Talk:U.S. Route 43

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U.S. Route 43's Former Route in Kentucky[edit]

Does anyone know where any information on U.S. Route 43's former route through Kentucky is located?

Thank you.

Allen (talk) 03:20, 18 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Page size[edit]

The route description needs a trimming. This highway in 410 miles in length. Interstate 75 in just the state of Michigan is 396 miles, so roughly similar. The RD section here has just over 60% more word length than I-75 in MI (3274 words vs. 2027). It also helps that I-75 is broken into more subsections and better illustrated to break up the appearance of a massive wall of text.

Next point: a 92-year-old highway has only 85 words for its History section?!? Most of that history is about a related highway designation that was never signed?!? Trim the RD and invest that word count in the History section.

To put this in a different context: use the new Vector 2022 skin that limits text width to make reading easier. (Yes, it's a thing that will be the default someday, meaning prose width will be closer to a printed page, like around 60em.) Setting my computer to full screen, the RD stars about halfway down the window. If I hit the space bar, the RD for Alabama fills the next two screens. It's on the fourth that I finally see the Tennessee subheading. The History section sits neatly at the bottom of the fourth screen after the RD. I think the worst is that two paragraphs of the RD each will fill the screen. That's right, on hitting the space bar to scroll from the top to the bottom, there's one place I don't even see a paragraph break, which is the definition of a wall of text.

Now compare that to I-75 in MI: first screen length is the lead, the next 3.5 screens are the RD (with an RD mini-lead, 6 subheadings and 6 photos to break up the text). The history has 3.5 screens of content and 5 illustrations, and we round off the text with a screen and a half for Freeway names and the Monumental bridges. Plenty of paragraph breaks to be seen. Imzadi 1979 → 04:58, 16 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"Interstate 63" listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

The redirect Interstate 63 has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 November 13 § Interstate 63 until a consensus is reached. ChessEric 21:17, 13 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"Interstate 63 in Alabama" listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

The redirect Interstate 63 in Alabama has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 November 28 § Interstate 63 in Alabama until a consensus is reached. CycloneYoris ^talk! 20:47, 28 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Also bundled Interstate 63 (Alabama) and I-63 (AL) there. Jay 💬 06:11, 30 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I personally think that these redirects shouldn't exist quite yet because I don't see any proposed number for this potential interstate being mentioned. NintendoTTTEfan2005 (talk) 21:37, 20 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That will require a renomination. The discussion was closed as No Consensus in December because of no votes. Jay 💬 05:57, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ok NintendoTTTEfan2005 (talk) 05:59, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]