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| ==Improvement drive== | |||
| The article on ] is currently nominated on ]. Vote for ] there.--] 09:11, 8 August 2005 (UTC) | |||
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| == Road Infobox vs. this one == | |||
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| Is there any reason that ] is prefferred over ]? --] 06:33, August 30, 2005 (UTC) | |||
| ] | |||
| :Yes there are reasons: the other state hwy WPs use this format, this one provides more info, etc. This project was originally developed to have a multi-state routebox since the CA and WA WPs want certain info in the routebox (but then the project eventually grew to what it is today). There are certain characteristics of an interstate that just aren't adequately ddressed in the road infobox template. --] | |||
| ] | |||
| ::Thanks for the info --] 17:27, August 30, 2005 (UTC) | |||
| == Highway abbreviations == | |||
| I am trying to get the proper abbreviations on all of the highway-related articles. This may sound trivial, but such information is still considered valuable in an encyclopedia. --] 01:11, 2005 September 1 (UTC) | |||
| == Ridiculously Long Junction Boxes? == | |||
| So... wait... I'm still not sure what the Legend is for... is that for the junction box/list? | |||
| If so, doesn't that mean something like ] will end up being ridiculously long? --] 02:00, 6 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :For the interstates divisible by five, it would probably be best to include only other 2di's. For other 2di's, I would include all 2di's and 3di's. For 3di's I would include definetely all interstates, and perhaps some other major roads. These aren't strict rules; they are just guidelines that I'm following as I begin to bring those boxes into more widespread use. | |||
| :It also might be a good idea to split the legend off, making it just a link. (Many articles won't even need to use the color-coding anyway.) | |||
| :Oh, by the way, if you want to make one for I-90, but don't want to research all of the interchanges out to Boston, I can do from where you leave off in the east and do the rest to Boston. | |||
| :--] 13:42, September 6, 2005 (UTC) | |||
| ::I'd agree with Engleman on this one... I prefer that all interstate junctions are listed on all interstates, but then I guess it would be a little long... sorry that I'm not helping with the boxes more. --] 03:25, September 7, 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :::You could always make a separate page for the long ones, i.e. ]. --] 02:35, 16 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| == Milepost(TM) style distance formatting ?? == | |||
| Just a thought/question... do you want the articles to have a driving guide, in order from west to east south to north? | |||
| Something like the famous Milepost (distances not correct, just here for example): | |||
| Distance from Los Angeles (LA), followed by state milepost (MP), followed by distance from Dallas (D), followed by distance from Jacksonville (J). Additional intermediate cities: Phoenix (P), El Paso (EP), New Orleans (NO), Mobile (M). | |||
| LA 0 . MP 0 . P 385 . EP 886 . D 1499 . J 2690 - junction of Interstate 10 with Interstate 5 in Los Angeles | |||
| LA 217 . MP 217 . P 168 . EP 669 . D 1282 . J 2573 - California/Arizona border; westbound travelers must stop for agricultural inspection | |||
| LA 385 . MP 168 . P 0 . EP 501 . D 1114 . J 2305 - Phoenix, Arizona at junction with I-17 | |||
| LA 442 . MP 225 . P 57 . EP 444 . D 1057 . J 2248 - Tucson, Arizona at junction with I-19 | |||
| LA 886 . MP 4 . P 501 . EP 0 . D 613 . J 1804 - El Paso, Texas | |||
| LA 1499 . MP 617 . P 1114 . EP 613 . D 0 . NO 603 . M 771 . J 1191 - Dallas Texas | |||
| LA 1877 . MP 995 . D 378 . NO 225 . M 393 . J 813 - Louisiana/Texas border | |||
| LA 2102 . MP 225 . D 603 . NO 0 . M 168 . J 588 - New Orleans | |||
| LA 2270 . MP 26 . D 771 . NO 168 . M 0 . J 420 - Mobile, Alabama | |||
| LA 2334 . MP 49 . D 834 . NO 232 . M 64 . J 356 - Tallahassee, Florida | |||
| LA 2990 . MP 405 . D 1191 . NO 588 . M 292 . J 0 - Jacksonville, Florida, at junction with Interstate 95 | |||
| That's the general idea. Progressive distance from assorted key points along the route. Since mileposts are up in every state, an additional indicator (MP) could follow the first place on the highway to indicate which mile in that state the driver is at. Assorted other waypoints (like Mount Rushmore, the Alamo, etc.) would be shown as intermediate points. | |||
| ] 23:52, 10 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :Well I'd like for it to be a driving guide, but I feel like this information might clutter the articles... the term "Milepost" is entirely coincidental and does not refer to the Alaska Highway publication... the routebox takes care of the mileposts anyway. It would be extremely time-consuming to put the information in there, and many people wouldn't need this. Thanks for your input, however. --] 00:06, September 11, 2005 (UTC) | |||
| == Major cities?? == | |||
| Some of the cities listed under major cities are hardly "major cities." For example, the ] page lists ] as a major city along its route. Chamberlain has a population of just over 2,000 people. I think there needs to be a standard for this, perhaps a major city is any city with at least a population of 100,000. --] 02:42, 16 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :We're talking about this over on the main template discussion page -- see ] --] 11:51, 16 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| == Copyright == | |||
| Can someone here confirm or deny that interestate highway signs are in the ]? ] 21:12, 24 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :The shields are created by the government, and the images are released into the public domain... I don't see any problems. --] 21:18, 24 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| ::That's what I thought. I just wanted a confirmation from people who probably knew better. Remember, if the signs were made by a contractor then sold tho the U.S., they wouldn't be public domain. P.S. That was me above logged out. ] | ] 23:12, 24 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
| :I think they are because they were made by the US Federal government. --] 21:21, 24 September 2005 (UTC) (i began writing this before rschen posted) | |||
| ::The signs themselves are probably made by contractors... the images in all of the Interstate articles are made by Misplaced Pages users, usually ]. These are released into the public domain by the users themselves, who are the original copyright holders. Incidentally, that means you can use them outside of Misplaced Pages without attribution, although it's the nice thing to do. --] 01:32, 25 September 2005 (UTC) | |||
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