Talk:Marshfield station/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Steelkamp (talk · contribs) 14:04, 6 March 2023 (UTC)


 * I aim to finish this review on either Thursday or Friday. Steelkamp (talk) 15:17, 8 March 2023 (UTC)

Well written

 * Metropolitan's main line. Maybe this whole phrase could be linked as it's not linking to main line in general.
 * "Main line" is such a generic term that linking to it would be an MOS:OVERLINK (indeed, it's a disambiguation page, which should never be linked directly); I feel that since this is a case the reader might expect the "main line" link to go somewhere more specific, but if you believe I'm giving our readers too much credit I can tweak the link. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 15:31, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Then use .  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  04:25, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes, that's exactly what I was initially arguing against above. It appears consensus thinks otherwise, though, so done. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 04:40, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I don't think "hand-thrown" is a phrase known by most people.
 * I've tried linking it, but I don't any article or link on either Wikipedia or even Wiktionary.
 * East of the station, trains crossed over such that the northern tracks and southern tracks were each a bidirectional pair. This isn't clear. Particularly the phrase "bidirectional pair".
 * I've tried tweaking it, hopefully this is better, especially in the context of the following "Logan Square/Humboldt used the northern tracks, Garfield/Douglas used the southern tracks".
 * Marshfield had two island platforms, one each between an inner and outer track. This might be a good place to mention the third platform rather than only mention it halfway through the paragraph.
 * Done; I also moved the pedestrian bridge stuff (see below) to that point.
 * As originally opened, the Metropolitan's trains ran every six minutes between 6 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., and every ten minutes during the night; the average speed was 16 mph (26 km/h). This is referring to the main line frequency right?
 * It was on the main line and Northwest branch, which were the only two lines open at the time. I tried to make things clearer in that regard.

Verifiable with no original research
Spotchecks done for refs 36, 43, 44, 31 and 18.
 * a pedestrian bridge linked both "L" platforms and the CA&E platform. I may have missed it, but where in the sources does it say this?
 * If you look at the 1952 "L" map, you'll see a series of lines linking all three platforms, similar to what photographic evidence shows. For a clearer example on the map, see the bridges depicted for the stations in the Loop on that same map.

Broad in its coverage

 * Unlike the Lake Street Elevated, which operated cars for smoking at some times but not at others, all of the Metropolitan's motor cars allowed smoking.[11] Smoking was banned by the city across the "L" and in streetcars in response to a 1918 influenza outbreak, a prohibition that has remained in force ever since.[50] Nevertheless, the CA&E still allowed smoking as late as 1948, splitting its cars into smoking and non-smoking components. This should be removed as it has very little to do with the station itself.
 * Same with the entire section on fares. It has very little to do with the station and results in unnecessary duplication of other articles.
 * The streetcar stuff can be cut out too. I would just leave it as the following: A streetcar ran on the nearby Ashland Avenue by the late 19th century. Another one ran on Van Buren Street adjacent to the Metropolitan's tracks. Such streetcars were a competitor to the Metropolitan, siphoning many of its would-be passengers during the warm summer months as their cars were more open-air.
 * I condensed the fare stuff into the "Operations" section, replacing the smoking stuff in the process. As for the streetcar stuff, I kept a bit more information than you suggested but also trimmed it considerably.

Illustrated, if possible

 * Both images are fine in terms of copyright and I'm glad there's alt text included.


 * Hopefully this resolves your concerns. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 17:50, 11 March 2023 (UTC)

General

 * That graph is really wide. Can it be narrowed?
 * Is this better? I could go even narrower but I don't want to squish things too much. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 15:31, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Can comma separators be added to the numbers in the graph per MOS:DIGITS?
 * Done. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 15:31, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
 * The last thing I'll ask you is about the external link. What is GPS VIDEO. My thinking is that if its an amateur/fan video, it should not be an external link. Steelkamp (talk) 15:21, 13 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I think it's nice to have some video (especially in color) of a station that's been gone for half a century; it is, to loosely quote WP:ELNO, a unique resource that the article would not already include were it a Featured Article. My main concern with WP:ELNEVER is with copyright, but upon informaiton and belief (i.e., looking at the YouTube channel) I think GPS VIDEO is the actual copyright owner of the footage. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 15:27, 13 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Ok. After reading WP:YOUTUBE, I think it's fine. I will pass the review now. Steelkamp (talk) 15:34, 13 March 2023 (UTC)