User:Miranda/Interstate 155 (Illinois)

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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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Evaluation of Interstate 155 (Illinois)

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

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

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

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

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

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.
  • Done automatically by {{cite news}} and {{cite web}}. —Rob (talk) 16:55, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Decision

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

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

Comments

• For the exits on the table, I could not access the MapsQuest link. As a result, I took it out. For this, you might want to cite a reliable map (i.e. from State Farm Insurance or AAA - I think they are free if you are a member of either of the insurance chains) miranda 05:21, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
• Kind of had to copyedit this article because the prose could have been better.

Final Decision (6/0/0)

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)