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GA Review

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This review is transcluded from Talk:West Virginia Route 480/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: SounderBruce (talk · contribs) 09:14, 11 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]


Will review in the next day or two. SounderBruce 09:14, 11 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
  1. It is reasonably well written.
    a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
    See below
  2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.
    a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism):
  3. It is broad in its coverage.
    a (major aspects): b (focused):
  4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.
    Fair representation without bias:
  5. It is stable.
    No edit wars, etc.:
  6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
    a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
  7. Overall:
    Pass/Fail:
    Just some prose concerns, as listed below. Most are suggestions that I'd be happy to drop based on personal taste. SounderBruce 02:07, 12 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

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Lead
  • A map would be nice and could be generated using a KML + JSON map frame.
  • The lead paragraph could be split into two, perhaps after mention of the university.
  • I'd rather see the length placed before the name (or at least before the mention of "entire length").
    • Perhaps "The highway runs for 5.64 miles (9.08 km) on Kearneysville Pike, from WV 115 in Kearneysville north..."
    • I moved the length to the first sentence to simplify the second sentence a little.  V 01:26, 10 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • "from where the highway continues" sounds a little better.
  • I'm not a fan of the bolded and un-abberviated WV 48, as well as the repeated uses of WV 480.
    • I left the un-abbreviated WV 48 because that is the verbatim redirect. I removed one of the WV 480 mentions so it is mentioned at most every other sentence unless necessary to avoid ambiguity.  V 01:26, 10 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • "throughout its length" could be moved to the beginning of its sentence and replaced with a better word.
  • "the town" is a bit vague
Route description
  • "Four-legged" as opposed to "four-way"?
  • Mention how close the WV 9 interchange is (even without using actual length, perhaps "nearby interchange" or "a short distance southwest through")
  • "Historic home Rockland" should be reordered as either "historic Rockland home" or "historic home named Rockland"
  • The last sentence of the first paragraph is a little short. Perhaps a mention of the nearby rail line?
  • Some of the short sentences in the second paragraph could be merged together.
  • "Veers" gets used a bit too often. Perhaps "turns" or "curves" could be substituted in some places.
History
  • An image of the old or new bridge would be a nice addition to the history
  • Got any pre-designation details that can be gleaned from old maps?
  • "current bridge" could be substituted with "James Rumsey Bridge" to reduce confusion
  • The second paragraph is a bit long and could be split.
  • Lots of stops in the bridge opening/dedication sentence. It could be split or re-ordered to move the date further down.
  • The width and paving could be moved before "northern extension" to make it a bit less of a mouthful.
  • "US 48 was assigned to the freeway between Morgantown and Cumberland that later became part of Interstate 68." could be compressed into "US 48 was assigned to the Morgantown–Cumberland freeway hat later became part of Interstate 68."
  • "construction of a replacement for the 1939 James Rumsey Bridge, to be built immediately to the north of the old bridge" sounds more natural
  • "Steel girder span" can be dropped from the first sentence.
References

Thank you for your review, SounderBruce.  V 01:26, 10 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I'm satisfied with how the article looks now. Passing. SounderBruce 06:12, 10 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Status query

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It has been four weeks since this was opened, and the most recent Wikipedia edit from the nominator, Viridiscalculus, was one month ago when they nominated the article to be a GA. SounderBruce, if the issues aren't addressed soon, perhaps the nomination should be closed. BlueMoonset (talk) 13:59, 9 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@BlueMoonset: I e-mailed the nominator and he says he'll get to it eventually. He's not entirely inactive. SounderBruce 21:25, 9 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]