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	U.S. roads portal This template is within the scope of the U.S. Roads WikiProject, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to state highways and other major roads in the United States. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion.U.S. RoadsWikipedia:WikiProject U.S. RoadsTemplate:WikiProject U.S. RoadsU.S. road transport articles
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WPBannerMeta/hooks/taskforces[edit]

This template is using Template:WPBannerMeta/hooks/taskforces which is no longer supported. I would like to update to use the native task force support in Module:WikiProject banner. Will do some work in the sandbox shortly. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 10:49, 21 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Starting work on this now ... — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 13:49, 27 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In order to update this template effectively, I would like to convert the syntax in the following way:

Instead of |state1=AL

we use |AL=yes

And so on with all the other states. This is the more usual style of triggering task forces, used by nearly every other wikiProject. Would there be any problem with doing this? — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 18:30, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You'd have about 10,000 articles to convert over. Please leave the syntax as it is. Imzadi 1979 → 05:03, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

10,000 is no problem with a willing bot operator. Is there any particular problem with that syntax? — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 19:03, 2 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The current syntax works well for our project. Please do not change it. Imzadi 1979 → 05:38, 3 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, there's a specific reason why this just works better. Most articles are only classified into a single state or territory. Having a single prompt in the Rater gadget for |state= vastly simplifies assessing articles. It's uncommon that we need |state2= etc. In fact, the current syntax doesn't allow for an article to be tagged in more than 10 state task forces because no article should be in more than a few, let alone all 56 jurisdictions in the US (50 states, 1 district, 5 territories). Imzadi 1979 → 05:41, 3 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The template already allows 20 |staten= and |staten_importance= parameters. So Having a single prompt in the Rater gadget for |state= vastly simplifies assessing articles is already not correct. Also, |AL=y is more simple then |state=AL (less characters and easier to remember). Gonnym (talk) 00:20, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]