Talk:Mississippi Highway 500

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Review: June 4, 2018. (Reviewed version).

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GA Review

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Reviewer: SounderBruce (talk · contribs) 03:38, 4 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Will do later tonight or tomorrow. Sounder Bruce 03:38, 4 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

Lead

Any reason the map using an orange highlight instead of a red one?

No. Nova Crystallis (Talk) 23:07, 4 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The second sentence in the lead is quite short, I suggest merging it into the first part of the next sentence.

Made a few changes. Nova Crystallis (Talk) 23:07, 4 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

"paved in asphalt"...should it be "with"?

Fixed. Nova Crystallis (Talk) 23:07, 4 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Route description

Shouldn't the traffic count be placed after the route description?

I've seen people ask me before to put it as the first thing in the section, so I'll leave it here. Nova Crystallis (Talk) 23:07, 4 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I suggest mentioning that MS 487 intersects MS 13 at the north end of Lena

Added. Nova Crystallis (Talk) 23:07, 4 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Combine the Lyle Street and Ealy Road sentences

Done. Nova Crystallis (Talk) 23:07, 4 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

"Large forest" is kind of strange, I suggest "forested area"

Yeah, much better. Nova Crystallis (Talk) 23:07, 4 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Are all these little intersections that notable? This can be slimmed down a bit.

I only mentioned the ones where the road travels in a different direction. Nova Crystallis (Talk) 23:07, 4 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

"Crosses a small bridge over Sweetwater Creek" should be "crosses Sweetwater Creek [on a small bridge]" (the last part is optional and wholly redundant)

Done. Nova Crystallis (Talk) 23:07, 4 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

An unincorporated area really can't have a "center", I suggest using the name Tuscola instead.

Done. Nova Crystallis (Talk) 23:07, 4 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

"and beyond" to where?

Added. Nova Crystallis (Talk) 23:07, 4 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

History and the rest

"helping with connecting Lena" → "helping connect Lena to MS 35"

Changed. Nova Crystallis (Talk) 23:07, 4 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Being "published in the state map" isn't notable and shouldn't be attributed in this way

Removed. Nova Crystallis (Talk) 23:07, 4 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

"The road was in the process of being paved" should be changed to "Paving of MS 500 began in 1961"

Done. Nova Crystallis (Talk) 23:07, 4 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

"and the remaining" should be "and the remainder" or "and the remaining segments"

Changed to "remainder." Nova Crystallis (Talk) 23:07, 4 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

No need to add a reference in the Major intersections prose (also it gets spaced out by the template)

Removed, but I think it's a bug in {{jcttop}}.

References look good.
I suggest removing the External links section if there's nothing to put there. Sounder Bruce 22:51, 4 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Removed. Nova Crystallis (Talk) 23:07, 4 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@SounderBruce: All fixes made. Nova Crystallis (Talk) 23:07, 4 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Looks good. Passing. Sounder Bruce 23:14, 4 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Failed verification

I am generally very skeptical of articles such as this one which are based almost entirely on primary sources, but I recognize that the community sees this differently. That said, this citation does not support the statement "The route was designated around January 1960"; the source is merely speculative. This really should be fixed. Vanamonde (talk) 10:21, 29 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Further: I don't see how the lay reader can verify "The segment near Lena was paved by 1967" from these two links: 1, 2, which are currently the only sources there. Vanamonde (talk) 10:28, 29 June 2018 (UTC) [reply]

~~The final sentence, likewise. Vanamonde (talk) 10:31, 29 June 2018 (UTC)~~[reply]

Okay, I see that part now. But two failed verification tags remain, I'm afraid. Vanamonde (talk) 10:38, 29 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Reworded in a way that is verifiable. Nova Crystallis (Talk) 16:39, 29 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Vanamonde (talk) 16:48, 29 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]