Do we have other USA pages for features that are "opt-in", i.e., "here is national guidance but do not use it unless your state guidance OKs it"?MacroNav wrote:...can we create a USA wiki page for this, that can be linked to from the regions/states that want them? I think this is much better than having no published guide (as is now) or maintaining entries on each state page.
I understand how that might be better than multiple state pages having identical extended verbiage, which does seem a bit silly. But I don't feel good about the general principle of "opt-in" national guidance. National guidance should be national guidance.
If some clear and easy-to-follow rules could be evolved for when to use such a thing and when not to, I'd be more comfortable getting it into national guidance and allow those states that still don't like it to opt-out.
BUT, on the other hand, some drivers and junior editors may not understand why some interchanges are mapped and others aren't. The drivers could feel that Waze is being inconsistent, and the editors could take it on themselves to map interchanges in a noncompliant way. If we make it a state thing, then both drivers and junior editors might intuitively understand.
Which brings us back to the idea of "opt-in" national guidance, which makes me squirm. Hmmm. I understand why rural editors want this, but I'm not seeing good clean ways of making it national guidance.
I'll think some more about this, but in the meantime, could we at least change the title to include the word "Rural"? E.g., "Rural Interstate Exit Area Place"? I think there's general agreement these are unproductive and quite likely counterproductive in non-rural areas.
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