Talk:Mexico City Metro overpass collapse/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Serprinss (talk · contribs) 04:22, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

i am planning review this article. so far i have noticed the following:
 * some sections appear to need the template:main hatnote,
 * Added.


 * a better source for the owner of Mexico City metro would be helpful maiby look at the article Mexico City metro for insperation. Serprinss (talk) please ping on reply. 04:22, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
 * The metro is owned by the city and it is operated by the Sistema de Transporte Colectivo, a decentralized public organization.


 * the source cited in the statement "it is the second-largest metro system in the Americas, after the New York City Subway system. " only says it is the second largest metro system in north america and doesn't mention the New York City Subway.
 * Replaced with the Washington Post source.


 * i am unable to read the spanish sources if someone could verify them that would be apreciated
 * You'll need to request a second opinion for that.


 * the new york times source doesn't seem to mention a fire on Line 4 Serprinss (talk) please ping on reply. 05:36, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Removed.


 * in the statment "but it suffered multiple construction delays before its inauguration in October 2012 by Ebrard and president Felipe Calderón. " it states who inaugurated it howver the sources do not apear to mention the inaugurator
 * El Universal implied it, but I replaced it with another that directly says it.


 * the relevent quote form the book "Infraestructura: Línea 12 del Metro" would be helpfull since i am unable to access it
 * The source is used twice for two different statements. I can't quote it there; at most here:
 * Page 40: "En la línea 12 darán servicio trenes de rodadura férrea, modelo FE-10 de siete vagones. La longitud de estas máquinas es de 140 metros y pesan 238 toneladas, están diseñadas para alcanzar una velocidad máxima—de servicio—de 80 kilómetros por hora y tienen capacidad para 1,900 pasajeros. [...] Los vagones están conectados entre sí para facilitar la distribución homogenea del pasaje; cada uno cuenta con dos espacios acondicionados para personas con sillas de ruedas, ubicados cerca de las puertas de acceso." ["On Line 12, seven-car FE-10 model rail rolling trains will be in service. These trains are 140 meters long and weigh 238 tons, are designed to reach a maximum—service—speed of 80 kilometers per hour, and have a capacity for 1,900 passengers. [...] The cars are connected to each other to facilitate the homogeneous distribution of passengers; each one has two spaces for wheelchair users, located near the access doors."]
 * Page 54: "Los intertramos [elevados] construidos con una serie de columnas de concreto que soportan dos vigas metálicas paralelas, constituyen una solución súmamente sencilla, ligera y eficiente, las estaciones elevadas son igualmente ligeras a base de estructura metálica, son totalmente transparentes y cuentan con una iluminación y ventilación natural que repercutirá en importantes ahorros durante su operación. Uno de los retos más importantes de este proyecto fue el de las cimentaciones de tramos y estaciones, por la gran complejidad del suelo de la zona, donde se alterna el suelo rocoso que a veces aflora en la superficie, con enormes depósitos compresibles, condiciones a veces colindantes." ["The [elevated] interstations, built with a series of concrete columns supporting two parallel metallic beams, constitute a very simple, light and efficient solution. The elevated stations are also light, based on a metallic structure, are totally transparent and have natural lighting and ventilation that will result in significant savings during operation. One of the most important challenges of this project was the foundations of the sections and stations, due to the great complexity of the soil in the area, where rocky soil alternates with huge compressible deposits, sometimes contiguous conditions."]

i will look more later Serprinss (talk) please ping on reply. 05:36, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
 * the new york times does not mention slowing down to 5km/h and ap news doesn't mention derailment.Serprinss (talk) please ping on reply. 08:46, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Split.


 * based on google translate the source for the statement "In a non-public report, published by SinEmbargo.mx after the collapse, SYSTRA added that the wear and tear of the work was unusual for a project no more than two years old, which they attributed to "mediocre quality" works. The group concluded that to avoid future problems, the Metro system would need to find the causes of the problems and replace them altogether. Otherwise, it was suggested to create a maintenance manual based on the needs of the line to maintain the line in a perpetual manner. " doesn't state that they would need to find the cause of the problems. the source also says the report included the statment "documents provided by the authorities were not sufficient to ensure "the lasting maintenance of the installations"" as the reason for a new maintenance manual.
 * I have reworded it, but the source does mention them: "El documento es reiterativo en señalar que sin la identificación y las correcciones del origen de los “desgastes anormales”, todo tratamiento sería meramente temporal y los defectos reaparecerán muy rápidamente." ["The document reiterates that without identifying and correcting the source of the "abnormal wear", any treatment would be merely temporary and the defects will reappear very quickly."]


 * the abc11 source states "The city's magnitude 7.1 earthquake in 2017 revealed some structural defects that experts say should have resulted in a total closure and complete inspection of the line. Instead, authorities applied some patchwork fixes and re-opened it." the lack of inspection may be worth mentioning Serprinss (talk) please ping on reply. 11:33, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Added.

Status query
Serprinss, Tbhotch, where does this review stand? I don't see any edits to this page for over a month, though there have been quite a few to the article itself, including a couple earlier this week. Thank you. BlueMoonset (talk) 03:47, 24 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I'm still waiting for instructions. (CC) Tb hotch ™ 20:52, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
 * The original reviewer appears to have not edited in more than a month. I would be interested in taking on this GAN if you would like to fail and re-nominate.  Wait as long as you want for  if you re-nominate it, drop me a note on my talk page and I will pick it up unless someone else beats me to it. RecycledPixels (talk) 08:21, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
 * RecycledPixels, in many cases, a new reviewer will simply start a second review section on the review page. This was Serprinss's first review, and they haven't made any edits at all on Wikipedia for over a month; it's clear to me that this review has been abandoned. Please feel free to take over the review at this time. Thank you very much for being willing to do a review. BlueMoonset (talk) 17:06, 16 March 2022 (UTC)

GA Review by RecycledPixels
I'm not sure whether this is the best way to do this, or if it would be cleaner to just do a quickfail and re-nomination of the article, and I'd immediately accept it. In any case, I'll try it this way, we don't need to make it any more complicated than it has to be. I will start this review from scratch and not attempt to pick up where Serprinss left off; we definitely have different review styles. I prefer to use the GA review table, which keeps me on task of evaluating just the GA criteria without getting lost in the weeds or bringing up MOS issues that aren't part of the criteria. The table is just a personal preference, although I realize that it can make threaded comments and responses difficult. Feel free to invent your own way of responding to my comments, whether it is in the table boxes in bold, italic, or colored text, or in a section immediately following the table. Generally, I also add a section after the table of other suggestions and comments that I have. Anything I mention outside the table in such a section is a suggestion only, and is not considered part of the pass/fail criteria of GA, so feel free to respond or disregard it if I make suggestions there. I will begin the first part of the reviews shortly. I usually take the review in several steps, and not normally in order. Please don't respond or edit this GA review page or the article itself until I've completed item #7, the "overall assessment" field at the end, which is my sign that I have completed my steps, the ball is in your court, and I will wait for you to respond. RecycledPixels (talk) 23:55, 16 March 2022 (UTC)


 * I'm OK with that. I just added a minor update. From now on, I'll wait until you complete the review as I understand there are too many links here. Thanks for the review. (CC) Tb hotch ™ 00:45, 17 March 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for the review. It accomplished more than the requested peer review. Unfortunately, as I continue reading it I percieve you will not consider the article to pass the GA review regardless if I correct your concerns within the week. For example: Although I would normally go through the process, when the reviewer says things like "I think that a few days is an unrealistic timeline to accomplish everything it needs" it is clear the reviewer has no intentions to continue the process and prefers to assume the nominator is unable to accomplish the requested goals, regardless of their complexity.
 * "I don't have access to reference #26, but the statement in the rolling stock section that the FE-10 trains have a capacity of 1,900 passengers seems very high, and contradicts the FE-10 (Mexico City Metro) article, which states the maximum capacity of a train is 700 passengers." I cited the source as it is written, with its respective translation, above in the review Serprinss was performing. Even though Wikipedia is not a reliable source, and the article specifies it is at 700 passengers at four railcars (under an unsourced section), you have prejudged the whole article upon what you considered to be previous ommisions/additions, ommisions/additions that sometimes you think they are out of place, ommisions/additions you sometimes consider vital to be/not be there.
 * The sentence "Since that night, service on the entirety of Line 12 has remained closed.[when?]" does include the "when". Of course it can be improved to "the night of the accident", but does not warrant a "when" as it includes a period of time, if anything it would be a "clarify". This is important because you say that "Others sentences have basic grammar issues" but you don't explain which are those issues. You just expect the other party to guess those issues.

Because of this, I will work on your commentary during the week, but outside the process, then I will request a copy-editor to check it, and then I will re-nominate it. Thanks for your time. (CC) Tb hotch ™ 15:00, 17 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Ok, I'll go ahead and close the GA nomination then so you can re-nom it when you are ready. I wasn't saying at all that you won't be able to address all the issues in a week, I was just stating an opinion based on my own abilities to address all the issues within that timeframe.   Also note that the examples of problems I've given in each section are just to illustrate the issues.  Once I come across 3 examples, I stop looking... it doesn't mean there aren't others.  It's just clear that that section of Good article criteria hasn't been met, and finding more examples of that isn't going to change that.  I hope I made that clear.   To answer your other questions... I see what you are saying about having answered the question about reference 26... I actually hadn't read the other GAN review before posting that note.  The number 1,900 passengers just jumped out at me when I was first reading the article.  When I was going through and making comments about WP:V issues, I mentioned that the FE-10 (Mexico City Metro) article said 700 passengers.  I wasn't trying to say that I trust one source more than the other, but I noted the inconsistencies.  That other article even has a third number in the infobox, 1,471 passengers, that is sourced to the CAF.net site.    Whatever the actual number is isn't that important, the point that I was trying to make was that the sources should be gone through to make sure that they say what the article says they say.  As to the second point, the article isn't updated automatically.  Someone has to come along and change the facts, so saying "the line is closed" is likely to become outdated and inaccurate at some point in the future.  Instead, the article should say something along the lines of "as of March 2022, the line remained closed with a projected opening date sometime in late Summer 2022," for example.   Then if nobody comes along to edit the article once the line is reopened, the accuracy of the article isn't impacted.  It was clear that the line was closed at the time of the accident.  What I was highlighting is the dangers of using present tense in the article to describe things that are likely to change in the near future.  Hope that helps.  RecycledPixels (talk) 19:37, 17 March 2022 (UTC)

Additional suggestions
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