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[edit] Your signature

I was looking over something else and stumbled across your user signature. Given the connotations of Jimbo on this site, would you change yours to something else? DurovaCharge! 01:20, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

I apologize, but I have no idea what you're talking about. With all due respect, that's my name and why should I change it, especially for someone I don't even know? I'm sure there's more than one person named Jimbo in this world; what's the big deal about my name? Jimbo 03:16, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
I'm sure there is too, however the name Jimbo is very special on wikipedia as it's the name of the person who started the whole thing: Jimbo Wales. Please change your nickname to something else. Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 01:14, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
I've asked for input on this here on ANI. -- Donald Albury 01:29, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
Un-f'n-believeable! The fact that my name is the same as someone who started this site is becoming a federal issue is appalling and ridiculous!!! It's not as though I'm trying to go around and pose as someone else. All I'm doing is trying to be helpful, but informal, as "Jimbo" is how I'm known in real life! Oh, but let's make this better, shall we? My name is James and I live in St. Petersburg, Florida, so based on that fact alone, is it safe to assume that I'm going to be further persecuted because there's someone who's "more important" than me on this site who's also named James and lives in St. Pete as well? I think not. The people of this site have way too much time on their hands if all they can do is try to make an example of me. Don't you have better things to do, like, I dunno...FIX ARTICLES?!? To prevent further interogations by these imbeciles, I'm going to change my moniker, but be it known that all I'm trying to do like most people are doing here: make this site a better place for the world to find information. If there is any more provacation like this (and that includes pitting a slash through my name one more f'n time!), I will be reporting anyone who does for harassment and I will be going down to the Wikimedia offices on my lunch break...I do, after all, work two blocks away. So, let me do my task and help with these sites and you spend your time picking on someone else, or just leave, because obviously all your doing is wasting all our time! So much for "freedom of speech"... EaglesFanInTampa (formerly Jimbo) 01:59, 8 January 2007 (UTC)


The Purple Star
For being wounded in the call of duty - and recovering with grace and aplomb. AnonEMouse (squeak) 17:34, 9 January 2007 (UTC)


I especially liked your comment on WP:AN/I about having more article editing to do, rather than argue about your signature. "I've made 25 significant edits today and I would much rather spend my time doing that than trying to explain to someone 6000 miles away why the nickname 'Jimbo' is not offensive, deceiving, or improper." That was well written. Good luck. Speaking of which, I should probably make a few significant edits myself, rather than hang around on talk pages. :-) AnonEMouse (squeak) 18:59, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] SR 589, SR 618 Infoboxes

Thanks for adding the infoboxes for these two Tampa highways. The boxes definitely make the articles more organized at the introduction. I just completed a rewrite of the SR 589 article and added additional info and a photo for the Tampa Airport Interchanges reconstruction. As for the SR 618 article, I just completed a revision of the toll rates, as they have been raised. However, I would like to know what on earth is SR 620 (As mentioned in the history page)? Is that the future spur to I-4 or something else? Wslupecki 13:53, 6 January 2007 (UTC).

No flippin' clue. It has it listed in the progression box at the bottom of the page, and it's also listed in the List of Florida State Roads, so I couldn't begin to tell you where, if anywhere, it is. If you figure it out, lemme know! Jimbo 18:40, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] St. Petersburg, Florida

Hello. I am on an ongoing personal crusade to tone down boosterism and promotional language in articles about cities and towns on wikipedia. As part of this process, I am still doubting the statement of prominence made about the St. Petersburg Times on the St. Petersburg, Florida article. Please respond to my reasoning on the talk page. Thanks!

DarwinPeacock 22:26, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dale Mabry

Glad you liked it, and thanks for fixing it up. One thing I've noticed though is that you have to watch those .SVG files - sometimes some of them will show up as 'white boxes' for no reason. The ones for 573 and 92 did, but the fix is easy - just change the size of the image one or two pixels either way and it shows up just fine. No idea why... - Aerobird 00:08, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] County route shields

My plate is kind of full at the moment, but if you're willing to be patient, I'm willing to help out. -- NORTH talk 17:42, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

It would probably be better to give me the list now, that way I can get right on them when I have some time. -- NORTH talk 00:16, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for all your hard work on the NJ infoboxes. I should have those shields done by the end of the week. -- NORTH talk 18:25, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
One thing I've noticed that you're doing slightly wrong: Only put junctions on the same line if they're actually in the same place (or at least really, really close), not just in the same municipality. Like I said, though, it's a slight mistake; don't bother going back to fix the ones you've already done. Just future reference for the ones you haven't done yet. -- NORTH talk 18:33, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
No problem. If you want, don't worry too much about things like that, or the 10-junction guideline. Someone with more experience with the routes (like me, currently living in Washington, but raised in NJ) can go back and remove a couple of junctions. Anything you can do to get us started is much appreciated. -- NORTH talk 18:44, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
Apologies. When I assume I make an @$$, etc. Again, thank you for your tireless efforts. -- NORTH talk 00:17, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

I'm about to start working on the shields you requested. I should be able to do them in one sitting, if not they'll be done some time tomorrow.

A question/comment about one of the infoboxes you made: I noticed you changed the terminus of CR 540 to say US 40/NJ 140 instead of US 130 -- and I agree... sort of. The problem is that CR 540 is actually the exact same situation as CR 536 and US 322. If you look at the straight line diagram for CR 540, it says something like "Begin CR 540 at MP 0.92", which certainly indicates to me that the terminus is at US 40/NJ 140, it just happens to have a weird milepost. But it also says "For MP 0.00-0.92, see NJ 140", which sort of seems to indicate that there's a concurrency with NJ 140 and CR 540. The wording on the SLD for CR 536 is exactly the same -- it says "Begin CR 536 at MP xx.xx" where it "splits off" from US 322.

My preference would be to keep CR 540 with your new edits, and also add a note to the article text stating that mileposts continue from NJ 140. Then we should also change CR 536 to say that the terminus is in Monroe Township (I think) instead of the state line, and add the same note to the article text. Agree or disagree? -- NORTH talk 04:23, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

Shields are uploaded. See User:Northenglish/Sandbox3 for previews. -- NORTH talk 05:05, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your input on CR 536 and 540. In that case, let's keep things the way they are (call US 322/CR 536 a concurrency, but call the NJ 140/CR 540 junction the terminus). However, we do need to make it clear that mileposts continue from NJ 140, and also make sure that the length in the infobox does not include those 0.92 miles. -- NORTH talk 23:50, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

So... what do you think of the new articles for New Jersey county routes? -- NORTH talk 07:47, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, a more prominent link to the 500-series routes would be a good idea. For the link in the infobox, I'm not sure I see how your proposed alternatives are more (or less) encyclopedic. The advantage to the phrase "500-series county routes" is that it is an official phrase used by NJDOT, but it's not a proper noun and shouldn't be capitalized -- I don't think...
As for the table, that is definitely a good idea, and one I already had myself, but probably not to the same scale. It's not really a table, but it goes along with what you were saying with the standardization of information: (I don't have cities, but I suppose we could add them if we want...)
County Route 3: 13.21 miles (21.26 km); from Millhurst Road (CR 527) in Manalapan Township to Route 35 in Keyport
County Route 4: 12.34 miles (19.86 km); from Route 79 in Marlboro Township to First Street (CR 64) in Keyport
What do you think? -- NORTH talk 22:39, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
Creating more shields is not a problem. I already did all the Monmouth County ones -- that's why I used it as the example -- and I've created a bunch more here and there the past couple of days while working on the infoboxes for "600-series" routes.
Like I said, adding the cities wouldn't be a big deal. The only reason I wasn't for it originally is because I thought my route description would be a lot longer... but it's not.
As for what you can do to help, perhaps expanding the existing lists according to some set format -- in my example, it's link, length, termini -- and then when I get the shields up, we can convert them to a pretty table later. -- NORTH talk 18:19, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
Also, since all the shields are up for the 500 routes and for Monmouth County, feel free to work on those lists in table form with images. -- NORTH talk 22:07, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
You know how it is. Whatever you can do whenever you can do it. :-) -- NORTH talk 23:23, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
I uploaded all the Ocean County shields, as well as the one you asked for: -- NORTH talk 23:45, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WP:NJSCR Newsletter 2

The New Jersey State and County Route Newsletter
Issue 2 – February 2007
Issue #2

The second issue of the WP:NJSCR newsletter celebrates the promotion of Interstate 295 (Delaware-New Jersey) to good article status, as well as changes to the project on the county routes side.
Project News
  • For all non-500-series county routes, the state is NJ County_name, and the type is blank.
  • Infoboxes are set up for the following counties: Sussex, Ocean, Mercer, Cumberland, Bergen, Middlesex, Atlantic, and Monmouth.
  • The following counties have a full set of shield SVGs: Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, and Sussex
  • If you need help -- such as an infobox for another county, or more shield images -- don't hesitate to let Northenglish know. If you create an infobox that doesn't work properly (lots of redlinks), enclose it in an HTML comment (<!-- -->), and we'll get it working ASAP.
Member of the Month
  • The member of the month is EaglesFanInTampa, for his tireless work adding infoboxes to the 500-series county routes.

[edit] CR 573

Here's the source you want to look at: http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/nj/nj_41/ . CR 573 was a designation given to Temporary NJ 41 while a bypass was being planned, but was never built. Probably around the same time NJ 41 was made non-temporary (2001), CR 573 was removed from the SLDs, but is still signed. I vote for keeping the page where it is, although if we get verifiable evidence that it's no longer signed, we can merge it with the NJ 41 article. -- NORTH talk 23:17, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

One thing I'd like you to do with the infoboxes you've created if you get a chance... For the length, we should be using the length_round and length_ref parameters, instead of the deprecated length_km parameter. Check out this diff to see what I'm talking about. It's an easy fix. Sorry I didn't let you know about it sooner. -- NORTH talk 20:33, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
I'm sorry. The reference to the SLDs after the length needs to go in <ref></ref>. Then you need to include a References section with a <references /> tag, and take the sld out of the external links section. Take another look at the diff I linked to in my last comment. -- NORTH talk 17:16, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
No problem. Worse things have happened. -- NORTH talk 17:49, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

CR 573 is concurrent with NJ 41 from NJ 168 in Runnemeade (MP 4.95) to NJ 154 in Cherry Hill (MP 10.68). Those mileposts are taken from the NJ 41 SLD, and you can take the length from that. You can also use the NJ 41 SLD for major junctions for the like. -- NORTH talk 00:42, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] U.S. Roads Newsletter Issue #1

The U.S. Roads WikiProject Newsletter
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Project News Notability of state highways is challenged
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[edit] List of county routes in Monmouth County, New Jersey

First off, great job so far!!! I just have two tips...

(1) If you look at Wikipedia:Piped link#Easter eggs, it discourages linking the way you're doing it (i.e. [[New Jersey Route 71|Deal Lake Road]]). I'd prefer something like Deal Lake Road ([[New Jersey Route 71|NJ 71]]).

(2) There's a mistake on the Monmouth County SLDs. What NJDOT lists as CRs 61-64 are actually the four sections of CR 6.

Keep up the good work! -- NORTH talk 23:54, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

I've started working on the 500-series routes in bits and pieces. If you'd like, you can take over. It's in my sandbox. -- NORTH talk 03:13, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WP:FU

Per Wikipedia's Fair Use policy, I have removed the following Images from your userpage:

  • Image: PhiladelphiaEagles 100.gif
  • Image: Philadelphia Flyers.gif

Fair Use Images, that is including sports team logos, are not permitted to be on your userpage. If you have any questions, ask me at my talk page, or if your have questions about this policy, see WP:FU. — Moe (Review Me) 03:11, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] U.S. Roads Newsletter Issue #2

The U.S. Roads WikiProject Newsletter
Volume 1, Issue 2 24 February 2007 About the Newsletter
Departments: Features:
Project News Notability of state highways is upheld
Deletion debates Kansas Turnpike is now a Good Article
Featured subproject U.S. Roads IRC channel created
Featured member Infoboxes and Navigation subproject started
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Apologies for the late delivery. Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 05:31, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Delaware-road-stub

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[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:NJ_License_Plate.JPG

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[edit] Map of Tampa

done. (and Hillsborough County, Plant City and Template Terrace. whew!) Bastiq▼e demandez 18:05, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] US regions and Delaware

Just so you know, Wikipedia uses the US Census bureau definitions of the Northeast, South, Midwest, and West in its categorization. This is mostly intuitive, except Delaware and Maryland are considered part of the Southern United States. So when you encounter DE and MD categories under the South, this isn't a mistake. —CComMack (t–c) 11:31, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

I reverted {{Delaware-struct-stub}} because it was on my Watchlist; I'll let you handle anything else that needs handling. Cheers! —CComMack (t–c) 13:50, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] USRD Newsletter - Issue 3

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Volume 1, Issue 3 10 March 2007 About the Newsletter
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Project news Inactivity?
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[edit] Active user verification

Hello, EaglesFanInTampa. 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. Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 22:16, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Source for historical population data

Where were you able to find the 1850-1920 population data? Alansohn 18:25, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

  • Do you have to pull out the data year-by-year, or is there any way to pull out historical data for a specific municipality? Alansohn 19:02, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] USRD Newsletter - Issue 4

The U.S. Roads WikiProject Newsletter
Volume 1, Issue 4 24 March 2007 About the Newsletter
Departments: Features:
Project news March 16 IRC Meeting
Deletion debates Kentucky and Utah projects demoted
Featured subproject A quick look at the structural integrity of state highway WikiProjects
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[edit] Need improving

I need a favor, i'm too busy on WPTC to get around to the Canada Roads projects, any chance you could help?Mitchazenia 22:39, 26 March 2007 (UTC)