Talk:Wisconsin Highway 441

Merge request

I can't say that I ever heard Highway 441 ever called the "Tri-County Freeway" even though I drive it daily. I do understand why it COULD be called that though. The 2 articles are about the same patch of highway. I believe that they should be merged into one article, and use the more familiar name of Highway 441. Tri-County Freeway should be a redirect to Highway 441 in my humble opinion. Royalbroil ^{Talk  Contrib} 05:22, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Note the conventions of WP:USSH, and the articles should be merged (if it should be, I have no local expertise) to Wisconsin Highway 441. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 05:24, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

I am confused by what naming convention was we decided for in Wisconsin is then. The "<" and ">" characters around the word "Wisconsin" ment optionality to me, since that is what the characters are used for in all of my computer programming and networking classes. I DO like the "Wisconsin Highway 441" naming convention, and I would have voted for it over all the other proposed names. How come ALL of the Wisconsin articles were not renamed to this new standard? What is the holdup? I notice that the other states are done. Royalbroil ^{Talk  Contrib} 13:14, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Well sorry. We have had to move over 5K pages, Wisconsin wasn't moved first. Be patient. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 22:28, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

My main question was about the exact naming system. I'm glad to hear that I did indeed have it right (or close enough). I wasn't questioning the order of the moves or the speed of the effort. I appreciate all the hard work in directing/guiding/teeth pulling that people like you did to get the state highway systems standardized as much as possible. Wikipedia is better for your efforts! Royalbroil ^{Talk  Contrib} 23:03, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

I did the merge, but I did not use the new name since I remember reading at WP:USSH that only approved people could do the renaming, and that if anyone else did it that they would be a blocked. I wasn't interested in being blocked. Royalbroil ^{Talk  Contrib} 12:57, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Understood. Sorry I reacted that way, I wasn't in a good mood. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs)

Polish Connection

I'm curious about the "nickname" As I live in the area I can guarantee that the name "The Polish Connection" has nothing to do with the percentage of Polish residents in the area. I'd be curious as to the source of this particular comment. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ckennow (talk • contribs) 21:59, 26 June 2015 (UTC)

@Ckennow: I found http://www.postcrescent.com/story/news/local/2014/06/25/tri-county-freeway-gets-green-light-for-550m-expansion/11374099/ in about 30 seconds. –Fredddie™ 01:52, 27 June 2015 (UTC)

@Fredddie: "known locally as the Polish Connection because of its unconventional traffic patterns" This is much more accurate and the article should reflect that. The name being attached to the ethnicity of the locals is pure PC BS. –Ckennow™

Updated the article to reflect cited source regarding colloquialism. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ckennow (talk • contribs) 04:38, 20 June 2018 (UTC)

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