Talk:New York State Route 878

Latest comment: 6 years ago by AmericanAir88 in topic GA Review
Good articleNew York State Route 878 has been listed as one of the Engineering and technology good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
Article milestones
DateProcessResult
January 12, 2018Good article nomineeListed
August 9, 2019Good topic candidateNot promoted
Did You Know
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on February 3, 2018.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that at 0.7 miles (1.1 km) long, Interstate 878 is the shortest interstate highway in the U.S.?
Current status: Good article

NY 909G SH 9526 from Rockaway Boulevard to City Line - Queens County.

ROW Mapping documents begin with the State Highway number. State Highway numbers (SH#’s) are the significant part of the map name. Duplicate map numbers shall not be created along a single State Highway number. State Highway numbers are limited to 8 characters.

Untitled edit

Thus 909G is state-maintained. --SPUI (T - C - RFC) 22:35, 12 May 2006 (UTC)Reply

Nassau County local highway traffic volumes (county roads and maybe some municipal roads) lists "NASSAU EXP TEM" 878T as 0.53 mi from Rockaway Turnpike to Burnside Avenue, and Doughty Boulevard 750 as 0.20 mi from Atlantic Beach to toll booth and 0.42 mi from 900V to Meadow Causeway. Rockaway Turnpike 2570 is 0.48 mi from Cedarhurst [Peninsula Boulevard] to Queens. In Queens, Rockaway Boulevard 8549 is 0.40 mi from Farmers Boulevard to Guy Brewers Boulevard and 0.07 mi from end 909G to Nassau County. --SPUI (T - C - RFC) 23:17, 12 May 2006 (UTC)Reply

Bridge dates edit

  • 1949 under Cross Bay Boulevard
  • 1988? over Belt Parkway
  • 1967 under Cohancy Street
  • 1967 triple crossing
  • 1967 over Lefferts Boulevard
  • 1967 over 134th Street
  • 1967 over I-678
  • 1967 under ramp
  • 1988 westbound over Belt Parkway
  • 1987 under 148th Street
  • 1989 under JFK Expressway
  • 1988 under ramp

GA Review edit

This review is transcluded from Talk:New York State Route 878/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: AmericanAir88 (talk · contribs) 00:27, 2 January 2018 (UTC)Reply


Good day, I hope you are having a fantastic week. I hope we can get through this easy and stress free. AmericanAir88 (talk) 00:27, 2 January 2018 (UTC)Reply

Opening Comments edit

Welcome to the review for "New York State Route 878". I structure my reviews like a trial. My reviews are all about your voice as I will simply post issues and you will do the work solving them. If necessary I will make very minor copy edits to the article if I feel they don't need a whole bullet point dedicated to them. Anyway, I am looking forward to working with you again. AmericanAir88 (talk) 00:27, 2 January 2018 (UTC)Reply

@AmericanAir88: Thank you for taking up this review. Have you found any issues yet that I should fix? epicgenius (talk) 17:16, 8 January 2018 (UTC)Reply
@Epicgenius: Thank you, Over the past few days I have been very busy(Snow caused work issues, my article is being GAreviewed) so I apologize for not being on time. I have been combing over the article and taking notes to when I do this review. I expect to do it today. AmericanAir88 (talk) 23:32, 8 January 2018 (UTC)Reply
No worries. I was also snowed in. I look forward to fixing any issues. epicgenius (talk) 23:39, 8 January 2018 (UTC)Reply

Issues edit

@Epicgenius: *Tons of Redlinks; Either find a link for them or remove the brackets.

*The second paragraph of the lead has a huge run-on sentence in the beginning, grammar issues, and could use some reworking

    • Done.

*"The 3.73-mile (6.00 km) northwest section in Queens is mostly built to freeway standards" This is a Weasel Word. Two solutions: Either elaborate more on this sentence or find a non-weasel replacement for the word.

    • What is the weasel word? Anyway, I elaborated. epicgenius (talk) 04:35, 9 January 2018 (UTC)Reply

*The first paragraph of "Northern segment" can benefit with a copy edit.

    • Done.

*"Between the two halves of NY 878, traffic uses Rockaway Boulevard in Queens and Rockaway Turnpike in Nassau County." Needs rewording.

    • Done.

*"However, only the 1.96-mile (3.15 km) piece from Burnside Avenue in Inwood south to the Atlantic Beach Bridge toll plaza in Lawrence is actually considered NY 878 by NYSDOT the road is county-maintained from Rockaway Turnpike to Burnside Avenue." Good Ideas, sentence needs to be reworked.

    • Done.

*Both the Northern and Southern Segments are full of grammatical errors. Do a sweep.

    • Done.

Excellent work on Predecessors and Planning

  • "Construction of the new roadway was completed in 1967[37]:I-3 or 1971.[2]" The article needs a precise year.

*"restarted circa late 1973," I know what circa means but others will not. Its not a well known word.

    • I thought anyone who speaks decent English would know what circa means, but I reworded anyway. epicgenius (talk) 04:35, 9 January 2018 (UTC)Reply

*Some References have Page Numbers next to the "[]". Incorporate the page numbers into the syntax instead of displaying them on the article by using "page="

    • If you are talking about {{rp}}, there is no problem with using it. I need to give specific page numbers for each statement, and putting it as part of the source will actually create a problem. I do not want to use {{sfn}} because of WP:CITEVAR. epicgenius (talk) 04:35, 9 January 2018 (UTC)Reply

@Epicgenius: Just these three issues left.

  • The first paragraph of the lead is confusing and has grammar issues/missing words. Especially "The route exists in two sections, connected to each other by Rockaway Boulevard and Rockaway Turnpike. The combined route's western terminus is the Belt Parkway and Conduit Avenue (NY 27) in Ozone Park, southern Queens, and its southern terminus is Atlantic Beach Bridge in Lawrence, southwestern Nassau County."
  • Construction and Delays needs a grammar sweep. There are small errors
  • "From there to just short of the city line is NY 909G; the last 0.07 miles (0.11 km) are again city-maintained." Not encyclopedic
    • It would be inaccurate to say that the reference route stretches all the way to the city line. epicgenius (talk) 04:35, 9 January 2018 (UTC)Reply
      • I mean just removing "again" as it sounds personal.

Review Table edit

Rate Attribute Review Comment
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  1a. the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct. Check
  1b. it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation. Check
2. Verifiable with no original research:
  2a. it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline. Check
  2b. reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose). Check
  2c. it contains no original research. Check
  2d. it contains no copyright violations or plagiarism. Check
3. Broad in its coverage:
  3a. it addresses the main aspects of the topic. Check
  3b. it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style). Check
  4. Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each. Check
  5. Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute. Check
6. Illustrated, if possible, by media such as images, video, or audio:
  6a. media are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content. Check
  6b. media are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions. Check
  7. Overall assessment. Pass

Closing Comments edit

Congratulations on passing. Your dedication and hard work was fantastic. I hope we can work together in the near future. Have a fantastic day. If you need any help on anything just ask. If you want me to take a look at any other articles you have for review, I will be more than happy to. AmericanAir88 (talk) 01:31, 12 January 2018 (UTC)Reply