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[edit] Welcome!

Hello, OHWiki, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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[edit] New articles

Hi -- thanks for your new articles; I have added the infobox to each and have done some other minor additions. You might also wish to check out WP:OHSH and join the list. The more, the merrier! Happy Holidays! — Homefryes ^Say•_Do 18:47, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ohio Articles

Keep up the good work!

Milktaco 07:42, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ohio State Route 605

I would go by what the Technical Services Straight Line Diagrams say. These come straight from ODOT, and are what I believe to be the definitive source on all state, federal, and interstate routes in Ohio. — Homefryes ^Say•_Do 13:01, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Glad to help! — Homefryes ^Say•_Do 13:12, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Original state routes"

Hi; just a quick note...if Simpson's page states that a route is an "original state highway," then it was certified in 1924. This information can be found at Explanation of the Ohio State Highway System (The Unofficial Ohio State Highways Web Site) by John Simpson. Just a little tidbit for ya! Happy editing! — Homefryes ^Say•_Do 13:44, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WP:USRD Newsletter Issue 1

The U.S. Roads WikiProject Newsletter
Volume 1, Issue 1	10 February 2007	About the Newsletter
Departments: Features: Project News Notability of state highways is challenged Important deletion debates Featured subproject Featured member From the editor
Archives  |  Newsroom   Shortcut : WP:USRD/N

Want to help on next month's newsletter? Don't want to receive these in future? Don't want it subst'd next time? – It's all here.  V60 ^{VTalk · VDemolitions} 20:27, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the infobox city help

I notice that you did some prep work for me on the Ohio cities. I first noticed because Toledo was messed up but I seen that you fixed a lot of them thanks. —MJCdetroit 04:59, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Richland County school districts

Hey, another Jeffrey from Ohio! Good job getting articles for Richland County school districts up. Keep up the good work! -- SwissCelt 08:09, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] USRD 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 From the editors
Archives  |  Newsroom   Shortcut : WP:USRD/NEWS

Want to help on next month's newsletter? Don't want to receive these in future? Don't want it subst'd next time? – It's all here. TMF ^{Let's Go Mets - Stats} 20:01, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] USRD Newsletter - Issue 3

The U.S. Roads WikiProject Newsletter
Volume 1, Issue 3	10 March 2007	About the Newsletter
Departments: Features: Project news Inactivity? Deletion debates Article Improvement Drive Featured subproject Good and Featured Articles Featured member From the editors
Archives  |  Newsroom   Shortcut : WP:USRD/NEWS

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[edit] Active user verification

Hello, OHWiki. 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} 20:14, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Article Rating

Good day. I noticed you recently rated the Columbus, Ohio article as "B" class. However, there was no explanation as to the reasoning behind this mark. Could you provide some justification for it as well as suggest ways in which the article could be improved? That would be immensely helpful. The article is quite extensive and very well referenced, so I am a bit surprised that it was given the same grade as approximately 1.5 years ago prior to a number of major improvements. --Analogue Kid 14:28, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Ohioan, I've quickly checked out the Columbus, Ohio article and it appears to be ready to become a good article. If you want, nominate the article on the good article nomination page. I'll then review it more completely and will be happy to promote it (if everything checks out).--Alabamaboy 23:57, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Good deal.--Analogue Kid 04:20, 25 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 Featured member From the editors
Archives  |  Newsroom   Shortcut : WP:USRD/NEWS

Want to help on next month's newsletter? Don't want to receive these in future? Don't want it subst'd next time? – It's all here. —TMF ^{Let's Go Mets - Stats} 22:02, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your GA nomination of Columbus, Ohio

The article Columbus, Ohio you nominated as a good article has passed. Good luck in future nominations. --Alabamaboy 23:51, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Many thanks for the nomination. I'll hopefully be working on it some more with the long term goal of having it become a featured article. --Analogue Kid 04:32, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] USRD Newsletter - Issue 5

The U.S. Roads WikiProject Newsletter
Volume 1, Issue 5	5-8 April 2007	About the Newsletter
Departments: Features: Project news Good and Featured Articles are promoted Deletion debates Interstate 238 revert war Featured subproject IRC discussion comes to light Featured member From the editors
Archives  |  Newsroom   Shortcut : WP:USRD/NEWS

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[edit] New Username

Thanks for letting me know! Milktaco 17:16, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Media request question

My name is Alabamaboy and I'm an admin at Wikipedia. I was curious if you'd be interested in talking to Joe Blundo at the Columbus Dispatch about Wikipedia and Citizendium (Larry Sanger's new WP-like encyclopedia). If you're interested, please e-mail me and I'll forward your e-mail to Blundo. --Alabamaboy 20:08, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] USRD Newsletter - Issue 6

The U.S. Roads WikiProject Newsletter
Volume 1, Issue 6	21 April 2007	About the Newsletter
Departments: Features: Project news Canada highway WikiProjects deleted Deletion debates Featured member From the editors
Archives  |  Newsroom   Shortcut : WP:USRD/NEWS

Want to help on next month's newsletter? Don't want to receive these in future? Don't want it subst'd next time? – It's all here. —Rschen7754bot 22:11, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] USRD Newsletter - Issue 7

The U.S. Roads WikiProject Newsletter
Volume 1, Issue 7	5 May 2007	About the Newsletter
Departments: Features: State updates Project news April 27 IRC meeting California Deletion debates MacArthur Maze Fire Illinois Featured member Circular route shields Pennsylvania From the editors
Archives  |  Newsroom   Shortcut : WP:USRD/NEWS

Want to help on next month's newsletter? Don't want to receive these in future? Don't want it subst'd next time? – It's all here. —VshBot (t • c) 19:24, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] USRD Newsletter - Issue 8

The U.S. Roads WikiProject Newsletter
Volume 1, Issue 8	19 May 2007	About the Newsletter
Departments: Features: State updates Project news USRD members assist Canada project California Deletion debates Two debates at USRD Illinois Featured member A new GA Oklahoma From the editors Pennsylvania From the editors Washington
Archives  |  Newsroom   Shortcut : WP:USRD/NEWS

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[edit] Template:User Canton

Thank you for moving the template, and making a few changes. The template looks better than it did before. Thanks again. Cool Blue^{talk to me} 19:15, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] USRD Newsletter - Issue 9

The U.S. Roads WikiProject Newsletter
Volume 1, Issue 9	9 June 2007	About the Newsletter
Departments: Features: State updates Project news Highways notability guideline? California Deletion debates Portal debate Maryland Featured member Three new GAs From the editors Exit list debates
Archives  |  Newsroom   Shortcut : WP:USRD/NEWS

Want to help on next month's newsletter? Don't want to receive these in future? Don't want it subst'd next time? – It's all here. —VshBot (t • c) 16:46, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Copying Information

Yeah, I thought that since it was public information, you could just copy it. I've rewritten some of the history sections in some articles since then. Thanks for the help! Milktaco 19:05, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] USRD Newsletter - Issue 10

The U.S. Roads WikiProject Newsletter
Volume 1, Issue 10	7 July 2007	About the Newsletter
Departments: Features: State updates Project news Kentucky subproject promoted California Deletion debates AID restructuring Maryland Featured member GA status Pennsylvania From the editors Notability discussion currently collecting dust
Archives  |  Newsroom   Shortcut : WP:USRD/NEWS

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[edit] Gahanna, Ohio

You have gone way over the WP:3RR limit on the above article. While I appreciate your reporting of it to WP:RPP, the correct response isn't to revert-war. The other anon editor was at something like 8R and has now been blocked from editing - Alison ☺ 01:32, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Thank you, I appreciate it because there has been too much vandalism going on for the last several days.---OHWiki 01:41, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Note also that 3RR doesn't apply to undoing vandalism. Just keep in mind there's a difference between vandalism and a content dispute. Rklawton 20:59, 25 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)
• TMF ^{Let's Go Mets - Stats}
• master son^{T - C}
• Son^Talk
• (→O - RLY?)

Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 17:15, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] USRD Newsletter - Issue 11

The U.S. Roads WikiProject Newsletter
Volume 1, Issue 11	18 August 2007	About the Newsletter
Departments: Features: State and national updates Project news Cleanup system revamped Assessment Deletion debates Stubs renamed New York Featured member IRC channel goes global From the editors Minnesota bridge collapses One year after SRNC: A reflection
Archives  |  Newsroom   Shortcut : WP:USRD/NEWS

Want to help on next month's newsletter? Don't want to receive these in future? Don't want it subst'd next time? – It's all here. —Rschen7754bot 21:58, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] wadsworth

you had asked about notabul wadsworth citazens. i listed two possibilitys that you might want to consider. (sorry for spelling) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.3.19.1 (talk) 03:31, August 26, 2007 (UTC)

[edit] USRD Newsletter - Issue 12

The U.S. Roads WikiProject Newsletter
Volume 1, Issue 12 • September 1, 2007 • About the Newsletter
Departments Project news Deletion debates Featured member From the editors	Features WikiProject template system revamped Inactivity report Stub template changes continue	State and national updates Missouri New Jersey New York Wisconsin
Archives • Newsroom • Full Issue • Shortcut: WP:USRD/NEWS

Want to help on next month's newsletter? Don't want to receive these in future? Don't want it subst'd next time? – It's all here. —Rschen7754bot 22:24, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rephrasing of town intros

Thanks for working on improving the intros for various Ohio towns, but please remember not to remove the {{GR|6}} tags, which appear primarily in reference to towns that are county seats. Nyttend 01:04, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] USRD Newsletter - Issue 13

The U.S. Roads WikiProject Newsletter
Volume 1, Issue 13 • September 15, 2007 • About the Newsletter
Departments Project news Deletion debates Featured member From the editors	Features U.S. road editors attempt to achieve the two millionth Wikipedia article WikiProject page revamped Bannered U.S. Routes merged Quality first: WikiWork, stubs, and improvement of the project	State and national updates New York
Archives • Newsroom • Full Issue • Shortcut: WP:USRD/NEWS

Want to help on next month's newsletter? Don't want to receive these in future? Don't want it subst'd next time? – It's all here. —Rschen7754bot 19:26, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] USRD Inactivity check and news report

Hello, OHWiki. 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) 23:28, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] USRD Newsletter - Issue 14

The U.S. Roads WikiProject Newsletter
Volume 1, Issue 14 • September 30, 2007 • About the Newsletter
Departments Project news Deletion debates Featured member From the editors	Features Consolidation of participants list causes controversy Portal structure change Discussions regarding notability	State and national updates U.S. Routes New Jersey Pennsylvania New York State New York County Texas
Archives • Newsroom • Full Issue • Shortcut: WP:USRD/NEWS

Want to help on next month's newsletter? Don't want to receive these in future? Don't want it subst'd next time? – It's all here. —O bot (t • c) 01:23, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Ohio state highway articles

I honestly don't know. I do know that SR 761 was tagged with speedy deletion because I was the only one who contributed to the article. There are several Ohio state route articles that only one person contributed to, so maybe they're going after all of them? I'll keep an eye out; maybe the members of the project just need to contribute more to other articles. MilkTaco 18:00, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] USRD Newsletter - Issue 15

The U.S. Roads WikiProject Newsletter
Volume 1, Issue 15 • October 20, 2007 • About the Newsletter
Departments Project news Deletion debates Featured member From the editors	Features Tunnel fire in California shuts down Interstate 5 Exit list guide gets a makeover Ohio stub deletions	State and national updates Interstate Highways U.S. Routes California New Jersey New York
Archives • Newsroom • Full Issue • Shortcut: WP:USRD/NEWS

Want to help on next month's newsletter? Don't want to receive these in future? Don't want it subst'd next time? – It's all here. —O bot (t • c) 23:27, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Boardman

Please offer your opinion on the proposed merger of Boardman, Ohio and Boardman Township, Mahoning County, Ohio at the Boardman, Ohio talk page. Nyttend 13:06, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mansfield-Bucyrus Combined Statistical Area

Hey, sorry I took a while to get back to you. I just uploaded the image to the page, feel free to put it in there wherever you'd like since you're the one doing all the arranging. Hope it meets your needs. Frank12 18:32, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

That's ok, nice to see that you are back. Thank you for uploading the map, it looks real good for the article.---OHWiki 18:44, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] USRD Newsletter - Issue 16

The U.S. Roads WikiProject Newsletter
Volume 1, Issue 16 • November 17, 2007 • About the Newsletter
Departments Project news Deletion debates Featured member From the editors	Features The word "decommissioned" causes trouble WikiProject U.S. Streets Deadly crash shuts down Connecticut Turnpike	State and national updates California Maryland New York Virginia
Archives • Newsroom • Full Issue • Shortcut: WP:USRD/NEWS

Want to help on next month's newsletter? Don't want to receive these in future? Don't want it subst'd next time? – It's all here. —O bot (t • c) 23:41, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] USRD Newsletter - Volume 1, Issue 17

The U.S. Roads WikiProject Newsletter
Volume 1, Issue 17 • December 15, 2007 • About the Newsletter
Departments Project news Deletion debates Featured member From the editors	Features Rains in Washington State cause massive road closures In 2008, all roads will lead to Chicago! Louisiana and Tennessee projects started; Louisiana demoted	State and national updates Leaderboard California New York New Jersey Oklahoma Pennsylvania Wisconsin
Archives • Newsroom • Full Issue • Shortcut: WP:USRD/NEWS

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[edit] Richland County officials

Could you provide a source for the elected officials in the Richland County, Ohio article? Thanks! Nyttend (talk) 06:19, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

The information was removed because that information can be found under Ohio county governments article that I saw.---OHWiki 03:21, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

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

The U.S. Roads WikiProject Newsletter
Volume 2, Issue 1 • January 19, 2007 • About the Newsletter
Departments Project news Deletion debates Featured member From the editors Coming and going	Features B-class audit shows stunning results	State and national updates Leaderboard California Illinois New York New Jersey Oklahoma Pennsylvania Wisconsin
Archives • Newsroom • Full Issue • Shortcut: WP:USRD/NEWS

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[edit] USRD Newsletter - Issue 2

The U.S. Roads WikiProject Newsletter
Volume 2, Issue 2 • 17 February 2008 • About the Newsletter
Departments Project news Deletion debates Featured member From the editors Coming and going	Features Interstate 355 becomes USRD's newest Featured Article Commons refuses to delete superseded shields Michigan project breaks the 4.000 barrier USRD relative WW comes close to surpassing Wikipedia relative WW The newest neologism issue January 26 Meetup	State and national updates Leaderboard California Michigan New Jersey New York Utah
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[edit] USRD Newsletter - Issue 3

The U.S. Roads WikiProject Newsletter
Volume 2, Issue 3 • 22 March 2008 • About the Newsletter
Departments Project news Deletion debates Featured member From the editors Coming and going	Features Scope debate causes issues A-class review sets new rule Three editors get triple crown award	State and national updates Leaderboard California Connecticut Kansas Michigan Nevada New Jersey New York Oklahoma Texas Utah Vermont Washington
Archives • Newsroom • Full Issue • Shortcut: WP:USRD/NEWS

Want to help on next month's newsletter? Don't want to receive these in future? Want to change your method of delivery? – It's all here. —О бот (т • ц) 21:35, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Lexington OH

Aren't all Ohio village elections nonpartisan? If so, how can the mayor be a Democrat? Nyttend (talk) 22:07, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Ohio Newsletter

This is a Newsletter for WikiProject Ohio. Click [show] to reveal the letter.
The Ohio WikiProject Newsletter Issue I - Month 2008
From the editor This is the first issue of WikiProject Ohio's newsletter. The newsletter is intended to help all members of the project to keep up with new developments and coordinate new collaborative efforts. If you would like to suggest something to be included in the next newsletter please see:The Newsdesk Project News *New features have been added to the project banner. All articles now need to be assessed for importance as well as class. There are approximately 60,000 articles under Category:Ohio that still need the banner added to their talk pages as well. Editors and Contributors Needed *We are in need of editors for this newsletter. If you are interested please visit:The Newsletter Project Page. Also, the The Ohio Portal is seeking Wikipedians to nominate selected articles, sports teams, biographies, and images. The portal is also seeking maintainers.	Areas needing attention Assessment requests: There may be Requests for assessment needing to be answered. To see new assessment requests as they come in, you can watch the assessment page. Article assessment: Unassessed Ohio article need you help visit Category:Unassessed Ohio articles & Category:Unknown-importance Ohio articles Featured and Good Articles Recently a number of Ohio related articles have achieved featured status. We at WikiProject Ohio would like the editors of those pages for their hard work. Featured Jack Warner, William Tecumseh Sherman, and Superman Good Articles Halle Berry and Jack Nicklaus Contributors Stepshep 23:44, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

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