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January 24

Art center

Hi. I'm a user from the German Wikipedia. A few month ago, I read an English Wikipedia article about an arts and music center in the United States (probably in the NE or NW of the country). Unfortunately, I can't remember its name. I only recall that it consisted of several relatively small buldings located in a wooded area. I think it wasn't some kind of college but rather a community or adult education center offering classes and workshops. Does anyone have an idea what article that might have been? Best regards --Florean Fortescue (talk) 00:28, 24 January 2022 (UTC)

Perhaps Appel Farm Arts & Music Center in New Jersey? While tedious, you can use the subcategories of Category:Arts centers in the United States by state to navigate the articles we have, starting with the NE and NW states.  --Lambiam 11:56, 24 January 2022 (UTC)

Tanglewood? --Verbarson ^talk_edits 12:12, 24 January 2022 (UTC)

There's also Wolf Trap, in the suburbs of Washington, DC. Xuxl (talk) 13:28, 24 January 2022 (UTC)

@Lambiam: @Verbarson: @Xuxl: Thanks guys. Browsing through the subcategories helped: Interlochen Center for the Arts! Neither NE nor NW and not as wooded as it was in my memory, but still. Got it! Best regards --Florean Fortescue (talk) 22:53, 24 January 2022 (UTC)

What software is used to map Troop movements?

i always wonder what software or tools do wikipedia editors used to make graphics like the image on the right, if this is the wrong place i am sorry, but does anyone know what tools they use? a Rookie editor of This Emporium of Knowledge, SirColdcrown (talk) 16:59, 24 January 2022 (UTC)

A Example picture

• WP:Maps for Wikipedia seems like a good starting point. The metadata on your example image simply states that software used was Adobe Photoshop 7.0. 2603:6081:1C00:1187:E15E:1A12:C3FF:B8A5 (talk) 00:03, 25 January 2022 (UTC)

I guess your example is just a map with manually overdrawn lines. The big give-away is that the arrow heads are not uniform and are somewhat scruffy. -- SGBailey (talk) 11:46, 27 January 2022 (UTC)

Stack interchange

In Stack interchange, what does it mean when it says "partly exploited"?

The Grand-Bigard and Machelen interchange (partly exploited).

— Preceding unsigned comment added by SGBailey (talk • contribs) 18:57, 24 January 2022 (UTC)

The use of the word "exploited" lets me suspect that this was added by a Native French speaker, and should rather be "partially used" or something like that. The French article fr:Échangeur de Machelen shows that autoroute A1 ends at this interchange, so that the interchange only serves three directions. Apparently it was originally foreseen to extend the A1 inside the ring, but that never happened. There are still unused bits and bridges that were built in view of that extension. --Wrongfilter (talk) 18:32, 24 January 2022 (UTC)

Here is a translation of a relevant part of the French article:

During its construction, a fourth direction had been planned in order to extend the motorway to the Greater Ring of Brussels. But following the abandonment of the project, a set of ramps and bridges remained unused [inexploités], which led to the interchange being recognized as one of the "Useless major works". However, the Flemish Region intends to use them from the end of 2016 to serve the Boulevard de la Woluwe in Diegem.

The article has not been touched since August 2017, but in all views on Google maps (map data ©2022) one direction appears totally unused. I do not see how it could be made to connect to the Boulevard de la Woluwe (R22).  --Lambiam 07:31, 25 January 2022 (UTC)

In the Google Maps "satellite" view, the ramps leading to/from the southwest come down to meet the Boulevard de la Woluwe (Woluwelaan) on each side of the railway bridges, at about 50.900364,4.427440 and 50.900777,4.427295. In Street View imagery (dated June 2021) the intersections at that point are under construction, but in "satellite" view they look finished. --184.144.97.125 (talk) 14:33, 25 January 2022 (UTC)

I searched on Google Maps for "Bd de la Woluwe, Belgium", which led me to 50.8454151,4.4364871, on the R22 coinciding with the E40, but following the E40 in the direction of Machelen I missed how the R22 leaves the E40 and bends west after the Diegem exchange where it intersects with the A401. Approaching the Machelen exchange from the northeast along the A1 (E19), traffic has to turn right (staying on the E19) or left (merging onto the E40) at the exchange; although there is a road that appears to connect to the R22, on the satellite images it can be seen it has been made inaccessible (at both ends) for normal traffic. It makes one wonder what the actual reason is for not opening it to traffic; it can hardly be a cost issue.  --Lambiam 23:55, 25 January 2022 (UTC)

After reading some Dutch language sources, it appears that the connection will be opened in the near future. They first had to make some modifications to the Woluwelaan (for safety and traffic management) and add some noise barriers, otherwise the opening wouldn't be allowed by environmental regulations. Note the potential traffic management problem: by opening the connection, a shortcut appears from the E19, left to the Woluwelaan (R22), then right to the Haachtsesteenweg (N21), leading straight to Brussels' Greater Ring. That street however isn't designed for high traffic volumes, so traffic has to be guided via the slightly longer route left over the R0, then right onto the Leopold III-laan (A201-N22) past NATO HQ. Then there's the Flemish government, Brussels government and municipalities disagreeing on many things and authorities starting work before making sure it all adheres to environmental regulations. PiusImpavidus (talk) 10:32, 28 January 2022 (UTC)