Talk:Medford/Tufts station/GA1

GA Review

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

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)

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)

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

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