User:Miranda/Interstate 155 (Illinois)

What is a good article?

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GA review (see here for criteria)
  1. It is reasonably well written.
    a (prose):   b (MoS):  
  2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.
    a (references):   (not properly cited) b (citations to reliable sources):   c (OR):  
  3. It is broad in its coverage
    a (major aspects):   b (focused):  
  4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.
    a (fair representation):   b (all significant views):   (see lawsuit)
  5. It is stable.  
  6. It contains images, where possible, to illustrate the topic.
    a (tagged and captioned):   b (lack of images does not in itself exclude GA): N/A c (non-free images have fair use rationales): N/A
  7. Overall:
    a Pass/Fail:  

Post Analysis Review

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  Issue addressed miranda 05:24, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Is there a freely available map available for this article? May want to look on gov. websites (i.e. The Department of Transportation)

  • I'll put in a request at WP:USRD/MTF. We have GIS data. —Rob (talk) 16:55, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
  • The map is in. Also, I finally found the article I was looking for - the storytelling one. I'll add info from it to the article as well. —Rob (talk) 16:33, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Introduction

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  Issue addressed miranda 05:35, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Increasing traffic volumes on the road caused to numerous fatal accidents near Morton, leading state officials to replace the route with a limited-access freeway.
Too many "lead"s. Break this up into two sentences if possible.
  • There was only one "lead"? Maybe prior to copyedit. "Prompting..." sounds better anyways. —Rob (talk) 16:55, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
  • I had to copyedit this section.
  • Avoid using "route", but use "interstate" instead.
  • Done. —Rob (talk) 16:55, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Illinois Route 121 - add (IL 121) because I notice that IL 121 is used later throughout the article as an abbreviation.
  • Done. —Rob (talk) 16:55, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Route description

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  Issue addressed (weak - I had to copyedit this section). miranda 05:54, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Avoid using the word "it"
  • Largely done. —Rob (talk) 16:55, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
  • No cites.
  • Probably will cite a paper map later. —Rob (talk) 16:55, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Interstate 155 is a four-lane freeway for its entire length. It runs through rural central Illinois and is surrounded for most of its length by farmland.
Combine sentence, and delete the word "it".
  • Fixed. —Rob (talk) 16:55, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
Correct: Surrounded mostly by farmland, Interstate 155 is a four-lane freeway running through rural central Illinois.
  • Near Morton, some residential development is taking place near the highway. - OR
  • Removed. —Rob (talk) 16:55, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
  • I copyedited one sentence in this section.

History

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  Issue addressed miranda 10:00, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Look in the thes. for other words which are synonymous with "runs"
  • Replaced. —Rob (talk) 16:55, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Correct: Within a few years, the intersection with IL 121 would as the "Killer Corner". Traffic volumes increased between Lincoln and Peoria on IL 121.
  • Fixed. —Rob (talk) 16:55, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
  • How does IL 98 related to IL 121?
  • After another peek at the map, "west from downtown" makes more sense. Sentence rewritten, but prose isn't exactly my strong point. :-) —Rob (talk) 16:55, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
  • To the north, a short freeway portion was constructed in 1970 to replace a bridge over the Mackinaw River. - Which highway are we talking about, and to the north of what?
  • Made clearer. —Rob (talk) 16:55, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
  • New paragraph should start with the lawsuit.
What was the name of the lawsuit?
  • No idea... not mentioned in the newspaper after 1989. More research is necessary. —Rob (talk) 16:55, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Illinois had applied for I-155 to be designated Interstate 37, but the request was rejected by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO).[4]
Last sentence needs to be integrated with last paragraph. When did they apply for the status?
    • I've cited original sources and buffed up this sentence so it can stand on its own. The original applications aren't anywhere on the web, so I don't know the date of application, but I do know the dates of decision, and have put that in. —Rob (talk) 16:55, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Table

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  Issue addressed (weak - I kind of had to copyedit this section) miranda 05:23, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
  • northbound (NB) and southbound (SB) first. Abbreviate after establishing def. of acronym.
    • Abbreviations weren't helpful to begin with, so I eliminated them. —Rob (talk) 16:55, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

References

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  Issue addressed miranda 05:08, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
  • May want to put the accessed dates per cite news
    • Done here... haven't had this come up on I-355 GA/FA nom, oddly enough. —Rob (talk) 16:55, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
Sorry, but I am kind of a strict grammar person. :-D miranda 19:14, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Ital. papers, (i.e. The Wikipedia Signpost) per WP:MOS.
    • Done... same as above. —Rob (talk) 16:55, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Hyperlink days of retrieval and access, per WP:MOS.

Decision

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Due to the evaluation above, I decided to put this GA nom on hold. You have seven days (Dec. 31) to improve this article. After the elapsed time period, I will re-assess to see if any improvement has been made to the article. miranda 04:46, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Comments

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Yikes. {{cite news}} doesn't italicize for me? I'll work on the rest... —Rob (talk) 16:00, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Okay, addressed a lot of these issues. I have made comments above so as to be more helpful. —Rob (talk) 16:55, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
You can use <i></i> tags. miranda 22:52, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Post-Analysis

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Comments

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Final Decision (6/0/0)

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Six out of six issues have been addressed and corrected. Thus, this article is promoted to GA status. Congrats!   miranda 08:48, 1 January 2008 (UTC)