[U.S. Route 66 in California|U.S. Route 66]]''' near [[Amboy, California]]</center> |
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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]] |
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:US: [[U.S. Route 67 in Iowa]] |
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:MI: [[Interstate 496]] |
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[[File:Merritt3.jpg|center|300px]] |
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<center>Tree canopy on the '''[[Merritt Parkway]]''' in [[Connecticut]].</center> |
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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]] |
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When we were developing this issue of ''The Center Line'', it was originally supposed to come out this winter. It got delayed to spring because not enough stories were suggested. 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 summer, and if more stories get suggested, it will come out quicker than this issue. |
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Special thanks to [[User:Morriswa|Morriswa]] for copy-editing parts of this issue. |
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Latest revision as of 03:25, 16 July 2017
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To start a new issue, use {{subst:Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Newsletter/Newsroom/Template|issue=1|date=Winter 2016}}.
Always in the newsletter
[edit]- Intro
- Selected article / picture from portal
- Leaderboard / stubs update
- Featured stories, if anything important happened
- Project news
- State updates
- From the editor
Issue 2 (Summer 2017)
[edit]Please sign up for what you want to write. Have it done by the publication deadline.
Introduction
[edit]- Contributor:
Feature 1 (if needed)
[edit]- Contributor:
Note: If you suggest a story then you are volunteering to write it, unless someone else decides to do so.
Feature 2 (if needed)
[edit]- 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)
[edit]- Contributor:
Note: If you suggest a story then you are volunteering to write it, unless someone else decides to do so.
Project news
[edit]- Contributor:
Be sure to look through Article Alerts and WT:USRD.
- All states are < 5.5 in rel WW. --Rschen7754 03:25, 16 July 2017 (UTC)
State updates
[edit]Write the updates below. If signatures are present, remove them before adding to the newsletter.
Leaderboard and stub count
[edit]- Contributor:
Selected article/picture from portal
[edit]Just make sure this is substituted before publication.