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[edit] Problem with the multi-state change

With nested projects that are collapsed, without a state you now get a RedLinked title that says "No State abbreviation given WikiProject". See Talk:U.S. Bicycle Route 1 -- KelleyCook 21:03, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

There's also Talk:Utah State Route 279. Unless these bugs are fixed soon, the changes should probably be reverted for now. --TMF Let's Go Mets - Stats 03:38, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Maps

As part of the upgrade tonight, the parameters "mapneeded" and "maps" were consolidated into one parameter, "hasmap". I am aware that this breaks all articles that currently use the other two parameters; AWB runs have been planned to correct this issue. Your patience is welcomed. --TMF Let's Go Mets - Stats 08:34, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

It's come to my attention that there's been a bit of confusion regarding the map parameters. The states are being converted alphabetically, and I just finished Georgia. In the meantime, if you need to change the parameters, use whatever system the state currently is using. The bot is Rschen7754bot if you are interested. I'll post status updates here occasionally. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 02:31, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Status updates

  • Currently, Iowa is being done. Interstates and U.S. Routes will come last. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 04:00, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Maryland is currently being done. I will likely be botting until 1 AM Pacific tonight. It is estimated that we will be done by tomorrow night Pacific if not earlier. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 05:34, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Once Michigan is done I'm breaking for the night. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 07:34, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Redirect and Disambiguation assessment code was added by Ebyabemaster sonT - C 16:19, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
  • I'm starting up again with Minnesota. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 18:34, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Missouri is being done right now. After this, I will be taking a break of a few hours. Completion may be later than tonight. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 19:40, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Apparently my bot got stuck and I never finished Missouri. I'm taking care of that now. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 21:42, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Letting Nevada finish as I leave for an hour or so. Hopefully the bot won't break. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 22:39, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Returned. Doing New Hampshire. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 00:17, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
  • After several starts and stops, doing North Carolina. County routes will be done at the very end. My guess and hope is to have this done by evening tomorrow. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 03:37, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Finished Ohio, beginning Oklahoma. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 05:39, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
  • I am going to bed, PA is finishing and I'll let it go. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 07:31, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Back. Finishing PA. Will begin RI next. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 16:52, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Currently doing Texas. Will be breaking at 3 PM Pacific to do the newsletters. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 20:38, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
  • All done! --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 06:01, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Shield parameter

What about adding a shield parameter for articles needing a shield and having those dumped into a cat, much the same as the map parameter? --Holderca1 17:55, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Not a bad idea. --TMF Let's Go Mets - Stats 19:06, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
I say go for it. It'd be very useful, methinks. --Son 22:25, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
I have added it, a pass through parameter just needs to be added to all the state templates. --Holderca1 14:18, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Infobox needed parameter

Would you think this param is necessary? master sonT - C 14:58, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

Sounds like a good idea to me. --TMF Let's Go Mets - Stats 22:11, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Parameter changes

In the next few days, unless there's any objections, the "hasmap" and "hasshield" parameters will be changed to "needs-map" and "needs-shield", respectively, to match the "needs-infobox" parameter. Yes, this will require flipping the values of the parameters (yes to no and vice versa), but bot/AWB runs are in the process of being scheduled to make this change. For those interested, the reasoning behind changing hasmap and hasshield and not needs-infobox is that needs-infobox is a standard parameter across Wikipedia and is supported by the AWB assessment plugin. Therefore, it makes more sense to change the other two to match. --TMF Let's Go Mets - Stats 06:49, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Type parameter

You can now say type=I or Interstate for Interstates or type=US for U.S. Routes; if you include state= it gives two banners, the second one smaller; if you don't, it uses the standard I/US banner as if you did state=I/Interstate/US. If this all works fine it should be added to the documentation in a few days. --NE2 14:18, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

I tested it on Talk:Interstate 43 (intrastate to WI). It looks good and captures assessment for both projects. We should also set a guideline to apply this to only state detail articles when writing the instructions) master sonT - C 16:40, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
On a two-state Interstate, two templates with state=A and state=B/type=I are probably better than three. I just applied this to Talk:Interstate 76 (west); what do you think? --NE2 19:34, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
I like that. master sonT - C 20:49, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Portal DYKs

Since this template tracks the portal's selected article, how about a parameter if an article had a portal DYK? Imzadi1979 (talk) 05:10, 5 June 2008 (UTC)