Talk:U.S. Route 46/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: WTF? (talk) 15:49, 22 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for criteria)

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): b (MoS):
Very nice prose (see below for a couple of minor issues that need resolving that go beyond quick copyedits). The article meets Wikipedia's manual of style as well as US Roads MOS.
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
Citations used go to reliable sources, though the "spaghetti junction" may need a source (see below). There isn't anything in the history section pertaining to why this road was named the "United Spanish War Veterans Memorial Highway", nor is this cited in the lead. Can't see any evidence of original research.
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
The article appears to be mostly complete when comparing it against WP:USRD/MOS, as it contains all of the major sections suggested.
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:
No neutrality issues were found.
It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.:
No evidence of edit-warring or WP:3RR violations.
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):
All citations are tagged with appropriate copyright tags, and captioned as well.
Overall:
Pass/Fail:

"Past the I-287 crossing, the road passes to the and comes to another partial interchange with I-80 near the western terminus of I-280." -- incomplete sentence fragment. Looks like a direction (north/south/east/west) should be inserted after 'the'.

"The median splits as the road passes to the north of the Willowbrook Mall, with a exit serving the mall, before reaching the Spaghetti Junction interchange..." -- Is "Spaghetti junction" what this interchange is actually called? Or is this just what local residents refer to it as because of what it kind of looks like on maps? The official name of the interchange is what should be applied here; if many residents refer to it as "spaghetti junction", that could be noted, but it would need a citation to a reliable source. For example, the interchange in Louisville, Kentucky, is officially called the Kennedy interchange; but many residents refer to it as "Spaghetti junction" because that's what it kind of looks like. And a good deal of sources in local newspapers refer to it as such.

There's quite a few external links. Might be good to review the guidelines at WP:EL and trim a few. Many of the links appear to be going to individual PDF files on the same site -- is there any index page that we could be linking to, instead of linking to these 8-10 files separately?

The article is very close to meeting the six good article criteria. Once these issues are addressed, it can be promoted. I will leave it on hold until 3/8/2010 so that the issues may be resolved. Cheers! WTF? (talk) 15:49, 22 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the review, I have replied to the above comments. ---Dough 48 72 22:30, 22 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The reviewer seems to have disappeared, and all the issues have been addressed, so I'll pass this article myself. Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 18:01, 9 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]