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[edit] US 12 and US 112

While creating the US 12 (WI) page, I went through the parent article (US 12) and found quite a bit of detail pertaining to Michigan's section which IMHO could be best served being transferred into its own article U.S. Route 12 in Michigan. But I probed further to find that essentially you have one already in US 112. Perhaps there could be some options to place to move any US 12 specific detail into a subarticle for Michigan to alleviate a bit of space for the main US 12 article? I know that the amount of detail might be borderline, but instead of diving in and creating it with these circumstances, I felt I should ask the members of your project for opinions first. So... What's your opinions? 8) • master_sonLets talk 20:37, 25 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 16:02, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Intersection and Exit List Layouts

I'm looking to start a discussion on the intersection and exit lists layouts for Michigan highways. To see an example of the exit list in action, see the M-14 article. It follows the current conventions established by WP:USRD and I think we should stick with it. As far as the lists for non limited access highways and non mile-post based freeways I setup a template to use at Template:MIint. It's based on Template:PAint and has been modified slightly for use with MSHP.

I've setup a sandbox at User:Stratosphere/Sandbox to look at a few layouts I've created. I'd like to start discussion on which one is preferred among the community. Of course, as always, you're welcome to suggest a new layout. The basic idea here is to use the intersection template that is being adopted across the U.S. Roads project, but add control city designators for Interstate and U.S. Route junctions. These already exist in the exit template, and I'd like to bring them to the intersection list, at least for this project.

So, let the discussion begin. Just hit up the Sandbox and let us know which one strikes your fancy and why, and perhaps provide some pros/cons on the one you picked, or the one's you specifically didn't pick. Stratosphere (U T) 23:26, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

  • My current selection is Style 2 on the Sandbox page. For several reasons, it's pretty close to the standard used for the exit lists. Instead of relying on the east/west/north/south auxiliary plates (which at 20px can be difficult to read) it uses the {{scaps}}> template to achieve the basic idea using simple text. It also looks very clean and compact preventing the cluttered appearance that can occur with tables like these. Stratosphere (U T) 23:26, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
    • I added style 6 which I also approve of since it has the text and the auxiliary plates that some of us are attached to ;) Stratosphere (U T) 00:14, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
      • So, unless there's dissent, I think we should use style 6 since that's what most other projects use for both intersection and exit lists. Stratosphere (U T) 00:48, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Infoboxes

I believe I have every Interstate checked for the Infobox. If anybody would like to double check me and make sure every Michigan Interstate page has one feel free to do so. I believe my next task will be to start working on the Exit Lists for each Highway wiki page. Once that is completed I will agian look at what needs to be done. If somebody wants to double check my work when I complete a page feel free to do so. Half the time when I do this I am one blink from crashing and sleeping.--Mihsfbstadium 14:15, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Clean up tag

I was being good and decided to get michigan a clean up tag. I dont know why we good road people in michigan would need one but I just copied the California one and subed out the images and words of cal for Michigan. --Mihsfbstadium 11:27, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

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