Template:Did you know nominations/The Vine (bus rapid transit)


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:04, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

The Vine (bus rapid transit)

 * ... that The Vine in Vancouver, Washington will be the first bus rapid transit line in the Portland metropolitan area? Source: The Oregonian
 * Reviewed: Joseph S. Clark's and Robert F. Kennedy's tour of the Mississippi Delta

Moved to mainspace by SounderBruce (talk). Self-nominated at 22:37, 17 October 2016 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg The article is new enough (based on the move of the draft to mainspace), well over the minimum length (just over 5K) and within policy regarding neutrality, sourcing and avoidance of close paraphrasing / copyvio issues. The hook is within length, interesting and properly cited. QPQ has been met. Alansohn (talk) 01:10, 28 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg I came to promote this, but cannot find the hook fact in the article. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:37, 11 November 2016 (UTC)
 * The last sentence in the lead section read, "The Vine is the first of two planned bus rapid transit systems in the Portland metropolitan area, the other being the Powell-Division corridor between Portland and Gresham in development by Metro." In case you felt that that wording did state the hook fact sufficiently clearly, I have expanded the sentence to read, "The Vine will be the first bus rapid transit system in the Portland metropolitan area and the first of two such systems currently planned or under construction in the region, the other being the Powell-Division corridor between Portland and Gresham in development by Metro", which is still supported by the already-cited source. SJ Morg (talk) 09:37, 14 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Confirmed proposed hook: 2 “This will be the first bus rapid transit in Portland, and it represents a safer and more reliable way to travel” Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 19:07, 16 November 2016 (UTC)
 * No. That quotation is from the Portland Tribune article about the TriMet Division St. (ex-Powell-Division) BRT plan, not yet under construction, and not about the Vine, which citation you removed from the Vine article today. I agree it's confusing, but the Vine (not located in Portland proper) will be the first in the Portland metropolitan area – as stated in the hook and in the source that SounderBruce cited all along – while the Division St. one will be the first in the city of Portland proper (and will be operated by a different transit agency, TriMet, but is being partly planned by Metro). SJ Morg (talk) 20:49, 16 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg In other words, this nomination remains good to go. SJ Morg (talk) 07:05, 18 November 2016 (UTC)