Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Precedents#Highway system navboxes
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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.
AFD
CFD
RFD
Misleading redirects will likely be deleted.
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!Redirect !Debate !Ended !Result |
| Primary State Highway 19 (Washington)
|Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2010 November 11#Primary State Highway 19 (Washington) |2010-11-21 |Deleted |
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TFD
Here are reasons why a template was kept.
- Article navigation or sorting is important
- Navboxes have at least three useful links
- Suitable replacements do not yet exist
- Useful purpose
Here are reasons why a template was deleted.
- Changes in WikiProject structure and practices
- Changes in WikiProject banner usage
- Consolidation with or redundancy to another template
- Deprecation and/or lack of use
- Inappropriate use of Template namespace
- Navboxes with one or two useful links or too many red links
- Project-specific cleanup/warnings are frowned upon
- Upgrades in MediaWiki software
=Infoboxes=
It is worth noting that {{tlx|Infobox road}}, a template that made by-state infoboxes unnecessary, was widely used by late 2006. A complete redesign in 2010 globalized the template and added the ability to handle four sections. The creation of {{tlx|Infobox road small}} also made variations on Infobox road unnecessary. Check the linked debates for details on each nomination.
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| State/system
!Template !Debate !Ended !Result |
|---|
| Interstate
|{{tl|routeboxint}} |Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/Not deleted/December 2005 |2005-12-22 |Kept |
| California
|{{tl|routeboxca}} |Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2006 March 2 |2006-03-09 |Kept |
| California
|{{tl|Routeboxcamini}} |Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2006 December 3 |2006-12-12 |Deleted |
| New Jersey
|{{tl|Infobox CR 676 Middlesex County NJ}} |Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2006 December 5 |2006-12-14 |Deleted |
| Florida
|{{tl|Infobox FL State Road small}} |Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2006 December 14 |2006-12-22 |Deleted |
| Georgia
|{{tl|Infobox GA State Route}} |Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2006 December 15 |2006-12-23 |Deleted |
| California
|{{tl|Infobox CA Route}} and pieces |Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 February 1 |2007-02-09 |Deleted |
| California
|{{tl|Infobox CA Business Route}} |Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 February 1 |2007-02-09 |Deleted |
| Iowa
|{{tl|RouteboxIA}} |Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2006 December 16 |2006-12-24 |Deleted |
| Louisiana
|{{tl|Infobox LA Highway business}} |Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2006 December 20 |2006-12-30 |Deleted |
| Massachusetts
|{{tl|Infobox MA Route small}} |Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 January 2 |2007-01-11 |Deleted |
| Missouri
|{{tl|RouteboxMO}} |Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 January 2 |2007-01-11 |Deleted |
| Ohio
|{{tl|Infobox Ohio State Highway}} |Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 January 3 |2007-01-11 |Deleted |
| Minnesota
|{{tl|MNRoutebox}} |Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 January 17 |2007-01-26 |Deleted |
| California
|{{tl|Infobox CA Route small}} |Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 January 29 |2007-02-07 |Deleted |
| U.S. Highway
|{{tl|3diUS}} |Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 February 14 |2007-02-22 |Deleted |
| Interstate
|{{tl|routeboxint}} and pieces |Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 March 18 |2007-03-25 |Deleted |
| U.S. Highway
|{{tl|routeboxus}} and pieces |Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 March 18 |2007-03-25 |Deleted |
| Kentucky
|{{tl|Infobox Kentucky Highway}} and {{tl|RouteboxKY}} |Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 April 8 |2007-04-17 |Deleted |
| Virginia
|{{tl|Infobox VACY route}} |Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 April 16 |2007-04-23 |Deleted |
| California
|{{tl|Routeboxca2}} |Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 April 28 |2007-04-23 |Deleted |
| California
|{{tl|SoCalFwy}} |Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 November 2 |2007-11-13 |Deleted |
| Interstate Business Route mini-infobox
|{{tl|Ibus}} |Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2010 January 29#Template:Ibus |2010-02-04 |Deleted |
| Maryland U.S. Business Route mini-infobox
|{{tl|MDUSbus}} |Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2010 January 29#Template:MDUSbus |2010-02-04 |Deleted |
| California county routes
|{{tl|Infobox CA Co}} |Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2010 February 27 |2010-03-08 |Deleted |
| Shield for ADHS infobox
|{{tl|Infobox road/ADHS/shield}} |Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2010 March 31 |2010-04-07 |Deleted |
| Link for ADHS infobox
|{{tl|Infobox road/ADHS/link}} |Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2010 March 31 |2010-04-07 |Deleted |
| U.S. Route & several state infoboxes
|{{tl|Infobox U.S. Route}} |Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2010 May 8#Route Infoboxes |2010-05-16 |Deleted |
| Multiple segment infoboxes
|{{tl|Infobox Iowa Highway multiple}} |Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2010 June 12 |2010-06-12 |Speedy deleted per prior discussion |
| Virginia facility infoboxes
|{{tl|VA facility/route}} |Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2010 June 29#Template:VA facility/route |2010-07-08 |Deleted |
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=Other debates=
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| class="wikitable sortable"
!Description !Template !Debate !Ended !Result |
| CASH cleanup template
|{{tl|cleanupcsh}} |Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/Not deleted/July 2005 |{{nowrap|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 - {{tl|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
|{{tl|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
|{{tl|3di2}} |Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 January 24 |2007-02-06 |Deleted |
| Minnesota city link template
|{{tl|mnclink}} |Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 February 24 |2007-03-06 |Deleted |
| Minnesota city list template
|{{tl|mnclist}} |Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 February 24 |2007-03-06 |Deleted |
| USRD-specific warning template (level 1)
|{{tl|usrd1}} |Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 March 29 |2007-04-05 |Deleted |
| USRD-specific warning template (level 2)
|{{tl|usrd2}} |Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 March 29 |2007-04-05 |Deleted |
| USRD Adopt-A-Highway talk page banner
|{{tl|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) |
| All USRD cleanup templates second nomination |Multiple |Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 August 5 |2007-08-13 |Deleted |
| Michigan I-94 business connections navbox
|{{tl|Michigan I-94 business connections}} |Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 October 8 |2007-10-10 |Speedy deleted per CSD G7 |
| CA State Scenic Highway System
|{{tl|CAScenic}} |Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2008 March 2 |2008-03-10 |Deleted |
| CA Freeway and Expressway System
|{{tl|CAFES}} |Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2008 March 2 |2008-03-10 |Deleted |
| Exit list template
|{{tl|Hollywood Freeway (US 101) exit list}} |Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2008 August 15 |2008-08-24 |Deleted |
| CA exit list templates
|Too many to list |Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2008 September 17 |2008-09-26 |Deleted |
| Future road
|{{tl|Future road}} |Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2008 December 9#Template:Future road |2008-12-17 |Kept |
| Project U.S. Roads East
|{{tl|Project U.S. Roads East}} |Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2009 September 8#Template:Project U.S. Roads East |2009-09-16 |Deleted |
| Project U.S. Roads West
|{{tl|Project U.S. Roads West}} |Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2009 September 8#Template:Project U.S. Roads West |2009-09-16 |Deleted |
| Project U.S. Roads
|{{tl|Project U.S. Roads}} |Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2009 September 8#Template:Project U.S. Roads |2009-09-16 |Deleted |
| I-45 auxiliary routes
|{{tl|I-45 aux}} |Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2009 October 29#Template:I-45 aux |2009-11-06 |Deleted |
| Junction template
|{{tl|Junction}} |Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2009 November 1#Template:Junction |2009-11-12 |Deleted |
| I-83 auxiliary routes
|{{tl|I-83 aux}} |Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2009 December 4#Template:I-83 aux |2009-12-12 |Deleted |
| I-16 auxiliary routes
|{{tl|I-16 aux}} |Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2009 December 11#Template:I-16 aux |2009-12-18 |Deleted |
| Various auxiliary route templates
|{{tl|I-H-1 aux}} |Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2009 December 12#Various auxiliary Interstate templates |2009-12-19 |Deleted |
| I-66 auxiliary routes
|{{tl|I-66 aux}} |Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2009 December 13#Template:I-66 aux |2009-12-20 |Deleted |
| Control cities
|{{tl|Control cities}} |Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2009 December 18#Template:Control cities |2009-12-26 |Deleted |
| Interstate navboxes with three links
|{{tl|I-69 aux}} |Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2009 December 19#Interstate navboxes with three links |2010-01-01 |Kept |
| WP:NVSR featured article template
|{{tl|featuredNVSR}} |Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2009 December 30#Template:FeaturedNVSR |2010-01-06 |Deleted |
| Various SHWP featured article templates
|{{tl|featuredfsr}} |Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2009 December 31 |2010-01-06 |Deleted |
| WP:CASH featured article template
|{{tl|CASH-SA}} |Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2010 January 1#Template:CASH-SA |2010-01-08 |Deleted |
| Obsolete road infobox templates
|Too many to list |Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2010 March 19#Obsolete road infobox templates |2010-03-26 |Deleted |
| Obsolete Michigan junction list templates
|{{tl|MIintlegend}} |Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2010 March 23 |2010-03-31 |Deleted |
| WP:NYSR selected article template
|{{tl|NYSR-SA}} |Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2010 May 18#Template:NYSR-SA |2010-05-26 |Deleted |
| WP:PASH selected article template
|{{tl|Featuredpash}} |Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2010 May 18#Template:Featuredpash |2010-05-26 |Deleted |
| WP:USH project banner
|{{tl|U.S. Highway WikiProject}} |Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2010 May 17#Template:U.S. Highway WikiProject |2010-05-26 |Deleted |
| WP:IH project banner
|{{tl|Interstate Highway WikiProject}} |Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2010 May 17#Template:Interstate Highway WikiProject |2010-05-26 |Deleted |
| WP:NJSCR selected article template
|{{tl|NJSCR-SA}} |Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2010 May 20#Template:NJSCR-SA |2010-05-27 |Deleted |
| Junction conversion template
|{{tl|Jct convert}} |Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2010 May 20#Template:Jct convert |2010-05-27 |Deleted |
| Florida browse header
|{{tl|Start srbox fl}} |Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2010 June 12#Template:Start srbox fl |2010-06-20 |Deleted |
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Stub sorting
In the early days of USRD, stub sorting was a mess. In 2007, WP:WSS proposed renaming all of the templates to
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!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 |
| CACR stub (template, category, and redirect)
|SFD |Wikipedia:Stub types for deletion/Log/2010/February/27 |2010-03-05 |Deleted |
| MI, MN, and NE road stubs
|SFD |Wikipedia:Stub types for deletion/Log/2010/November/8 |2010-11-21 |Upmerged |
| Harrisburg road stub
|SFD |Wikipedia:Stub types for deletion/Log/2010/November/25 |2010-12-02 |Deleted |
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MFD
Deletion review
| class="wikitable sortable"
!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 |
Naming conventions
| class=wikitable
!Attempt !Page |
| 1
|Wikipedia:WikiProject Highways/U.S. state highway naming conventions |
| 2 |
| 3
|Wikipedia:State route naming conventions poll - reached successful conclusion September 27, 2006 |
Files for deletion and Commons deletion requests
Also see :c:COM:HWY/P
| class="wikitable sortable"
!File !Debate !Ended !Result |
| N/A
|commons:Commons:Deletion requests/Texas FM shields 1 |2008-02-15 |Kept |
Maps are not primary sources
Coordinates and KML
Notability
- Wikipedia_talk:Notability_(geographic_features)/Archive_3#Request_for_comment and [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Notability_(geographic_features)&oldid=613354354#Roadways]
- Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_U.S._Roads/Archive_20#Farm_to_Market_Roads
- Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/M-105 (Michigan highway)/1 - why WP:GEOROAD is important