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This page lists important debates regarding road articles. Please list them here after their conclusion in chronological order.

This page also serves to inform and remind us all of the massive debates that have occurred, and to motivate us to work to ensure that they do not occur again.

Contents

[edit] AFD

Article Debate Ended Result
Washington State Route 900 Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Washington State Route 900 2005-04-23 No consensus (kept)
Florida State Road 300 Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Florida State Road 300 2005-09-02 No consensus (kept)
Nevada State Route 401 Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Nevada State Route 401 2005-09-11 Kept
New Hampshire Route 118 Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/New Hampshire Route 118 2005-09-21 No consensus (kept)
Georgia State Route 120 Loop Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Georgia SR Loop 120 2005-10-29 Kept
Georgia State Route 10 Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Georgia State Route 10 2006-02-04 Kept
New York State Route 365 Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/New York State Route 365 2006-02-21 Kept
I-95 exit list Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/I-95 exit list 2006-03-03 No consensus (kept)
Various Florida roads Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Route 0120 (Florida) 2006-08-15 No consensus (kept)
County Road 308B (Putnam County, Florida) Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Route 309A (Florida) 2006-09-08 No consensus (kept)
Minnesota State Highway 91 Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Minnesota State Highway 91 2006-09-29 Kept
M-2 (Michigan highway) Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/M-2 (Michigan highway) 2007-01-09 Deleted, made redirect
Unused highway Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Unused highway 2007-02-20 Kept
List of unused highways Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of unused highways 2007-02-20 Kept
California State Route 37 Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/California State Route 37 2007-02-08 Speedy kept
County Route 66 (Dutchess County, New York) Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/County Route 66 (Dutchess County, New York) 2007-02-11 Kept
Minnesota State Highway 127 Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Minnesota State Highway 127 2007-02-11 Kept
Pennsylvania Route 999 Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pennsylvania Route 999 2007-02-11 Kept
Various Rhode Island routes Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rhode Island Route 11 2007-02-27 Withdrawn (kept)
Newark Airport Interchange Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Newark Airport Interchange 2007-03-08 No consensus (kept)
Volusia County Road 4164 Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Volusia County Road 4164 2007-03-25 Withdrawn (kept)
List of highways numbered 888 Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of highways numbered 888 2007-03-25 Kept
Kew Gardens Interchange Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kew Gardens Interchange 2007-06-13 Kept
List of long-distance mileage signs in the United States Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of long-distance mileage signs in the United States 2007-08-04 Deleted
Dover Bluff Road Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dover Bluff Road 2007-09-01 Deleted
Evergreen Way (Everett) Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Evergreen Way (Everett) 2007-09-01 Redirected to SR 99 (WA)
List of State Highways in Kentucky (1001-2000) Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of State Highways in Kentucky (1001-2000) 2007-09-16 Kept
Interstate Highway System chronology Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Interstate Highway System chronology 2007-09-30 Deleted
County Route 4 (Saratoga County, New York) Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/County Route 4 (Saratoga County, New York) 2007-10-01 Deleted, made redirect
Boston Bypass Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Boston Bypass 2007-09-28 No consensus (kept)
Towson Bypass-Burke Avenue-Putty Hill Road-Rossville Boulevard Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Towson Bypass-Burke Avenue-Putty Hill Road-Rossville Boulevard 2007-09-30 Deleted, made redirect
Windsor Mill Road Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Windsor Mill Road 2007-09-26 No consensus (kept)
List of auxiliary Interstate Highways unconnected with Parent Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of auxiliary Interstate Highways unconnected with Parent 2007-09-22 Deleted
Proposed Interstate Highways Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Proposed Interstate Highways 2007-10-12 Kept
Interstate 495 (North Carolina) Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Interstate 495 (North Carolina) 2007-10-18 Deleted
Brockway Mountain Drive Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brockway Mountain Drive 2007-10-23 Kept
List of state highways in the United States shorter than one mile Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of state highways in the United States shorter than one mile 2007-11-05 No consensus (kept)
Grant Street Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Grant Street 2007-11-05 Delete
Shepard Road/Warner Road Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shepard Road/Warner Road 2007-11-02 No consensus (kept)
Unconstructed freeways in Florida Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Unconstructed freeways in Florida 2007-10-31 No consensus (kept)
Woodhaven Boulevard Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Woodhaven Boulevard 2007-11-12 Kept
Cross Bay Boulevard Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cross Bay Boulevard 2007-11-12 Kept
Interstate 76 in Colorado Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Interstate 76 in Colorado 2007-11-18 Merged with I-76 (W)
Interstate 76 in Nebraska Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Interstate 76 in Nebraska 2007-11-18 Merged with I-76 (W)
Roadgeek Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Roadgeek 2007-11-20 Kept, cleanup
Bear Valley Road (Mojave Desert region, California) Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bear Valley Road (Mojave Desert region, California) 2007-12-12 Deleted
Bear Valley Road (Mojave Desert region, California) Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bear Valley Road (Mojave Desert region, California) 2007-12-17 Deleted
Haverford Avenue Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Haverford Avenue 2007-12-20 Deleted
Walnut Street (Philadelphia) Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Walnut Street (Philadelphia) 2007-12-21 Kept
Broad Street (Red Bank, New Jersey) Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Broad Street (Red Bank, New Jersey) 2007-12-27 Merged with Red Bank, New Jersey
La Gloria Road Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/La Gloria Road 2007-12-28 Deleted
Southwest Boulevard Southwest Boulevard (2nd nomination) 2008-01-05 Deleted
Los Alamitos Curve Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Los Alamitos Curve 2008-01-06 Deleted
Anaheim Boulevard Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anaheim Boulevard 2008-01-27 Deleted
Wrong-way concurrency Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wrong-way concurrency 2008-04-01 Merged with concurrency (road)
List of wrong-way concurrencies Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wrong-way concurrency 2008-04-01 Deleted
St. Louis County Road 7 Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/St. Louis County Road 7 2008-04-18 Kept
Nebraska Spur 10A Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nebraska Spur 10A 2008-04-16 Kept

[edit] CFD

Debate Ended Result
Renaming of all U.S. Highway cats at Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Log/2005 October 29 2005-11-07 Renamed
An attempt to rename all of the state highway cats at Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Log/2005 December 8 2005-12-16 No consensus
Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Log/2006 February 3 - Maine state highway category 2006-02-11 Renamed
Long route concurrencies 2007-02-07 Deleted
State highways shorter than one mile 2007-02-22 Converted to list
American Parkways 2007-07-26 Kept
Renaming of all state highway cats 2007-09-03 Renamed, with exceptions
Derivative highway designations 2007-10-09 Deleted
County-designated highways in Michigan 2007-10-18 Deleted
Roads in the Susquehanna Valley area 2008-01-20 Deleted
Category:U.S. Highways in Georgia (U.S. State) (rename) 2008-02-01 No consensus
U.S. Highways in Washington, D.C. (rename) 2008-02-01 No consensus

[edit] TFD

[edit] State highway system templates

State Template Debate Ended Result
Virginia {{VA Highways}} Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/Deleted/September 2005 2005-09-20 Deleted
West Virginia, first nomination {{WV Highways}} Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/Not deleted/October 2005 2005-10-08 Kept
New York {{New York State Highways}} Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/Deleted/November 2005 2005-10-28 Deleted
Florida {{Florida State Highways}} Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/Deleted/November 2005 2005-11-15 Deleted
Oregon {{Oregon State Highways}} Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2006 February 3 2006-02-11 Deleted
New Hampshire {{NewHampshireHighwayBox}} Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2006 April 1 2006-04-09 Deleted
Rhode Island {{Rhode Island State Highways}} Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2006 April 1 2006-04-09 Deleted
Vermont {{Vermont State Highways}} Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2006 April 1 2006-04-09 Deleted
Ohio {{OH Highways}} Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2006 August 9 2006-08-17 No comments (kept)
Hawaii {{Hawaii State Highways}} Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2006 September 10 2006-09-20 Deleted
Pennsylvania {{PA Highways}} Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2006 October 20 2006-10-28 Deleted
West Virginia, second nomination {{WV Highways}} Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 January 29 2007-02-07 Deleted
Montana {{Montana State Highways}} Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 May 2 2007-05-10 Deleted
US Virgin Islands - St. Thomas {{St. Thomas roads}} Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 December 27 2008-01-02 Speedy deleted per CSD G7

[edit] Infoboxes

It is worth noting that {{Infobox road}}, a template that made by-state infoboxes unnecessary, was widely used by late 2006. Check the linked debates for details on each nomination.

State/system Template Debate Ended Result
Interstate {{routeboxint}} Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/Not deleted/December 2005 2005-12-22 Kept
California {{routeboxca}} Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2006 March 2 2006-03-09 Kept
California {{Routeboxcamini}} Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2006 December 3 2006-12-12 Deleted
New Jersey {{Infobox CR 676 Middlesex County NJ}} Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2006 December 5 2006-12-14 Deleted
Florida {{Infobox FL State Road small}} Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2006 December 14 2006-12-22 Deleted
Georgia {{Infobox GA State Route}} Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2006 December 15 2006-12-23 Deleted
California {{Infobox CA Route}} and pieces Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 February 1 2007-02-09 Deleted
California {{Infobox CA Business Route}} Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 February 1 2007-02-09 Deleted
Iowa {{RouteboxIA}} Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2006 December 16 2006-12-24 Deleted
Louisiana {{Infobox LA Highway business}} Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2006 December 20 2006-12-30 Deleted
Massachusetts {{Infobox MA Route small}} Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 January 2 2007-01-11 Deleted
Missouri {{RouteboxMO}} Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 January 2 2007-01-11 Deleted
Ohio {{Infobox Ohio State Highway}} Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 January 3 2007-01-11 Deleted
Minnesota {{MNRoutebox}} Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 January 17 2007-01-26 Deleted
California {{Infobox CA Route small}} Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 January 29 2007-02-07 Deleted
U.S. Highway {{3diUS}} Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 February 14 2007-02-22 Deleted
Interstate {{routeboxint}} and pieces Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 March 18 2007-03-25 Deleted
U.S. Highway {{routeboxus}} and pieces Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 March 18 2007-03-25 Deleted
Kentucky {{Infobox Kentucky Highway}} and {{RouteboxKY}} Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 April 8 2007-04-17 Deleted
Virginia {{Infobox VACY route}} Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 April 16 2007-04-23 Deleted
California {{Routeboxca2}} Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 April 28 2007-04-23 Deleted
California {{SoCalFwy}} Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 November 2 2007-11-13 Deleted

[edit] Other debates

Description Template Debate Ended Result
CASH cleanup template {{cleanupcsh}} Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/Not deleted/July 2005 2005-08-02 Kept
3di templates, part one Multiple Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2006 October 29 2006-11-08 No consensus (kept)
3di templates, part two - {{3di 16}} post-successful DRV Multiple Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2006 November 3 2006-11-18 No consensus (kept)
Disambiguation template for road pages {{Roaddis}} Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2006 December 13 2006-12-20 Kept
Srbox pieces Multiple Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 January 4 2007-01-12 Deleted
Alternate 3di template shell {{3di2}} Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 January 24 2007-02-06 Deleted
Minnesota city link template {{mnclink}} Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 February 24 2007-03-06 Deleted
Minnesota city list template {{mnclist}} Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 February 24 2007-03-06 Deleted
USRD-specific warning template (level 1) {{usrd1}} Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 March 29 2007-04-05 Deleted
USRD-specific warning template (level 2) {{usrd2}} Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 March 29 2007-04-05 Deleted
USRD Adopt-A-Highway talk page banner {{usrd-adopt}} Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 July 20 2007-07-28 Deleted
All USRD cleanup templates, first nomination Multiple Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 April 4 2007-04-12 No consensus (kept)
Appalachian Development Highway System template {{ADHS}} Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 April 18 2007-04-12 Kept
All USRD cleanup templates, second nomination Multiple Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 August 5 2007-08-13 Deleted
Freeways and Expressways in the U.S. template {{FEUS}} Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 August 12 2007-08-19 Deleted
NYC Expressways {{NYC Expressways}} Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 September 20 2007-08-21 Kept
Michigan I-94 business connections navbox {{Michigan I-94 business connections}} Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 October 8 2007-10-10 Speedy deleted per CSD G7
Roads in Washington DC suburbs {{Roads in Washington DC suburbs}} Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 December 23 2007-12-31 Deleted
Susquehanna Valley Transportation navbox {{Susquehanna Valley Transportation}} Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2008 January 16 2008-01-23 Deleted
CA State Scenic Highway System {{CAScenic}} Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2008 March 2 2008-03-10 Deleted
CA Freeway and Expressway System {{CAFES}} Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2008 March 2 2008-03-10 Deleted

[edit] WSS

Action Type Debate Ended Result
Birth of current stub system Proposal Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals/Archive4 2005-08-24 US-road-stub, others created - see log
Birth of many road stubs Proposal Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals/Archive8 2005-09-05 Numerous created - see log
Regional road stub templates Proposal Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals/Archive15 2005-10-29 Not created
The "big stub debate" SFD Wikipedia:Stub types for deletion/Log/Not deleted/October 2005 2005-11-30 Kept
New York road stub SFD Wikipedia:Stub types for deletion/Log/Not deleted/February 2006 2006-02-26 Kept
Arizona road stub SFD Wikipedia:Stub types for deletion/Log/Not deleted/February 2006 2006-03-12 Kept
Renaming of stub templates/categories to WSS convention SFD Wikipedia:Stub types for deletion/Log/2007/August/4 2007-08-13 Renamed
CACR stub (template and category) SFD Wikipedia:Stub types for deletion/Log/2007/August/13 2007-08-19 Kept
Delaware-Route-stub (template and category) SFD Wikipedia:Stub types for deletion/Log/2007/September/16 2007-09-24 speedy deleted per previous SFD

[edit] MFD

Page Debate Ended Result
Adopt-a-Highway Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Adopt-a-Highway 2007-09-26 Withdrawn (kept)
Newsletter deadlines Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Newsletter/Newsroom/Deadlines 2007-10-01 Speedy deleted per CSD G7
Routebox legend Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Interstate Highways/Routebox Legend 2007-12-27 Deleted
U.S. Numbered Highway articles by quality statistics Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/United States Numbered Highway articles by quality statistics 2007-12-28 Speedy deleted per CSD G7
U.S. Numbered Highway articles by quality Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/United States Numbered Highway articles by quality 2007-12-28 Speedy deleted per CSD G7
U.S. Numbered Highway articles by quality log Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/United States Numbered Highway articles by quality log 2007-12-28 Speedy deleted per CSD G7
Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/New article notes Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/New article notes 2008-04-15 Deleted

[edit] Deletion review

Page Debate Ended Result
County Road 702 (Palm Beach County, Florida) Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2007 June 13#County Road 702 (Palm Beach County, Florida) 2007-06-13 Overturn deletion

[edit] Dispute resolution cases and related items

Item Ended
Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2005-12-29 Interstate 76 (east) January 30, 2006
Talk:California State Route 15 - start of the massive war —
Multiple posts to WP:ANI: —
Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2006-03-12 U.S. Roads May 14, 2006
Wikipedia:Requests for comment/SPUI May 17, 2006
Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive91 —
Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Highways July 5, 2006
Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive133 —

[edit] Naming conventions

Attempt Page
1 Wikipedia:WikiProject Highways/U.S. state highway naming conventions
2 Wikipedia:Naming conventions (numbered highways)
3 Wikipedia:State route naming conventions poll - reached successful conclusion September 27, 2006