User:Noah Chandler Shelton/Lebanon Southern Pacific Railroad Depot/StaceySmithOSU Peer Review

Prof. Smith comments on Wikipedia article first draft
Hi Noah,

I'm leaving my comments on your Wikipedia article first draft here.

Lead

The last sentence of the lead is somewhat confusing. Is the depot the last unmoved station in Linn County or the last unmoved station in the pattern-book style in the county? Are there other stations that aren't in the pattern-book style that are also in their original locations?

Could you very briefly define what the pattern-book style is in your lead?

Content

I would move the sentence that begins "Construction was prompted by the owner..." up to the head of the "History" section. You're sort of burying the lede right now. It would be better to put the rationale and drive behind the construction very first in the history section.

Why and how did the city of Lebanon buy the building? What is its current function as of 2021? Has it been restored or preserved? Why and how did it get added to the National Register?

I would like to see you develop at least a few sentences under "Layout and Configuration" section. It would be very helpful to explain the pattern-book style common to this period of transportation architecture as most readers likely won't be familiar with it. As I mentioned above, this would also be a good place to mention any renovations or preservation efforts.

Style

This generally looked very good. I'm just asking that all students polish their articles before final submission. Watch out for passive voice, comma placement, and other common errors.

References

This is where the article is obviously the weakest. I know that you're working on finding more sources. Do be sure to add in the information from the National Register petition linked at the bottom of the current article stub:

Lebanon Southern Pacific Railroad Depot

I really do want you to find at least one additional source beyond the Dill book and the National Register petition. Have you tried looking through Oregon digital newspapers or for current news articles? https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/