Talk:Waterbury and Milldale Tramway

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Reviewer: LunaEatsTuna (talk · contribs) 05:50, 1 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi!! I'll review this on 2 August UTC. ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 05:50, 1 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the fun read! On hold; over to you. ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 22:09, 2 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@LunaEatsTuna: Thanks for the review! My replies are below - nothing much except a few grammatical quibbles. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 06:09, 3 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Looks good to me! Pass. ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 21:04, 3 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Prose

"in downtown Waterbury" – wikilink Waterbury as first mention in the body.
- Done
Should Cheshire in Cheshire line be wikilinked to Cheshire, Connecticut?
- Done
I would wikilink right-of-way for unfamiliar readers.
- Done
What does "on-street" mean? Should it say "situated on public roadways" or does it mean something else?
- I've reworded slightly to clarify.
I would start the next sentence with The.
- I don't think "The" is needed here.
"A streetcar line" – wikilink.
- Done
Does any source say why Woodruff vetoed it?
- Source 11 says His reason was that the tendency has been to overcapitalize such companies. That's a very generic explanation, and the implication I get from source 10 and other contemporary articles is that the actual reasons were much more complex and rooted in politics too esoteric for me to understand.
"about 1,500 feet (460 m) east from Milldale" – should it not be east of Milldale? Apologies of this is standard in American English, which I do not speak.
- My understand was that "from" matches "to", but I could be mistaken.
"to better connect with the Connecticut Company line" – how about "aiming to enhance connectivity with the Connecticut Company line" instead? Better connect sounds odd IMO.
- Done (with slightly different wording)
"creating an all-paved road" – recommend "fully-paved".
- Done
"CTtransit" should be "CT Transit" as the former is a stylisation.
- Done
"Two additional cars" – I would find a way to rephrase this since the last sentence also began with the same line. Relatedly:
- Done
I think "numbered 112 and 114" should use two dashes instead of commas since it describes attributes of the cars.
- I think either dashes or commas would have been fine, but with the rewording I don't think either are necessary.

Refs

Passes spotcheck on refs 2, 7, 20, 25, 38 and 48.

Others

Add a short description.
- Done
Recommend adding template:use mdy dates (optional).
- Done
Recommend adding template:use X English (optional).
- Done

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