Talk:JFK Express/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Truflip99 (talk · contribs) 17:58, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

Lead

• Its route bullet was colored turquoise and contained an aircraft symbol. (If you want, you can specify that this is an AIGA symbol.)

 Done

Fares and rolling stock

• The premium fare for the JFK Express was collected by train conductors on board I think the fare information in the history section should be moved here.

 Done

• wikilink Transit police

 Done

• A fourth car was later added, making them 300 feet (91 m) long, half the length of a typical B Division train.
  • Might want to bundle/omit sources per WP:OVERKILL

 Done--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 19:17, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

Service history

1st p

• There is a previous instance of 57th Street, which should be the one wikilinked

 Done

2nd p

• Within a few years of its inauguration, the service was being criticized as being a poor use of resources.

 Done

• JFK Airport, Kennedy Airport, etc. I would use just one alt name and "the airport" so readers aren't confused.

 Done

3rd p

• The proposal was still being reviewed by January 1984; it never came to fruition. -- and move the ref after the period

 Done--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 19:15, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

4th p

• omit comma after October 29, 1989

 Done

• ... between these two stations during those times

 Done--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 19:24, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

• At all(?) other times, some passengers paid the extra fare to use the JFK Express to reach Aqueduct Racetrack. -- Could you elaborate on this one a little further? Why only "some" passengers paid?

 Done--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 19:24, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

5th p

• At the time, 3,200 people were using the train per day, down from a high of between 4,000 and 5,000 riders that used it at the beginning of the service's operation.

 Done

6th p

• However, This extension was short-lived as the JFK Express was discontinued on April 15, 1990 due to low ridership, which recorded as few as 3,200 riders per day.

 Done

• • WP:OVERKILL
• Ridership on the A to the airport increased after the discontinuation of the JFK Express: in 1995, about 1 million passengers used the A to the Airport. -- semi-colon instead of colon

 Done

7th p

• Since the discontinuation of the JFK Express, the A train has continued to serve the Howard Beach–JFK Airport station.

 Done

• move ref 27 at the end of the next comma

 Done

• A proposal, referred to as the Lower Manhattan–Jamaica/JFK Transportation Project...

 Done

Final route

• Source for the station list?

 Done--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 19:10, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

Sources

• 1. publisher NYT

 Done--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 19:08, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

• 3. de-wikilink NYT per above

 Done--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 19:08, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

• 4. I think this should be via fulton history and the publisher the observer

 Done--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 19:08, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

• 5. omit all other NYT wikilinks

 Done--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 19:08, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

• 12. de-all caps for this one, and all the other ones with all caps

 Done--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 19:08, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

• 14. missing url
  • I took an image of the timetable, which is in my collection, and uploaded to flickr, and added the link.--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 19:08, 7 June 2019 (UTC)  Done
• 19. use bibliographic info found, don't forget page # as well here

The page number is provided: ;  Done--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 19:08, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

• 21. via flickr. need correct publisher.

 Done--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 19:08, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

• 27. page not found, might need to find it in the web archives or find a new source. if you use web archive, don't forget to use deadurl=unfit parameter

 Done--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 19:08, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

• 28. via scribd. need correct publisher.

 Done--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 19:08, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

• 29. via nycsubway.org. need correct publisher.

Changed;  Done

Great article! Not really much to edit as it is written well. --Truflip99 (talk) 17:58, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

@Truflip99: Thanks for taking up this article. I believe that I have addressed all this issues. Thanks again.--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 19:25, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

Awesome work! Thank you for the prompt response, per usual! Congrats! --Truflip99 (talk) 19:36, 7 June 2019 (UTC)