Talk:Ontario Highway 29

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Review: March 1, 2022. (Reviewed version).

A fact from Ontario Highway 29 appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 3 June 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the former Ontario Highway 29 was split in half for nine years, from 1927 to 1936?

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Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Desertarun (talk) 09:10, 28 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Ontario Highway 29 was split in half for 9 years? Source: The highway had a big gap from 1927 to 1936.^[1]^[2]

Reviewed: Marie-Adolphine
Comment: I'm being playful with words here, alternative wordings are most welcome!

Converted from a redirect by Floydian (talk). Self-nominated at 15:57, 20 May 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Article was recently expanded more than five-fold. Hook is short enough and well cited. However, I suggest the hook could be modified a little further to add a few further details, such as:
ALT1 ... that former Ontario Highway 29 was split in half for 9 years from 1927 to 1936?--ZKang123 (talk) 09:40, 22 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah that works for me. Wanted to see how short I could make a hook. - Floydian ^τ _¢ 17:58, 22 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Will pass it then. Going along with ALT1--ZKang123 (talk) 07:57, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by D. Barclay. Ontario Department of Public Highways. 1928. §§ J3–K4. Retrieved May 7, 2021 – via Archives of Ontario.
^ Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by D. Barclay. Ontario Department of Public Highways. 1936–37. Mileage Tables inset. Retrieved May 7, 2021 – via Archives of Ontario.

GA Review

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Reviewer: Fredddie (talk · contribs) 19:03, 26 February 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):
1. Infobox and lead
  References are not necessarily needed in the infobox
  I like how they quickly provide access to the source of dates and lengths, since all that is available online now (finally!) - Floydian ^τ _¢ 02:51, 28 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  
  Are all the villages necessary?
  They're pretty much all I can add in the lede to make that first paragraph fill out. - Floydian ^τ _¢ 02:51, 28 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  
  "..., with the route north of there becoming Highway 15." I would revise to get rid of the -ing.
  
  Maybe mention that it's now mostly CR 29
  Both done - Floydian ^τ _¢ 02:51, 28 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
2. RD
  52.29 km is an adjective here
  Fixed. - Floydian ^τ _¢ 02:51, 28 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  
  Highway 29 is referred to in the past tense while the former route is in the present tense. You should pick a tense and stick to it; personally I'd go past tense.
  Done. Only thing I hate about this is that it makes it seem like I'm describing the surroundings and state of the road, as opposed to just the route of the former highway, as it was 25 years ago. - Floydian ^τ _¢ 02:51, 28 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  
  Are the traffic counts in 2018 relevant to a route that was downloaded in 1998?
  I mean it's still an existing road, I don't see why not. It would be nice to have in the context of some local argument for uploading the route back as a provincial highway, but I doubt there's anything remotely recent on that. - Floydian ^τ _¢ 02:51, 28 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
3. History
  Were the two halves roughly equal in length? If not, I'd call them sections instead.
  44.6 vs 49.1 km, I'm also selective on using "half" vs "section"/"segment"/etc. when it isn't appropriate. - Floydian ^τ _¢ 02:51, 28 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  
  "was assumed by the DHO on May 11, 1927." I edit road article and I had to think about what assumed means here. Maybe add 'responsibility', assumed responsibility?
  Done - Floydian ^τ _¢ 02:51, 28 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (reference section): 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 and other media, where possible and appropriate.
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Pass/Fail:
Informative article that just needs a little tweaking. –Fredddie ™ 20:04, 26 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Sweet, a quality review ;)

I've made changes and responded to all your points above. Thank you good sir! - Floydian ^τ _¢ 02:51, 28 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Looks good. Passing. –Fredddie ™ 07:26, 1 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by D. Barclay. Ontario Department of Public Highways. 1928. §§ J3–K4. Retrieved May 7, 2021 – via Archives of Ontario.

[1936_map-2] Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by D. Barclay. Ontario Department of Public Highways. 1936–37. Mileage Tables inset. Retrieved May 7, 2021 – via Archives of Ontario.

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