Talk:Waterbury and Milldale Tramway/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: LunaEatsTuna (talk · contribs) 05:50, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

Hi!! I'll review this on 2 August UTC.  ツ LunaEatsTuna  (💬)— 05:50, 1 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the fun read! On hold; over to you.  ツ LunaEatsTuna  (💬)— 22:09, 2 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the review! My replies are below - nothing much except a few grammatical quibbles. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 06:09, 3 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Looks good to me! Pass.  ツ LunaEatsTuna  (💬)— 21:04, 3 August 2023 (UTC)

Copyvio check
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Prose

 * "in downtown Waterbury" – wikilink Waterbury as first mention in the body.
 * Should Cheshire in Cheshire line be wikilinked to Cheshire, Connecticut?
 * I would wikilink right-of-way for unfamiliar readers.
 * What does "on-street" mean? Should it say "situated on public roadways" or does it mean something else?
 * I've reworded slightly to clarify.
 * I would start the next sentence with The.
 * I don't think "The" is needed here.
 * "A streetcar line" – wikilink.
 * Does any source say why Woodruff vetoed it?
 * Source 11 says His reason was that the tendency has been to overcapitalize such companies. That's a very generic explanation, and the implication I get from source 10 and other contemporary articles is that the actual reasons were much more complex and rooted in politics too esoteric for me to understand.
 * "about 1,500 feet (460 m) east from Milldale" – should it not be east of Milldale? Apologies of this is standard in American English, which I do not speak.
 * My understand was that "from" matches "to", but I could be mistaken.
 * "to better connect with the Connecticut Company line" – how about "aiming to enhance connectivity with the Connecticut Company line" instead? Better connect sounds odd IMO.
 * ✅ (with slightly different wording)
 * "creating an all-paved road" – recommend "fully-paved".
 * "CTtransit" should be "CT Transit" as the former is a stylisation.
 * "Two additional cars" – I would find a way to rephrase this since the last sentence also began with the same line. Relatedly:
 * I think "numbered 112 and 114" should use two dashes instead of commas since it describes attributes of the cars.
 * I think either dashes or commas would have been fine, but with the rewording I don't think either are necessary.
 * "CTtransit" should be "CT Transit" as the former is a stylisation.
 * "Two additional cars" – I would find a way to rephrase this since the last sentence also began with the same line. Relatedly:
 * I think "numbered 112 and 114" should use two dashes instead of commas since it describes attributes of the cars.
 * I think either dashes or commas would have been fine, but with the rewording I don't think either are necessary.
 * I think "numbered 112 and 114" should use two dashes instead of commas since it describes attributes of the cars.
 * I think either dashes or commas would have been fine, but with the rewording I don't think either are necessary.
 * I think either dashes or commas would have been fine, but with the rewording I don't think either are necessary.

Refs
Passes spotcheck on refs 2, 7, 20, 25, 38 and 48.

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