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A barnstar for you![edit]

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	Every now and then, I see your name popping up in various New Jersey articles. I was worried when it looked like most road editors would leave for the new wiki, so I'm glad to see people around here still. Cheers to people like you Imzadi working on this glorious mess of a project that we call Wikipedia! ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 20:00, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Hurricanehink! As long as the articles are still here and not mass-deleted, someone needs to keep a bit of an eye on some of them. (Plus, there are some improvements and additions here that can be pulled over there.)

My editing activity is definitely split between the two sites, especially now that we're working on building out all of the assessment infrastructure and importing more countries' articles into the site. I've even fired up a bot of my own over there in support of some of that assessment activity when it can be automated. That said, I also have non-roads stuff here that I'll still work on from time to time. Imzadi 1979 → 20:05, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That makes sense. It takes a lot of time to build up that infrastructure, such as assessment, and building out all of the links. I'm glad there are some people around, as roads are one of those often-overlooked aspects of society that we don't think about until things go wrong. And some of the roads have centuries of history by now, making them just as significant to our day-to-day as natural landmarks. And speaking of, I've been interested in working on some California road articles. I wondered if there are any ongoing task forces, or potential collaborators, for a California road task force. I see that this page exists, but IDK if there's anyone still around here. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 20:49, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There are a few California editors still around that didn't make the move completely. There are still some headwinds on this site. An article on a Minnesota highway was promoted at GAN and then nominated at DYK. During a discussion about the DYK hook, someone has already mentioned that the article shouldn't have passed GAN based on the maps RfC, so I wouldn't be surprised if that article gets sent to GAR. There was some pushback in that discussion, so maybe it won't be delisted.

There are also a few things from AARW that can be back ported to Wikipedia. For instance, I redid most of the maps for Michigan using direct exports from OpenStreetMap to avoid the ambiguous copyright status of the old KML-orginated maps traced on Google Earth. Those GeoJSON map files were uploaded to Commons, meaning they could be used here as well, and they are. The mapping gadget we're using on AARW is superior in several respects to the map templates in the infoboxes here, but the Michigan articles on extant highways here have the same base map data as AARW articles. Imzadi 1979 → 21:33, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

WV Route 108 Removal[edit]

Hi there! I was just wondering about you removing the WB Route 108 Removal on the US 52 page- I was just adding sources, and was about to edit everything again. I don’t want to get into any argument, but I was just wondering if we could talk about it, thanks! Xuppu (talk) 02:03, 25 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Xuppu: that amount of content... it should really be its own article instead of interrupting the flow of the subject of that article. Since we don't have West Virginia Route 108 yet, that should be created. Imzadi 1979 → 02:12, 25 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ok- Thanks! Xuppu (talk) 02:13, 25 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for helping me! Could you possibly make the WV route 108 image? Thanks! Xuppu (talk) 02:54, 25 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Already done. Imzadi 1979 → 02:59, 25 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Should we edit the King Coal Highway section on the U.S. 52 page? Because a lot of the same information is on it. Xuppu (talk) 03:01, 25 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]