Wikipedia:WikiProject China/Transportation task force

Title

This task force shall be referred to as the Transportation in China task force.

Hierarchy definition

Parent WikiProject
- China
- Transport
Similar groups
- Canada Roads
- Germany transportation
- Nepal transportation
- Scotland transport - includes Road transport in Scotland, Bus transport in Scotland, Road accident deaths in Scotland, Roads in Scotland etc.
- UK Roads (formerly WikiProject Motorways)
- U.S. Roads
Related WikiProjects
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Bridges
- WikiProject Trains

Goals

Standarise layout and presentation on all transportation-related articles to better provide readers a more reader-friendly appearance.

Scope

Transportation in China articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
Quality	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
GA			1	2			3
B	1	6	8	2			17
C	1	6	14	38		9	68
Start		5	102	469		21	597
Stub		2	442	2,689		42	3,175
List		1	5	14			20
Category				1	67		68
Disambig					15		15
File					1		1
Project					1		1
Redirect		2	12	39	12		65
Template				5	156		161
NA				1	1		2
Assessed	2	22	584	3,260	253	72	4,193
Unassessed				1		9	10
Total	2	22	584	3,261	253	81	4,203
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 22,364			Ω = 5.79

All airports, seaports, expressways, roads of all grades, and railways, should be in the scope of this task force. Geographically, this is limited to mainland China. Taiwan does not form part of this task force.

Participants

2Q (talk · contribs) - Pre-1945 railways, primarily in areas under Japanese occupation; pre-1945 steam locomotives
Colipon (talk · contribs)
Nav (talk · contribs)
Rfwang4 (talk · contribs)
robinsonshaw (talk · contribs)
Rincewind42 (talk · contribs) - Trams and Railways in China
robinsonshaw (talk · contribs)
ShakyIsles (talk · contribs)
Terramorphous (talk · contribs)
Weirdperson11 (talk · contribs)
千里走单骑 (talk · contribs)
Wishva de Silva (talk · contribs)
Metro man 27 (talk · contribs)
Studious Human (talk · contribs) - Primarily dedicated to creating pages about highways and expressways in China.
Timothytyy (talk · contribs) - China Railway & CRH and Shenzhen Metro

Everyone with an interest is welcome to take part in this project.

Structure

Please Note

So far, the definition for seaports has not been formed. Participants are free to form it if they wish.
If external sites exist for these items, link them, please!

General Info

Expressway exit numbering is optional but is a welcome component of every expressway article.
If no speed limit is known assume it to be the nationwide 120 km/h.
The "Road Conditions" section doesn't need to be completed in full if full information is not available on hand.
The layout structures as shown below represent what the articles might look like when it is completed in full. It is not a skeleton layout that must be completed on its first go; rather, it is a blueprint for article evolution. Incomplete entries are accepted! :-)
The schematic map section will be defined soon.

Airports

Location
History
Connections
- Connections by Road
- Connections by Rail/Urban Public Transit
Airlines
Terminal Buildings
Lounges

Railways

Route
History
Major Stations and Junctions
Speed
List of Stations
List of Platform

Underground Rail

Route
History
Fares
Major Stations and Junctions
List of Stations

Expressways

Basic information [1]
Route
Schematic map -- this is optional
History
Portions under Construction or Projection [2]
Road Conditions
- Warning -- this part should be present when possible risks (e.g. fog, speed traps, etc...) related to the expressway are known. It should ALWAYS precede "Speed Limit".
- Speed Limit
- Tolls
- Lanes
- Surface Conditions
- Traffic
Major Exits
Service Areas
Connections
Other Information [3]
List of Exits [4]

Ring Roads

Basic information [1]
Route
Schematic map -- this is optional
History
Portions under Construction or Projection [2]
Road Conditions
- Speed Limit
- Tolls (if they apply)
- Lanes
- Surface Conditions
- Traffic
Major Exits
Bridges and Overpasses
Service Areas (if there are any)
Connections (with main city routes and expressways)
Other Information [3]
List of Exits [4]

[1] = No section numbering.
[2] = Present only when the ring road is not totally completed.
[3] = Does not appear on all ring road articles.
[4] = Each section of the ring road gets its own sub-section number.

See: 4th Ring Road for a sample article in line with this format.

Roads

Basic information [1]
Route
Schematic map -- this is optional
History
Portions under Construction or Projection [2]
Road Conditions
- Speed Limit
- Tolls
- Lanes
- Surface Conditions
- Traffic
Major Connections
Connections with Expressways
Other Information [3]

[1] = No section numbering. Also, the code/abbreviation (e.g. G101) for the road (if it has one) should be written.
[2] = Present only when the road is not totally completed.
[3] = Does not appear on all road articles.

China National Highways

Basic information and road numbering [1]
Route
Schematic map -- this is optional
History
Portions under Construction or Projection [2]
Road Conditions
- Speed Limit
- Tolls
- Lanes
- Surface Conditions
- Traffic
Major Connections
Major Localities
Connections with Expressways
Other Information [3]

[1] = No section numbering. The code/abbreviation (e.g. G101) for the road (if it has one, most likely it does) must be written.
[2] = Present only when the road is not totally completed.
[3] = Does not appear on all road articles.

Image Guidelines

Please, people: no copyright violations. The monetary expenditures and deadpan judges are too much for us. ;-)

The images we value the most are images which are licensed under a permissible free license that is also accepted on Commons or are in the public domain. In a very limited set of circumstances fair use may be allowed, for example for the depiction of a demolished airport for which no freely licensed images exist.

Try to make every picture of every road/airport/expressway/etc... look like that the image shows something of its speciality. We all can take pictures of roads (black background, white interrupted lines, etc...), so try to make something that has a speciality of its own. Don't knock yourself out taking great photos. Photos complement the article, but remember this isn't exactly an art gallery. 80%-100% good pictures are accepted with wide open arms. Nobody dictated that we are a top-notch photo club! :-)

Don't forget the caption -- neither too short nor too long. Expressways/railway stations/airports/etc..., although they're immovable, do change over time. A little something along the lines of "(July 2004 image)" or so would be fine.

Templates

Please take a look at the current template (as an example) for Beijing roads and expressways: Template:Roads and Expressways of Beijing. It should look something like:

Please either base templates on this standard or adjust them to fit requirements as seen fit.

Portal

Please help add comprehensive coverage worldwide on the world international road portal, and if there are any additions which could be made from many countries or regiona that would be awesome.

For instance, a successful DYK could be added.
Feel free to directly add quality, or featured road related images or panoramas. If a photo is not recognised by being classified as quality or featured, then it should be of finer quality like would be in a magazine or print encyclopaedia, as a portal showcases Wikipedia's finer work, in this case the portal roads showcases Wikipedia road finer work world wide.
Feel free to directly add featured, A or GA class. Roads content articles to the above list which are now rotated automatically through the portal. Other articles may be nominated here. If an article is at B class it could also be submitted, with a strong lead, as a short one or two sentence lead is hard to put that intro on the front page of a portal.

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