Talk:Delaware Route 36/GA2

GA Review
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Reviewer: Imzadi1979 (talk · contribs) 16:44, 22 March 2012 (UTC)


 * GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

Let me start out by saying that since this is a second nomination, I read the review for the first one; I'm still shaking my head over that one. Because of the outcome though, I'm disregarding it and reviewing this article fresh without applying any of its comments, unlike how I normally conduct reviews in the case of renominations. As for this article, the DABs and ELs check out. More details below.
 * 1) It is reasonably well written.
 * a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
 * See below for some detailed prose comments
 * 1) It is factually accurate and verifiable.
 * a (references): b (citations to reliable sources):  c (OR):
 * See beloe for some detailed comments concerning the references, albeit minor comments.
 * 1) It is broad in its coverage.
 * a (major aspects): b (focused):
 * 1) It follows the neutral point of view policy.
 * Fair representation without bias:
 * 1) It is stable.
 * No edit wars, etc.:
 * 1) It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.
 * a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
 * Although I would suggest that the image syntax be modified so that the default thumbnail sized isn't overridden to use a smaller size. (It's set to 200px, but the default is 220 or 240 now, and I have mine set to 300 in my preferences, but the 200 overrides that.) Unless its a map or a pano that needs a larger size, or an icon that warrants a smaller size, it is preferable to use the default.
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass/Fail:
 * I'm going to hold this nomination open so that some minor issues can be addressed. Overall though, the article is almost ready for listing.  Imzadi 1979  →   17:27, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass/Fail:
 * I'm going to hold this nomination open so that some minor issues can be addressed. Overall though, the article is almost ready for listing.  Imzadi 1979  →   17:27, 22 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Lead
 * "northeast-southwest" should have an en dash, not a hyphen.
 * Fixed.  Dough 48  72  00:20, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
 * " DE 1 Bus." This probably needs the abbreviation spelled out in full in the lead for clarity.
 * Added.  Dough 48  72  00:20, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
 * "Fort Saulsbury" just double check the spelling on that. I'm not saying that it is wrong, but Salisbury is the normal spelling. That isn't to say that Delewarans didn't use a different spelling on purpose for some reason.
 * Saulsbury is the correct spelling.  Dough 48  72  00:20, 23 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Route description
 * The link to Scotts Corner is red because it's pointing to "Scotts Corber, Delaware". Oopsie.
 * Fixed.  Dough 48  72  00:20, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
 * "form a concurrency with DE 36 on Hickman Road" Is it forming a concurrency with itself? I think you mean with DE 16,
 * Reworded. DE 16 turns onto DE 36 here, with DE 36 keeping straight.  Dough 48  72  00:20, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
 * "..., passing several homes along with a few businesses and ..." there should be a comma after the "businesses" to separate out that phrase from the rest of the sentence. Then I would change the "crossing" to "crosses" to make it a dependent clause.
 * Fixed.  Dough 48  72  00:20, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
 * "It heads through agricultural ..." I know that you're referring to DE 36 here, but since the last sentence deals with the concurrency terminus and Shawnee Road, you have the potential of three different roads being the subject here. If you specified that DE 16 continues on Beach Highway in the previous sentence, you could use "the road" to refer to DE 36 (Shawnee Road) in this sentence for clarity without repeating yourself.
 * Fixed.  Dough 48  72  00:20, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
 * "commercial downtown" Aren't all downtowns commercial areas by definition? I'd pick either "commercial area" or just "downtown" or even "central business district" here.
 * Changed to "downtown".  Dough 48  72  00:20, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
 * "SE Front Street" You probably should spell out the direction here.
 * Spelled out.  Dough 48  72  00:20, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
 * You probably can prune some of the references to the physical surroundings in the article a bit. Are you sure that the fields are farms and not just open fields? "open agricultural areas" sounds a bit too descriptive, a little over the top linguistically.
 * Cut down a little on the physical surroundings.  Dough 48  72  00:20, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Can you clear up the terminus a little bit? You say that DE 36 ends at the drawbridge in one sentence, and then in the next that the roadway continues. I know that you meant that the highway designation ends, but the roadway continues. Well, we need that "but" in the article to clarify that situation. Otherwise the reader doesn't explicitly get the contrast between the end of a highway designation and the physical end of the pavement.
 * Reworded.  Dough 48  72  00:20, 23 March 2012 (UTC)


 * History
 * "with the entire route being paved" There's a "preposition + -ing" construction staring me right in the face, and Tony1 is crying someplace because of it. How about dropping the gerund to form "with the entire route paved"?
 * Removed.  Dough 48  72  00:20, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
 * The only other comment about this section is that I would prefer a little more variety in initial word order for sentences. Every other one starts out with "By, ..." and it would be nice to see a little more variety, especially given how short the section is.
 * Tweaked word order.  Dough 48  72  00:20, 23 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Major intersections and References
 * No milepost for the DE 1 junction?
 * The DelDOT log does not have a milepost.  Dough 48  72  00:20, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I don't know that it is appropriate to base the RD section off the traffic log when DelDOT has such a nice paper map that could be used to accompany the satellite imagery map from Google Maps. Just food for thought.
 * Added DelDOT map.  Dough 48  72  00:20, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
 * You might want to double check your map publishers though. I don't think DelDOT as a name existed in the 1920s and 1930s; it is always best to attribute historical maps produced at the time to the actual publisher and to use publication dates, even if that duplicates the edition names.
 * Fixed map publishers.  Dough 48  72  00:20, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

With some final tweaks, I'm passing the article.  Imzadi 1979  →   00:56, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Final result