Template:Did you know nominations/Interstate 91
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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 02:14, 6 September 2019 (UTC)
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Interstate 91
- ... that on Interstate 91 after the September 11 attacks, a seldom-staffed temporary border patrol checkpoint was installed near White River Junction, Vermont, about 100 miles (160 km) from the Canadian border? Source: Interstate 91 Border Patrol Stops, American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont
- ALT1: ... that Interstate 91 parallels U.S. Route 5 (US 5) for all of its length, and many of the exits along I-91 provide direct or indirect access to the older highway? Source: Background Information on the Interstate 91 Town of Berlin.
- Reviewed: Don't have 5 DYK credits yet, but I reviewed Template:Did you know nominations/Islanders (video game)
Improved to Good Article status by AmericanAir88. Nominated by AmericanAir88 (talk) at 19:39, 17 August 2019 (UTC).
Verified this passed GA on 17 August, so is eligible. It is long enough (and then some). Given this passed GA, it would seem to be within policy (NPOV, citations) - and my brief review of the entire article did raise issues. Earwig is clean on copyvio alerts. However, then I got to the hook. ALT1 - is not supported by its source which says "Berlin Turnpike (Connecticut routes 5 and 15) parallels I-91"
[1] - so this is possibly US route 5 (if we accept Connecticut route 5 is the same) - within Connecticut - but I-91 runs up through Massachusetts and then a whole ways through Vermont. So this hook fails + the article's reference in "Route description" description needs to be improved. Now - the main hook does pass WP:V, and is actually more interesting in my opinion. Looking at a map (and, well, I have driven here) - the info on US-5 is correct - so this just needs a better source (or perhaps pointing out to me that I'm blind and haven't read correctly). Icewhiz (talk) 14:42, 18 August 2019 (UTC)
- @Icewhiz: Thank you for taking this on. I personally love Interstate 91. I think the Main hook works best. AmericanAir88(talk) 18:51, 18 August 2019 (UTC)
- @AmericanAir88: - the main hook is good to go - but I need you to either modify the text in article to match www.town.berlin.ct.us - or, better, add a second source (or replace berlin.ct.us) so that it supports the current text.Icewhiz (talk) 19:02, 18 August 2019 (UTC)
- E.g. if you google-book search I-91+route-5+parallel - there seem to be several possible sources to source this outside of CT.Icewhiz (talk) 19:13, 18 August 2019 (UTC)
- @AmericanAir88: I was afraid that doing this would get me involved, but I see regular reviewers elsewhere do minor improvements, and throwing a couple of refs for this minor detail (for states farther up) - is - well - minor. So this is good to go. Icewhiz (talk) 14:44, 19 August 2019 (UTC)
