Talk:West Virginia Route 480/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: SounderBruce (talk · contribs) 09:14, 11 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Will review in the next day or two. Sounder Bruce 09:14, 11 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
See below
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism):
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:
It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.:
It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall:
Pass/Fail:
Just some prose concerns, as listed below. Most are suggestions that I'd be happy to drop based on personal taste. Sounder Bruce 02:07, 12 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

Lead

A map would be nice and could be generated using a KML + JSON map frame.
- Many more people in WP:USRD are proficient at making maps than I am, so I will leave it to them, as that is not a GA requirement. V C 01:26, 10 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
The lead paragraph could be split into two, perhaps after mention of the university.
- I do not think the length of the paragraph impedes readability, so I will leave it as is. V C 01:26, 10 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I'd rather see the length placed before the name (or at least before the mention of "entire length").
- Perhaps "The highway runs for 5.64 miles (9.08 km) on Kearneysville Pike, from WV 115 in Kearneysville north..."
- I moved the length to the first sentence to simplify the second sentence a little. V C 01:26, 10 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
"from where the highway continues" sounds a little better.
- Your suggestion is a little wordier but probably more correct, so I made the change. V C 01:26, 10 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not a fan of the bolded and un-abberviated WV 48, as well as the repeated uses of WV 480.
- I left the un-abbreviated WV 48 because that is the verbatim redirect. I removed one of the WV 480 mentions so it is mentioned at most every other sentence unless necessary to avoid ambiguity. V C 01:26, 10 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
"throughout its length" could be moved to the beginning of its sentence and replaced with a better word.
- "The entire length of the highway was paved in the mid-1920, including a different routing..."
- I eliminated the phrase. V C 01:26, 10 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
"the town" is a bit vague
- There is only one town along the route, and that town is mentioned at the end of the previous sentence. V C 01:26, 10 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Route description

"Four-legged" as opposed to "four-way"?
- Four-legged is a correct adjectival phrase for an intersection that has four legs. V C 01:26, 10 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Mention how close the WV 9 interchange is (even without using actual length, perhaps "nearby interchange" or "a short distance southwest through")
- I changed "an interchange" to "its interchange," but I do not think we need to quantify or qualify how close the interchange is to WV 480's terminus. V C 01:26, 10 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
"Historic home Rockland" should be reordered as either "historic Rockland home" or "historic home named Rockland"
- Rockland has a wikilink, so "named" is not necessary. V C 01:26, 10 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
The last sentence of the first paragraph is a little short. Perhaps a mention of the nearby rail line?
- The paragraph is a decent length. Keeping as is. V C 01:26, 10 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Some of the short sentences in the second paragraph could be merged together.
- The sentences are all of decent length and complexity. V C 01:26, 10 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
"Veers" gets used a bit too often. Perhaps "turns" or "curves" could be substituted in some places.
- Someone else must have done it because I did not find any instance of "veers." V C 01:26, 10 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

History

An image of the old or new bridge would be a nice addition to the history
- Agreed, but it is not a requirement. V C 01:26, 10 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Got any pre-designation details that can be gleaned from old maps?
- Nothing jumped out as being notable in pre-1922 maps. V C 01:26, 10 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
"current bridge" could be substituted with "James Rumsey Bridge" to reduce confusion
- The 1939 bridge and the 2005 bridge have the same name, so that substitution would not work. V C 01:26, 10 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
The second paragraph is a bit long and could be split.
- The split paragraphs would be short, so I am leaving it. V C 01:26, 10 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Lots of stops in the bridge opening/dedication sentence. It could be split or re-ordered to move the date further down.
- I replaced "steel girder span" with the name of the bridge to simplify the sentence. V C 01:26, 10 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
The width and paving could be moved before "northern extension" to make it a bit less of a mouthful.
- I simplified the sentence by moving the year to the front. I could not combine the width and paving info with the extension part. V C 01:26, 10 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
"US 48 was assigned to the freeway between Morgantown and Cumberland that later became part of Interstate 68." could be compressed into "US 48 was assigned to the Morgantown–Cumberland freeway hat later became part of Interstate 68."
- Fixed. V C 01:26, 10 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
"construction of a replacement for the 1939 James Rumsey Bridge, to be built immediately to the north of the old bridge" sounds more natural
"Steel girder span" can be dropped from the first sentence.
- I dropped it from the second sentence instead. V C 01:26, 10 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

References

The first instances of West Virginia Department of Transportation, the Maryland State Roads Commission, USGS, and the The Herald-Mail should be linked
- Done. V C 01:26, 10 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
The marker citation should use {{cite sign}}, as the site itself is unreliable but the sign is acceptable
- Is using the correct template a GAN requirement? V C 01:26, 10 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your review, SounderBruce. V C 01:26, 10 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I'm satisfied with how the article looks now. Passing. Sounder Bruce 06:12, 10 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Status query

It has been four weeks since this was opened, and the most recent Wikipedia edit from the nominator, Viridiscalculus, was one month ago when they nominated the article to be a GA. SounderBruce, if the issues aren't addressed soon, perhaps the nomination should be closed. BlueMoonset (talk) 13:59, 9 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@BlueMoonset: I e-mailed the nominator and he says he'll get to it eventually. He's not entirely inactive. Sounder Bruce 21:25, 9 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]