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  • Create article List of minor state routes in Connecticut. DONE but table needs to be filled out.
    • Create redirects for each minor route to the minor routes main article.
  • Create list articles for unsigned state roads and special service roads. DONE
  • Create stubs for the remaining non-minor routes that do not have articles yet.
  • Format existing articles per article structure guidelines. IN PROGRESS
  • Write U.S. Route 1 in Connecticut
  • Cleanup and expand Merritt Parkway

Is there any standard for the unsigned "secret" routes, i.e. Route X (Connecticut) where X >= 500? --Tckma 13:10, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

The only article I'm aware of that uses the unsigned number is State Road 695 (Connecticut). There are a few other secret route articles that are titled using their common, nonnumeric designations, e.g. Milford Parkway (Connecticut) and Conland-Whitehead Highway. A few others redirect to the Route article they are most closely related to (e.g. SSR 401 --> Route 20) and where there is a brief mention of them.
In short, there is no hard and fast standard yet for these secret routes but if you have ideas, please do share them. --Polaron | Talk 13:27, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Wikipedia:State route naming conventions poll/Part2

Your state is invited to participate in discussions for its highway naming convention. Please feel free to participate in this discussion. If you already have a convention that follows the State Name Type xx designation, it is possible to request an exemption as well. Thanks! --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 00:18, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Stub-a-week project

As you can see from the list, we only have articles for about 25% of the current highways. I would like to create more articles but I will be quite busy with real-life stuff beginning next week for the next few months. Once the CT highway articles are renamed, I am proposing that each of us create one stub article every week. I would like to do more but that is probably the most I can commit to at this time. The article can be as simple as: Route X is a state highway in Connecticut running for xxx miles from Route Y in Town Y to Route Z in Town Z. Of course, you don't have to do this if you don't want to or don't have the time to do so. I just don't want the Project to stagnate. I am hoping we can have articles for 50% of the highways by the end of the year. Thanks again for your help. --Polaron | Talk 14:57, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Can do. I suggest a format such as what I used for Route 21. Definitely use the {{stateroutect}} infobox and the {{Connecticut-State-Highway-stub}} template. Someone needs to create shield images for 131 and other routes which don't have them. -- Tckma 13:23, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
That's perfect. I'll try and get as many of the missing route shields uploaded this weekend. --Polaron | Talk 13:44, 8 September 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Route Mileage

How do we find official mileages? -- Tckma 13:14, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

For official mileage, look at the ConnDOT highway log. It will also help identify the exact town for the termini for routes that are near town lines. --Polaron | Talk 13:44, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
Thanks. It also told me not to rely on Google Maps for state route termini; I had to correct both endpoints of 21. -- Tckma 18:39, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Naming Convention

Looks like "Connecticut Route X" has been agreed upon... I'm going to write the stubs with that format of title from now on, and redirect "Route X (Connecticut)" to it. How are we handling moves of existing articles? -- Tckma 20:55, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

I suppose we could go ahead and move them. I may start doing that when I have a longer block of free time available. --Polaron | Talk 01:08, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
Free time? What's that?  ;) -- Tckma 13:37, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
Looks like these still have not been moved. Vegaswikian 05:48, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Project directory

Hello. The WikiProject Council has recently updated the Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory. This new directory includes a variety of categories and subcategories which will, with luck, potentially draw new members to the projects who are interested in those specific subjects. Please review the directory and make any changes to the entries for your project that you see fit. There is also a directory of portals, at User:B2T2/Portal, listing all the existing portals. Feel free to add any of them to the portals or comments section of your entries in the directory. The three columns regarding assessment, peer review, and collaboration are included in the directory for both the use of the projects themselves and for that of others. Having such departments will allow a project to more quickly and easily identify its most important articles and its articles in greatest need of improvement. If you have not already done so, please consider whether your project would benefit from having departments which deal in these matters. It is my hope that all the changes to the directory can be finished by the first of next month. Please feel free to make any changes you see fit to the entries for your project before then. If you should have any questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you. B2T2 22:44, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Infobox curiosity

Out of curiosity, why does this project put the browsing at the bottom of the article instead of at the bottom of the infobox? -- NORTH talk 20:59, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

It is against the new standard at WP:USRD... --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 21:22, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
Inertia, I guess. The small number of articles that existed prior to the implementation of infobox browsing had them at the bottom. --Polaron | Talk 21:33, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
True. What a lot of states do is articles with no infobox yet have browsing at the bottom, then move it into the infobox once it's implemented. -- NORTH talk 21:39, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

On the same note, it appears that {{Stateroutect}} can easily be converted to read directly from {{Infobox road}} since the look of the two boxes is very similar. Would anyone be opposed to this conversion (which would ultimately result in the browse being moved to the infobox)? --TMF Let's Go Mets - Stats 01:13, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

No objection on my part. Anything that improves the infoboxes would be very welcome. --Polaron | Talk 03:22, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
The conversion is now complete. I'll add the new available parameters (including browsing) to the project page. --TMF Let's Go Mets - Stats 04:23, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia Day Awards

Hello, all. It was initially my hope to try to have this done as part of Esperanza's proposal for an appreciation week to end on Wikipedia Day, January 15. However, several people have once again proposed the entirety of Esperanza for deletion, so that might not work. It was the intention of the Appreciation Week proposal to set aside a given time when the various individuals who have made significant, valuable contributions to the encyclopedia would be recognized and honored. I believe that, with some effort, this could still be done. My proposal is to, with luck, try to organize the various WikiProjects and other entities of wikipedia to take part in a larger celebrartion of its contributors to take place in January, probably beginning January 15, 2007. I have created yet another new subpage for myself (a weakness of mine, I'm afraid) at User talk:Badbilltucker/Appreciation Week where I would greatly appreciate any indications from the members of this project as to whether and how they might be willing and/or able to assist in recognizing the contributions of our editors. Thank you for your attention. Badbilltucker 15:59, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

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