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Reviewer: Hog Farm (talk · contribs) 21:26, 17 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Lead In the lead you say the structure burned in 1883, but later you say that the fire occurred in 1893. Which one is correct, or did it burn twice?

  •  Done

You say that it became a junction in 1870, and you say later in the article that a railroad opened between two cities in 1870, going through Walpole. Are these two the same thing? I'm not a railroad expert, but neither are most of Wikipedia's users.

  • Yes - the addition of the second railroad made a junction. I believe the wording of the third paragraph in the first section makes that clear, but feel free to improve it.

Infobox Address needs a citation, there's no citation for it anywhere. We also need citations for the total number of parking spots, the parking fee, and the bicycle facilities. The fare zone also is cited in neither the infobox or the text. Just because a claim is in the infobox doesn't mean it's exempt from WP:V.

  •  Partly done I don't believe that addresses generally need a citation, but I've added a citation for the others.

First station What does "grade-separated" mean?

  •  Done Added a wikilink.

General comment throughout the article. The ranges of years in the article need slightly reformatted to comply with MOS:DATERANGE, we need to display all four digits of each year.

  •  Partly done I've corrected those that required correcting (consecutive years are a listed exception).

Okay, leaving off here for awhile. Review's not done yet, but I've got things I need to do in real life for awhile. Hog Farm (talk) 22:01, 17 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, so you give the cost of $10,000 in the early 1880s as being $235,373 in 2018 dollars. Could you give an indication through a citation or a footnote how this was calculated? Not all tables for calculating the value of money over time are the same, and the source for the 1880s cost is from 2016, so 2018 dollars wouldn't be in it.

MBTA era "and some finials and cresting was removed" - Should this be "were removed"?

  •  Done

NHRP Would it be better to spell out the section heading?

  •  Done

Foxboro service Would Boston Patriots or New England Patriots be better? The move to the stadium took place in August '71 and the Patriots appear to have been using the New England name in September '71 when the NFL regular season started

  •  Done Good catch!

"though Foxboro is a viable alternative for much of Walpole." - What does this mean?

  •  Done Clarified.

I'll review the sources and images and do the COPYVIO test later. Hog Farm (talk) 20:30, 18 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]


Images are all appropriately tagged.

Ref 3, the weekly listing changes one, turns into a NPS internal site deadlink for me. 5 and 10 - the map - appear to be the same thing and should be combined if so. Also, it's really hard for me to find the things on that map.

  •  Done Fixed the link. They're different editions (different dates) of the same map.

Is the Walpole Library source a document produced by a local history society with the library? If so, not sure about the source reliability.

  •  Done I don't think the source had any reliability issues, but I've replaced it. That brought with it a new problem - reliable books sources from the era disagree on the exact date within 1870, even between two editions of the same book. Because of that, I've just made the article say 1870 (which all sources agree on), with a hidden comment.

Online sources also need date accessed parameters. Hog Farm (talk) 21:14, 18 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

  •  Partly done Dated press releases, maps, and PDF reports don't need them because of the nature of the source; for archived sources, the archive date serves that purpose. I've added it for all others.

Is the Massachusetts Highway Department blog an RS?

  • It's an official press release by state government - I can't imagine how it's not.

Okay, I think that's it on my comments. Interesting article, I'll go ahead and place it on hold. Hog Farm (talk) 03:01, 19 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'm done with my edits - other than a few minor points, I've made all the corrections you asked for. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 04:25, 19 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Good job on the article! You've convinced me with the counterpoints on the my comments you didn't agree with, so I'll pass this is a GA now - I noticed this one waited a really long time for a review, that's a shame. (It was in the top ten oldest without a review!). Hog Farm (talk) 04:31, 19 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for taking the review! It looks like you have a few articles of your own under consideration - any of them you'd like me to review? Pi.1415926535 (talk) 05:19, 19 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Mine are all fairly recent, so I think it'd be best to focus on the older ones. Hog Farm (talk) 13:59, 19 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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