Talk:Maryland Route 151/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Grondemar (talk · contribs) 16:47, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

Once again the article looks good; I just have a couple of concerns related to prose clarity and referencing.

• "MD 151 begins at an intersection with 7th Street within the former Bethlehem Steel complex, which is now owned by Severstal." You need a citation for the site ownership; I doubt the maps have this much detail on the issue.
  • I added a reference to the Severstal website to indicate the company taking over the Bethlehem Steel complex.  VC  18:44, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
• Somewhere in the Route Description you should clarify when MD 151 and I-695 begin running parallel to each other, and when the two roads diverge. Also, be careful using the word "parallel", such as in "...the highway is paralleled by North Point Road on the east. At Cove Road, a connector to the parallel I-695, North Point Road switches to the west side of MD 151." This is too many uses of parallel in a small space and makes it sound like parallel roads are intersecting which sounds wrong.
  • I revised the last sentence of the Lead to say that I-695 parallels MD 151 from Edgemere to MD 157 in Dundalk. My intent is to introduce and define the stretch where the two highways are parallel so I can avoid mentioning it too much in the Route description. I also removed "parallel" from the Cove Road sentence. Do those changes improve the "parallel" situation? I am not using parallel in its strict mathematical sense here, but if you have further suggestions, I will listen.  VC  18:44, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
• Is Patapsco River Neck the name of a town or village? I want to put a "the" in front of it but that wouldn't work if it was a specific town name. If it is a town, it seems strange to describe it as narrowing.
  • Patapsco River Neck is the name of the peninsula on which most of MD 151 runs. I added "the" in front of the several mention of the landform. I also added "peninsula" after Patapsco River Neck in the Lead. N.B., "neck" is a regional term for a peninsula between two wide, tidal streams and a larger open body of water, such as the Chesapeake Bay.  VC  18:44, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
    • Thanks for the clarification here. I knew what a "neck" was in a geographic sense, but I also am aware of towns and villages with the name "Neck" in them, usually because they are located on a geographic "neck". –Grondemar 03:06, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
• Once again, more images would be nice, but are not required for GA.

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

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

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):

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 am placing this GAN on hold for a minimum of seven days to allow for the above concerns to be addressed.

Thanks. –Grondemar 02:53, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

I almost forgot, but I should thank you for taking the time to review my article.  VC  18:48, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

• No problem, thanks for addressing my concerns. I can now declare this GAN passed. Congratulations! –Grondemar 03:06, 14 December 2011 (UTC)