I've converted List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey to degree/minute/second coordinates, via the ((coord)) template. I wrote a Perl script that does the conversion. (It's basically adapted from the PHP scripts that I'm using to do National Register database queries, along with a wrapper that does an HTTP request that gets the raw Wiki markup and substitutes the ((coord)) templates.)
I'd be willing to share the code if you think you'd find it useful. I suspect you're doing queries on your own copy of the database, so if you have the code, you can plug in the UTM to DMS converter and make it easier to generate DMS coordinates on your own. If you want the Perl script, let me know and I can upload it somewhere here. --Elkman (Elkspeak) 16:34, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
select refnum,resname,multname from propmain where multname like '%Bridges%' and resname not like '%Bridge%';
The only relevant matches for "arch" that I wouldn't have found are:
--NE2 20:35, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
Myself and several other editors have been compiling a list of very active editors who would likely be available to help new editors in the event they have questions or concerns. As the list grew and the table became more detailed, it was determined that the best way to complete the table was to ask each potential candidate to fill in their own information, if they so desire. This list is sorted geographically in order to provide a better estimate as to whether the listed editor is likely to be active.
If you consider yourself a very active Wikipedian who is willing to help newcomers, please either complete your information in the table or add your entry. If you do not want to be on the list, either remove your name or just disregard this message and your entry will be removed within 48 hours. The table can be found at User:Useight/Highly Active, as it has yet to have been moved into the Wikipedia namespace. Thank you for your help. Useight (talk) 17:46, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
I hope you realize that I've already got a sandbox for U.S. Route 19 in Florida that I've been adding material to bit by bit. If you'd like to collaborate on the article, or know of other Wikipedians who would, you and/or they are welcome to it. ----DanTD (talk) 13:48, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
Please stop adding Registered Historic Places in Indiana as a cat to the bridges of Parke County. The covered bridges category is already a subcategory of it. Thank you.
I see that you created a DAB page for Stone Arch Bridge. This is worthwhile if articles are created for the two in Illinois. But you need to go through the ~60 articles currently linking to Stone Arch Bridge and change them to [[Stone Arch Bridge (Minneapolis)|Stone Arch Bridge]]. I fixed the one that's going to be on the wp:Main Page next week, but I believe it is your responsibility to spend the hour it will take to do the rest. Thanks.--Appraiser (talk) 13:27, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
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Thanks for uploading Image:Alberta Highway 1 (Trans-Canada).png. You've indicated that the image is being used under a claim of fair use, but you have not provided an adequate explanation for why it meets Wikipedia's requirements for such images. In particular, for each page the image is used on, the image must have an explanation linking to that page which explains why it needs to be used on that page. Can you please check
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Regarding my recent edits to Interstate 255 and Interstate 270 (Missouri–Illinois):
--Millbrooky (talk) 17:00, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
Could you make a svg map for Interstate 605 that uses the SR 18 map and the proposed route around Lake Sammamish? Thanks, — ComputerGuy890100Talk to meWhat I've done to help Wikipedia 17:43, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
Hey, what do you think should be the next step on that page? Should we be filing for unprotection of the page since the issues seem to have been sorted out? Thought I'd ping you for your thoughts. Sarvagnya 00:20, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
Your reason for change is "hat photo is not of the part that is a scenic byway." Actually, It is. That picture is of Spring Valley, which is east of Ely and therefore part of the Scenic Byways designation. Please restore Dave (talk) 07:46, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Surely you jest! Can anyone really believe that making one of the most famous streets in the world a redirect is correct? This is a pure road geed rename. The common name around the world and not just locally is Las Vegas Boulevard. Articles are suppose to be at the common name and the one most used. No one in the area use SR 604! And I suspect that even fewer use it around the world. You may also want to consider renaming Nevada State Route 159. While I have not checked, neither of these have many if any signage and I drive Charleston all of the time. Vegaswikian (talk) 18:00, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
And it turns out that I'm a right idiot. I didn't even notice that there were two different numbers and that 278 was going to 279. Mistakes all around that turned out OK. CambridgeBayWeather Have a gorilla 05:06, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
Out of curiosity, why does this redirect to Rainbow Boulevard (Las Vegas). It's not currently mentioned anywhere in the article.
Is it a current designation? If so, it needs to be mentioned in the article explaining why it redirects there. If not, it's not quite as crucial to be mentioned in the article, but then List of Nevada state highways should be fixed to make sure it lists it properly. -- Kéiryn talk 14:55, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
You must be very good at making SVG maps. Would it be okay if you can make a map for county routes such as County Route S18 (California)? I ask you this because I do not know how to draw a map. (Gosh, how do you guys do it?) Dabbydabby (talk) 21:51, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
So what kinds of reliable sources do you have for regular state, US and Interstate highways? Dabbydabby (talk) 22:29, 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 particpants 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) 21:58, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
Why you undo my merge Nathan? It cant go to Hollywood Frwy; because those don't match neither Hollywood Split. That page is sketchy and too short. Glendora Curve should definitely be merge to Orange Frwy because thorugh my 15 years living in Orange County I barely hear that name, and I dont think anybody does, so Glendora Curve should bee in page of SR 57 (CA). Merging does make sense for this case. Should we merge Hollywood Split anywhere? Four level Interchange and Pas Frwy is same thing if you ever been thorugh Downtown.--Freewayguy TL C 20:20, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
Hey there. I understand everything else you're saying now (thank you for that by the way) but why do you keep removing SR-269 as a major junction in the infobox? Considering the length of the route and where it is located, SR-269 would be considered a major intersection. Right? CL — 21:44, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
I merge it with I-210, anony keep putting it back to seperate page. I live in Orange County for over 15 years, and I barely hear this name besdies map just like Diamond Crunch, and Los Alamitos Curve-the one you vote for AFD.--Freewayguy TL C 20:06, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
I'm just curious why you made a bunch of edits like this: changing links from their proper targets to redirects? It has nothing to do with WP:USSH. Nyttend (talk) 13:56, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
Do you have any idea how to make the new shields (Image:I-15 (big).svg, etc.) show up in the infoboxes? They already do with the ((jct)) template, but I don't know what to do so they're in the infoboxes as well. Regards, CL — 18:56, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
I wanted to create redirect pages, but I wanted to redirect its talk pages as well. So moving the pages and then back creates the redirects for both the article and talk page. Dabbydabby (talk) 00:10, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
Moving pages is easier for me -- I don't want to type in "#REDIRECT [[TARGET ARTICLE NAME]]" all the time. Dabbydabby (talk) 00:15, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
What if a consensus has changed and they would rather move the article into the new name? They can move over a moved redirect - for example if they wanted to separate county routes by county, they can type this: County Route J4 (California) to County Route J4 (Contra Costa County, California). They are writing county route articles like this - for each county - in New York. Dabbydabby (talk) 00:19, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
It works! Thanks. Now I'll just create normal redirects. Dabbydabby (talk) 00:23, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
I noticed a lot of road articles in California contains maps made by you. How can we make a map? Also, how do we know the geographic location of the highways? Dabbydabby (talk) 00:36, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
I'll rephrase my question: How do you make a map on highways in California? I noticed each article contains a map in the infobox, and they were made by you. Dabbydabby (talk) 00:38, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi, was a disambiguation page at Welsh Bridge actually needed? are you intending to create an article on the one in Iowa? If not then Welsh Bridge (Shrewsbury) is an obvious candidate to be moved back, with the Iowa one as a seealso at the top. If you are intending to create it (and therefore the disambig page would stay) then could you please also fix the links from the Shrewsbury articles? Thanks, Asdfasdf1231234 (talk) 12:26, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
What's the story behind this edit? -- Kéiryn (talk) 13:55, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
If you are interseted, you may add a major intersections chart to my sandbox article, User:ComputerGuy890100/Sandbox/US 97, so I may make it into U.S. Route 97 in Washington. Thank you. — ComputerGuy890100Talk to meWhat I've done to help Wikipedia 21:59, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
I appreciate the USSH compliance work you're doing with AWB, but could you see about maybe registering a bot account so that you don't flood watchlists/recent changes? (Bot accounts for regular AWB runs have been established in precedent; User:Rschen7754bot is one such AWB bot account). Thanks. —Scott5114↗ [EXACT CHANGE ONLY] 06:52, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
Why it has to be a seperate page. That page is much of a stub, or it has enough contents. I've check the Chicago maps though I only been to the airport flying back to Orange County, and was 3 years ago, the interchange I think is where the I-290 ends. I-90/94 is Dan Ryan Expwy; so thats a good destination.--Freewayguy T C 02:17, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
Apologies for questioning your editing, but being as I like to think I'm efficiency minded (well, some of the time)... I noticed that, for example, you edited U.S. Route 63 (on my watchlist, since I used to travel it a fair amount) to change various links to other U.S. Routes to, for example, U.S. Route XX (State), which are simply redirects to U.S. Route XX#State... and I have to wonder, would it not be simpler to skip the redirect and (since it appears you're using some kind of tool (apologies, not really familiar with AWB)), perhaps simply replace with the final destination instead of a page that's simply a redirect? Just curious, umrguy42 03:40, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
Re the split of Las Vegas Boulevard and Nevada State Route 604 you stated on an edit summary that "we discussed a move and made the move. If you think this ill-advised split should be done, explain why." I'm not sure why the split is "ill" advised (please AGF) but it was advised as you can see at the RM discussion. Furthermore, as you can see from that discussion and the section following, there are legitimate reasons for it. If you disagree, that's fine. (As I noted, I'm not adamant about the split myself.) But, in line with WP:COMMUNITY, please have the courtesy not to merely revert changes with the undo button. There is material in the split SR 604 article that was not in the LV Blvd article and the LV Blvd article conflates LV Blvd with SR 604 when this is not the case in fact. If you feel your case is solid, please present it at Talk:Las Vegas Boulevard and if you feel the need to revert without discussion, please do it in a constructive manner that preserves the information I have added and improves the quality of the resulting material. If you feel such work is too tedious, then leave this subject alone and and allow others to proceed with contructive changes. — AjaxSmack 19:09, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
I made a map for CR S18. If you have a SVG version of the map, feel free to replace the current map. Dabby (talk) 00:30, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
I don't know the answer. I know that a lot of the reviewers at FAC care; I know that not many GAN reviewers care. I'm still waiting for someone to tell me if the style guidelines have given up on asking editors to handle this problem themselves. - Dan Dank55 (talk)(mistakes) 22:22, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
Why are you creating redirects with dashes in their titles? (e.g. NJ 5-4-A) Dabby (talk) 03:54, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
Re your deprod-ing of my prod on this railway station with the edit summary 'railway stations are always notable'. Not according to WP:Notability (Railway lines and stations) which says enough referenced information to make it encyclopedic. This particular station has no referenced information at all. --Regents Park (roll amongst the roses) 18:56, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
I'm in the middle of scanning a book, and only really have time for little edits while the computer registers the new images. I'll get back to you when I'm done; I'm past page 270, and the book is about 300 pages. Nyttend (talk) 04:53, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
A tag has been placed on East Atlantic City City, New Jersey, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing no content to the reader. Please note that external links, "See also" section, book reference, category tag, template tag, interwiki link, rephrasing of the title, or an attempt to contact the subject of the article don't count as content. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.
Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. If you plan to expand the article, you can request that administrators wait a while for you to add contextual material. To do this, affix the template ((hangon))
to the page and state your intention on the article's talk page. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Jasynnash2 (talk) 15:37, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for finding that missing link source from the Census Bureau. I had been baffled by the whole issue of how to treat those Essex County boroughs (mostly) that changed over to townships for revenue sharing purposes. Are they really townships or boroughs? I think the source you found is most of the answer. Alansohn (talk) 16:14, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
Is this source valid. I almost cannot find a valid source for Glendora Curve. What should we do, because I don't want have to delete it.--Freewayguy Discussions Show all changes 03:48, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
Discuss on the talkpage for now. Those two sites mention nothing about Glendora Curve, is only forum about LA traffic patterns.--Freewayguy Discussions Show all changes 04:05, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
NE2, I see that you've provided some extensive research on old laws/legislation/maps that detail alignments of former (pre-renumbering) state routes in Nevada. I've started taking a keen interest in beginning to update articles about old NV SRs as of late. Could you please point to where you found some of the law/legislative information. Thanks! --Ljthefro (talk) 04:10, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
That's what I get for using old data. I have updated the map with the latest UDOT database, and it looks correct. Thanks for letting me know. 25or6to4 (talk) 20:32, 14 June 2008 (UTC)