Talk:Proposed South Shore Line station in South Bend/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Sammi Brie  (talk · contribs) 23:50, 2 August 2023 (UTC)

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria


 * 1) Is it well written?
 * A. The prose is clear and concise, and the spelling and grammar are correct:
 * B. It complies with the manual of style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation:
 * Consider making the lead section longer to be more proportionate to the contents.
 * 1) Is it verifiable with no original research?
 * A. It contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline:
 * B. All in-line citations are from reliable sources, including those for direct quotations, statistics, published opinion, counter-intuitive or controversial statements that are challenged or likely to be challenged, and contentious material relating to living persons&mdash;science-based articles should follow the scientific citation guidelines:
 * Is ref [13] reliable?
 * C. It contains no original research:
 * D. It contains no copyright violations nor plagiarism:
 * Earwig has a higher-than-ideal percent to the South Bend Tribune, but it's for proper nouns ("Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District"), an attributed quote, and "east side of the airport" and similar banal phrases.
 * 1) Is it broad in its coverage?
 * A. It addresses the main aspects of the topic:
 * B. It stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style):
 * 1) Is it neutral?
 * It represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each:
 * 1) Is it stable?
 * It does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute:
 * 1) Is it illustrated, if possible, by images?
 * A. Images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content:
 * All three photos PD or CC-licensed or derived from same. Encouragement: Add alt text to each image.
 * B. Images are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions:
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass or Fail:
 * Consider the ref [13] issue—a railfan site doesn't strike me as an RS—and some copy changes. Otherwise good. Sammi Brie  (she/her • t • c) 00:11, 3 August 2023 (UTC)
 * 1) Is it illustrated, if possible, by images?
 * A. Images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content:
 * All three photos PD or CC-licensed or derived from same. Encouragement: Add alt text to each image.
 * B. Images are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions:
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass or Fail:
 * Consider the ref [13] issue—a railfan site doesn't strike me as an RS—and some copy changes. Otherwise good. Sammi Brie  (she/her • t • c) 00:11, 3 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Consider the ref [13] issue—a railfan site doesn't strike me as an RS—and some copy changes. Otherwise good. Sammi Brie  (she/her • t • c) 00:11, 3 August 2023 (UTC)

Copy changes

 * In late 2022, the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District (NICTD) (the operator of the South Shore Line) Double parentheses. Set off the latter one in commas as an appositive.
 * MOS:SEASONS: Consider not using "fall of", "autumn of" as potentially ambiguous to non-Northern Hemisphere readers.
 * The station's location on the east side of the airport was chosen due to the to the existence of a freight spur leading towards location "Towards location", maybe "toward the site"?
 * Since 2006, plans had been made to explore relocating the station to the west end of the airport in order to potentially cut travel time along the South Shore Line by as much as 10 minutes by having trains approach the airport from the west with a shorter traveling distance and decreased number of at-grade crossings (as few as seven grade crossings, as opposed to the twenty-three grade crossings in the current east approach to the airport). Split this incredibly long sentence (77 words).
 * South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg First use: "South Bend mayor Pete Buttigieg". Second use: "Buttigieg". Similarly, "NICTD president", not "NICTD President". (MOS:JOBTITLE)
 * The reason for this higher estimate was due to both inflation and challenges that the second study developed a greater understanding of. Avoid ending a sentence with a preposition.
 * between Michigan City, Indiana and the station Needs a MOS:GEOCOMMA after "Indiana"
 * Image captions that are complete sentences (#2 and #3) should end in periods.
 * the Union Station Technology missing "Center"

Spot checks

 * 4: "Slow and circuitous": One portion of the tracks in South Bend, near Bendix Driver, significantly halts overall travel time. That's one reason South Shore officials want to move the boarding station at the South Bend Airport from the East side to the West side. "They could make it a straight shot on the West side of the airport," says Kostielney. "They could travel at a higher speed and they wouldn't have to spend so much time winding around." ✅
 * 6: Parrott August 2018, used four times: ✅
 * The goal is to move the station at the east end of South Bend International Airport to the west end, to cut the Chicago trip time by another 10 minutes and help spark a new cargo hub.
 * Rea, however, added that the Chamber’s top priority for the South Shore is moving it to the other side of the airport, where it could spark a new air-to-rail cargo hub.
 * In telling the common council Monday night that he wants to pursue a downtown station for the South Shore Line, Mayor Pete Buttigieg shed some light on what’s been a murky issue, and he excited some council members.
 * Buttigieg is touting the potential economic benefits of a new station near Four Winds Field.
 * 20: Michael Noland, the South Shore Line’s president, agrees with South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg that a downtown South Shore station could be good for the city’s economy in the long run. But a new station at South Bend International Airport is a more attainable short-term goal, Noland said. ✅
 * 24: a proposed terminus located between the Union Station Technology Center building (on the south) and the Four Winds Field at Covaleski Stadium (on the north) (p3, PDF p7) ✅
 * 29: The long term vision of the city is to see the South Shore Line in downtown South Bend. “Over the years, buildings in the downtown had been torn down as people moved away,” Mueller said. “The possibilities for moving back and getting buildings in those areas is tremendous. ✅

All suggestions/matters/recommendations have been implemented/addressed. SecretName101 (talk) 02:49, 3 August 2023 (UTC)