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  1. March 2005 – October 2005
  2. October 2005 – December 2005
  3. December 2005 – March 2006
  4. March 2006 – April 2006
  5. The beginning of the move wars
  6. April 2006 – September 2006
  7. September 2006 – Dec 2006

Please start new topics at the bottom of the page, even if it is related to a section above. Otherwise it is difficult to find the posting.

Sorry if I don't respond to your posts right away... I can never accurately predict when I'll be gone for a few days... and with vacations and school it gets hectic.

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[edit] Nevada shields

Thanks for informing me of that. By the way, would you be so kind as to handle the permission requests for me? If you can, I could email you the email address and phone number of the guy at NevadaDOT I talked to. Thanks either way. --Geopgeop 07:33, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

I thought you read about what I posted on WT:USRD -- I just want a reaffirmation for the permissions that I received to do the shields, as say, Commons:Image:Nevada 604.svg, or the others, as I put phone call from NevadaDOT as reason for permission, which now, I don't think, is reason enough. Actually, http://www.nevadadot.com/contact/ is a place to start. --Geopgeop 08:22, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

That's right. Let me give you the email; I'll email it to you. --Geopgeop 03:34, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

From NevadaDOT or me? --Geopgeop 04:07, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
Could you try again? --Geopgeop 04:20, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Probably a "Dear sir, I haven't received a reply regarding the use of Nevada shield images on Wikipedia..." (not the specifications, the images), and a summary of past conversations if needed. --Geopgeop 04:30, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The user, part 3

User:Albertotineo10 has resurfaced again, doing much of the same things the user has done before: making multiple edits in a row, using atrocious grammar/spelling, and, the most troubling: continuing to steal images from state-ends.com, which the user admits in this edit. I would say something on their talk page, but as you and I both know, the user doesn't read it. After two previous blocks of 24 hours, I think it might be time for a longer block or some other course of action. Any thoughts? --TMF Let's Go Mets - Stats 18:06, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Can you actually block someone for not following the manual of style? --NE2 04:31, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

It was taken without permission from: [1]. This user should be blocked for a week for multiple violations and for stating that he "created it." Seicer (talk) (contribs) 03:22, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
Added speedy delete tag. Seicer (talk) (contribs) 03:27, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
I am the curator of Pennsylvania State Ends. This photo was taken by Denis Malvern and can be found here. It can also be found here. The photo was taken November 2, 2002. I am unaware of who the user in question is, nor did he ask permission to use Mr. Malvern's photo here. I appologize if I have not met posting protocol. This is the first time I have posted on Wiki as i was made aware of it today. --CanesFan27 03:33, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
Yes, I notified CanesFan27 (Adam) via IM after applying the speedy delete tag onto the image. Seicer (talk) (contribs) 03:54, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Texas highways

Are you going to finish moving the Texas highway pages or are they going to remain like that until someone else comes along. I was under the impression from the naming convention thing that Texas was giving an exception until someone came along, notified the project via the project talk page that they were going to start moving the pages and then they would procede to move them all, not just part of them and then move to another state and start moving them. Please finish moving the Texas articles before you start moving another projects pages, this is precisely what I didn't want happen. --Holderca1 22:28, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

No need to switch. You finish Texas, I've got Florida. -- NORTH talk 00:36, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for doing all the Texas highways moves! It is appreciated. I have one small issue. Can we get Texas State Highway 1 Loop moved to Texas State Highway Loop 1? This is how TXDOT names them. I went ahead and redirected the rest of the redirect pages, but when I tried to move the main page, it wouldn't let me. Hopefully I didn't mess anything up. Thanks. 25or6to4 04:17, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Sorry I don't understand which business routes you're referring to. 25or6to4 04:30, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
Ah, gotcha. That's a good question. On the TXDOT website, they're listed as "Business State Highway ##". There hasn't been any discussion on this yet, but I would guess that sticking to TXDOT naming would be generally agreed upon. 25or6to4 04:50, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
Although in my opinion, the business roads don't need their own articles, they can very easily be added to their parent highway's article. Others may disagree though, but in any event, I think info on the business highways should start on the parent highway, if they outgrow it, then they would get their own article. --Holderca1 14:19, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

It should be Texas Business State Highway 24. [2] --Holderca1 04:48, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nevada State Routes & Highways

I Will make corrections per request. Sorry they were out of format.

Will go over them and refer to NV SR 28 for further reference. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Odyssey19 (talk • contribs).

[edit] NV State Highways / Routes

Oops forgot to log in.

Doing my best to get them up to standards of wiki  :). some info on the pages was added by me, not sure if online or offline mode, plus i have found more in detailed information, which i am replacing the old with the better i found  :)) Odyssey19 01:23, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] SPUI

Any administrator may ban him from any area he disrupts, If he does not respect the ban, he may be blocked. See [[3]]. Fred Bauder 03:15, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Since you edit in the highway area it is better if someone else bans him, but if you are the only one who knows and appreciates the problem you may have to be responsible. There were a lot of people in that discussion at AN/I, ask for help there. Remember a ban is just telling him he can't edit in an area. It is only if he continues that you can block him. Fred Bauder 03:24, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 'assessment' code on {{California State Highway WikiProject}}, etc

The assessment code you've added to a number of state highway templates are causing very strange-looking redlinks when applied to category pages; e.g., Cat:California State Highway stubs. I hesitate to suggest that what it needs is yet another conditional parser function, but it's probably a matter of either one more, or about seven fewer... I don't know if this is "standard" assessment code, but yours are the only templates I've noticed this happening with... Alai 07:37, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

OK, I've removed the section of code that seemed to be causing the problem: I don't see the rationale for having a comments page for the non-assessment of non-articles, to put it mildly. I'll ask the (apparently) original author of the assessment page about the details of the code. If there's no objection to that, I'll remove it from the others, too. Alai 20:20, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

I've now removed the problem code from all of the obviously-affected templates, and from the "template template" on Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Assessment. Alai 20:18, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Howdy

Hey ... finally got a username and such.

One day I hope to be like you on wikipedia. Haha

Anyways, just trying to figure it all out, hopefully I didn't screw up your page posting this.

Ryan

21:45, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Oops...

Here ya go:Ryan Moore 21:45, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Yay.

[edit] Myspace

The link from your myspace page.

Anyways, I already spend way too much time on here so I figured why not actually contribute and spend even more time?

Ryan Moore 10:56, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Infobox road vs individual state infoboxes

I see what you are proposing with the California hwys project and like. We do need a consistent routebox for the state highways for sure. My question is - Many states do use IBR already, but there are several other states that have their own routeboxes right now as well (i.e. Minnesota, Missouri, Virginia, Kentucky, Oklahoma, North Carolina, to name a few.) Are we planning on deprecating these altogether? I would suggest such as they all are pretty inconsistent with the suggested style outlined by IBR. Could I also suggest getting a taskforce together for enforcing use of proper templates? Lastly - what about County routes, Interstate Routes and U.S. Routes (I do see that the I and US routes pretty much Mirror IBR) Thx --• master_sonLets talk 18:49, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Interstate 78 question

Hey, I added a NJ Route 24 to the Interstate 78 major junction box, is that irrelevant?

Nextbarker 05:25, 13 November 2006 (UTC)nextbarker

[edit] SPUI

Seeing the unsuccessful response given, what do you suggest? --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 04:14, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Patience Fred Bauder 14:30, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] California State Route 37

I noticed you've rated the above article as start class. Could you please explain? I'm trying to make it GA class, and a few suggestions would be nice. Thx.--LBMixPro <Speak|on|it!> 03:12, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Okay, I've changed everything "State Route XX" to "California State Route XX" (something I wanted to do but wasn't sure I should), and split the lead section with ==Route description== (but that'll break WP:LEAD standards, won't it?). Everything that fits the standard for both Wikiprojects has been met, and the only thing preventing it from A-status IMO is that it uses a depreciated infobox with no map, and I can't seem to calculate the statewide postmiles in the exit list. ATM, it's nominated for GA. --LBMixPro <Speak|on|it!> 21:26, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Here's a change of pace: a request that has nothing to do with road articles

Howdy, Rschen. I'm back after a bit of a break (and I'm still "breaking" from the Florida State Roads ones after writing several dozen stubs and others), and I've gotten involved in TV series list articles. While I was able to start one from scratch in my userspace and moved it over (List of longest running U.S. cable television series), the next two (List of longest running U.S. primetime television series and List of longest running U.S. broadcast network television series), I'd rather edit from the original List of longest running U.S. television series - but I cannot simply copy the entire list onto User:B.Wind/sandbox1 or User:B.Wind/sandbox2 without losing the history of the contributions. Could you, as an admin, make a copy of the original list and set it up in one or both of the "sandbox" pages and maintain the history, or are there some instructions that I can follow so these two lists can be created... and enable me to update the original list with information that basically has to wait until to other lists are prepared? Many thanks for any help/advice/etc. B.Wind 06:23, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

  • Pardon my denseness (it's been a looong workweek in academia)- there is no way to preserve the history when I try to duplicate a list article and then edit the copy to create a new list? I'd think Wikipedia would have a way to preserve the history, somehow... Thanks for checking back. Unless we find a way, I guess I'll have to use the ol' cut'n'paste and thumb my nose at the history to get the jobs done this weekend. B.Wind 00:13, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Florida State Road 41

Yes, I'm aware that I formatted the page wrong. I tried to redirect it to the correct one, and I ended up doing the opposite of what I had intended. ---- DanTD 18:57, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Boogered templates here

Just FYI, your top-of-talk-page templates overlap in a most icky manner in the Safari browser (so probably also Konqueror; they share much of the same codebase). By moving them around in the code, you can fix that, and I don't think it will affect their display in any other browser, because of the CSS positioning that the Archive box uses. Demo here, which looks fine in Safari: User:SMcCandlish/Temp/Rschen7754. — SMcCandlish [talk] [contrib] ツ 07:56, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Punarama

Why was Punarama (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2006 November 24#Punarama) Speedily Deleted? It only had two responses (one of which was one of the deleting admins - conflict of interest!) to the AfD, which was only just filed, and both of them were nothing but notability claims. Aside from the specific topical notability guidelines enumerated as actionable under Policy at WP:DEL, non-notability alone is not deletion-actionable in and of itself, and even WP:NN is currently Disputed, so it isn't actionable either, only topical ones are. Aside from all of that, even the WP:DEL-blessed notability criteria do not justify WP:SPEEDY deletion. If something else justified Speedy Deletion it should have been recorded in the deletion log at the link above. I haven't even seen the article, but if the only identified problem with it was that the nominator thought it was "non-notable comics" then this article should be undeleted and subject to a full AfD. — SMcCandlish [talk] [contrib] ツ 07:56, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

If the SD is not undone (and the article presumably returned to AfD), then as per WP:DGFA, I am requesting that the Punarama article and any subpages (talk, etc.) be moved to my userspace, as User:SMcCandlish/Temp/Punarama (and subpages thereof, if applicable, obviously :-). Thanks. If it has any redeeming qualities, I'll see what I can do for it. — SMcCandlish [talk] [contrib] ツ 11:40, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanks. Looking it over, it does appear to be subject to WP:DEL#Problem articles where deletion may be needed, row 2, under WP:WEB, and I don't think it would have survived AfD due to WP:V, WP:VANITY, WP:AUTO and WP:NPOV issues, unless seriously cleaned up. Sorry for the false alarm. Reason/excuse: The AfD didn't say it was a webcomic, but a comic, and "Notability (books)" (which I believe would cover paper comics) is still a just a draft proposal, so the SD looked like it might have been overzealous at first glance.
PS: What's the "Get a stub standard implemented" on your task list, if I may be nosy? Sounds interesting.— SMcCandlish [talk] [contrib] ツ 00:55, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] XML image

It needs to be deleted from the commons end as it is a commons image. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 04:28, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

In fact, it has already been done and the image you can see is Commons' image. Thanks anyway. Poppypetty 19:40, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Speedy deletion Weatherford International

You speedy deleted Weatherford International today. It was an article about a large NYSE listed company, and listed in S&P 500, and as I remember, the article was as good or as bad as most articles in Category:Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The article was linked to, and didn't include copyvio material. Could you please revert the deletion, and submit a regular AfD if you believe it is spam. Thanks. --69.19.14.20 22:09, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

As the article is deleted, I can't check the history, maybe you can, see if the content wasn't replaced recently (there were some attampts a few weeks back), see User talk:Qyd#Weatherford International. Well, no big loss, it's just that I know that wasn't spam.--69.19.14.20 23:28, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
Writing an article in first person is not allowed at Wikipedia, spam or not. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 23:30, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
It wasn't written in first person, at least not the last version I checked. It might have been overwritten (vandalised?) again at some point, I can't be sure, as the history is not acessible anymore. I guess I was the only editor watching that page, and, as I'm unable to log in at this time, I didn't revert the change, and with the article deleted, I can't do that anymore. Please reply on my talk page (I'm over a very dinamic sat connection now, so I can't log in). Thanks.
Thanks for the effort of retrieving the article. The paragraph cited proves it was a vandalised version that you deleted (you could have reverted the spam instead of speedy deleting the article). Well, too late now, I'll eventually re-write the entry. Thanks again for your effort. --69.19.14.20 23:59, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
Thank you very much, it's exactly what I wanted in the first place. I'll warn the user who repeatedly overwrote the article with spam+copyvio. Thanks again.

[edit] Route 51

That is not what is being discussed at WT:USSH. He changed [[Route x (Rhode Island)|Route x]] to [[Rhode Island Route x|Route x]]. --NE2 03:39, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

WP:USSH very clearly states: There is nothing wrong with linking to a redirect; do not "fix" these "pipe-tricked" links. The discussion is about links that started out as [[Rhode Island Route x|Route x]]. --NE2 03:43, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Can you please look at his edits before pretending that you know what I am doing? --NE2 03:48, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

I don't see anything wrong with that link, but if you care to change it to [[Route x (Rhode Island)|Route x]] despite Wikipedia:Redirect#Don't fix links to redirects that aren't broken, go ahead. --NE2 03:51, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for retracting your objection. --NE2 03:54, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] EA Link

I noticed you deleted the page EA Link without deleting the page that redirected to it, EA Downloader. I personally do not feel that this page should have been deleted, and so I have undeleted it. Feel free to discuss deleting it again. I understand that you were deleting because of the speedy tag, but please take more time on your decisions in the future, and review the tags to make sure you're making the right choice. -Mysekurity 04:45, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Speedy deletions

Beatgr 18:43, 25 November 2006 (UTC) Regarding the speedy deletion of the WIUW article by User:Calton. I have no control over webmasters of Intenret web pages -- that improve their web pages by lifting Wikipedia content (sometimes 'wor for word') to improve their web pages. Wikipedia has no policy (or copy protection for itself) that I have found in this policy or administrative area. Editors, such as Calton seem to blindly assume that the Wikipedia volunteer writers and contributors are always at fault, never considering the possibility that its was a reverse copy. The original Wikipedia writer has no easy method to know that change to the web page reference has occurred. This guilty, until proven innocent approach is not in the canon of Wikipedia or its earlier GNU ancestors. This is an area that Wikipedia adminsitrators need to examine. Beatgr 18:35, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

For a radio station Mission statement - the usage of "we" is totally appropriate. In fact, how can you legally "change" a mission statement that is part of the required FCC license application? May I refer you to a document that starts with 'We the People ..." Beatgr 08:27, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
May I refer you to a statement you made in your article... This is not a mission statement, this is advertising. If it really is a mission statement then it needs to be properly cited. I no longer have access to this original copy, that was my original request to you. You are now quoting from (or have access to) materials and entry only available for administrators and editors - it was speedy deleted from Wiki. This just informs me that speedy deletion process is "as deemed appropriate by Wiki editors and/or adminsitrators" with minimal or no discussion." Possibly a more approrpiate and efficent approach is for all new Wiki entries and major edits to be submitted in an approval queue by Wiki editors and administrators -- would save everyone a considerable amount of time and harrassment. Beatgr 08:40, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
I can give you the text of the original article if you wish. However, if you have a problem with my deletion decision, WP:VFU can help you there. --
Thanks for offer -- That was my original request! User:Calton took exception for such a request process - some comment about I was walking into a train wreck -- you don't know the top people like I do, etc. Just more arrogance for his cavalier speedy deletion approach - and lack of possible wrong approach. The WIUW entry has been retyped. I am advising the Wikipedia radio station project that I will drop out further volunteer assistance, at this time. I really wish that if an editor does not understand the subject OR is working on the project that they would be a bit more cautious in speedy deletion usage (comes across like a 'bully' approach). In a strange way, it is just another process like the earlier "BOT" editors. IF I did a speedy deletion as an editor -- to your Wiki highway and road contributions (a significant amount of work and discussion) -- you get an idea of what my reaction and thoughts are. IF you drive all knowledgeable contributors and potential financial donors away - then Wikipedia is not viable with a small group of administrators and editors. Beatgr 21:05, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Interstate 516 Infobox

I tried the standard interstate infobox, but the main shields wouldn't show; I subsequently posted with the other one...--Mhking 04:44, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Fair enough - 421 is hidden; but given that 516 shares 21 signage across its entire run, I figured it would make sense to include it in the infobox. --Mhking 05:04, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
OK. No prob. --Mhking 05:22, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Talk:California State Route 210

Just wanted to reiterate my apology for unintentionally jumping down your throat. We're all overworked on Wikipedia -- and even moreso in real life. -- NORTH talk 00:24, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Newbie on Wikipedia, Oldie on efgh.com

Thank you for your comments on my recent additions to some of the road articles.

Yes, I am the creator of efgh.com, and I am starting to post some of the material to Wikipedia, with appropriate changes.

Up to now, I have been editing pages by following the style of existing pages.

I started the page County Route S1 (California), and I'm still working on it.

Perdelsky 04:04, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] ArbCom voting

Nope. I've seen votes with links. Link away! --210physicq (c) 01:13, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Left Behind

'Gone' is also a Rapture movie that would interest Left Behind readers. Over 600,000 people have seen 'Gone'. What part of this is not relevant? If you're a Christian, you need to look at the Apostle Paul's words of being extra kind to fellow Believers. You're hindering the Lord's work by deleting 'Gone' from the Left Behind site. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by MovieFan02134 (talk • contribs) 23:17, 4 December 2006 (UTC).

[edit] Question re: WP:CASH browsing

I posted this on WT:USRD, but you may have missed it since it was a couple of sections up from the bottom. Is there a legitimate reason (other than status quo) that California uses "Route" instead of "SR" in the browsing? As far as I can tell, everywhere outside of New England uses an abbreviation (either SR, SH, or the postal abbreviation), and it doesn't appear that the same logic that applies to New England would apply to California.

I'll fix it once you give me the green light, hopefully it'll only require one template edit. -- NORTH talk 18:59, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Substing state highway infoboxes

I prefer to work with straight markup rather than infoboxes because the markup offers much more flexibility. See my user page, for instance. But if you want to use infoboxes instead, it's fine with me. Casey Abell 20:58, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

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