Talk:Sand Springs Railway

Article reclassification

In my opinion, this article satisfies the requirements for Start class. I have made the change for WP:Oklahoma.

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 17:07, 21 August 2022 (UTC)

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• ... that for decades, the Sand Springs Railway gave all of its profits to a children's home? Source: [1] "The home owns 100 per cent of the stock in the railway, and all of the profit goes into room, board and education-up to and including college-for the children who live there.
  • ALT1: ... that when the Sand Springs Railway was built, "only 40 people lived along the entire length of the line"? Source: [2] "When the railway was first established, only 40 people lived along the entire length of the line".
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Eliane Capobianco

5x expanded by Trainsandotherthings (talk). Self-nominated at 18:39, 13 August 2022 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Good to go! The source quote given above is primary, but The Albany Herald confirms the fact in its own voice later in the article. Onceinawhile (talk) 03:06, 14 August 2022 (UTC)

GA Review

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Reviewer: Premeditated Chaos (talk · contribs) 05:25, 4 September 2022 (UTC)

Dibs. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 05:25, 4 September 2022 (UTC)

Lead

• Class III is mentioned in the lead but not in the body

  Rectified. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 14:51, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

• Could we put a bit about Charles Page and the charitable founding in the lead, to reflect his importance from the body?

  I have now done so. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 16:46, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

History

• Need to mention Oklahoma in the opening paragraph - can't rely on the lead

  "Sand Springs, Oklahoma" is now explicitly stated. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 16:46, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

• "Model city" could be linked

  Linked. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 14:51, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

• You could alternate the images left and right for some visual interest if you wanted (I won't fight you if you don't)

  I tried this, but ran into sandwiching concerns no matter how I arranged the images. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 16:46, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

• "but was later" could be trimmed to just "later"

  OK, done. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 14:51, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

• "Unlike its many competitors" - this sentence could use some tweaking. "took pride" is a bit editorial and not reeeaaaally supported by the source. Since the source is 1940 and the passenger service closed in 1954, and we don't seem to have price data after 1940, I think it might be better to give the timeframe rather than assert it never raised fares ever.

  I've eliminated that sentence entirely, and added mention that the 1940 fares were unchanged from 1911 in the next sentence. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 16:46, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

Another article with minimal griping. Solid work as usual! ♠PMC♠ (talk) 11:19, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

All set for a pass! ♠PMC♠ (talk) 07:14, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

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