Talk:Old Stone Arch Bridge (Bound Brook, New Jersey)

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Original research?

Good day. I got a notice from Wikipedia that this article contains original research. There are over 30 citations listed on the page. All the information provided in the article can be confirmed. Is there something in particular that anyone can point out to me, I would greatly appreciate. I would love to fix and make the article perfect so please let me know what you feel is original research.RichardCacioppo (talk) 17:04, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I will attempt to fix and remove any original research that anyone can show me. Thanks for any all all help....RichardCacioppo (talk) 17:08, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I tend to agree with the editor that added the clean-up tag. We need convincing proof that the Old Stone Arch Bridge has been the subject of published works. I'm not too confident there is much published about this bridge. For example, the application for listing of the bridge is not a published document, is it? Is the research paper commissioned by the Army Corp of Engineers a published source? I can't even see any secondary proof that the bridge is the second oldest in the USA - that's a grand claim to make without proof.

I doubt whether anyone would challenge the importance of a 270-year old American bridge, but being ruthlessly succinct and sticking to the subject would be a much better course, in my view. The history of Indian roadways, the Raritan Landing and history of Newark, the Wisconsin Glacial Episode etc. all seem to be tangential to the topic and suggest you are writing a historical essay to draw your own conclusions. Sionk (talk) 02:40, 20 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Article is now almost half its size and much better for it - we can begin to see clearly the pertinent information about the bridge. I've removed the general clean-up template from the top of the article for now, because it suggested there was a lot of off-topic material and I think this has been significantly dealt with. As I say above, it's an interesting bridge and overall the article has potential. Sionk (talk) 02:18, 21 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]