Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/U.S. Route 8/archive1


 * The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was promoted by User:GrahamColm 10:01, 15 December 2013 (UTC).

U.S. Route 8

 * Nominator(s):  Imzadi 1979  →   04:35, 1 December 2013 (UTC)

This article is a bit of a departure for me in that most of it is about a highway that isn't in Michigan. US 8 spans 280 mi in the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan. It recently passed its ACR where it was given an image review and source spotcheck.  Imzadi 1979  →   04:35, 1 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Support per my support at the aforementioned ACR. I also did the spotcheck. --Rschen7754 08:53, 1 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Support - very strong article (I'm particularly impressed by the lead). The writing is clear and conducive to imparting information, with thorough sourcing and decent illustrations. Clearly the most comprehensive and well-presented account of the highway in existence, so I'm glad to offer my support. –  Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 23:49, 1 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Support and Image review - I reviewed the prose at GAN and conducted an image review at the ACR and feel that this article is high-quality and meets all the FA criteria.  Dough 48  72  01:21, 2 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Support - I reviewed this at ACR and can happily say that this meets the Featured Article criteria. T  C  N7 JM  01:41, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

Support. Comments from a roadgeek (having stumbled here from my FAC) All in all, good read! --♫ Hurricanehink ( talk ) 01:45, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Can you avoid saying the verb "run" in the first two sentences of the article?
 * Done.  Imzadi 1979  →   02:45, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
 * "with a planned continuation on to Powers, Michigan" - is the "on" needed?
 * Dropped.  Imzadi 1979  →   02:45, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
 * "Other changes on the east end have moved that terminus from the originally planned end location at Powers, to the current location in Norway. " - you can remove the comma here, unless you were going for something else?
 * Removed.  Imzadi 1979  →   02:45, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
 * "The two highways concurrently turn northeast along the St. Croix River entering town." - think a comma might be needed here though
 * Added.  Imzadi 1979  →   02:45, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
 * "East of Barron, US 8 meets US 53 at a mixed diamond/cloverleaf interchange and turns north into Cameron, then turns east in downtown to leave Cameron." - any way to rewrite so you don't say "Cameron" twice?
 * Reworded.  Imzadi 1979  →   02:45, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
 * "After a straight nine miles (14 km)" - this seems to be missing something, like "nine mile straightaway", or "after continuing for nine miles", but the current wording is a bit odd IMO.
 * Revised with your wording.  Imzadi 1979  →   02:45, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
 * "crosses WIS 40 in Bruce. East of Bruce" - add pronoun?
 * Done.  Imzadi 1979  →   02:45, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Perhaps you should explain what a "wrong-way concurrency" is for non roadgeeks?
 * Fair enough... and I added the link to wrong-way concurrency that was missing.  Imzadi 1979  →   02:45, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
 * " and passes through Armstrong Creek " - you should clarify this is a town and that the road doesn't go through a waterway
 * Done.  Imzadi 1979  →   02:45, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
 * "In 2002, US 8 was widened from two lanes to four lanes with a grass median between North Rifle Road and WIS 47" - you should clarify the state here (and good job with the 20th century section, no complaints there)
 * Added.  Imzadi 1979  →   02:45, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
 * "$4.5 million (equivalent to $5.7 million in 2011) to $6.0 million (equivalent to $7.6 million in 2011)" - why not equivalent to 2013 dollars?
 * The inflation template carries a warning that the Consumer Price Index-based inflation numbers are only valid for small quantities like consumer prices. For these larger amounts, it's recommended that we use a measure based on the gross domestic product, and the numbers for that are only calculated for the US through 2011. The article is using a template that will update the year when the calculations are updated though.  Imzadi 1979  →   02:45, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the review!  Imzadi 1979  →   02:45, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks, happy to support now! --♫ Hurricanehink ( talk ) 02:46, 4 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Comments from  Admr Boltz 
 * Can you provide an inset map for File:US 8 map.png, for those not familiar with the geography of the United States?
 * Added.  Imzadi 1979  →   01:38, 14 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Dabs and ELs check out. Images look okay
 * Not a FA criterion, but there is one lone red link in the article for the Pelican River, can a stub be created?
 * I'm not at home at the moment, but I'll look into seeing what I can do about that in a few days...  Imzadi 1979  →   01:38, 14 December 2013 (UTC)
 * --  Admr Boltz  15:17, 11 December 2013 (UTC)

Comment - I think any remaining minor issues can be attended to post FAC. Graham Colm (talk) 15:43, 14 December 2013 (UTC)

Graham Colm (talk) 15:43, 14 December 2013 (UTC)
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