Talk:M-45 (Michigan highway)/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: --PCB 23:42, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

GA review (see here for criteria)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

   I have a few prose issues with the article

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

   The references look good. I have to wonder why you there is no link to MDOT, but it is probably because it is already linked in the article.

   FN 3 has the wikilink to MDOT. Imzadi 1979 → 00:46, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

   I think I will put this article on hold until the issues below are either fixed or explained.

   It seems I tend to be wrong a lot. Anyhow, I will now pass the article. Congratulations.

• The third sentence of the lead probably needs to be broken up. By trying to explain the Lake Michigan Drive continues, it is not very clear that the highways are the termini. It might be clear to a reader, but you are still trying to express totally different ideas in the same sentence.
  • I disagree. The sentence is expressing that Lake Michigan Drive extends past M-45's termini in each direction, and then lists that the two termini are. The two concepts are interconnected. Imzadi 1979 →
• You never clarified what BUS US 131 means.
  • Fixed. Imzadi 1979 →
• Perhaps move the clarification of UP from the history to the lead?
  • Done. Imzadi 1979 →
• "loses its center median..." There are several uses of central nearby, and center isn't exactly an adjective. I'd consider dropping the word center since medians aren't ever on the side. (Are they?)
  • I don't see how it's an issue, but I removed the word anyway. Imzadi 1979 →
• In the first sentence of the second paragraph of the route description, does the word "like" imply that it receives the same amount of maintenance?
  • No. That would be implied if they were "maintained alike". Here it implies a relationship between state highway status and state maintenance. Imzadi 1979 →
• Can there be more explanation of the independent routing to the Wisconsin state line?
  • I could go into full detail, but that routing is now M-95, so any additional information is unfocused for this article. Imzadi 1979 →
• Which state trunkline is River Hill Road? Isn't M-45 all Lake Michigan Drive?--PCB 00:02, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
  • Added the inventory designation, which is... Old M-45, but still unsigned. Imzadi 1979 → 00:46, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
• Oh, and by the way, the Michigan Highway Ends link is broken. --PCB 00:17, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
  • Fixed the link. The site was reorganized, and DanTheMan474 (talk · contribs) must have missed this page when he updated all of the links a while back.