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Oregon has recently got its own personalized interstate shields, and upon seeing them, they're a heck of a lot similar to how they're made in Utah. Example, Image:I-84 (Oregon).svg. I've been thinking about asking the author of the image to make similar ones for Interstates 15, 80, and 70 but I wanted some input first. What do you think? CL — 01:09, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
Dave, I've given a bit more thought to your suggestion of combining articles on short NV state routes in urban areas. I've been thinking about this since an editor is going through and moving state route articles in Las Vegas to their common names...although the state route designation and street name information don't totally mesh, in my opinion. It seems the SR info can be removed from these articles and replaced into one article--that way, these editors can create articles on any road they choose without blurring the differences between SR and street information. So this would entail most of the 500-699 routes primarily in Las Vegas, Reno/Sparks, and Carson City (with probably a separate page for each area). I believe some other state route projects have some similar pages for similar instances. Since you first suggested it, I wanted your thoughts. Thanks, --Ljthefro (talk) 01:04, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
No worries, you were in fact right the first time. I-15 wasn't built over existing pavement, so US-91 would have been the better choice. Thanks Dave - CL — 20:15, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I am currently helping another Wiki project adopt the GA system. I have a problem understanding the use of:
What is this used for; isn't # ((la|ArticleName)) ~~~~ enough? Thanks in advance. diego_pmc (talk) 16:54, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
As discussed at WT:USRD, the participants list at WP:USRD is being split by state. Due to any of the following factors- your extended participation in WT:USRD discussions, your IRC participation, or your extended participation in Shields or Maps, I have guessed that you are a nationwide editor and have designated you as such in the USRD partiicpants table. This is part of the lengthy process. If this is in error, please let me know immediately. This is especially likely with this group as I have to guess whether you are a national or a state editor. Regards, Rschen7754 (T C) 21:59, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
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The Michigan State Highways Barnstar | |
Thank you for your review and support. M-35 passed its FAC. Imzadi1979 (talk) 02:42, 21 May 2008 (UTC) |
It passed FA review! Boo-yah. This is only the second trucks-related article to achieve FA status (the other is Winter service vehicle). You know, I was thinking the other day... nobody has vandalized any of my pages. Is that a good or bad thing? Actually, I created a new article Old Tjikko the other day and someone inserted some gibberish at the bottom, but other than that... nothing. Anyway, happy edting. --ErgoSum88 (talk) 03:37, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
Hey there, I think that Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway is ready for you to take another look at. I've sorted all the problems except for the one with the 'Modern Railways' reference: I can't find the exact source for that at the moment so I have temporarily removed the sentence until I can get it. No rush for you to look at, it just whenever you have time. Thanks. --- Dreamer 84 09:26, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
Hey, thanks for such a thorough GA review at Iran-Contra affair. I will begin working on the list of recommendations as soon as I can, which will most likely be tomorrow. I will notify you when they are completed. Again, thanks! Happyme22 (talk) 01:42, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
I think in this revision, the word you're looking for is "formerly", not "formally". One comes from former, meaning in the past; the other comes from formal, the opposite of casual. I haven't reverted yet because I'm not entirely sure of your intention, figured I'd give you the benefit of the doubt and a heads up. -- Kéiryn (talk) 14:19, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Hey man, I've been wondering if I could get some help. I've been working on Utah State Route 269 and I know think that it's at least up to B-class status (I've flagged it for reassessment). I want to maybe get this up to GA but I'm not sure what to do, so since you have so much experience dealing with GAs I wanted to know what I could do for now without going through the review process. I know what I'm requesting is nothing small so if you don't have time, it's all right. Cheers - CL — 01:39, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
Okay, I've just done what I could do for now. As for the sources, I doubt I could find two paragraphs of any newspaper that are as detailed as Dan Stober's lengthy article on SR-269, so it all depends on who's reviewing I guess... if the reviewer doesn't like the source, I'll try finding something though. Thanks for that link. I'll begin the GA review process when I get access to DSL, dial-up does get irritating at times. Thanks again - CL — 02:52, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
SR-30 was in fact the original Midland Trail: [1]
As for the dead link (stateroutehistory.pdf), this was published by UDOT, but is no longer online. I saved it from that URL in July 2007, and have used it for information that does not appear in the other PDFs. --NE2 21:17, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
By the way, [2] (1918) shows that, while the Midland Trail had already moved to the Lincoln Highway, the Pikes Peak Ocean to Ocean Highway used SR-30. --NE2 21:30, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
Well, since UDOT still has the records, it is similar to citing a paper document that has not been put online. --NE2 21:31, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
The following is from the 1913-14 biennial report; I will add a reference to it to the SR-30 article:
--NE2 21:33, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
According to the Ogden Standard, June 26, 1913, "the trail north of the lake and on through Nevada is incomparably better than that across the salt marshes and sand wastes directly west from Salt Lake to Ely". Remember that road construction was still in its infancy; of course there was probably also bias in that the north route would serve Ogden. It was probably the Lincoln Highway's choice of the direct route that convinced the Midland Trail to move. --NE2 21:42, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
For some more early history, see [3]: the early trails were mapped out by A.L. Westgard, Director of Transcontinental Highways of the National Highways Association, who apparently concentrated on east-west trails first, and thus did not follow the Old Spanish/Arrowhead Trail. The Arrowhead Trail was not organized until 1916. If you can get access to the Utah Historical Quarterly from 1999, it has an article about it: [4] --NE2 22:04, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
I just noticed that the earliest Nevada state highway maps take SR 1 to Utah on present SR 233, obviously because the Wendover Cutoff was not considered feasible. This was in fact the San Francisco-bound route of the PPOO (until 1924, when they moved their west end to LA essentially via I-70 (SR-10, SR-11, SR-13) to I-15). It's not a bad route to get to the Humboldt River route, and was popular in the mid-19th century as the Salt Lake Cutoff of the California Trail (whose main route went via southeastern Idaho). Check out this old bridge with "Ocean to Ocean Highway" painted on the side (no, I don't know where it is): [5] --NE2 17:21, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
See [6], page 5 of [7], and [8] (big JPEG). All show US-40 on 2100 South, and all but the first show US-40A on SR-186 (which was not added to the state highway system until 1935, nine years after US-40 was signed). As far as I can tell, US-40 originally followed SR-4 all the way, via present SR-201, SR-111, SR-171, US-89, and 2100 South from west to east. Once the Lake Point Junction-downtown road (then SR-67) was built, US-40 was moved to follow present I-80, North Temple, US-89, and 2100 South, while US-50A remained via Magna (and was later moved to SR-201 east of SR-111). It was not until the mid-1960s that US-40 and US-40A were swapped east of US-89, taking US-40 along current SR-186 to Parley's Canyon.
Since I do not have enough sources to be entirely sure of the above, I did not give details. But US-40 definitely did use East 2100 South for about 40 years. --NE2 00:52, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
As for the naming, what do Utahns call roads like 260 West or 7755 South? :) --NE2 05:27, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
"Right bank" is a standard term for the right side in the direction of flow. It's especially useful on winding rivers like the Colorado. --NE2 06:26, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
There's a bit about earlier history (1919-1923) at U.S. Route 6 in Utah#Utah Valley to Colorado that you may find useful. --NE2 22:38, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
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The Utah State Highways Barnstar | |
I know this is quite belated, but I think this is a token of gratitude that you deserve because you have given UTSH its first (and so far only) featured article, along with the GAs US-50 in Utah, SR-128, US-163, SR-279, and US-491 (is that it?). Good job, keep it up. CL — 04:45, 7 July 2008 (UTC) |
I actually downloaded all the PDFs on May 18, but I don't think it's necessary to give the exact day. --NE2 05:36, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
Why you undo all my changes. They were constructive; i just made one mistake which I didn't know, because I never been to utah. I went to fix the to just Mile the same as other 49 states besides California. When people drives on freeways they definitely don't care about what the sign is (green most of the time with white text), and they don't even pay attention to the numbers. I have spent alot of time trying to fix those junction lists to bring them closer to WP:ELG.--Freewayguy Call? Fish 01:03, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
I've started an article on Sego, Utah. Noticed it's on your to-do list. It still needs a lot of work, so any contributions would be welcome. Ntsimp (talk) 21:45, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
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Moabdave, it is with deep awareness of the responsibility conferred by your trust that I am honored to report that in part to your support, my request for adminship passed (87/14/6). I deeply value the trust you and the Wikipedia community have in me, and I will embark on a new segment of my Wikipedia career by putting my new tools to work to benefit the entire community. My best to you, Happyme22 (talk) 03:19, 16 July 2008 (UTC) |
Hey, Dave. I changed the road infobox for Utah since we have two lists of routes. I'm notifying everyone because after all, we're all going to be seeing it. Check it out, what do you think? CL — 06:30, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
Could you alter those on the list that I have botched? I get going on the list, and start editing, and sometimes forget to look at the map. -- Admrb♉ltz (t • c • log) 01:45, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
Please comment at Wikipedia:WikiProject Highways/Peer review/Adams Avenue Parkway if possible. Thanks! --Admrb♉ltz (t • c • log) 07:51, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
That's weird, when I took an article to ACR, I was told to link the first mention of all units. However, that article hasn't gone to FAC yet, so that may just have been one person's misguided suggestion. Good luck with the sources for Utah. The article is oh-so-close. -- Kéiryn (talk) 21:20, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
Congrats on the A-Class promotion :) --Admrb♉ltz (t • c • log) 21:09, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
Could you make any suggestions/comments on the peer review before I suggest the article for GA? Thanks! --Admrb♉ltz (t • c • log) 06:29, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
You say Golden State Freeway should definiely have an exit list. Should i-5 duplicate it, or just say See Golden State Freeway by linking it. i-5 is a state-wide highway and for Orange County we ahve at least 50 exits total, and copy-and paste stuff is not that easy. The problem with showing 2 exit lists, is we have to update two, and most people will frequently forget to update two, when they only update one.--Freewayguy Call? Fish 20:14, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
Well, Dave, you've done it again. Another featured article for UTSH! Good job, and good luck making that April Fools' Day nom a successful one CL — 00:17, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
Moved to here U.S. Route 491/main page blurb Dave (talk) 02:18, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
You're very welcome, Dave. Keep up the high quality and the state bureacrats and construction companies might use them as a resource. You may consider trying to forge an ongoing telephone/email relationship with one or two professionals in those institutions; announcing that you promote their work through the seventh-most-popular Internet site in the world is always a good entree. Why bother? Because they might be willing to offer advice, or make available documentation about, say, planning or technical challenges, or interesting features, that is currently unavailable. With their permission, you could enrich your articles with this additional layer of information. Think of aiming for a Featured Topic eventually? Tony (talk) 02:56, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
Hi Dave, I've implemented the changes you mentioned in your review. I also added some more background to teh article which may enhance the interestingness of the story (hopefully). Blnguyen (bananabucket) 05:19, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
I appreciate the barnstar (and yeah, it was about time I got my own). Congratulations on SR-128 passing FA, and that image that you say helped the FA pass? Not a problem CL — 04:30, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
Dave, CL said I should poke you — care to give 68 a once-over and see if shes ready for FAC? Thanks! --Admrb♉ltz (talk) 03:26, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
Got proof for ya here. Page 6 of the 201 highway resolutions doc. --Admrb♉ltz (talk) 06:50, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
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--Admrb♉ltz (talk) 22:23, 15 September 2008 (UTC) via AWB
Hello. I just created a page on I'll Take You There by Joyce Carol Oates and she mentions a place called Crescent, Utah. I got your talkpage from the page for Crescent Junction, Utah, I hope you don't mind - I thought you may be able to help. However, I think they may be two different places. Google has pages on Crescent, Utah [9] and more specifically perhaps here [spam://www.onlineutah.com/crescentsaltlake.shtml], so it's probably not a fictional town. Would you be able to find more info and create a page, possibly add some pictures? That would help me a lot in terms of literature.Zigzig20s (talk) 13:13, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
Can you really say 395 traverses the Sierra? Eeekster (talk) 18:01, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
For the record, I know the function of nbsp since I used to write HTML. Anyways, I removed nbsp when convenient because personally I don't see why should there be a nonbreaking space between "US" and "395". But then again, I don't see anything bad about adding nbsp so I might as well just let you do your thing. But thanks for rewriting the US 395 article, by the way! Must eat worms (talk) 00:00, 20 September 2008 (UTC)