Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Streets
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Welcome to WikiProject U.S. Streets. Some Wikipedians have formed this collaboration resource and group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of U.S. Streets and the organization of information and articles on this topic. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions and various resources; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians interested in the topic. If you would like to help, please join the project, inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list below.
Scope
editThe scope of this project is two-fold:
- To cover city streets in articles that focus on the local roadway(s) of an urbanized area
- To coordinate with city-level or state-level wikiprojects as well as WP:USRD on these articles
Goals
editThe main goal of this project is to work on city and local streets and get them to Featured articles on Wikipedia. By removing these articles from the scope of WikiProject U.S. Roads, that not only clarifies what both projects are intended for, but creates a forum for users from city projects (such as WikiProject Philadelphia, WikiProject New York City) and the other roads projects.
Relationships
editGuidelines
editNotability guidelines
editStreets are generally not notable. To be considered notable, the street should pass one of the following criteria:
- The street has become synonymous with an industry or organization (Wall Street, Pennsylvania Avenue, Madison Avenue, Fifth Avenue),
- The street was the site of an important historical event (Clark Street),
- The street has been mentioned by name in a major motion picture, song, television show, or other mainstream media (Wacker Drive, Santa Monica Boulevard, Sunset Boulevard)
- The street has been the subject of a documentary or an article in a major media source.
- It is otherwise notable, as described at Wikipedia:Notability.
Open tasks
editParticipants
editPlease feel free to add yourself here, and to indicate any areas of particular interest.
- Awardgive (talk · contribs) Major Alaskan Cities
- Blake675 (talk · contribs) Interested in San Antonio area
- Djflem (talk · contribs) New York City and northeatern NJ particularly Hudson County
- Dthomsen8 (talk · contribs) Just finished rating all U.S. Streets talk pages - Philadelphia streets articles next.
- Epicgenius (talk · contribs) on New York City mainly, also in Los Angeles
- Ev3commander (talk · contribs) Interested in New York City
- JohnnyAlbert10 (talk · contribs) I am interested in working on Philadelphia and New York City streets.
- MetroFan2009 (talk · contribs) I'll be creating the Street layout of St. Louis, Missouri.
- Mitchazenia (talk · contribs) I can work on primarily New York City.
- O (talk · contribs) – mainly Philadelphia streets
- Son (talk · contribs) I can work on a number of city's streets, including Philly, New York, Pittsburgh, and Washington, D.C.
- SounderBruce (talk · contribs) Expanding coverage on Seattle's arterial streets
- Timsabin (talk · contribs) Concentrating on streets in Northern Virginia cities
- Tom Vazquez (talk · contribs) Have been working on various street projects, recently concentrating on NYC local streets.
- Vcap36 (talk · contribs) Working on streets around the Twin Cities in Minnesota.
- WaddlesJP13 (talk · contribs) - Nevada and Virginia
- ncfriend (talk · contribs) Charlotte, North Carolina and surrounding areas.
- Mcavoybickford (talk · contribs) North Carolina, primarily.
- HuntyManFace (talk · contribs) Central Virginia and part of Hampton Roads
- User:Mulhollands063 Working on Orange County, California
- danoz73 (talk · contribs) Working on Denver, Colorado
Inactive participants
edit- Holderca1 (talk · contribs) Will work on whatever needs work. - Two edits since December 2009
- Roadgeek55 (talk · contribs) - I'm currently working on the streets of the city of Tampa - No edits since October 2009
- Sameul66 (talk · contribs)- I'll be helping with the Streets of Johnson City, TN - No edits since November 2009
- Rosattin (talk · contribs) Adding former street names in Atlanta
Articles
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The chart at the right displays a breakdown of the articles tagged and assessed as a part of the project. The chart shows the numbers of each class of article in terms of their quality or importance assessments. These determinations are based on the assessment criteria. Various past precedents have been set for dealing with articles related to city streets in the US as well.
Article alerts
editGood article nominees
- 09 Oct 2024 – Riverside Drive (Manhattan) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Epicgenius (t · c); start discussion
- 29 Jun 2024 – Eastern Parkway (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Epicgenius (t · c); start discussion
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Recognized content
editThis is a list of recognized content, updated weekly by JL-Bot (talk · contribs) (typically on Saturdays). There is no need to edit the list yourself. If an article is missing from the list, make sure it is tagged (e.g. {{WikiProject U.S. Streets}}) or categorized correctly and wait for the next update. See WP:RECOG for configuration options. |
Featured articles
editFeatured portals
editGood articles
editMain page featured articles
edit- Prairie Avenue (2009-12-27)
Did you know? articles
edit- Rush Street (Chicago) (2007-09-17)
- Florence Boulevard (2007-09-20)
- Summit Avenue (St. Paul) (2007-10-21)
- Stillwell Avenue (2007-11-09)
- East 233rd Street (Bronx) (2007-11-11)
- Gun Hill Road (road) (2007-11-12)
- Jerome Avenue (2007-11-12)
- Parkways of Louisville, Kentucky (2008-02-15)
- Victory Boulevard (Los Angeles) (2008-03-11)
- Reseda Boulevard (2008-03-12)
- Van Nuys Boulevard (2008-03-21)
- Pico Boulevard (2008-03-31)
- Dodge Street (2008-04-04)
- Chain of Craters Road (2008-04-17)
- North 24th Street (2008-05-31)
- Queen Anne Boulevard (2008-07-28)
- 66th Street (Manhattan) (2008-08-25)
- Court Avenue (2008-10-18)
- Candy Cane Lane, Duboistown (2008-12-26)
- Old Albany Post Road (2008-12-30)
- Fenway (parkway) (2009-12-12)
- Park Drive (parkway) (2010-02-02)
- Shippen Street (Weehawken) (2010-05-14)
- Shubert Alley (2010-05-18)
- Gay Street (Knoxville) (2010-10-08)
- Doyers Street (2010-10-28)
- Atlantic Boulevard (Jacksonville) (2011-01-14)
- Broad Avenue (2012-10-15)
- Spring Street (Manhattan) (2013-02-09)
- 74th Street (Manhattan) (2013-04-22)
- 85th Street (Manhattan) (2014-06-19)
- Cahuenga Boulevard (2014-08-16)
- Warp Drive (2016-04-01)
- West Executive Avenue (2017-03-07)
- Poydras Street (2017-12-23)
- 23rd Street (Manhattan) (2018-05-27, 2019-05-27)
- Denny Way (2018-08-24)
- Eastern Parkway (2019-08-17)
- Pine Street (2020-06-30)
- Exchange Place (Manhattan) (2020-08-18)
- Paul Huff Parkway (2024-04-22)
- Ocean Parkway (Brooklyn) (2024-08-14)
Former good articles
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Templates
editArticle Content
edit- {{Infobox street}}, in general a local street with use this template.
- {{Infobox road}}, this template may be used on articles that are state highways or county roads that are also covered by WP:USRD, but only if the subject is the entirety of a state highway (Interstate, US Highway/Route, state higwhay/road/route)
Stub
edit- {{US-road-stub}}, or the appropriate stub template for the state or territory. These will be listed in Category:United States road stubs or one of its subcategories.
Talk Page Project Banner
editDesignates the current article as part of the U.S. Streets WikiProject or one of its various subprojects. Place on the article's talk page. See the template page for documentation of how to use.
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Categories
editResources
editRelated projects
editRelated WikiProjects
edit- WP:WikiProject U.S. Roads
- WP:WikiProject Highways
- WP:WikiProject Cities
- WP:WikiProject Canada Roads, USRD's counterpart north of the border
- WP:WikiProject Canada Streets, USST's counterpart north of the border