Talk:Interstate 76 (Ohio–New Jersey)

Template:U.S. Interstate Highway WikiProject I see a description of the location of Interstate 76 that tried to show why it wasn't named for the year 1776 was reverted back out. I thought that the information was pretty useful and showed why the planners didn't really have any choice in selecting a number. How about sticking with the original wording of no evidence and adding the info on I-74 and I-78?. --Beirne 11:56, May 16, 2005 (UTC)

Done. --SPUI (talk) 17:25, 16 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Why sequential infoboxes?

What's the point of the state infoboxes that have links to the next and previous highways in sequential order? Unlike similar boxes for political office-holders, numerically sequential infoboxes provide little in the way of a meaningful sequence. They are also largely redundant since categories serve the same purpose in a more concise way. --Beirne 18:31, 9 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I'm with you. Have a look at the discussions at Wikipedia talk:US Interstate Highways WikiProject and Template talk:Routeboxint. I'm still personally against them altogether. (Why would anyone want to browse highways in numerical order?) --Chris 01:27, 10 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

But the browse state highways thing in {{Routeboxint}} is more compact. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 04:49, 10 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The {{Routeboxint}} is fine. Replacing the {{ohsr box}} and the other state boxes with that is a good idea. --Beirne 13:54, 10 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I went ahead and added a {{Routeboxint}} and deleted the state highway boxes. The routeboxint still needs exit numbers and perhaps some major state highways. --Beirne 15:39, 10 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Why are we adding this huge infobox, taking up several screens worth of the right side of the article, when all the information should be in the article text anyway? --SPUI (talk) 03:00, 13 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Take it up with the Wikipedia talk:US Interstate Highways WikiProject. It provides a convenient graphical overview of the Interstate in a nice-looking format. Also, it is more useful than devoting space to three boxes that merely tell which highways come before and after in numberic order.

I'm against the whole browse highway thing altogether (whether on seperate little ones for each state or on a single infobox). But I do think the infobox in general is useful. However, SPUI does have a good point that these infoboxes are rather big. Perhaps the junctions part should be moved into the body of the article (preferably in a standardised format). --Chris 03:12, 13 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The navigation boxes also provide links to the main route list, which the infobox does not. They can also be useful for someone looking at the highways in a state one by one (something I might do when bored). As for the junctions, how about the exit lists in Interstate 80 in New Jersey and Interstate 95 in New Jersey for a standard format? The Interstates are easy to pick out, and all other exits are also displayed. --SPUI (talk) 03:37, 13 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I honestly wish I had that much free time that I could just look at every highway in a state. As for those formats, they seem good, but it would be better to discuss this someplace like Wikipedia talk:WikiProject U.S. Interstate Highways or Talk:Interstate Highway or Category talk:U.S. Interstate Highway system or Talk:List of Interstate Highways.

In regards to the link to the main route list, we could just link where it says CA on the browse state highways part to the list. I don't see why such a bulky box is needed. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 04:51, 13 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Trying to make a better infobox

(based on {{infobox rail}}) Template:Infobox highway

May I please ask why {{routeboxint}} does not work? It is much more informative than this one, it is based off the already proven {{routeboxca2}} (which other projects such as WA, NH, and TX have stolen from), and has consensus (see Template_talk:Routeboxint.) --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 06:00, 13 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

It's too informative. Any images of the road are pushed down way too far. --SPUI (talk) 06:11, 13 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

What images of the road? --Beirne 12:12, 13 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Photos, maps, etc. --SPUI (talk) 18:59, 13 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

If there is any hope of this being standardized, would it not be better to discuss in a central location such as Wikipedia talk:WikiProject U.S. Interstate Highways or Talk:Interstate Highway or Category talk:U.S. Interstate Highway system or Talk:List of Interstate Highways. Or perhaps even just modify Template:Routeboxint and talk abut it there. By the way, I thought having templates in parameters didn't work; is that a new feature?--Chris 00:25, 14 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not really interesting in it being standardized, just as an alternate to the huge bloat that I can keep reverting to. I believe that is a new feature; it wasn't working when I was working on the NYC Subway stuff a while back. --SPUI (talk) 01:58, 14 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]