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GA process

Thank you for your comments. Indeed, the reason why I am seeking a second opinion is so that all of the work will not be lost and that we promote the article to GA once these two small points are resolved. Racepacket (talk) 05:42, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

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GA Interstate 81 in Maryland

I have placed your GA review on hold. Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 16:53, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

GA Maryland Route 231

I have placed your GA review on hold. Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 15:20, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

GA Maryland Route 291

I have placed your GA review on hold. I am looking forward to working with you again. Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 10:23, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Maryland Route 24

On 5 March 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Maryland Route 24, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Maryland Route 24 parallels Deer Creek through Rocks State Park? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Orlady (talk) 02:03, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

GA Maryland Route 24

I have placed your nomination on hold. Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 04:42, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

GA Maryland Route 18

I have placed your nomination on hold. Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 20:51, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

US 113

You might want to audit through the article as I found a picky, but widespread, error in the article that's repeated through the whole thing. A "U.S. highway" is any highway in the U.S. whereas a "U.S. Highway" is a part of the United States Numbered Highway System. Ditto the difference in capitalization between U.S. route and U.S. Route. Imzadi 1979 → 01:45, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

P.S. M-33's GAN has a full set of replies. Imzadi 1979 → 17:47, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

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Where does I-370 end?

I defer to your expertise. I understand that the end of I-370 is outside the Gaithersburg, Maryland city limits. I would say that it is in the unincorporated area of Shady Grove, Maryland, which is the area south of the Gaithersburg city limits. If you agree, can we change it to Shady Grove, Maryland for accuracy? Racepacket (talk) 03:29, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

I think you are trying to split hairs here.

The area surrounding Metro station is popularly known as Shady Grove, since that is the name of the station. However, the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) does not recognize a place simply called Shady Grove. Shady Grove does not appear on USGS maps.
The station has a Derwood mailing address. GNIS recognizes a populated place and a census-designated place called Derwood; the CDP looks like it was very recently designated. On USGS topo maps, Derwood is marked where Redland Road crosses the railroad just south of the Metro station.
The station and the MD 200 interchange are in the census-designated place of Redland. GNIS recognizes a populated place and a census-designated place called Redland. On USGS maps, Redland is marked at the intersection of Redland Road and MD 115 a few miles away.

Based on the sources, I would use Derwood as a location for the Metro station and MD 200 interchange. If you do make the change, make sure you update the junction list table as well as the header. V C 13:21, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

GA Maryland Route 16

I have placed your nomination on hold. Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 03:27, 6 April 2011 (UTC)

WikiProject U.S. Roads Triple Crown

Vroom, vroom... Thank you for all your hard work. May you wear the crowns well, and may the crown sign lead you on the highway to more outstanding articles. – SMasters (talk) 07:25, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

Triple Crown jewels

Your majesty, it gives me great pleasure to bestow these **Triple crown** upon **Viridiscalculus** for your contributions in the areas of WP:DYK, WP:GA, and WP:FC, particularly on articles on U.S. roads. Thank you for all your contributions to the project! – **SMasters** (talk) 15:44, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

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Thanks, Rs chen 7754 04:14, 10 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Maryland Route 194

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Talk:Interstate 70 in Maryland/GA1

Hey, I'm reviewing an article you put on GAN. --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 00:27, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

Hey, the article is still on GAN. I'd hate to fail it over lack of sourcing for 270 and 370 ;) --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 20:13, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

Pre-RFC straw poll

There is a brief straw poll to see if conducting a RFC on the question of coordinates in road articles is worthwhile at WT:RJL. Your input would be appreciated. --Rs chen 7754 08:20, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

State route history

When you redirected Virginia State Route 73 to List of primary state highways in Virginia shorter than one mile you killed the history. Please don't do this. --NE2 02:47, 4 September 2011 (UTC)

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GA review for Maryland Route 32

Hello. I've reviewed your Good Article Nomination of Maryland Route 32 and placed it on hold pending closure of a few concerns. You can find the review here. –Grondemar 22:04, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for quickly addressing my concerns. I have now

passed the good article nomination. –Grondemar 22:40, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

GAN for Maryland Route 151

Hi, I picked up another one of your good article nominations, this one for Maryland Route 151, and have placed it on hold pending closure of a few concerns. You can find the review here. –Grondemar 02:57, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks once again; your GAN is now

passed. Congratulations! –Grondemar 03:12, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

Christmas, Michigan, is a small town along M-28 in the Upper Peninsula	Merry Christmas
	Here's wishing you and yours safe travels, full gas tanks and good writing in the new year! Imzadi1979 (talk) 22:40, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

GAN for Maryland Route 363

Hi! I reviewed another one of your articles at GAN, Maryland Route 363, and placed it on hold pending resolution of a couple of issues. You can find the review here. –Grondemar 18:04, 17 December 2011 (UTC)

Since there hasn't been any response to your request to fix the map for several days and we are nearing the end of the month (and the December 2011 GAN backlog elimination drive), I am leaning toward closing the review. Let me know your thoughts. If the review is closed out without passing the article, just drop me a talk page note when the map is finally fixed and we can quickly push the article through a new GAN review. –Grondemar 21:30, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

Images of any form are not required for GA. --Rs chen 7754 03:11, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

How about I comment out the image until a correct image is produced? Then there will be no image problem in relation to the GA criteria because there will be no images. V C 03:46, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

OK, if the image is commented-out until it is fixed, I would be willing to pass the GAN now. In fact, I'll take care of it myself... –Grondemar 05:26, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

GAN for Maryland Route 234

Hi, I reviewed another one of your articles at GAN, Maryland Route 234. I wasn't able to find any issues I couldn't fix myself, so I went ahead and passed it as a Good Article. Congratulations! –Grondemar 04:05, 30 December 2011 (UTC)