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A regional task force of WikiProject Highways
  • 2.6% List-Class
  • 40.4% Stub-Class
  • 38.4% Start-Class
  • 11.5% C-Class
  • 4.2% B-Class
  • 2.4% GA-Class
  • 0% A-Class
  • 0.4% FA-Class
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Welcome to the UK Roads Task Force!

Goals
  • Improve road articles to at least B-standard. Steps can be seen below.
  • To provide balanced and accurate information on all issues relating to road transport in the UK.
Scope

Recognised content

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A-Class articles

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  • A591 road, Lake District - June 2009 Edit 1
    A591 road, Lake District - June 2009 Edit 1

Good articles

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Main page featured articles

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Did you know? articles

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Picture of the day pictures

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  • UK Roundabout 8 Cars (2004-06-20)
    UK Roundabout 8 Cars (2004-06-20)
  • A591 road, Lake District - June 2009 Edit 1 (2018-10-25)
    A591 road, Lake District - June 2009 Edit 1 (2018-10-25)
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  • UK Roundabout 8 Cars
    UK Roundabout 8 Cars

Former good articles

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B-class drive

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Our first goal is to get all of the articles on motorways to B-class standard. What we need in such an article is:

  • A brief but informative lead section
  • An infobox - currently, all articles have this.
  • A route box, showing the junctions of the roads and the roads which intersect the motorway at these junctions.
  • A history into the road, informative, well-written and reliably sourced.
  • A NPOV, well-written article, without trivia that can not be integrated.

If all five of these checkpoints can be achieved, the article is at a standard comparable to B-class. If one is missing, it is best at Start-class, while if two or more are, then it is a stub.

Road sign colours

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The recommended RGB colours for British road signs have been published in a Department for Transport document[1] The hex equivalents of the values quoted are given below as a reference for any editors:

UK road sign colours
Colour code Usage
#0079C1/white Motorways
#00703C/#FFD200 Primary road
#E31837/white Warning signs
#794400/white Tourist destinations
#FFD200/black Roadwork signs

Any editor who is unsure of how to use these codes can of course look at the underlying code.

Members

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Add your name below if you wish to participate. Note, if you have not edited a transport related article in the last 12 months, your name will be marked as "inactive".

  1. Sceptre (talk · contribs)
  2. Pigsonthewing (talk · contribs) - interested in the Birmingham area, service stations and route tables (including coordinates and microformats)
  3. MapsMan (talk · contribs) - I would really be a part-time editor. Pages on Motorways are generally something I look at from time to time, and I'm always looking to improve any page I read on Wikipedia. Thus, I am a de facto member of any Wikiproject encompassing a subject area of my interest.
  4. Seth Whales (talk · contribs) - Part-time wiki editor in the south west
  5. Sunil060902 (talk · contribs) - based in London, so best placed to contribute to roads in and around the Capital
  6. Hmich176 (talk · contribs) - Based in the USA, but I try to contribute to articles on a worldwide scale. I can copy edit and do basic research on articles.
  7. Freakmighty (talk · contribs)
  8. Richie wright1980 (talk · contribs) - Liverpool
  9. Jeni (talk · contribs) - Based in the Midlands
  10. Squirrel684 (talk · contribs) - Based in the SW - I work in the "Road Industry"!
  11. Zangar (talk · contribs) Based in Cardiff
  12. Cherryguy93 (talk · contribs) - Based in London, United Kingdom
  13. Martinvl (talk · contribs) - Based in SE England
  14. TimMassey (talk · contribs) - Based in Cheshire.
  15. Doh5678 (talk · contribs)
  16. Presidentman (talk · contribs) - Based in USA, but certainly an Anglophile
  17. Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk · contribs)
  18. Wilbysuffolk (talk · contribs) - Mainly minor A roads in East Anglia
  19. Baldy Bill (talk · contribs) - like MapsMan, I like to improve any area of Wikipedia of interest to me. Based in SW but travel regularly across UK.
  20. robs.shaw (talk · contribs)
  21. Trillig (talk · contribs) - SE England and East Anglia
  22. The Rambling Man (talk · contribs)
  23. Nordic Dragon (talk · contribs) Southeastern England and Pembrokeshire
  24. Davey2010 (talk · contribs) - Based in Kent.
  25. Rcsprinter123 (talk · contribs) - most places, but especially the north west. Can be contacted to make maps and road signs
  26. Patch1969 (talk · contribs) - Focusing on Managed Motorways and Motorways in general across Greater Manchester and the North West.
  27. Gweglez (talk · contribs) - Very interested in roads, the details and irregularities of them, particularly motorways that aren't actually up to motorway standards. Based in Hampshire so most of my edits will be around there.
  28. RichardHC (talk · contribs) - Based in Cheshire, current focus is on making motorway junction infoboxes more legible.
  29. Bellezzasolo (talk · contribs) - Live in Dorset, studying in Oxford
  30. Blolbly (talk · contribs) - I like roads
  31. ollyhinge11 (talk · contribs) - Milton Keynes to London road commuter. Fan of roads.
  32. JayAmber (talk · contribs) - Based in the North East and interested in all kinds of transport infrastructure.
  33. Roads4117 (talk · contribs) - As you can probably tell with my username, I am very keen and interested in roads, andI would love to become part of the team. I am based in southeast London, and normally edit road articles in London, Yorkshire, and North East England, however I can help out wherever is needed. Also, like Rcsprinter123 (talk · contribs) said earlier, I am more than happy to be contacted to make maps and road signs.
  34. London2024 (talk · contribs) - Surrey resident with a lifelong interest in roads.
  35. Zippybonzo (talk · contribs) - I have an interest in the flow of traffic around intersections, but I also just like roads.

Then copy {{User UK Roads Wikiproject}} into your user page to use the Wikiproject's Userbox

This user is a member of United Kingdom Roads Task Force.

Inactive Members

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  1. Nick996 (talk · contribs)
  2. Sameul66 (talk · contribs)
  3. Regan123 (talk · contribs)
  4. Dollsworth (talk · contribs) - interested in the southeast, mainly Kent, Sussex, Surrey and parts of Essex
  5. Grand Edgemaster (talk · contribs) - Part-time wiki editor, looking at creation of motorway-specific maps from OpenStreetMap data.
  6. Ian13 (talk · contribs) - interested, but not too sure where we are going to source some information 10:38, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Teutonic_Tamer (talk · contribs) - noobie Wiki fan, East Anglia is my main area.
  8. Mardenpb1 (talk · contribs) - Based in the SE, but primarily interested in Road Safety
  9. 95jb14 (talk · contribs) Enthusiast.
  10. Thatmotorwayguy (talk · contribs)- Generally concentrating on south-western motorways, specialising in the M4 (English section) M5 (Section below M4), M27, M271, M275, M4, M48, M32, A3(M), A329(M), A404(M), A308(M) and M49
  11. C2r (talk · contribs) - based in Hertfordshire, but travels around Europe!

Open tasks

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  • Standardise route boxes for motorway articles to conform closer to the format at WP:ELG

Categories

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Article

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Roads in the United Kingdom
Roads in England
Roads in Northern Ireland
Roads in Scotland
Roads in Wales
Lists of roads in the United Kingdom
Roads in the Isle of Man
Roads in Jersey
Historic trails and roads in the United Kingdom
Motorways in the United Kingdom
Proposed roads in the United Kingdom
Anti-road protests in the United Kingdom
Ring roads in the United Kingdom
Road congestion charge schemes in the United Kingdom
Scenic routes in the United Kingdom
Streets in the United Kingdom
Toll roads in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom road stubs


Category:Speed camera types used in the United Kingdom
Category:Motoring taxation in the United Kingdom
There are some articles in Category:Road transport in the United Kingdom as well, though not all sub cats are appropriate

Maintenance

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UK road articles by quality
no subcategories
Category Category:UK road articles by importance not found

Quality scale

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UK road transport articles by quality and importance
Quality Importance
Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total
FA 1 8 9
FM 1 1
A 1 1
GA 3 17 30 50
B 2 12 41 33 88
C 1 14 65 161 1 242
Start 1 13 131 653 4 802
Stub 114 738 852
List 1 11 13 30 55
Category 253 253
Disambig 8 8
File 3 3
Project 1 1
Redirect 6 61 286 353
Template 37 37
Assessed 6 54 387 1,714 589 5 2,755
Total 6 54 387 1,714 589 5 2,755
WikiWork factors (?) ω = 10,460 Ω = 5.11

Templates

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  • {{WPUKroads}} - talk space - categorises the page into the wikiproject
  • {{UK motorways}} - article space - links to other motorway articles.
  • {{United Kingdom roads}} - article space - links to other general UK A road articles and lists.

Zonal A Road Templates

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Use these for A road articles, choosing the right zone

Route infoboxes

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  • {{ukmotorwaysmall}} - displays a small road sign icon and link for an Mxxx motorway
  • {{ukmotorwayAsmall}} - displays a small road sign icon and link for an Ax(M) motorway
  • {{ukroadsmall}} - displays a small road sign icon and link for an A road
  • {{gbroadsmall}} - as above but for those names Axxx road (Great Britain)
  • {{ukroadsign}} - displays the road number sign and name of road but doesn't link it - useful where no article exists
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External resources

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References

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  1. ^ "Traffic signs image database: User guide". Department for Transport. Retrieved 2010-06-22.

Other authorities

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Information sites

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These are not always reliable sources, but may be useful in finding reliable sources or in knowing what to look for.

Important discussions

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Article Alerts

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Good article nominees

Articles to be merged

Articles to be split


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