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Early history

Some off-wiki communication has given me additional details. Unfortunately, I don't have access to these source, so I haven't added them to the article yet.

In the November 1852 Pathfinder... Stearns’ Steps is no longer listed
The January 1855 Pathfinder ... a flag stop has been added at Tufts College. The Tufts College stop still appears in the March 1856 Pathfinder, but is not shown by May 1857. It is still not shown in the June 1858 Pathfinder, but reappears in the September 1858 Pathfinder as College Hill.

I've added what details I can verify from online sources I've found. Hopefully we'll eventually be able to add citations from more documents as they're digitized. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 21:52, 9 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong image

The current image being displayed on the info card is of Ball square station, not Medford/Tufts. I don't have a better image but this image is NOT fit for this article. Lcholy (talk) 17:05, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Lcholy Good eye! I replaced it with a correct image. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 17:37, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

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Reviewer: Aria1561 (talk · contribs) 21:10, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The last of the GLX to be reviewed for GA status, and I will be more than delighted to review it. I will have my thoughts ready within the next 7 days. Aria1561 (talk) 21:10, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
It is reasonably well written. a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): It is factually accurate and verifiable. a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism): It is broad in its coverage. a (major aspects): 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, where possible and appropriate. a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall: Pass/Fail:
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Lead

located at College Avenue in Medford, Massachusetts – prose states otherwise, stating that it is located off Boston Avenue near College Avenue. I suggest changing the sentence in the lead to represent what is stated in the prose, especially since the entrance is located on Boston Avenue and not College Avenue.
- Done
Would it be worth mentioning in the lead that Medford/Tufts serves as the northern terminus for the Green Line E branch?
- Done

Station design

The platform is 8 inches (200 mm) high for accessible boarding on current light rail vehicles (LRVs), and can be raised to 14 inches (360 mm) for level boarding with Type 9 and Type 10 LRVs – should be changed to raised to 14 inches (360 mm) for future level boarding for consistency with other GLX articles as well as what is stated in the source.
- Done

Railroad stations

the Public Utilities Commission approved a vast set of cuts to Boston and Maine Railroad commuter service – add B&M abbreviation since it is used later in this section (consistency with other abbreviations used in the article).
- Done (by virtue of adding a new sentence higher up)

Previous plans

the BERy indicated plans to built three additional radial subways – change "built" to "build".
- Done
one paralleling the Midland Branch through Dorchester – add link to Dorchester, Boston.
- Done
Consideration was also given to extension past North Cambridge over the Lexington Branch – add link to Lexington Branch.
- Done
These included an extension from Lechmere to Woburn over the Southern Division – remove link to Woburn as the town was already linked in the previous paragraph.
- Done
it would have a branch following the Southern Division to Arlington or Woburn – add link to Arlington, Massachusetts.
- Done

Station planning

and the ability to avoid modifiying the College Avenue and Winthrop Street bridges – change "modifiying" to "modifying".
- Done
and was thus not supported by MassDOT – add link to MassDOT.
- Done

Redesign

No notes.

Construction

No notes.

Images

Looks good, no notes.

References

Ref 74 is currently dead and needs to be archived.
- Done

Overall

@Pi.1415926535: Brilliantly written article, only a couple small issues that need fixing and this article will be good to go for GA status. On hold for 7 days. Aria1561 (talk) 01:57, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Aria1561: Thanks for the review! All comments are addressed. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 04:39, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent! Passing now. Aria1561 (talk) 05:11, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]