Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Category:New Jersey Highways
The following discussion comes from Wikipedia:Categories for deletion. This is an archive of the discussion only; please do not edit this page. -Kbdank71 19:02, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Moved a few rogue entries to the more correct Category:New Jersey state highways. This was used by lion's share of the articles and is more correctly formed. —Sortior 03:11, Dec 3, 2004 (UTC)
- delete with comments - Looks like it was the three named highways that were moved. These have secret numbers that redirect to them (except for 700, which should probably be merged with NJTP, which I may do at some point). However, something like New Jersey roads or the to-be-deleted New Jersey highways (though this one should be deleted, since it's capitalized) might be useful, since not all important roads in NJ are state highways (example: Kennedy Boulevard). Personally I'd recommend a treatment like I'm doing for Florida State Roads - not having a category at all, except for the named state roads. That way, the big number listing will include the secret numbers, while the main article remains the more common name. As a replacement for the category text at the bottom of each article is Template:flsr. I may do this at some point, if I get bored or finish with Florida. --SPUI 21:48, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- A related issue is how to name county roads. I've been using Foo County, State Road XXX in my Florida stuff. List of New Jersey state highways uses Foo County, State, County Highway XXX. There are three issues - whether to repeat County, whether to use Road, Route, or Highway, and whether to use a second comma. In Florida, Road is always used (as for state roads). In New Jersey, I'm not sure. That part should probably be on a statewide and maybe sometimes countywide basis. As for repeating County, I feel it's somewhat redundant and simply makes it take longer to write an article. As for a second comma, it just seems out-of-place to me. Someone please move this discussion somewhere better; I'm not sure where. --SPUI 21:48, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Do the numbers repeat from county to county, so that there may be a Foo County Highway 7 and a Boo County Highway 7 in the same state? How about [[Foo County Highway 7 (state)]]? Postdlf 04:52, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Yes, in almost every state. Those that don't repeat, or have two systems, one that repeats by county and one that doesn't (like New Jersey's 5XX system) could use say New Jersey County Highway 583. The (state) syntax might work, though I still think Foo County, State Road XXX is clearer as to the intent - especially for stuff like Washington County Road 375 (Florida). That could be interpreted as a Washington County in Florida or a Florida County in Washington. --SPUI 06:31, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Do the numbers repeat from county to county, so that there may be a Foo County Highway 7 and a Boo County Highway 7 in the same state? How about [[Foo County Highway 7 (state)]]? Postdlf 04:52, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)