Talk:Interstate 43/GA1

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Are the purpose of the abbreviations in the lead to indicate what they stand for later on?
Done That was the intention, but considering there are too many, I removed them — master son^{T - C} 21:32, 8 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
In third sentence of lead, add "a" after "shares" and link to concurrency (road) should only display the text "concurrency"
Done — master son^{T - C} 21:32, 8 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
The sentence "I-43 was spawned from toll road proposals that included a Milwaukee to Superior corridor included Hurley, Wausau and Green Bay." sounds awkward
Done rewritten — master son^{T - C} 21:32, 8 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
In first sentence in third paragraph of lead, add comma after "Interstates"
Done — master son^{T - C} 21:32, 8 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
Change "east west" to "the east-west"
Done — master son^{T - C} 21:32, 8 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
Remove hyphen in last sentence of lead
Done — master son^{T - C} 21:32, 8 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
In second sentence of history, you use "approved" twice. Can you use a different word for one of them?
Done rewrote the last one — master son^{T - C} 21:32, 8 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
In sentence "construction first began in 1963 on the freeway that was at the time designated US-141.", construction needs to be capitalized
Done — master son^{T - C} 21:32, 8 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
"An additional 10 miles (16 km) In 1965, Construction began on a 9.3-mile (15.0 km) bypass of Sheboygan. "? sounds like a run-on sentence or a sentence with missing information
Done rewritten - must've deleted part of it :| — master son^{T - C} 21:32, 8 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
"the DOT" sounds colliqual
Done corrected to "WisDOT" — master son^{T - C} 21:32, 8 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
In sentence "a government collaboration called the "Highway 15 Committee" was formed present promote the route.", "a" needs to be capitalized and "present promote the route" sounds awkward
Donefixed. rewrote the awkward portion to "to present and promote" — master son^{T - C} 21:32, 8 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
"southwestern segment's" sounds awkward
Done replaced entire portion with "route" - the focus was already on this portion. — master son^{T - C} 21:32, 8 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
"I-984"? Do you mean I-894? Also add a period after that
Done — master son^{T - C} 21:32, 8 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
Replace "lengthy" with "long"
Done — master son^{T - C} 21:32, 8 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
Replace hyphen with comma in sentence "The next segment, to East Troy, was opened in 1972 - the year the "Highway 15 Committee" had hoped the route would be completed in its entirety."
Done — master son^{T - C} 21:32, 8 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
"Exit" does not need to be capitalixed
Done — master son^{T - C} 21:32, 8 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
Replace "being completed" with "ending"
Done — master son^{T - C} 21:32, 8 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
Try not to use "I-43" in almost every sentence of route description
Done — master son^{T - C} 00:17, 9 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
"crosses interchanges" sounds awkward
Done I've rewritten this, as it seemed awkward to me too. — master son^{T - C} 21:32, 8 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
Wikilink Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Done also linked Beloit. — master son^{T - C} 21:32, 8 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
Replace "four-lane" with "four lanes"
Done — master son^{T - C} 21:32, 8 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
"the Marquette" sounds colliqual
Done rewritten in full with "interchange — master son^{T - C} 21:32, 8 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
If picture is of interchange with WIS 83, caption should mention WIS 83, not WIS 28
Done fixed — master son^{T - C} 21:32, 8 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
"northbown"? Do you mean "northbound"?
Done fixed — master son^{T - C} 21:32, 8 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
"the northern terminus"? of what? WIS 100? I-43?
Done indicated as "Green Bay" instead. — master son^{T - C} 21:32, 8 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
"Sheboygan, Wisconsin": Do not need to indicate it is in Wisconsin as we know this route is entirely within the state. A wikilink to Sheboygan would be helpful here also
Done — master son^{T - C} 21:32, 8 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
Rewrite "I-43 Sheboygan interchanges are at" to "In Sheboygan, I-43 interchanges with"
Done — master son^{T - C} 21:32, 8 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
Add period after "WIS 42"
Done — master son^{T - C} 21:32, 8 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
"after nine miles (14 km) from Sheboygan" sounds awkward
Done changed to "nine miles (14 km) north of Sheboygan." — master son^{T - C} 21:32, 8 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
Change " bypass" to "bypasses"
Done — master son^{T - C} 21:32, 8 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
In sentence "WIS 42 north follow I-43 north to the interchange with US 10.", change "follow" to "follows"
Done — master son^{T - C} 21:32, 8 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
"US 10 west follow I-43" should also be "follows" as it is only one route
Done — master son^{T - C} 21:32, 8 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
"Manitowoc county": "county" should be capitalized
Done — master son^{T - C} 21:32, 8 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
"interstate" should be capitalized throughout article
Done — master son^{T - C} 21:32, 8 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
Wikilink Green Bay, Wisconsin
Done I linked it further up the description where the vagueness of which terminus was discussed in item 25. — master son^{T - C} 21:32, 8 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
"WIS 54 and WIS 57 and the Fox River,": should be "WIS 54, WIS 57, and the Fox River"
Done I reroted it to say "interchanges with WIS 54 and WIS 57 and crosses the Fox River" since it was meant to show the two routes being on the same road. — master son^{T - C} 21:32, 8 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
If there is no exit number, do not need to use word "none" as it is not "exit none"
Done — master son^{T - C} 21:32, 8 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
In junction template used in exit list, directions should not be capitalized
Done — master son^{T - C} 21:32, 8 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
When indicating directinos of exits in exit list, clearly indiucate whether it is an exit or an entrance. i.e. use "northbound exit' instead of "northbound"
Done I didn't realize the vagueness that presented - It was intended to show the different sign texts presented based on which way the interchange was approached. Some of these were half interchanges though so I noted them. — master son^{T - C} 21:32, 8 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
"UA 45"? You mean "US 45"
Done — master son^{T - C} 21:32, 8 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
For notes concerning concurrencies in exit list, follow this example: use "North end of US 45 overlap" instead of "US 45 South follow I-43 South"
Done — master son^{T - C} 21:32, 8 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

I am placing the article on hold Dough4872 (talk) 15:28, 8 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for the review. If there is anything else, please let me know. — master son^{T - C} 21:32, 8 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

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