Wikipedia:Peer review/San Francisco International Airport/archive1

San Francisco International Airport
This article achieved GA status a few weeks ago, and now I want to see what other additions, deletions, or otherwise modifications are needed to help it achieve FA status. Any advice is appreciated and thanks for any time and efforts. --physicq210 03:01, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

A pretty good article, although it will have to overcome some major obstacles before reaching FA. Mostly these concern structure; I'm not really sure why the sections Aircraft Noise Abatement and Aircraft Incidents exist. The latter should somehow be merged into the History section and the former can be included in some new section, like Technology in the airport or something. Beyond that, the Aircraft Noise Abatement section has lists; these either have to go or be incorporated into the text through summary style. The Airlines and Terminals section could also profit from some more summary style. There are way too many lists in there; if you take it to FAC right now, this will be the #1 issue most people will raise. The Boarding Areas and the Terminals subsections barely have any prose; eliminate the lists and summarize the material. For example, instead of mentioning every boarding area and which operator it covers, create a daughter article for that stuff and in this article only talk about some of the major boarding areas (the ones that receive the most traffic and so on).

Also, you'll want some more footnotes. Right now you have 17, but for an article this size a few more will be needed. This shouldn't be a problem because I notice that in References you have listed some works that you did not cite under Notes (you can't do that btw; if you put something up under References, people will assume you cited something out of it). My final piece of advice: look for another article about airports that is either GA or FA. This could provide some inspiration and guidance. Good luck!UberCryxic 04:51, 22 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the advice. So far, the Aircraft Noise Abatement section has been condensed, and the Aircraft Incidents section has been moved to the end to match other airport articles that have it (LAX, JFK, etc.). I'm working on adding more prose to the terminals sections; however, due to WP:AIRPORTS guidelines, I cannot turn the lists into prose. I'm also working on the adding of more sources, and have eliminated the "further reading" section as it is now pointless. Again, thanks for your comments! --physicq210 03:09, 23 August 2006 (UTC)


 * The section on the International Terminal contains limited information about the architecture of the terminal - who the architect was etc. suggest this is expanded and Terminals 1,2 and 3 should also include similar information. When were they built - who was the architect - any notable design features/constraints - structural system - engineers name maybe - why did some of them go out of service - did they fit into a masterplanned design of airport expansion - what masterplans have been produced? etc.etc. PS. Love the SFIA at night picture.--Mcginnly | Natter 11:49, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Hm. I'll on that, once I find the required sources. Thanks. --physicq210 01:05, 25 August 2006 (UTC)