Wikipedia:WikiProject Highways/Assessment/A-Class Review/U.S. Route 31 in Michigan

U.S. Route 31 in Michigan

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Consensus has been established by this review to promote this article to A-Class. V C 02:47, 12 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Featured article candidates/U.S. Route 31 in Michigan/archive1

Suggestion: Promote to A-Class

Nominator's comments: This is the third-longest highway in the state of Michigan (after I-75 and US 23), so it's part of my long-term goal to get all of the top 10 to FAC. Note, I do plan to add some additional photos, and weather permitting, I'll be in the Traverse City area later this week.

Nominated by: Imzadi 1979 → 21:07, 10 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

First comment occurred: 01:14, 11 December 2013 (UTC)

Image review by Dough4872

Since I reviewed the article at GAN, I will do the image review. Dough 48 72 01:14, 11 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- @Dough4872: it's been nearly 3 weeks, are you still planning to do this? Imzadi 1979 → 04:18, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  - I was waiting to see if you were going to add more images to the article. I can go ahead with the image review now if you would like. Dough 48 72 01:11, 2 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Image review:

File:US 31.svg - PD-author, should be relicensed as PD-MUTCD
File:U.S. Route 31 in Michigan map.png - CC-BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0. Map needs source for GIS data. Also the map is missing Canada and seems to imply there is a large ocean to the northeast of Michigan.
The sources have now been added at Commons. --Rs chen 7754 21:01, 29 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
File:1-196 BLACK RIVER BRIDGE SOUTH HAVEN.jpg - PD-user. I would indicate this is a concurrency between I-196 and US 31 in the caption.
File:US 31, Manistee, Michigan.jpg - CC-BY-SA-2.0
File:Grandview Parkway Traverse City.jpg - CC-BY-SA-3.0
File:US31 Sign Looking North Bay View Michigan.jpg - CC-BY-SA-3.0
File:Alanson Michigan Downtown 2 US31.jpg - CC-BY-SA-3.0
File:Michigan's Indian trails.png - PD US not renewed, published in 1959
File:Mitchell's Satyr butterfly.jpg - CC-BY-3.0, OTRS permission confirmed. I would add a little more context in the caption as to how this pertains to US 31. Dough 48 72 04:31, 2 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Tweaks applied to the captions, and of course the bot run still needs to be done for the US Highway shields, but that's been updated too. @Algorerhythms: the GIS sources needs to be added to the map. Imzadi 1979 → 05:46, 2 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I will support the images with one reservation. The map needs to be fixed before the article goes to FAC. Dough 48 72 03:16, 30 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Review by Admrboltz

Resolved issues from Admrboltz

A more complete review will come over the following days but below are some of the first issues that pop out.

~~one dab link~~
- Which was caused by a recent addition to the navbox... now removed. Imzadi 1979 → 04:17, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
two dead links (not the newsbank link)
- One site just went dead, and it looks like the State of Michigan has a temporary server issue with the other. I commented out the one link for now. Imzadi 1979 → 04:17, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
~~One duplicated reference name it appears~~
- Fixed. Imzadi 1979 → 04:17, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

--Admr Boltz 23:53, 31 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Word and I did a grammatical and spelling check. I fixed one spacing issue, but other than that I don't see anything wrong on that end.

There are a few instances where you've missed your NBSP between US and 31, other than that I can Support --Admr Boltz 04:50, 3 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Review by Evad37

I will review this article - Evad37 [talk] 02:48, 25 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Lead

"The highway crossed the Straits of Mackinac by ferry for a time" – can you be more specific?
- Done. Imzadi 1979 → 05:45, 25 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Route description

There are a few duplicate links within this section (Benton Harbor, I-94, Ferrysburg)
- Dropped the first two, but the two Ferrysburgs are over a screen apart so I left them. Imzadi 1979 → 05:45, 25 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
"Indiana-Michigan state line" – endash?
- Done. Imzadi 1979 → 05:45, 25 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
"northward for less than ¹⁄₂ mile (0.80 km)" – would be better if it was spelled, ¹⁄₂ by itself doesn't look right
- I disagree and have left this unchanged. Imzadi 1979 → 05:45, 25 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
"At the trumpet interchange" – should that be this
- Wishy-washy on this one, but changed anyway. Imzadi 1979 → 05:45, 25 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
"A-2, the Blue Star Highway" – the link is to Blue Star Memorial Highway, is it common to leave out the word Memorial?
- The road's name lacks it. The memorial name contains it, but that is called just "Blue Star Highway" on the street signs and maps. Imzadi 1979 → 05:45, 25 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
"assumes the Gerald R. Ford Freeway name" – might just be my personal preference, but I think "assumes the name Gerald R. Ford Freeway" sounds better
- Unchanged. Imzadi 1979 → 05:45, 25 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
"Business Loop I-196 (BL I-196)" – the BL acronym should be at the earlier mention of Business Loop I-94
- Shifted. Imzadi 1979 → 05:45, 25 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
"continues along passing Bass Lake" – "along passing" is a bit confusing as a phrase, is passing an extra word, or is this meant to be "along, passing"?
- Missing comma added. Imzadi 1979 → 05:45, 25 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
"Ludington Pumped Storage Power Plant, a facility that uses a reservoir..." – "a facility" is superfluous, you could just say "...Plant, which uses..."
- Changed. Imzadi 1979 → 05:45, 25 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
"Northwest of that town, the highway crosses the Big Sable River before entering Manistee County. North of the county line," – Could you change the phrasing so that there aren't two sentences in a row that start with directions... perhaps "Beyond the county line,"
- Changed. Imzadi 1979 → 05:45, 25 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
"They pass Wuerfel Park" – the rest of the paragraph refers to US 31/M-37 in the singular ("it", "the highway"), it would be better to be consistent
- Changed. Imzadi 1979 → 05:45, 25 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
"Grand Traverse Commons, the former Traverse City State Hospital before US 31/M-37" – missing a comma after Hospital
- Missing comma added. Imzadi 1979 → 05:45, 25 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

History

Auto trail - could do with a link
- Linked. Imzadi 1979 → 05:45, 25 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
"a series of concrete markers eight miles (13 km) tall" – something's wrong there, I don't think the concrete markers actually reached into the stratosphere
- Template error fixed. Imzadi 1979 → 05:45, 25 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
"By the end of 1936, the last section of US 31 in the state is paved" – was
- Changed. Imzadi 1979 → 05:45, 25 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
"US 31 and a US 31A between Saugatuck and Holland are flip-flopped" – are → were; Can you use a less colloquial term than "filp-flopped" (switched is a possibility)
- Changed. Imzadi 1979 → 05:45, 25 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
"the US 31A" – why include "the", other designations in the article don't
- It's referencing a specific one as there were more than one US 31A designation in use at the time.
"The Michigan State Highway Department (MSHD), predecessor to the modern MDOT" – first usage of MDOT should be unabbreviated, with the abbreviation in brackets
- MDOT's name is present in the lead now, so no change here. Imzadi 1979 → 05:45, 25 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
"flip-flopping the I-96 and I-196" – per above
- Changed. Imzadi 1979 → 05:45, 25 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
"$97 million" – needs a non-breaking space ( )
- Added. Imzadi 1979 → 05:45, 25 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
"The last to the routing of US 31" – last change?
- Changed. Imzadi 1979 → 05:45, 25 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Future

"Called M-231, this new highway will be a scaled-down bypass of US 31 through Grand Haven" – what does scaled-down mean in this context?
- See note c for the full explanation. Imzadi 1979 → 05:45, 25 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
"MDOT plans to build 1.4 miles (2.3 km) of the new highway in 2013" – its now 2014, so this needs an update and/or changing "plans" to "planned"
- Tweaked. Imzadi 1979 → 05:45, 25 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

RJL

Mile 80.712 (BL I-196) – notes say its a the northern end of the concurrency, shouldn't it be coloured green?
- Added. Imzadi 1979 → 05:45, 25 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The rest looks good - Evad37 [talk] 04:29, 25 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, the important issues have been resolved (ones which are just different personal preference don't matter), so Support - Evad37 [talk] 06:04, 25 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Review by Rschen7754

I will pick up the third review. --Rs chen 7754 03:18, 30 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Preliminary checks

Everything looks good.

Lead

From there north, -> North of there (reads a bit easier)
"groups" seems a bit vague. --Rs chen 7754 01:02, 1 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Route description

They trade places again - could be a bit more clear
A-2 has a duplicate link 2 paragraphs away from the first one (also run the script...)
runs as four-lane expressway - as a four-lane expressway
linear state park? linear-shaped?
- That is what the state calls the three of them. Imzadi 1979 → 04:49, 1 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
"The highway" starting two consecutive sections in the second paragraph of NW Michigan.
In this area, the highway passes through an area ...
southeast of Charlevoix - missing a period
"the highway" used a lot in the rest of the paragraph. --Rs chen 7754 01:54, 1 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Memorial

"various groups" again...
"pet project" seems like editorializing.
- That's what it was though... 04:49, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
no comma after Ontario
I do wonder if the Historic bridges section should be somehow combined with this section. --Rs chen 7754 02:01, 1 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Other items fixed as appropriate. Imzadi 1979 → 04:49, 1 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Future

it was listed an endangered species - as?
Until the freeway is complete, US 31 follows - I don't think the preposition and the verb go very well together.
Currently - as of (several times in the section) --Rs chen 7754 08:01, 1 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

History

Do we know much about when the Mackinac Trail was built?
through down... town?
At that time... at this time... could be more clear

This concludes the review. --Rs chen 7754 09:14, 1 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Imzadi1979: --Rs chen 7754 06:11, 28 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Mackinac Trail was an Indian trail, and all of those Indian trails predated European settlement in the region, so I can't tell you when it was built/created/etc.
Other items copy edited. Imzadi 1979 → 20:16, 28 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support issues fixed. --Rs chen 7754 20:17, 28 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Spotcheck by TCN7JM

As promised earlier, I will do this spotcheck. I will try to do it by the end of this weekend. T C N7JM 17:22, 1 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I will be checking:

Source 10 – Good
Source 11 – I got confused at first...with where Petoskey was. The information itself is correct, but Petoskey isn't marked on the map, and I, having only visited Michigan a few times, had no clue where it was located. Is this an issue?
Source 12 – Good
Source 13 – Good, but Apple screenshot hurts my brain. Please switch to Windows immediately.
Source 14 – Good
Source 15 – Good
Source 16 – Good
Source 17 – Good
Source 18 – Cannot find, will discuss on IRC when you arrive.
Source 19 – Is in same document as Source 18; cannot find.
Source 20 – Good
Source 71 – Good
Source 73 – Slight error...the source mentions a 9.5-mile stretch, not 9.1-mile.
Source 74 – Good
Source 76 – Good
Source 77 – Good
Source 80 – Good
Source 82 – Good
Source 83 – Good
Source 86 – Good

The source numbers are as of this revision. T C N7JM 18:19, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Progress? --Rs chen 7754 00:08, 2 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@TCN7JM: you have mail for the first batch (footnotes 10–20). I will compile the others here in a little bit. Imzadi 1979 → 00:46, 2 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

And second batch taken care of as well. Imzadi 1979 → 01:14, 2 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Alright. Unfortunately, I will be mainly unavailable until next Monday, so I'm afraid this will have to wait almost another week. I will get this done, though; I promised I would. T C N7JM 01:17, 2 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding footnotes 18 and 19. On page 27, there is the photo of the opening of the last segment of I-96 which splits the paragraph in two.

In the spring of 1973, Gov. William G. Milliken issued an executive order reorganizing the state highway department giving it jurisdiction over all state transportation programs. He directed the highway commission and the department to develop and deliver a unified, coordinated program for total transportation for the people of Michigan.
Symbolic of this sweeping change, Milliken signed legislation Aug. 23, 1973, adding "and Transportation" to the department's traditional designation of highways only

As for footnote 19, that is split on pages 30 and 31. The bottom of 31 has the photo of M-28 along Lake Superior. Above that is another photo of airplanes which is below the start of the cited passage, the second paragraph of which is located on the lower corner of page 31:

The year-by-year need for extra dollars for roads and transportation was met in 1978 with a legislative act informally known as "Transpack."It was an abbreviated nametag for a collection of highway laws and a constitutional amendment that put the department solidly in the business of moving people as well as vehicles.
The gasoline tax was raised from nine to 11 cents a gallon, the diesel fuel levy from seven to nine cents. The weight tax went up by 30 percent, truck fees by 35 percent. The distribution formula of the newly named Michigan Transportation Fund was rewritten to give the Michigan Department of Transportation, also a new title, 46 percent of gas and weight tax revenues.

I hope that helps.

I fixed the typo related to fn 73, and I don't think it should be an issue regarding fn 11. Imzadi 1979 → 22:33, 11 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

They both look fine to me. I support this article's promotion. T C N7JM 01:45, 12 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.