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February 3, 2008	Peer review	Reviewed
June 13, 2023	Good article nominee	Listed

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New Highway 6

I designed the electrical for the New Highway 6 in Ancaster/Glanbrook part of Hamilton, and also helped work on the Linc/403 interchange. I have asked around here at work, and cannot find anyone who can confirm that the Linc was ever used as a routing for Hwy 6 (which I assume you mean would have been the connection from 403 to Upper James). So I deleted that statement from the article.

In fact, the Linc is a city-owned parkway, while Hwy 6 still lies under the jurisdiction of the Ontario Ministry of Transportation (as it's a long-haul route), so I think it would not have even been legal to route Hwy 6 along the Linc. I certainly didn't label the Linc as "Highway 6" in the contract drawings I had prepared for the Linc/403 interchange, and I would have had to if this assertion were true.

I do remember, however, that the original routing of Hwy 6 through Hamilton came off the 403 (either on King & Main, or via York street, I'm not sure which), came up the mountain on either Wellington or James/John (probably Wellington because it then would have taken the Claremont Access to Upper James), and then along Upper James out to Mount Hope and beyond. I can supply a map scan if someone wants definitive proof of this.

I'm open to being corrected, but I think my past 6 years of employment would have been different if that Linc assertion were true.

207.34.120.71 15:34, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I can essetially verify this as well. The 2003 Ontario road map shows Highway 6 following Upper James Street right through Hamilton. When the airport bypass opened on November 26, 2005, it was moved onto Highway 403.[1] - ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ ^τ _¢ 21:17, 21 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

B Class

The article meets the following five criteria:

It is suitably referenced, and all major points are appropriately cited.
It reasonably covers the topic, and does not contain major omissions or inaccuracies.
It has a defined structure, including a lead section and one or more sections of content.
It is free from major grammatical errors.
It contains appropriate supporting materials, such as an infobox, images, or diagrams.

May be assigned by any reviewer Updated PR SriMesh | talk 04:43, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned references in Ontario Highway 6

I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Ontario Highway 6's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "gmaps":

From Ontario Highway 136: "Highway 136 length and route" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved October 11, 2011.
From Ontario Highway 51: "Highway 51 route and length" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
From Ontario Highway 417: "Highway 417 length and route" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved January 21, 2012.
From Ontario Highway 90: "Highway 90 length and route" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved September 23, 2011.
From Northern Ontario Resource Trail: "Northern Ontario Resource Trail - length and route" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
From Ontario Highway 41: "Highway 41 - Length and Route" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved January 9, 2012.
From Ontario Highway 427: "Highway 427 length and route" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved November 7, 2011.
From Ontario Highway 53: "Highway 53 length and route" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
From Hanlon Expressway: "Hanlon Expressway – Length and route" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
From Ontario Highway 420: "Highway 420 length and route" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
From Ontario Highway 88: "Highway 88 - length and route" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved January 15, 2014.
From Ontario Highway 14: "Highway 14 - length and route" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
From Ontario Highway 23: "Highway 23 - Length and route" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved January 9, 2012.

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 04:41, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Correction

The map on the top right of the page needs to be corrected. It's showing Lake Erie to the North of Lake Ontario, where as it's the other way round. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.89.57.225 (talk) 14:07, 30 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Ontario Highway 6/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: The Corvette ZR1 (talk · contribs) 16:50, 12 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

No cleanup, POV, or unreferenced banners, no citation needed or clarify tags, no copyrighted material, no edit warring, and it looks good for reviewing. Note that this is my first review ever, so it will take a long time.

It is reasonably well written.
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b. (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
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b. (citations to reliable sources):
The sources are mainly books, that I cannot verify as reliable or not.

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d. (copyvio and plagiarism):
Once again, since they are books, I cannot check for plagerisim.
It is broad in its coverage.
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b. (focused):
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:
It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.:
It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
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Overall:
Pass/fail:
Aaaaand we are good! Looks and feels beautiful, truly GA worthy. Pass!

(Criteria marked are unassessed)