Talk:Maryland Route 231/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Racepacket (talk) 13:17, 26 February 2011 (UTC) GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

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No disamb links and all links check out. Does the Benedict Bridge deserve its own article rather than being a redirect to this article?

1. Is it reasonably well written?

   A. Prose quality:

   Is the Governor Thomas Johnson Bridge in Solomons or Solomon's Island?

   The bridge is in the census-designated place of Solomons.  VC  16:21, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

   B. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists:

2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?

   A. References to sources:

   B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:

   Need ref for "village of Benedict, which was the site of the landing of British troops to march toward Washington prior to the Battle of Bladensburg."

   I added a reference for the War of 1812 information.  VC  16:21, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

   C. No original research:

3. Is it broad in its coverage?

   A. Major aspects:

   The National Bridge Inventory gives the 2008 traffic density. Perhaps you should include it in the article.

   Why and how were tolls removed from the bridge?

   I added information about the tolls and traffic to the History.  VC  16:21, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

   B. Focused:

   Article would be more focused if the Benedict Bridge material were spun off into a separate article.

   I merged the Benedict Bridge article into this article for several reasons: the bridge is not significant enough to warrant its own article; the article was a stub that had little growth prospects; there is not a lot of information available about this bridge; and the bridge article contained much of the same information as the MD 231 article even before I updated MD 231: see pre-merger edition of Benedict Bridge.  VC  16:21, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

4. Is it neutral?

   Fair representation without bias:

5. Is it stable?

   No edit wars, etc:

6. Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?

   A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:

   B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:

7. Overall:

   Pass or Fail:

   This article represents significant work by its author. I am placing the review on hold for you to address concerns. Racepacket (talk) 15:17, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

Nominator gives a logical expanation for the merger of the bridge article with the Rt 231 article. Additional references check out. All other concerns have been resolved. Congratulations. Racepacket (talk) 18:15, 26 February 2011 (UTC)