Talk:Washington State Route 20

message: I have a newspaper clipping from the day the North Cascade Highway was completed.  I plan on adding to the history section, along with former routing of 20, and the former names of the different sections.  I will take a while, but be well worth it. TEG 08:49, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: That sounds great - as long as you have the day, date, newspaper name, article author - the clipping should be a valid reference.  I look forward to seeing what you can do here. SkagitRiverQueen (talk) 03:32, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Newspaper clipping

message: Possible merge material – Kacie Jane (talk) 23:56, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Content removed from [[Washington State Route 113]]

message: I have reverted this edit, which was from a IP sock puppet of  who was banned by the community for one year, to be followed by an indefinite block.  The original insertion is here.  As the edit is referenced and not vandalism, users should discuss whether it be re-inserted by an editor that is not a sock.  Banned editors are not allowed to edit, even if the edits are good: but others can restore good edits that were made by an editor before their ban.  Thank you. Doc talk 00:45, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Recent Revert

message: can you cite the specific passage in Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Road junction lists that prohibits Kettle Falls, an incorporated city in Stevens county, or Pine Grove, a Census designated community in Ferry county from being in the table.  As I read it its ONLY excluding places that are out in the middle of unincorporated county/state land outside of any linkable place, that is not the case with either Kettle Falls or Pine Grove.--Kevmin § 14:52, 27 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: "If the location is indeterminable, or if the junction lies in unincorporated territory, this should be left blank." A CDP is, by definition, unincorporated and its boundaries and name can change every 10 years. According to WSDOT's city limits map, the first US 395 junction is way outside of Kettle Falls' city limit, so it should be left blank; SR 25's is fine, but a borderline case because it is not fully within city limits. SounderBruce 16:05, 27 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text:  Again though, that is not how I read the instructions at RJL, which I read as don't try to add a place that does not exist at all, eg the junction of SR20 and Old Kettle Falls Road, which is outside of any place.  Pine Grove is an established community and the cited place for the junction of 20 and 21 north, and has an article already that it linkable in the table.--Kevmin § 16:12, 27 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: So does Monroe North, a made-up name for a place that doesn't consider itself to be a contiguous community. Pine Grove lacks any WSDOT signage on the highway (either a welcome sign or a mention as a control destination), and is not mentioned at all in the State Highway Log, which is the primary reference for the table. Since it cannot be verified as a community on the highway, it should not be included. SounderBruce 16:16, 27 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unincorperated territory 

message: , you made a revert with the edit summary "5 is a small number" which suggests you wanted to revert "SR 20 is one of five State Routes" to "SR 20 is one of only five State Routes" but: a) your revert actually undid two edits, one of which is unexplainedb) your edit summary is too terse to provide any context. We don't call every instance of the number 5 small. I made the edit because the article provides no justification for deviating for our usual practice of neutral language. Is the number of closed roads unusually small and/or smaller than for other states? If so, provide this context in the article to justify the characterization of the number as "only" 5.{{pb}{{pb}Thx CapnZapp (talk) 21:06, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: The use of "only" is a neutral observation given that there are only 5 of 175 state routes (or 5 of 196 state-maintained highways) that have this qualifier. That's 3% when rounded up. An obviously small figure that does not require outside explanation. The "unexplained" revert is simply to keep the article from running afoul of verifiability guidelines, as the length is not specified in the source and frankly isn't important to note. SounderBruce 22:32, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent revert 2