Talk:U.S. Route 2 in Washington/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Dough4872 (talk · contribs) 17:10, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

GA review (see here for criteria)

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1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS):

   • The sentence "The state of Washington began maintaining sections of what would become US 2 with the extension of State Road 7 in 1909, from Pashastin to Spokane on the Sunset Highway and later State Road 2, and State Road 23 in 1915, from Spokane to Newport on what would become State Road 6 in 1923." is very long and may need to be split.

   • Split up the sentence

   • Given the length of the route description, you could split it into appropriate third-level headers.

   • Split up the RD at Stevens Pass and Coulee City.

   • The sentence "US 2 turns southeast at the eastern terminus of the trestle in Cavalero, an interchange with SR 204 and a local street connecting to Lake Stevens." sounds awkward.

   • Fixed

   • The sentence "The two-lane road continues southeast along the Scenic Subdivision of the Northern Transcon, a BNSF rail line,[12][13] into Monroe past the Evergreen State Fairgrounds and the eastern terminus of SR 522." is long and needs to be reworded.

   • Reworded

   • "The byway travels off US 2 and onto SR 155 east of Coulee City at Fordair, continuing north through Grant County towards the Grand Coulee Dam.[27] US 2 continues east into Lincoln County between the towns of Hartline and Almira and becomes concurrent with SR 21 in Wilbur for several city blocks.", you use the verb continue in two consecutive sentences.

   • Fixed the duplication of "continues" and "travels" in the same paragraph.

   • "The Stevens Pass Greenway, which became a National Forest Scenic Byway on April 14, 1992, and a National Scenic Byway on September 22, 2005." is a sentence fragment.

   • Fixed the fragment

   • In the major intersections, you use "limited-access road" and "freeway". Can you be consistent with the usage?

   • Changed all to limited-access

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

   The lead of the article is awfully long. It should be condensed to provide a basic summary of the route and only the most important details.

   I removed most of the details that aren't necessary to the article (e.g. concurrencies)

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. 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):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

I will place this article on hold for fixes to be made. Dough4872 01:50, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

I will now pass the article. Dough4872 02:34, 5 April 2013 (UTC)