Talk:Interstate 8/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Dough4872 (talk · contribs) 02:45, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

GA review (see here for criteria)

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1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS):

   • I would not use bolding in the route description as bolding should be restricted to the lead.

   •  Done --Rschen7754 01:48, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

   • You use "I-8" in almost every sentence of the route description. Can some of these be changed?
   • In the sentence "At the Mountain Springs/In Ko Pah grade, the freeway is routed down two separate canyons, as the freeway descends 4,000 feet (1,200 m) in 11 miles (18 km)", you use "freeway" twice. Can one of these be changed?
   • You mention I-8 having the lowest elevation near El Centro then mention the route passing through El Centro a couple of sentences later and in the beginning of the next paragraph. Can the mention be made in the appropriate place in west-to-east order where the lowest elevation is?
   • "At points in eastern Imperial County, the border is less than 0.5 miles (0.80 km) south of the Interstate." You should clarify that this is the border with Mexico.
   • In the Arizona part of the route description, you use "[direction] heading" a lot. Can the wording be varied?
   • The sentence "The 10-mile (16 km) section in between this one and the Mountain Springs pass section was in planning by that September, and was scheduled to begin construction shortly thereafter, with the section extending west of Boulevard to follow shortly thereafter." seems wordy and uses the phrase "shortly thereafter" twice.
   • In the history, you have a lot of distance conversions that need "adj=on" added to them as they are used as an adjective.
   • The sentence "The segment from SR 111 to the As I-8 was constructed through the valley, the freeway caused a break in many north-south roads where access to the part of the road on the other side of the freeway was cut off." sounds awkward. Perhaps something got cut off here.
   • In the Arizona part of the history, you begin a lot of sentences with "By [year]". Can some of these be reworded?

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

   • "Crossing the Colorado River into Arizona, I-8 continues through the city of Yuma across the desert to Casa Grande.", maybe you could mention the name of the desert here.

   •  Done --Rschen7754 02:44, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

   • In the history, you twice mention that the drive time from San Diego to El Cajon had been cut. Are these redundant mentions necessary?

   • Yes, because it shows the progression over time. --Rschen7754 02:32, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

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, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

I will place the article on hold for fixes to be made. Dough4872 00:37, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

Some copy editing has been applied by myself. Rschen fixed the other issues. Imzadi 1979 → 06:13, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

Everything should be good to go. --Rschen7754 06:21, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

I will now pass the article. Dough4872 03:49, 13 June 2013 (UTC)