Talk:Trucking industry in the United States/GA1

GA Fail
I have failed this article's GA Nomination because of a lack of citations. While the references are plentiful and varied, there is just too much material that goes uncited. I assume that for this article, a citation at the end of a paragraph covers that entire paragraph - no more, no less. The following paragraphs are missing citations: Introduction 1, History 1 & 5, Recent Years 1, Exhaust Emissions 2 & 4, and Truck Drivers 2. If existing citation were intended to cover this material, an additional citation should be added for clarification.

However, there are also entire sections which, with the exceptional of a few parenthetical comments, are entirely devoid of citations: Satellite Communications, Commercial Driver's License, Hours of Service, and Industry Terms.

In addition, the article also needs some restructuring. There should not be a section named "Introduction". The lead paragraph is meant to introduce the article. Also, a list as long as the one found in Industry Terms is inappropriate for an encyclopedic article. My ideas on how to deal with this section:
 * Remove entirely
 * Move to new article
 * Pick a few key terms and elaborate on them; remove all others
 * Explain history/evolution of industry terms.

Finally, this article seems unbalanced. There is far too much statistical and technical information, and far too little about the impact of the trucking industry on the US economy. While this may not prevent the article from reaching GA status, it may prevent it from reaching FA status.

Cheers! --Cryptic C62 · Talk 22:55, 5 March 2008 (UTC)