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In looking at Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Alabama_state_highways], it calls state highways in Alabama "State Routes", as in "Alabama State Route 75" instead of [[Alabama Highway 75]]. I know locally we call them Highway 75, Highway 280, etc. What should be the standard? Also on this category page we have [[Highway 280]] and [[Highway 31]], should we go with the "U.S. Highway xxx" or the "U.S. Route xxx" format used on Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:U.S._Highway_System]? I am just wondering because a good number of my bank articles refer to [[US Highway 280]], etc. [[User:Wheresdib|--Wheresdib]] 07:04, 12 October 2006 (PDT) | ==Naming== | ||
* In looking at Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Alabama_state_highways], it calls state highways in Alabama "State Routes", as in "Alabama State Route 75" instead of [[Alabama Highway 75]]. I know locally we call them Highway 75, Highway 280, etc. What should be the standard? Also on this category page we have [[Highway 280]] and [[Highway 31]], should we go with the "U.S. Highway xxx" or the "U.S. Route xxx" format used on Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:U.S._Highway_System]? I am just wondering because a good number of my bank articles refer to [[US Highway 280]], etc. [[User:Wheresdib|--Wheresdib]] 07:04, 12 October 2006 (PDT) | |||
:* The main difference between us and Wikipedia is that we don't want to disambiguate between Alabama state highways and Mississippi state highways. I started out thinking it would be nice to just use the most common name for the main article (with redirects from alternate names), but it turns out that doesn't work so well when we have US highways and state highways with the same number. At this point, following Wikipedia style may be the way to go and I apologize for setting a poor precedent. --[[User:Dystopos|Dystopos]] 08:08, 12 October 2006 (PDT) | |||
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- In looking at Wikipedia [1], it calls state highways in Alabama "State Routes", as in "Alabama State Route 75" instead of Alabama Highway 75. I know locally we call them Highway 75, Highway 280, etc. What should be the standard? Also on this category page we have Highway 280 and Highway 31, should we go with the "U.S. Highway xxx" or the "U.S. Route xxx" format used on Wikipedia [2]? I am just wondering because a good number of my bank articles refer to US Highway 280, etc. --Wheresdib 07:04, 12 October 2006 (PDT)
- The main difference between us and Wikipedia is that we don't want to disambiguate between Alabama state highways and Mississippi state highways. I started out thinking it would be nice to just use the most common name for the main article (with redirects from alternate names), but it turns out that doesn't work so well when we have US highways and state highways with the same number. At this point, following Wikipedia style may be the way to go and I apologize for setting a poor precedent. --Dystopos 08:08, 12 October 2006 (PDT)