Talk:Union Covered Bridge State Historic Site/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Eviolite (talk · contribs) 17:21, 22 April 2022 (UTC)

Hi, I'll review this one; please ping me if I don't get to it within 3 days. ev iolite  (talk)  17:21, 22 April 2022 (UTC)


 * GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)


 * 1) It is reasonably well written.
 * a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
 * Comments below
 * 1) It is factually accurate and verifiable.
 * a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources):  c (OR):  d (copyvio and plagiarism):
 * Passed spot checks.
 * 1) It is broad in its coverage.
 * a (major aspects): b (focused):
 * Seems good to me
 * 1) It follows the neutral point of view policy.
 * Fair representation without bias:
 * 1) It is stable.
 * No edit wars, etc.:
 * Clean history
 * 1) It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
 * a (images are tagged and non-free content have non-free use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass/Fail:
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass/Fail:

Lead

 * It seems, according to List of Missouri state parks, that Missouri state parks and state historic sites are distinct, so "Missouri State Park" -> "Missouri State Historic Site"
 * Done
 * "It was 120 feet..." -> "It is 120 feet"
 * Done
 * I think there should be a mention of the the 2010s restoratiton in the lead, following the 2008 flood.
 * Added
 * I also wonder if "120 feet or 125 feet" may be a bit confusing to readers; probably not a big deal, but maybe an "about" could do in the lead and some clarification like "according to different sources" in the body?
 * I've added "about". It's not so much a different sources thing - the NRHP nomination even uses 125 on one page and 120 on another, without indicating disagreement or range.

History

 * When doing my spotchecks, I found that the Hannibal Courier-Post source gives a specific opening date of Sept. 17, 1871 which may be useful to add.
 * Added
 * "the area Union Church" is a bit odd, maybe just "the Union Church in the area" or "the nearby Union Church"
 * Done
 * Recommend adding inflation templates for the dollar amounts
 * Done for the 1871 and 1960s values, I don't think the 2011 one is far enough back that it'd be useful, even though inflation is pretty bad these days.
 * "in the 1960s" -> "in the late 1960s" for precision from the source
 * Done
 * "The state park covers" -> "The state historic site covers" as above
 * Done

Design

 * I wonder if you could link the text "covered bridges remaining in Missouri" to List of Missouri covered bridges so that you can remove that from see also.
 * Linked
 * "the three covered bridges" -> "the three other covered bridges"
 * Done
 * "That design uses" -> "The Burr design uses" for clarity
 * Done
 * "As of 1995" -> "In 1995"
 * Done
 * The St. Joseph News-Press clipping doesn't include the portion backing up the sentence about graffiti, which I assume is on page Bridges/Page 3E, but I can't access it.
 * It's in the caption of the image above the title - The graffiti-marked interior of the Union Covered Bridge displays Missouri's only example of the Burr-Arch truss system
 * I'm not sure that the source is oriented from east to west; the source just says "east-west" and I wonder if that just means that it runs in that direction as opposed to north-south (rather than as opposed to west-east).
 * Done

See comments above; placing on hold. ev iolite  (talk)  15:24, 23 April 2022 (UTC)
 * - Thanks for the review! These should all be addressed now. Hog Farm Talk 17:39, 23 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you and great work. I am happy to promote this as a GA. ev iolite   (talk)  04:47, 24 April 2022 (UTC)