Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/BC Rail
BC Rail (formerly titled British Columbia Railway)
[edit]Self-nom. I've been working on this article for a while and it's spent a few weeks on peer review. I think it's ready for FAC now. JYolkowski // talk 02:05, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Support
Comment it looks great but I am wondering about the name. Don't most people know it as simply BC Rail, and wasn't this the name it itself used? Also the table at the bottom seems to have a lot of whitespace making it much larger than it needs to be.- SimonP 02:59, Jun 8, 2005 (UTC)- I've removed some whitespace from Template:Canada class 2. As for the name, the railway operations were known as "British Columbia Railway" from 1972 to 1984 and as "BC Rail" between 1984 and 2004. Since the only reason I wrote the article at "British Columbia Railway" was because that's where it was when I got here, there's probably some advantage to moving it to BC Rail. If anyone else has related feedback, that would be appreciated. JYolkowski // talk 23:17, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- I've also moved the article to BC Rail now. JYolkowski // talk 20:54, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- I've removed some whitespace from Template:Canada class 2. As for the name, the railway operations were known as "British Columbia Railway" from 1972 to 1984 and as "BC Rail" between 1984 and 2004. Since the only reason I wrote the article at "British Columbia Railway" was because that's where it was when I got here, there's probably some advantage to moving it to BC Rail. If anyone else has related feedback, that would be appreciated. JYolkowski // talk 23:17, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Support. I've added a few photos and done some minor text edits to it. Another fine article on a Canadian railroad. slambo 03:07, Jun 8, 2005 (UTC)
- Support. Wow, impressive article! Just a couple of comments. (1) The first sentence is so full of symbols that it's almost impossible to read. In general, the article could make more of an effort to grab a reader who isn't a fanatical train buff. (2) Some of the photos are very dark, and need to be brightened a lot in Gimp or Photoshop, e.g., in the one captioned "The Whistler Northwind," I can't even see what it's a picture of.--Bcrowell 04:05, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- The photos of the electrics being dismantled and of the centerbeam flat car are ones that I created, so I've got the originals. I'll see what I can do with them tonight in Gimp. slambo 15:25, Jun 8, 2005 (UTC)
- Thanks for the support and the feedback. The abbreviations and reporting marks stuff is pretty standard for railway articles but I'll see what I can do. I'll also see about a better Whistler Northwind picture. JYolkowski // talk 23:17, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- I've attempted to rewrite the lead paragraph to retain all of the previous information while trying to space out the terminology a bit. Is that any better? JYolkowski // talk 20:54, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Looks nice!--Bcrowell 02:03, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- I've attempted to rewrite the lead paragraph to retain all of the previous information while trying to space out the terminology a bit. Is that any better? JYolkowski // talk 20:54, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Thanks for the support and the feedback. The abbreviations and reporting marks stuff is pretty standard for railway articles but I'll see what I can do. I'll also see about a better Whistler Northwind picture. JYolkowski // talk 23:17, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Support- in-depth article written with no bias, excellent! Flcelloguy 02:49, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Support. A very thorough and readable article. --Theo (Talk) 16:46, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Comment - should be moved back to British Columbia Railway. "BC Something" articles should be expanded to "British Columbia Something" per Wikipedia:Naming conventions (acronyms) (cf British Columbia Liberal Party, British Columbia Lions despite being commonly known as the BC Liberal Party and BC Lions respectively); and BC Rail went by its full name for nearly as long as the abbreviation anyway.