User talk:Floydian/Archive/2016
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Ontario Highway 63
Just to let you know I reviewed Ontario Highway 63 at GAN and put the article on hold for fixes to be made. The review is here. Dough4872 04:53, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
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Ontario Highway 407
Hello Floydian, as the resident Ontario Highway Guru, I'd like your opinion on something. Mid last year I took File:Ontario Highway 407 Construction at Harmony Road.JPG, and I wasn't sure if or where it should go in the article (I was thinking in the future section, but it's pretty crowded with the infobox, bridge construction picture, and map). Thoughts? --kelapstick(bainuu) 22:20, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
- Hmmm... that section is pretty crowded, but you've got a very nice picture there. The article will be getting a significant reorganizing in the next few months. For now it seems the ideal place would be replacing the picture of the entrance sign. - Floydian τ ¢ 23:00, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
- Sounds good, I have gone ahead and replaced it. If it gets reverted, I will just wait until the article gets restructured as you say is going to happen. I was fortunate to see that while flying from Thunder Bay to Billy Bishop Airport, and thought it would be a good one to have. We don't often get aerial photos of major highway construction, nice to have on record. The quality isn't fantastic, but not bad for a phone through a window. Thanks, --kelapstick(bainuu) 23:07, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
Precious anniversary
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Thank you for today's King's Highway 402! - one of my articles blossomed to FAC, DYK? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:50, 23 February 2017 (UTC)
It's three years now! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:19, 23 March 2017 (UTC)
... and four --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:07, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
- How time flies! Thanks again Gerda Arendt! Wish I could say I've been as active over the past few years as I was back then. I've become much more gnomish lately. I build the highways now instead of writing their articles :D - Floydian τ ¢ 15:16, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
- Thank you for today's Ontario Highway 61! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:38, 20 June 2018 (UTC)
Five years now! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:41, 23 March 2019 (UTC)
Thank you for today's Ontario Highway 420! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:04, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
Six years now! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:36, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
Nomination for deletion of Template:CollapsedShell
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This is trolling. Do it again and you'll be blocked. --John (talk) 14:46, 11 June 2016 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Ontario Highway 412
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Speedy deletion nomination of Southcentral Ontario
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Highway 400/69
Earlier today, an IP editor tried to update the exit list table on Ontario Highway 400 to reflect the fact that the interchange at Ontario Highway 64 is now open — however, their edits borked the table (specifically, by breaking the "location" links to French River and Unorganized North Sudbury District), and had to be reverted because I don't know how to fix them. Since you're much more the expert in the coding for those tables than I am, I was wondering if you could update the table properly. Thanks. Bearcat (talk) 22:42, 29 July 2016 (UTC)
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TFL notification
Hi, Floydian. I'm just posting to let you know that
- Floydian, I just came back from a break and saw your post at TFL talk. I can certainly replace the list if you'd like, keeping it in reserve for next year. Unfortunately, we can't run it on July 1 as you had wanted, because that day is a Saturday and TFL only runs on Tuesdays and Fridays. We can run it the day before (June 30) if you want. Let me know if this is all right for you, and I'll schedule something else for the 19th when I have time. Giants2008 (Talk) 15:19, 4 September 2016 (UTC)
@Giants2008: June 30th would work for me. One day off is close enough. - Floydian τ ¢ 02:05, 6 September 2016 (UTC)
- Okay, I've finished replacing the list. I'll do my best to remember the date for next year. Giants2008 (Talk) 02:17, 10 September 2016 (UTC)
FAC voluntary mentoring scheme
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Highway 17 revision
Hey Justin,
Apparently without looking at a map that would give you an answer you took away my edit explaining that Highway 17 goes beyond Arnprior into the city limits of Ottawa. I happen to live in the area and drive this stretch of Highway 17 quite often. It starts at Madawaska Blvd and goes until Grants Side Rd. Upper Dwyer Rd has nothing to do with it. Always has been a separate road.
192.95.183.216 (talk) 20:35, 18 October 2016 (UTC)
- That's Old Highway 17, or possible remnant signs that weren't removed by the county. The only section that might still be part of 17 is Madawaska Boulevard from County Road 29 south to Kinburn Side Road, the section most-recently bypassed by the 417 twinning. - Floydian τ ¢ 23:52, 18 October 2016 (UTC)
Highway 17 beyond Arnprior to Ottawa
From Madawaska Blvd to Kinburn Side Rd Highway 17 exists (and beyond to Grants Side Rd passed the old Antrim Truck Stop). There are plenty of roads that used to be Highway 17 like Donald B. Munro and even Mohrs Side Rd in the area. On the other side of Ottawa from Rockland to Hwy 417, near Quebec the old Highway 17 has been downgraded and re-signed as County Rd 17 but not the part I drive on in the Western rural area of Ottawa. If you could show me something official that indicates this is no longer part of Highway 17 it would be greatly appreciated. The road signs and all the maps I see still have this section as part of Kings Highway 17 despite now being disconnected by the Arnprior bypass. There is an old part of Highway 17 now part of Breezy Heights. That might have been bypassed in 1998 or thereabouts. There is a road called Old Highway 17 on the east side of Rockland that follows the Ottawa River. No doubt 17 has been modified and re-routed many times over the years. 67.70.16.213 (talk) 16:34, 19 October 2016 (UTC)
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Highway 17
So I checked with the OPP in Arnprior. Although they do not patrol the highway within the Ottawa city limits they can confirm that the disconnected section is still officially Highway 17. Many people do call it "Old 17" & this section once repaved will probably be handed over to the City of Ottawa. At least that's what the Arnprior OPP told me. No idea when the transfer will happen. The bridge needs replacing over the Mississippi River and that doesn't seem to be happening anytime soon so it might still officially be a provincial road for a while longer.
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{{ONint}}
Hi there. I think there's something wrong with this template, as it creates incorrect links for regional municipalities. The sister template {{ONintfiller}} seems to work correctly. Examples of the error can be seen at Ontario Highway 427 (see last entry in division column of "exit list"), Ontario Highway 401 (Waterloo, Halton, Peel, Durham links all incorrect), and others. The link targets are correct, but the piped text is borked. Mindmatrix 22:20, 29 December 2016 (UTC)
- Yeah it's been that way for nearly a year at this point. I thought I raised the issue somewhere, but it may have been on IRC. ONint simply passes parameters into {{Jctint/core}}; seems the coding for Ontario wasn't migrated properly to Lua for the division (but not division_special) parameter. I've made a change to ONint that hard codes the links and piping before passing it through. Browsing through a few routes, it seems to have fixed the issue. Let me know if you see any new or lingering malfunctions :) - Floydian τ ¢ 10:25, 30 December 2016 (UTC)