User talk:Britinvasion64


Britinvasion64
Welcome to my talk page! My focus is editing articles relating to the Louisiana Highway System. I am currently working to improve articles on this topic by adding detailed and accurate route descriptions, junction lists, and historical information from a variety of sources. An ongoing project is grouping the state's highway routes into Rockland County-style lists to eliminate a large number of article stubs. I have listed a number of Louisiana maps to the WikiProject U.S. Roads map database and would be happy to assist in any research. Questions and comments are always welcome. Type below or hit the e-mail link above.

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Interstate 110 (Louisiana)

Have you thought about taking this to WP:GAN? I think it's pretty close. --Rs chen 7754 02:55, 29 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I've wanted to start nominating some articles for awhile now, but I never seem to get around to it. I'll check out the process again and get this one going. Thanks. Britinvasion64 (talk) 13:08, 2 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

U.S. Route 11 in Louisiana

Britinvasion64, did you realize the article on New Orleans doesn't have 'Louisiana' in the name? I think it's distracting to see "Redirected from..." when you click on a link; that's why the format New Orleans, Louisiana is better when you need to mention the state.

Floridasand (talk) 21:15, 19 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I don't necessarily disagree with you there, but city and state combos are not usually linked separately. The manual of style seems to favor "specific linking." Also, the change made it inconsistent with the rest of the article. For example, in the same sentence, "Rouses Point, New York" was left as one specific link. One more thing, you changed the piped link for the Maestri Bridge to avoid a redirect. I understand that you think the "redirected from" notice is distracting, but this practice goes against WP:NOTBROKEN and is unnecessary. (I didn't revert it though since it doesn't really make a difference, but others will nitpick that sort of thing). Britinvasion64 (talk) 22:03, 19 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Interstate 55 in Louisiana

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Interstate 55 in Louisiana you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of CycloneIsaac -- CycloneIsaac (talk) 19:20, 28 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Interstate 55 in Louisiana

The article Interstate 55 in Louisiana you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Interstate 55 in Louisiana for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of CycloneIsaac -- CycloneIsaac (talk) 03:01, 9 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

GIS Mileage Question

I had a question regarding the major intersections you provided milepost information for on Louisiana highways. How did you get those out of the GIS information? I'm wanting to figure out how to do it myself and could use some advice or tips on how to do it. Thanks. -- -MatthewAnderson707 (talk|sandbox) 07:11, 6 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@MatthewAnderson707:Sorry for the late response, haven't been here much lately. The mileposts are currently kind of a pain to extract accurately from the GIS site (at least the way I know how to do it). There's been a lot of trial and error to get consistent results. I've enjoyed seeing the work you've done on U.S. Route 80 in Arizona. If you're thinking of doing the mileposts for the route through Louisiana, I can actually save you the trouble. I started preparing the article a while back and finished the junction list, but I never had time to complete the article enough to post it. If that's an article you want to tackle, I'll gladly add the junction list and time permitting, any other research I have on the route. Britinvasion64 (talk) 17:09, 22 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Britinvasion64: Not a problem at all! Thank you for responding. I would definitely appreciate the junction list and the work you've done so far. If I run into a road block regarding research into the history of U.S. Route 80 in Louisiana, I'll be sure to inquire you for further help. I'm glad you liked the U.S. Route 80 in Arizona article though. Thank you for the compliment. I recently did an article for Alabama and have been in the process of revising the New Mexico and Texas articles. I will say though, it was a bit difficult getting the exact mileposts on US 80 in Arizona, given there are no easily available listings or route logs from 1951 available. Using NETR's Historic Aerials Viewer, Jeff Jensen's book and Google Maps, I was able to compile a list of mileposts by painstakingly tracing every mile of US 80's 1951 roadbed with the measuring tool. -MatthewAnderson707 (talk|sandbox) 02:13, 28 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I found LA 3273

It's Valley Street in Baton Rouge, from LA 427 north to Dawson Creek. --NE2 02:37, 31 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@NE2:Apologies for the delayed response. Thanks for sending. It looks like LA DOTD is now using previously unused numbers for roads they are improving in preparation for swaps with local governments. Britinvasion64 (talk) 22:53, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I found LA 3283

Various streets in Livingston. --NE2 13:12, 31 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Louisiana Highway 111

This is a little late (only by close to a couple of years) but I thought I would drop a big thanks for the additions to Louisiana Highway 111. Otr500 (talk) 00:06, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Otr500:Thanks, much appreciated. If I remember correctly, you did much of the early work on these articles before I ever got involved, so thanks for that. Since I last edited the LA 111 article and others from that time, I've gained access to more sources like newspaper databases, so maybe I'll have to revisit those at some point. Britinvasion64 (talk) 22:56, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Louisiana Highway 1248

It looks like this highway was decommissioned. See this road transfer program map. Can you confirm?Alexlatham96 (talk) 07:14, 10 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Louisiana mergers

Hi, I hope all is well. On the off chance that you see this - I'm a bit puzzled by the mergers of some of the (not really short) 2 digit Louisiana highways like [1] and [2]. Admittedly I have never been to Louisiana but reading through 1955 Louisiana Highway renumbering it seems that 2 digit Louisiana highways are the most important class. (The mergers of the 4 digit routes are fine and on first glance the 3 digit route mergers seem mostly okay - just the 2 digit ones caught my eye). Were the mergers only done because of the stub length of the article? Or is there something that I am missing about those routes not being significant overall? Rs chen 7754 03:36, 28 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Otr500: since you have done some LA work as well. --Rs chen 7754 03:37, 28 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Attached KML/List of Interstate Highways in Louisiana

Template:Attached KML/List of Interstate Highways in Louisiana has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Gonnym (talk) 09:57, 13 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]