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Roadie
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 Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 4:49 pm Post subject: The highway encyclopedia |
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Hi all, I'm making a highway encyclopedia for the North American
continent. It will be on the internet only. The format will be divided
into numbers. I will discuss numbering conventions, i.e. New Brunswick
has three systems 1. primary 2. secondary 3. local. If you have any
suggestions, email me at creedonmeister@gmail.com |
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Steve A.
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| Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 11:16 pm Post subject: Re: The highway encyclopedia |
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On Nov 18, 4:20 pm, John Mayson <j...@mayson.us> wrote:
| Quote: | On Tue, 18 Nov 2008, Roadie wrote:
Hi all, I'm making a highway encyclopedia for the North American
continent. It will be on the internet only. The format will be divided
into numbers. I will discuss numbering conventions, i.e. New Brunswick
has three systems 1. primary 2. secondary 3. local. If you have any
suggestions, email me at creedonmeis...@gmail.com
It's been done. It's called Wikipedia. :-)
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John Mayson <j...@mayson.us
Austin, Texas, USA
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I would welcome a system with less administrative BS. I would also
welcome one more comprehensive, because right now it's annoying to see
actual current routes not listed (Colorado is one place I noticed) as
well as a lot of routes without entries while tiny nothing routes have
long entries. |
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John Mayson
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| Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 3:20 am Post subject: Re: The highway encyclopedia |
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On Tue, 18 Nov 2008, Roadie wrote:
| Quote: | Hi all, I'm making a highway encyclopedia for the North American
continent. It will be on the internet only. The format will be divided
into numbers. I will discuss numbering conventions, i.e. New Brunswick
has three systems 1. primary 2. secondary 3. local. If you have any
suggestions, email me at creedonmeister@gmail.com
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It's been done. It's called Wikipedia. :-)
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John Mayson <john@mayson.us>
Austin, Texas, USA |
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elaich
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| Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 9:05 am Post subject: Re: The highway encyclopedia |
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"Steve A." <webmaster@alpsroads.net> wrote in news:d6a6663e-5e84-4c82-9649-
796ac7331a03@w1g2000prk.googlegroups.com:
| Quote: | I would also
welcome one more comprehensive, because right now it's annoying to see
actual current routes not listed (Colorado is one place I noticed) as
well as a lot of routes without entries while tiny nothing routes have
long entries.
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So, roll up your sleeves, go in there, and create those articles. That's
what Wikipedia is all about. |
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Marc Fannin
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| Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 11:45 pm Post subject: Re: The highway encyclopedia |
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elaich wrote:
| Quote: | "Steve A." <webmaster@alpsroads.net> wrote ...:
I would also
welcome one more comprehensive, because right now it's annoying to see
actual current routes not listed (Colorado is one place I noticed) as
well as a lot of routes without entries while tiny nothing routes have
long entries.
So, roll up your sleeves, go in there, and create those articles. That's
what Wikipedia is all about.
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Make sure to add significant content; many Ohio route page "stubs"
were deleted because they didn't have it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Ohio_State_Highways
- click on anchor link "Mass deletion of state route articles?"
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Steve A.
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| Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 11:58 pm Post subject: Re: The highway encyclopedia |
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On Nov 19, 6:45 pm, Marc Fannin <musxf...@kent.edu> wrote:
| Quote: | elaich wrote:
"Steve A." <webmas...@alpsroads.net> wrote ...:
I would also
welcome one more comprehensive, because right now it's annoying to see
actual current routes not listed (Colorado is one place I noticed) as
well as a lot of routes without entries while tiny nothing routes have
long entries.
So, roll up your sleeves, go in there, and create those articles. That's
what Wikipedia is all about.
Make sure to add significant content; many Ohio route page "stubs"
were deleted because they didn't have it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Ohio_State_Hi...
- click on anchor link "Mass deletion of state route articles?"
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Marc Fannin|musxf579 @hotmail.com|http://roadfan.com/(m.t.r FAQ, etc.)
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Again, far too much administrative BS is why I avoid Wikipedia
contribution as much as possible. In terms of adding content, I
wouldn't be looking for it if I already knew it, would I? |
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Marc Fannin
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| Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 2:33 am Post subject: Re: The highway encyclopedia |
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Steve A. wrote:
| Quote: | On Nov 19, 6:45 pm, Marc Fannin <musxf...@kent.edu> wrote:
elaich wrote:
"Steve A." <webmas...@alpsroads.net> wrote ...:
I would also
welcome one more comprehensive, because right now it's annoying to see
actual current routes not listed (Colorado is one place I noticed) as
well as a lot of routes without entries while tiny nothing routes have
long entries.
So, roll up your sleeves, go in there, and create those articles. That's
what Wikipedia is all about.
Make sure to add significant content; many Ohio route page "stubs"
were deleted because they didn't have it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Ohio_State_Hi...
- click on anchor link "Mass deletion of state route articles?"
Again, far too much administrative BS is why I avoid Wikipedia
contribution as much as possible. In terms of adding content, I
wouldn't be looking for it if I already knew it, would I?
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I was speaking generally to everyone reading, including those who
don't object to contributing. In your specific case, I inferred that
you'd already know about the roadgeek websites or official DOT logs,
most of which are the sources for Wikipedia anyway.
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sd
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| Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 2:34 am Post subject: Re: The highway encyclopedia |
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| Quote: | I would welcome a system with less administrative BS. I would also
welcome one more comprehensive, because right now it's annoying to see
actual current routes not listed (Colorado is one place I noticed) as
well as a lot of routes without entries while tiny nothing routes have
long entries.
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+1, I agree then the roadgeeks could desserve their own "road-wikia"
how about "highwaywikia" or "roadwikia"?
Btw, do you plan to host it on Wikia? http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Wikia
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