Talk:Throgs Neck Bridge/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: The Rambling Man (talk · contribs) 11:16, 7 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comments this is already up to scratch as far as I'm concerned but here are some minor notes:

"Bronx-Whitestone" (etc). Should use an en-dash, like the articles themselves.
I'm not convinced we need to link Bicycle (or even pedestrian) as those (to me) are very common English terms which I feel the average reader wouldn't need a link to help explain.
" (76 by 107 m).[13][13] " so good you ref'd it twice?!
" $600 million plan" in 1955? Wow, can we inflate that to 2018 figures for context as to just how much that represents?
"[31][33][3]:127" Ref in numerical order, i.e. [3]:127[31][33]
[8][3]:128 same.
"of $92 million.[55][1]" And reading that sentence I had a double-take that the opening ceremony cost 92 million, possibly rephrase?
" lieutenant Governor" if you cap G, why wouldn't you cap L?
"opening of a World's Fair attraction" in 1961 when the World's Fair didn't open until 1964? Perhaps, just checking... You could link the 1964 New York World's Fair if it really is the case.
"a bike path " you referred to this as a bicycle earlier, would be consistent.
"40 tons," I think I'm right in saying you've converted all previous measurements.
You mention a 2017 introduction of electronic toll collection early on in the prose, and yet in the Tolls section, you refer to it as Open road tolling. I know one facilitates the other, but perhaps you could describe it consistently for those who aren't aware of the technicalities here?
Toll table: refs column shouldn't be sortable.
Toll table: ranges for prices should use unspaced en-dash, not spaced.
Toll table: use consistent number of decimal places (I'd go for 2).
Toll table: there are a couple of ranges which aren't ranges, e.g. $5.59 – 5.59, no need for the range.
Toll table: I love the use of a caption for ACCESS but it would even better if you added row and col scopes per MOS:ACCESS.
"[104][77]" order.
"A bomb threat to the Throgs Neck Bridge was called on November 23, 1987. The bomb threat was" merge so you avoid repeating "bomb threat" so quickly.
Not clear why the nice panorama image is in the "Incidents" section?
Some spaced hyphens in reference titles, should be spaced en-dashes per MOS.
Avoid SHOUTING in ref titles (e.g. most of the NYT refs!)

That's about it for me on a first pass, so I'll put the article on hold pending resolution of the above. Cheers. The Rambling Man (REJOICE!) 09:40, 9 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@The Rambling Man: Thanks for the review. I've addressed all of these, except for the consistent number of decimal places. I'm still looking for a template that will implement this. epicgenius (talk) 17:48, 9 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Looks like you nailed that. Very nice work, somewhat surprising it's been lurking at GAN since last November..... I'll pass in due course once I give it a final lookover. The Rambling Man (REJOICE!) 17:55, 9 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]