User talk:Imzadi1979

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Contents 1 Shields 2 Michigan maps 3 County highways 4 Highway Naming Convention 5 Browse boxes 6 Image:M-35 1932.jpg 7 Wikifying dates in references 8 Your continued contributions 9 Thank you 10 Junctions

[edit] Shields

Thanks for doing the Diamond shields for the M-roads KelleyCook 15:31, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Michigan maps

yeah, i can fix those when I get back after the 14th. Just dont have access to my GIS software on the road. Cheers. Stratosphere (talk - Contrib) 02:24, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

done and done. thanks for the heads up. Stratosphere (talk - Contrib) 23:38, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, most likely. I'll take a look at it on Tuesday. Cheers. Stratosphere ^{(U T)} 05:33, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Actually, now that I think about it, when I fixed M-553 and M-94 maps per your request I had to edit the data manually to include it in the state trunklines. I'll think about it, but it's probably in other maps too. Every map of the UP that has that road in it, is grey except for 553 and 94 maps. I'm just not sure if I want to invest the time in correcting it. Stratosphere ^{(U T)} 05:37, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] County highways

Yeah, I can do those, I think. I just need to find a comprehensive list of routes, and the counties they go through. (looks like Michigan Highways will do there.) My only question, as the nearest CDH to me is D-19 in Livingston County, is do these have hyphens or not? I seem to remember D-19 having one. —IW4^U_T^C 21:52, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Done. —IW4^U_T^C 09:20, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Sure. I can do that. Just get me a reference image for whichever shields you want vectored, and I can (likely) take care of it. —IW4^U_T^C 12:53, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

I should be less surprised. I actually think I like it better with the hyphens, but if need be, I'll redo them without. Did you ever get me a reference image of that other county sign you wanted me to vectorize? —IW4^U_T^C 23:44, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Highway Naming Convention

Greetings. Please take a look at my comment here and provide input on whether or not this is a route we should pursue. Thanks! Stratosphere ^{(U T)} 04:02, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Browse boxes

Browsing in the infobox is intended to be limited to intrastate routes only, with interstate U.S. routes having their browses at the bottom of the page. Please read WP:USH, Template:Infobox U.S. Route, and WT:USH. Thanks. --TMF ^{Let's Go Mets - Stats} 15:31, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:M-35 1932.jpg

Please direct all discussion of this image to Talk:M-35_(Michigan_highway). I am apparently not as well versed in matters of copyright law as some of the rest of those involved on here. Forgive my ignorance. The tenor of some of the comments made on here almost sent me packing from WikiPedia completely. Imzadi1979 07:12, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikifying dates in references

I don't care one way or the other, but what's the point of wikifying a date? Clicking on it links to the page for that day which has no context or relevance to the article (or any article for that matter). I guess my question is, does it do something else besides link to that page or is it just accepted practice? Stratosphere ^{(U T)} 07:41, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

I have my preference set to Day Month Year. Wikifying the dates honors that preference for dates set by the individual user. Imzadi1979 07:42, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Oh, really? Cool. Guess that answers that. Keep up the good work then ;) Stratosphere ^{(U T)} 07:44, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Although it works best if coded like: [[October 30]], [[2006]] or [[30 October]] [[2006]]. The coding will figure out if a comma is needed to make October 30, 2006 or leave it out for 30 October 2006. Imzadi1979 07:53, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

If I remember, I'll start doing this from now on...NO PROMISES!! ;) Stratosphere ^{(U T)} 15:21, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your continued contributions

I know hard work can go unnoticed on here, it happens far to often. Your work, over the past few weeks/months, on the Michigan Highway Articles has been nothing short of outstanding. We're only a few rows away from having articles for all the highways (past and present), which didn't seem likely six months ago.

On a related note, thanks for hitting up the references and migrating them to cite, that was on my list, but I'll tell you I wasn't looking forward to it ;) Anyway, this comment is just to commend you on your great work. Cheers! Stratosphere ^{(U T)} 07:15, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! It's nice to be appreciated. I have M-1 through M-19 re-cited. I'm quitting there for the night. Maybe tomorrow evening after the day job I'll pick up some more. I'll post the info for the cite template on the main MSHP page. Imzadi1979 07:28, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you

Sorry, I'm late sending you this, but I found out today the star you posted on my profile regarding the contributions I've made to the Michigan Highways article, and do want to say thank you. I enjoy history and writing and Wikipedia gives me a chance to use both. You'll be glad to know also that I found out how to add 'edit summaries', the box being at the bottom of the page (DUH). Anyway, have a Happy Thanksgiving. Igo4U

[edit] Junctions

The junction listings have always used no ampersand...it has nothing to do with whether they're duplexed or not. Stratosphere ^{(U T)} 23:44, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

for what it's worth, the examples I provided weren't the best since I-90/80 are duplexed, but US 101 is NOT duplexed with I280 or I680. Stratosphere ^{(U T)} 23:47, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Well, in all of the pages I've edited/written, I've only used a "/" for actually multplexed routes and an "&" for merely junctioning routes. See M-28's junction listing on Newberry as one example. Since M-117 & M-123 don't duplex, they aren't properly listed with a slash. To me, the slash implies a concurrency. I-75/US 23 or US 41/M-28 implies one thing, I-96 & M-104 implies another. The difference is subtle, but precise. Imzadi1979 23:52, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Also, the Michigan Highways site, all termini listings use the ampersand to denote junction and the slash to denote duplex. Imzadi1979 23:52, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

I'm just suggesting you think it over, if you want to change the format everyone's been using forever then propose an adjustment. My viewpoint on this is there's been an apparent consensus and established precedent regarding this subject. Every article I can find (save the one's you've made) across all the articles under the Roads Wikiproject (including all state listings, interstate and us routes) use the slash to list junctions in a given area near a city/town. The MSHP is a daughter project of the US Roads project, and all the state highway projects are children of the same. They've all used the slash. Stratosphere ^{(U T)} 00:00, 29 November 2006 (UTC)