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[edit] Welcome

Welcome!

For Quick Repair Of Star Trek:TOS Vandalism -- Thanks for the vigilence... Druby45285 18:15, 18 November 2005 (UTC)DRuby45285
For Quick Repair Of Star Trek:TOS Vandalism -- Thanks for the vigilence... Druby45285 18:15, 18 November 2005 (UTC)DRuby45285

Hello 25or6to4, 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:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Wikipedia:Where to ask a question or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome!  NSLE (讨论) \<extra> 13:56, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

There is something you could clarify. Talk:2005_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Number_of_systems_making_landfall - what's the record? NSLE 08:56, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] TxRouteBox - Thanks!

Thanks for the note about this; I was editing late at night, and was beginning to wonder if I'd simply lost all my marbles. Is there a way to fix these? I know that many of these were created by SPUI; think he could be persuaded to fix them? DavidBavousett 12:58, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Final state highway naming conventions debate

25or6to4, your participation is welcome in the Wikipedia:State route naming conventions poll. Please give your input as to the process by 23:59 UTC on August 8.

Regards, Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 23:26, 5 August 2006 (UTC)


[edit] curiosity

About your nickname, is there a story behind it that you might add to your user page? Interesting nic. Have a good evening, and give Pittsburgh some cooler weather, pleeease. --Coryma 02:33, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Texas highways infoboxes

I think you and I are the few that are actively working on the Texas highways project. I have proposed a change in the infoboxes, but no one has replied. Would appreciate any comments that you may have. My problem with the current infoboxes are the size, most of the highway articles have infoboxes that are longer than the articles themselves, which should never be the case. I think a lot of the detailed infomation should be moved from the infobox to the main article. Take a look at the project talk page to see what I mean. Thanks! --Holderca1 14:45, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

I put a infobox on SH 122, this is an interesting one though, apparently SH 122 according to where the designation files says it is located is yet to be built and the portion of the tollway that is built is not part of the state highway system. The 122 shield may need to be removed from the top of the infobox for this reason. --Holderca1 15:47, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
Yeah, I think I got all the bugs worked out, sometimes staring at all that syntax, you can't find the problem. Was making a new historic highways version for of the template and I wanted to make the length field hidden if no value was put in. Sample of finished product: State Highway 2 (Texas). --Holderca1 18:42, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Shouldn't be a problem, I will try and work on it this weekend if I have time. --Holderca1 02:03, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Okay, looking into more in depth, it will take a lot to do this, mainly do to the fact that a Toll road can be a primary highway, spur, loop, ect... I would need to make a template for each. I think the way you did it on State Highway Loop 49 will work. How many highways are using these shields? Do you happen to have a list? Thanks. --Holderca1 22:21, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Loop 49

Is it certain that the toll shield will be used? --SPUI (T - C) 05:51, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

--SPUI (T - C) 13:32, 9 September 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Maps

Hey, your maps look great. I think the version without the U.S. Routes look best, less clutter. Also, can you add the Interstate shields and major cities as labels? See for what I mean. I may have to hit you for some maps later on. --Holderca1 22:05, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Also, one more thing, once we decide on getting a final version, we will need to come up with a suitable naming convention so that I can add a line in the infobox to automatically put the map in the infobox. I would image the easiest to remember and the one that would make the most sense is just use the naming convention for the shields with map added on the end. For example Image:Texas 16.svg is the shield, Image:Texas 16 map.svg(or png) is the map. --Holderca1 22:30, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] map

Could you make a map for Texas State Highway 289? Thanks --Longhornsg 02:55, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Texas State Highway 151

1604 is limited access from near Randolph AFB to Bandera Road. They have built an overpass at Culebra Road, but there are still traffic lights between Bandera and Culebra. They are currently upgrading to 4 lanes from the junction with 151 south to US 90. The I-10/I-410 interchange near Crossroads mall is close to complete, I think I heard sometime in '07. They are in the process of expanding I-410 to 5 lanes in each direction from Culebra to I-35 on the northern arc. There will be a partial interchange at Bandera. They are constructing a complete interchange at I-410 and US 281. I-10 is under construction from I-410 into downtown, expanding to 5 lanes in each direction. The construction on US 90 has been completed. Can't think of anything else at the moment. --Holderca1 20:39, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Moved page

So should the business ones be done the same way? --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 04:23, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Should a Tx business route be Texas State Highway 24 Business or Texas State Highway Business 24? --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 04:37, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your shield request

The shield request you made at Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Shields/Requests has been completed. We have changed the request requirements to only allow 10 shield requests at a time. I have posted the next 10 in sequence at that page, but I have also already completely several more. I am working on completing all of the Texas state highway shields in the near future so requesting them is not needed. If you need a Loop, Spur, Farm or Ranch sign, please make that request and I will take care of it for you. --Holderca1 17:54, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Texas State Highway Loop 256

Every article, even ones about hiways, needs a reference. On this article, when I click the superscript 1 in the infobox to see the highway department reference for the road, nothing happens. I think that may be true for other such Texas hiway infoboxes as well. I am just checking a wide variety of Wikipedia articles to see that there are references, because there have actually been hoax articles about fictitious towns and hiways. Could you please take a look at the article and see why the reference doesn't work? If it works for you, please let me know. Thanks. Edison 22:40, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. Like I said , I am coming to the conclusion that every article should have a reference whereby it can be verified. Today I have seen a fake TV sitcom, a fake town, and a fake road, and 2 fake Civil War soldiers, which were fairly plausible, except that it turned out they were completely made up! I am ambivalent about whether every real thing in the world should have a Wikipedia article. But at least we can demonstrate that the thing exists! Thanks again. Edison 06:03, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: New shield request

Can you confirm that the actually shield has the colors transposed? I know how the guide signs and the shields usually never agree. We don't have any toll shields in San Antonio currently so I can't confirm, will check some of the Austin websites real quick to see if they have the guide signs similar to the one in the photo. --Holderca1 14:24, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Here you go, , if you find that the shield actually has the colors reversed on the shields, not the guide signs, let me know, the TXDOT design file mentions nothing of this. --Holderca1 23:36, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Migration of maps to Commons

Can you move your maps over to the Commons and put them in a category under Category:State highways in Texas. All of the shields are over there and it would help out in keeping us organized, thanks. --Holderca1 21:29, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

It is pretty simply, just go ahead and upload them to the commons and then put this tag on the version on Wikipedia: {{NowCommons}}. Eventually an admin will make their way to it and take care of it. --Holderca1 14:53, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Map request

Can you make a map of Atascosa County with all of the state highways on it labeled with shields. Not sure if it is possible since there are quite a few FM Roads. I am working on the shields at the moment and will let you know when I have them complete, but if you could make a draft version with what shields are available, that would be great. The map will be implemented on this page: User:Holderca1/County. It is still in draft form and will eventually be moved to a proper article title. Thanks. --Holderca1 20:38, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

No big rush, that will give me time to make the shields anyway. --Holderca1 23:12, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
It looks good. Just a few comments. Can you label the towns that have insets? Also, can you make the shields a little bit larger, I can't read the numbers on the FM shields, not sure how much bigger you can go without it looking bad. Yeah, I noticed that I missed that one, it wasn't labeled on the map I was using and the TXDOT designation files are hard to search by county. I am assuming you can get the data from your map making software? --Holderca1 14:38, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thank You

Hey, thanks for the PA Route 65 map. I really appriciate it and i hope this route becomes a good article. Thanks again. -- JohnnyAlbert10 22:57, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Active user verification

Hello, 25or6to4. Due to the high number of inactive users at WP:USRD, we are asking that you verify that you are still an active contributor of the project. To do so, please add an asterisk (*) after your name on Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Newsletter/List. Users without one by the next issue in 2 weeks will be removed off the list and off the respective road projects as well. If you have any questions, please contact me on my talk page. Thanks. TMF Let's Go Mets - Stats 20:22, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] U.S. Route 20 in Iowa

Thanks for the map; it looks great! ObtuseAngle 12:46, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GIS data

I've been having trouble getting free GIS data to make maps for the MTF. Do you know of any resource in which there are shapefiles? V60 干什么？ · VDemolitions · ER 3 22:14, 25 April 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Maps

Hey, I've looked at the US 169 map, and it's great, except for one thing. Could you change the projection to the Lambert Conformational Conic so that it doesn't look so stretched out? Thanks, (→O - RLY?) 02:51, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] An important letter

Dear roads editor,

You may have noticed some changes at WP:USRD lately. Some of them, like the cleanup templates and the stub templates, have been astounding and great. Unfortunately, others have been disturbing.

This has become evidenced by the departure of a few prominent editors at USRD, a few RFC's, and much fighting among USRD editors.

After the second RFC, many of us found the opportunity to take a step away from Wikipedia for a while--as a self-imposed wikibreak, or possibly on vacation.

The result of such introspection was that many of us were placing ourselves in a "walled garden" and on a self-imposed pedestal of authority over the roads department. Also, we were being hostile to a few users who were not agreeing with us.

In fact, IRC has been the main incarnation of this "walled garden." Decisions have been made there to conduct grudges and prejudices against a few valued USRD users with poor justification.

For this, we have come to apologize. We have come to ask your forgiveness.

In addition to this, we hope to work as one USRD team from now on and to encourage cooperation instead of the promotion of interests.

All users are welcome to collaborate on IRC, the newsletter, or anywhere else at USRD.

In the future, please feel free to approach us about any issues you may have.

Regards,

Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 17:18, 9 August 2007 (UTC)


[edit] USRD Inactivity check and news report

Hello, 25or6to4. We had a few urgent matters to communicate to you:

  1. Please update your information at Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Participants, our new centralized participant list. Those who have not done so by October 20th will be removed.
  2. There are important discussions taking place at WT:USRD relating to whether WP:USRD, WP:HWY, or the state projects should hold the "power" in the roads projects.

Regards, Rschen7754 (T C) 23:07, 22 September 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Map projections

Can you please use the Lambert Conformational Conic projection for your maps? Without it, the maps look ugly and do not follow common practice. Thanks, O2 (息 • 吹) 22:46, 15 October 2007 (GMT)


[edit] Thanks!

Thanks for your help on the map for Utah State Route 150. It looks great. Glennfcowan 18:42, 2 November 2007 (UTC)



[edit] Map for I-155 (IL) - thanks!

Thanks for the map of I-155 and Illinois 267. I tried to move it to I-155 (IL) map.svg (there's one in TN, too) but I forgot the commons doesn't support moves. It's all right; the next guy will be able to figure it out. —Rob (talk) 05:28, 26 December 2007 (UTC)



[edit] Map request

I need a map for I-80 (UT) and I-84 (UT), just like the ones on I-70 (UT) and I-15 (UT). I see you constantly get requests for maps but if you can make these two, I'd appreciate it. Thanks! CountyLemonade (talk) 16:52, 21 March 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Chickasaw Turnpike map

Sounds good. If it's not too much trouble, can you please include the county lines? Just about every map of Oklahoma off-wiki seems to include the counties, so it just seems like something's missing without them. Plus, it helps give context to where all the lines are. Thanks in advance. —Scott5114↗ [EXACT CHANGE ONLY] 19:22, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

I like it. :) The only problem is that it includes the Chickasaw Turnpike shield, which I'm fairly sure is copyrighted by OTA. —Scott5114↗ [EXACT CHANGE ONLY] 19:56, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Dinosaur Diamond Scenic Byway

I'm not sure if you've seen the note I left on the map request page, but I was wondering if you could possibly tweak the map you made so that all the shields by the words "Green River" are the same size. Right now, the US 191 shield is the same width instead of the same height. -- Kéiryn talk 20:51, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] USRD Newsletter, Issue 4

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[edit] Oilton, Texas

Do you have any reference for the sentence In 1922, the discovery of oil, caused the town to grow and its name was changed to Oilton? It is interesting and significant, but needs referencing. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 10:24, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] USRD participants list

As discussed at WT:USRD, the participants list at WP:USRD is being split by state. Due to any of the following factors- your extended participation in WT:USRD discussions, your IRC participation, or your extended participation in Shields or Maps, I have guessed that you are a nationwide editor and have designated you as such in the USRD partiicpants table. This is part of the lengthy process. If this is in error, please let me know immediately. This is especially likely with this group as I have to guess whether you are a national or a state editor. Regards, Rschen7754 (T C) 22:00, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Historic Michigan Boulevard District map

Thanks for the help. See comments at Wikipedia:WikiProject_U.S._Roads/Maps_task_force/Requests#Request_for_various_GA.2B_articles.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 16:02, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Rush Street

Since you helped with the map, I feel you should know that Rush Street (Chicago) is at FAC. Images have been an issue and I just did a major overhaul and could use some feedback.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 16:05, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the help with the map. It is shaping up.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 00:54, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] I-80 Map

Thanks for making that map of I-80 in NV. Much appreciated. --Ljthefro (talk) 04:29, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Any chance you could give the map a clear background and make it not as wide? Thanks again. --Ljthefro (talk) 04:58, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Collin County Maps

To be quite honest, I had no real logical order for doing the maps as I was doing them. I was mostly just doing the maps for cities and metro areas I lived in, since my method for making maps is a lot less advanced than your or Arkyan's method. Mainly, I was just looking up county-level or MPO-level maps of the counties in question, taking detailed screenshots, and tracing over them in Inkscape to produce the maps. I unfortunately don't have access to ArcGIS or any other 'real' mapping software or know enough to make a .php file that can do the dirty work for me like Arkyan did, so I will be very limited in what I can do from here on out.

All that being said, feel free to upload whatever you'd like, and even replace the maps I made, if they are more current. I haven't really had the extra time to work on the maps lately anyways and so I don't think I will be making any new submissions any time soon. But I am glad that, at the very least, I inspired some more talented Wikipedians to complete what I had originally set out to do; replace the red-dot maps.

Ixnayonthetimmay (talk) 23:34, 6 June 2008 (UTC)