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[edit] Wikiproject New Jersey

I see that you've gotten off to a good start in somne New Jersey-related edits. I invite you to join WikiProject New Jersey, which is aimed at filling in the wholes and expanding details regarding the state of New Jersey. Alansohn 17:15, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] NJ Collaboration of the Week

Thanks for participating in Wikiproject New Jersey. In an attempt to create articles for some of the non-existing pages related to New Jersey, NJCOTW was recently created to bring members of WP:NJ together to work collaboratively on a certain selected topic, which this week is List of Governors of New Jersey. Please help by nominating/voting/commenting on articles on WP:NJCOTW, or by helping to improve articles in the scope of the topic for the NJCOTW. AndyZ 00:49, 8 March 2006 (UTC)


Welcome!

Hello, Mlaurenti, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

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[edit] License tagging for Image:P6140018.JPG

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[edit] GSP exit list reverts

Thank you Mlaurenti for starting the exit list on Garden State Parkway. It was a wonderful starting point and contribution. However, it does need some work (such as the US/CR abbreviations that Alansohn fixed, as well as minor factual errors). I understand your attachment to your work, but please do not revert edits that serve to make the encyclopedia better. Thanks. -- Northenglish 21:20, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for making a productive edit to the exit list. However, I'm curious as to why you decided to change "Township" back to "Twp" in some, but not all, cases. Alansohn edited the exit list to make it more consistent, and those changes will likely be reverted again. -- Northenglish 00:56, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Turnpike

Please be more attentive - my version now includes the piece to the GWB. --SPUI (T - C) 13:39, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Route 32 (New Jersey)

The purpose of the infobox is to give a brief overview of the route. Since it ends at the Turnpike overpass, it does technically end at the Turnpike, and including the Turnpike in both the junction list and the eastern terminus is extremely redundant. Tidbits of information such as that it actually ends at the overpass, not the interchange, should be included in the article text, not the infobox. -- NORTH talk 21:59, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The word exit

Why did you capitalize exit in this edit? --SPUI (T - C) 13:56, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Infobox_road template standards

I have added a discussion thread at WT:NJSCR to address standards for NJ road infoboxes and invite your participation. Over the past several weeks, we have made tremendous progress in cleaning up the articles for the State highways in New Jersey, especially with the expansion and addition of infoboxes to most of these articles. However, there seems to be a great deal of confusion as to what should be going in these infoboxes. I am creating this thread and inviting those users who have been active participants in editing these pages to come up with a mutually agreeable answer on the issues listed. I will take on the task of moderating this discussion, but I will add my 2 cents on these topics. We can add more questions if needed, but please, be civil. Alansohn 23:40, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

You know you don't need me, I quit, I don't want to help.

[edit] Re I-95

The junctions aren't; per WP:IH only ones ending in 0 or 5 can go in the routeboxes on articles ending in 0 or 5. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 21:54, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Maps

Image:Exit 8A (aerial NJDOT) copy.jpg and Image:New 8a.jpg say in the corner "(C) NJDEP", and the other maps obviously come from the same source. You cannot upload them (or modified versions) to Wikipedia without NJDEP releasing them under a sufficiently free license. --NE2 14:24, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Yes; you need to get permission, not only to use on Wikipedia, but to use under a free license. Most governments are not willing to do this; you may be able to generate something free using GIS data like the US Census TIGER/Line data. --NE2 18:50, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Signs

The Interstate shields are public domain, but the logos of the toll roads are being used under fair use. --NE2 17:03, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Copyrights

Stop uploading copyrighted images and then falsely claiming that they are in the public domain. If an image has a copyright notice on it, then it is not appropriate for use in Wikipedia. Wikipedia's policy on copyright violations includes the following warning: In extreme cases of contributors continuing to post copyrighted material after appropriate warnings, such users may be blocked from editing to protect the project. If you wish to continue to contribute here, you must stop uploading copyrighted images. | Mr. Darcy talk 18:28, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Since images created by NJ Gov't are copyrighted, then they CANNOT be uploaded to Wikipedia (even with permission from NJ Gov't). If you can show somewhere public where the government of New Jersey has released these works into the public domain, then they can be uploaded to Wikipedia. If you call someone in the state government who says that you can use the images, that is not sufficient for Wikipedia. Let me know if you have any other questions. | Mr. Darcy talk 19:30, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Phillipsburg-Newark Expressway vs. Interstate 78

As an aspiring road geek, I have heard the term "Phillipsburg-Newark Expressway", but most people think of it as Interstate 78. Does it make sense to refer to it as "Phillipsburg-Newark Expressway (Interstate 78)" or shouldn't it be "Interstate 78 (Phillipsburg-Newark Expressway)" to reflect the more common name? Alansohn 22:22, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: CR 520 / Shore Points

Greetings again. You may remember a few months ago that when you added the Shore Points note to Exit 8A on the exit list on New Jersey Turnpike, I reverted it off because I was thinking of a different route. When you explained what you were thinking (612 to 520), I allowed it to stay. But the problem with this is that it's all original research. Let me explain...

When you made this edit, I looked it up on Google Maps, and a number of other trip planning sites. The shortest route from the Exit 8A ramp to Sea Bright (the end of 520) is not 520 all the way -- you take 18 to 36. Therefore, all these edits you've made saying that CR 520 serves as the connector from the Turnpike to Shore Points is incorrect. It's barely even a direct route, with a number of turns near downtown Red Bank and Rumson.

So then let's go all the way back to the Turnpike edit that sort of started all this. In order for someone to use Exit 8A for "Shore Points" -- whether they take 520 all the way or not, they would have had to get on the Turnpike at either Exit 9 (or further north) or Exit 8 (or further south). But if you do a search for New Brunswick (Exit 9) to Sea Bright, it has you taking the Turnpike to Exit 10 to the Parkway south to Exit 109. If you do a search for Hightstown (Exit 8) to Sea Bright, it has you taking NJ 33 to CR 537 to NJ 18 to NJ 36]. The simple fact is that Exit 8A is not used to access Shore Points, and that CR 520 is not a "connector" between the Turnpike in Jamesburg and the Parkway in Middletown. -- NORTH talk 23:54, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your question

Moved from my talk page archive:

A question... I would like to upload an image for Route 92, created by the Army Corps. According to their website ([1]), it says that information is "considered public information and may be distributed or copied." Is this adequate enough to upload to Wiki? Mlaurenti 0:38, 5 Febuary 2007.
Yes, that means that they are placing the images in the public domain, so you're in the clear. Thanks for checking. | Mr. Darcy talk 16:22, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
Thank you. Now, since I am still not familar with licensing, I would like to know the following... 1. If I would like to edit an image (add municipal townlines), is that possible? 2. If yes, how would that image be licensed? Many thanks again! Mlaurenti 0:46, 5 February 2007.
Please add any questions for me to my talk page - you've been adding these to an archive page instead. THe answer to the first question is yes, unless their copyright release statement prohibits it. I would tag it as released by the author into the public domain, and then add a note to the image's talk page identifying the source image and explaining what you did to alter it. That should keep you in the clear and avoid any trouble from users who come along later and are confused about the image's sourcing. | Mr. Darcy talk 16:36, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Images

There's a discussion going on at WT:USRD#Photo galleries? that may affect the photographs you've uploaded to Wikipedia. Please feel free to share your opinion. -- NORTH talk 19:57, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

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