Template talk:Infobox NC Route

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Contents 1 Usage 2 What is a major city? 3 Project 4 Box Fix 5 Preset parameters

[edit] Usage

{{Infobox NC Route
| article_route =
| length_mi =
| direction_a =
| direction_b =
| starting_terminus =
| ending_terminus =
| junction =
| counties =
| cities =
| established =
| prev_route =
| prev_type =
| next_route = 
| next_type =
}}

Provide the following parameters. Emphasized parameters are optional. References are allowed and encouraged

Parameter	Type	Description
article_route	Number	The number of the route associated with this article.
length_mi	Number	Length of the route in miles. Kilometers was formerly a parameter, is now automatically calculated; see ParserFunctions.
direction	String	Signed (not general) direction of the route. If the route is signed east-west, you may put East for direction_a and West for direction_b or vice versa; the same applies to North and South.
starting_terminus ending_terminus	String	Start and end points of the article route. Your starting_terminus is for the direction specified in direction_a and your ending_terminus is for the direction specified in direction_b. Recommend use: <<route shield>> <<Route Name (wikilinked)>> in <<City>> Looks like this: US 52 in Winston-Salem, NC Use NC for North Carolina, VA for Virginia, GA for Georgia, and SC for South Carolina after the "city" entry. There is precedent for keeping the "City, State" standard here; some state routes end at state lines, others end across from major cities in other states where there is no municipality on the North Carolina side. If there is opportunity for confusion, declare the state name. Starting terminus is the southern/western terminus; ending terminus is the northern/eastern terminus. Shields of 2dis (two digit routes) are to be 20px. Shields of 3dis (three digit routes) are to be 25px (unless the shield doesn't show up, wherein you can use 21px or 26px). This is to keep it more uniform. Sadly, not every terminus is simple. Use comma-breakline syntax (literally ,<br>) and group shields first, then route numbers... and then group further across Interstate, U.S., and NC State Route lines. See Illinois State Route 15 and North Carolina State Highway 211 for the best practice here.
junction	String	Semicolon-separated (or semicolon) list of major junctions with the article route, starting in the south or west. Practical limit of seven to ten junctions; otherwise this information belongs in the "Route description" section or something. Wikify so that thre are shield pictures for the major roads and the cities where they intersect; state names not needed here.
counties	String	Comma-separated list of counties the route travels through, starting in the south or west. Practical limit of seven to ten counties; otherwise this information belongs in the "Route description" section. Wikify so that the state name doesn't show; we know all major counties the state route serves are in North Carolina.
cities	String	Comma-separated list of major cities (subjective, but be reasonable; see below) the route travels through, starting in the south or west. Practical limit of seven to ten cities; otherwise this information belongs in the "Route description" section. Wikify so that the state name doesn't show; we know all major cities the state route serves are in North Carolina. As a general rule, do not include termini cities in this list.
established	Wikified Number and reference	Year route was established. If a route has been pulled back or extended, consider the original establishment date of that route. If it has been moved entirely, use the date it was last moved. Provide a reference and wikify the year.
prev_route next_route	Number	Route number that is next or previous. This field is essentially required; only the topmost and bottommost routes don't need next_route and prev_route.
prev_type next_type	String	These are used to specify which type of route is the previous or next route. Available options: NC for North Carolina routes that have a shield picture. NC0 (that's a zero after NC) for North Carolina routes that do NOT have a shield picture. US for U.S. Highways. prev_type applies to prev_route and next_type applies to next_route.

[edit] What is a major city?

1. Notable commercial center for region (important cities, towns, villages)
2. Large cities with a population over 20,000.
3. Less than seven cities total on route, but route serves as main street as opposed to just touching city limits.
4. County seats should always, always, always be included.
5. Minor towns, cities and villages if the route is short (less than 3 counties long)
6. Unincorporated communities only if the route is extremely short.

A mix of cities, towns, villages, and unincorporated communities can be found on the North Carolina State Highway 12 article. There, all the major municipalties along the north section of the route are listed along with the distant unincorporated "commercial center" communities in the southern Outer Banks.

[edit] Project

	This article is part of the North Carolina State Highways WikiProject, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to highways in the U.S. state of North Carolina. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion.
NA	This page is not an article and does not require a rating on the quality scale.

[edit] Box Fix

Hey man (SPUI), thanks for making the box better. There are just a few kinks I'm working out. --TinMan 23:02, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Preset parameters

I have removed the preset parameters from the infobox for the reason stated in my edit summary. The appearance of infoboxes will not be changed as the appropriate redirects are in place. --TMF ^{Let's Go Mets - Stats} 21:08, 4 January 2007 (UTC)