Template:Did you know nominations/Washington State Route 539

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 01:53, 17 March 2021 (UTC)

Washington State Route 539

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... that Washington State Route 539 is named the "Guide Meridian" because it follows a surveying meridian? Source: Bellingham Herald
- ALT1:... that a major bridge on Washington State Route 539 was opened days before the 2010 Winter Olympics began in nearby Vancouver? Source: Bellingham Herald

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Stone Street (Manhattan)

Improved to Good Article status by SounderBruce (talk). Self-nominated at 05:17, 27 February 2021 (UTC).

Article is a recent GA, is long enough, and stable. I find the first hook the most interesting. I couldn't verify the name due to a paywall with the source. Could you provide an excerpt? For such a claim though, I would hope there would be a better source to use than a newspaper article that appears to casually mention this while talking about a different subject (a nearby park). Grk1011 (talk) 16:54, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

@Grk1011: The clipping and page should be free to view without an account. This was the only source I could find, as this is a niche subject, but is reliable and still of adequate quality. Sounder Bruce 22:33, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

@SounderBruce:, I'm having some trouble with the ref. I think I can read it (right side, lower corner), but it doesn't seem to explicitly state that Route 539 is called the Guide Meridian. Can you clarify? Grk1011 (talk) 19:04, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

@Grk1011: You can click through to see the full page. It doesn't specifically call out 539 because the name continues beyond the state designation. Sounder Bruce 04:33, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

Would you approve of this ALT: ... that Washington State Route 539, also known as the "Guide Meridian", follows a surveying meridian? Grk1011 (talk) 14:19, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

This wouldn't be notable, as any straight-line road follows some sort of survey meridian. Named guide meridians are less common, and having a road named for one is very rare. Sounder Bruce 02:13, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

I'd like to wait for a second opinion then. I don't feel that In Whatcom County, Guide Meridian is exactly 12 miles east of, and parallel to, the Willamette Meridian properly backs up the claim. Why "Guide"? Where I live we don't have many straight roads, so it's not very obvious to me that any straight road would need to follow a meridian. Grk1011 (talk) 15:15, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

@Grk1011: "Guide Meridian" (all capitalized) in the newspaper source refers to the road's name, not a generic "guide meridian", so it should support the statement. Sounder Bruce 06:43, 6 March 2021 (UTC)

@Grk1011 and SounderBruce: It's been a few days since this was last commented on so I thought that I would add in my opinion after I saw Grk1011's request for one. While the newspaper article does not explicitly state that the Guide Meridian is also WA Route 539, it does point out the location of the road that correlates with where we would find the highway designated as WA Route 539. The references in the "early roads" and "state and national highway" sections back up that the two names apply to the same route. ❯❯❯ Mccunicano ☕️ 01:58, 9 March 2021 (UTC)

After contacting the original reviewer I will be wrapping up this review. Both hooks should be good to go per Grk1011's initial review and my last comment. Nice work! ❯❯❯ Mccunicano ☕️ 14:42, 11 March 2021 (UTC)