Talk:California State Route 266/Archive 1

Review of this article by User:Rschen7754
Copy-pasting review by User:Rschen7754 from his talk page so I won't lose it later:

Not bad; a few things I noticed: Try not to use numeric phrases such as "about 1.8 miles" in the RD. You can say about two miles, but don't throw numbers with decimals into the RD unless you are talking about the length. (We had a lot of problems when someone did this in NJ). Junctions is not a verb. Just say "northwest"; you don't need "to the direction of". History - check WP:MOSDASH out, I think there are some errors. Also, try to use something other than "In ___,"... you use it too much.

Mgillfr (talk) 06:32, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

I also say not bad, this is an improvement over what was there. My $.02, you need to run this through spell and grammar check, "rouute" and "Nevadan motorists" to name two. I'm pretty sure at least half of this road is an old routing of the Midland Trail. I know SR 168 was part of the trail before new route (modern US 6) was built to the north. Somehow the Midland Trail had to connect from SR 168 to US 6 somewhere in Nevada, somehow. It seems logical that at least part of SR 266 was used for that purpose. Might do some research on that. My opinion would be to completely delete the Major intersections section. This route is so simple, that in this case it's completely redundant with the infobox. If not completely deleted, I'd at least combine the "Continues as" with the "state line" entries, as they really are one junction. But again, good start. I do have pictures I can contribute. I've been waiting for this article to get big enough to upload them. =-) Dave (talk) 18:08, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm not really sure about deleting the "Major intersections" section - otherwise this isn't consistent with the other USRD articles. --Rschen7754 (T C) 18:24, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I concur with Rschen7754; where else in the article can we list the control city Big Pine and the postmile 4.30 for the SR 168 junction? Mgillfr (talk) 22:28, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Indeed the eastern half (connecting with modern NV 266) was part of the Midland Trail. Here's a source Although the source isn't too detailed, by all appearances it traversed modern CA 266, NV 266, and US 95 reconnecting with the modern replacement for the Midland Trail (US 6) in Tonopah Nevada.Dave (talk) 18:54, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
 * One critique I would make about the content: I doubt this highway is used much for tourism by Nevada residents. This portion of Nevada is so sparsely populated, not that many potential tourists. I suspect if you were to provide the AADT data, you'd find it's a very lightly traveled road. Again, I think the notability of this road comes from it's history, as part of the first road to connect New York with Los Angeles.Dave (talk) 04:12, 28 July 2009 (UTC)