Talk:Ohio Department of Transportation/GA1

GA Reassessment
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I will do the GA Reassessment of this article as part of the GA Sweeps project. H1nkles (talk) 19:18, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

As I go through the article I will address concerns that I see.


 * Per WP:Lead the lead is to be a summary of all the points brought up in the article. As such this article's lead needs to be expanded to address the history of ODOT, and the safety projects including snow and ice removal.
 * In the "Studies and Projects" section I see that 2 projects are scheduled for completion in 2007. What is the update on this?
 * There are a lot of linked terms that shouldn't be linked. This isn't something that would cause me to delist it from GA but it is part of the WP:Link section of the MOS.  Words like "truck", "road", "construction" don't need to be linked since they are so general and are words in common English usage.
 * Another MOS issue is the need to specify US$ when giving dollar figures. Again, a bit nit picky but something to be aware of.  See WP:Currency for more info on it.
 * From that link: "The exception to this is in articles related entirely to US-, EU-, or UK-related topics, in which the first occurrence may also be shortened ($34, €26, and £22, respectively)". I interpret this to mean that using "US$" is unnecessary here. –  T M F 20:00, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah you're probably right, please disregard. H1nkles (talk) 20:03, 10 February 2010 (UTC)


 * The budget section is out of date and needs to be brought to current.
 * In the reference section, there are a few references that are not adequately formatted. Refs 12-15 need at least a publisher and ref 14 needs an accessdate as well.  Also the following links are dead or in some way inaccessible: 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 16, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, 35, 49, 50.  Also the I70/I71 study external link is dead, along with the North Central Outerbelt study, the Northeast Expressway Transformation Project, and the I670 Completion Project.  All these external links are dead.
 * So the main issues that need to be addressed are the lead, bringing the information up to current, and all the dead links. As it currently stands I can't keep it as GA.  I will put it on hold for a week pending work.  Please contact me at my talk page if you have any questions or concerns.  H1nkles (talk) 19:50, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

The article also paints a rosy picture of the agency, ignoring the many controversies that surround it. There have been numerous cases of corruption at the department and several claims of incompetency. I've encountered ODOT staff attempting to sanitize other articles, so that may have occurred here, too. - Eureka Lott 20:55, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Wow ok thank you for this information. That would be important to include in an article to ensure WP:NPOV compliance and also to meet the comprehensive requirement of the GA Criteria.  I welcome discussion on this point since I'm obviously not nearly as close to this project as others are.  H1nkles (talk) 21:05, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

Since no work has been done on this article as part of the review process then I am forced to delist. H1nkles (talk) 03:04, 18 February 2010 (UTC)