Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Assessment/A-Class review/Interstate 70 in West Virginia

Interstate 70 in West Virginia

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The result was: Promoted to A-Class! -  ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ  τ ¢  06:20, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

review
 * Suggestion: Promote to A-Class
 * Nominator's comments: I would like to submit this article for your consideration. It just passed its GAN, and am hoping it can help out the I-70 Featured Topic.
 * Nominated by: Admrboltz (talk) 00:36, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
 * First comment occurred: 00:53, 26 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Support I don't normally come to ACR and support off the bat, but for this one, I will make an exception. For those who are wondering why, I was in contact with Admrboltz the other evening on IM discussing the article, and offered all of my suggestions via that venue. At the conclusion of my discussion, I suggested that the article is A-Class worthy. That isn't to say that others won't or can't find avenues of improvements, but for me, the article meets the criteria to be promoted.  Imzadi  1979   →  00:53, 26 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Support - I will support this article in its current state with a disclaimer. If this article is taken to FAC, more research needs to be done for the construction history.  Dough 48  72  04:24, 31 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Brief comments: "...the highway meets the eastern terminus of I-470 Before..." I think you forgot a period here.
 * --  Admr Boltz  23:46, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
 * "Between 32,000 and 60,000 vehicles per day on average use the freeway."Again, I have problems with this sentence; I think "per day" should be moved to the end of the sentence. Vehicles per day don't use the freeway. Vehicles use the freeway per day. Well, that's how I think it should be worded, but I could be wrong. --P C B  23:39, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Tweaked sentence. --  Admr Boltz  23:46, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

A bit concerned that if these errors were missed, there may be several more. --Rschen7754 02:01, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Oppose seeing lots of prose errors, a lot of them really careless.
 * I have requested a WP:GOCE copy-edit and will wait for it before it goes to FAC. --  Admr Boltz  02:18, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
 * On the eastern banks of the river, I-70 passes over the city of Wheeling - over?
 * It's called an elevated freeway. Yes, "over".  Imzadi 1979  → 
 * Changed. --  Admr Boltz  02:18, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
 * RD - "The highway passes through a light commercial zone as U.S. Route 40 (US 40) and US 250 become become concurrent"
 * This was suggested by Dough when he called for more details on the surroundings of the highway. I have changed the pronoun to freeway to indicate that we are referring to I-70, however I do not see a huge issue with this sentence. --  Admr Boltz  02:18, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
 * The issue is "become become". --Rschen7754 07:40, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
 * --  Admr Boltz  15:36, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
 * The bridge crosses the main channel of the river and the main branch of the Greater Wheeling Trail which parallels the eastern banks of the river. - needs a comma for clarity
 * --  Admr Boltz  02:18, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Elevated above the town of Wheeling, a complex interchange with US 40 and West Virginia Route 2 (WV 2) allows access to downtown Wheeling and Benwood. - the interchange is elevated above?
 * Yes. The entire freeway is elevated above the town. It does not hit solid land until after the tunnel. --  Admr Boltz  02:18, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
 * This isn't made very clear in the article. --Rschen7754 08:04, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I have spelled it out a bit more blatantly now. --  Admr Boltz  15:36, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Sentence should be moved towards beginning of paragraph. --Rschen7754 16:35, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Why? I think its fine where it is. If it was moved anywhere else in that paragraph I do not feel that it would make sense. The first paragraph is related to the route up to the point where it is no longer elevated. --  Admr Boltz  18:54, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
 * This information is needed to understand the rest of the paragraph. Just reword it and make it the topic sentence. --Rschen7754 19:16, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
 * --  Admr Boltz  20:34, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
 * As I-70 curves to the south, the highway intersects US 40 and WV 88, with the ramps from the eastbound lanes crossing underneath the freeway, parallel to Wheeling Creek. - last comma shouldn't be there
 * Removed. --  Admr Boltz  02:18, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
 * That comma is gone. --  Admr Boltz  18:54, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
 * The interchange just west of the Wheeling Tunnel, and this interchage are complicated due to the fact that both interchanges are abutted by hills. no comma, spelling error too
 * --  Admr Boltz  02:18, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Wheeling Jesuit University's southeastern border is formed by I-70 as it approaches the neighborhood of Elm Grove. - as the university approaches the border?
 * --  Admr Boltz  02:18, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
 * US 40 and WV 88 are intersected again as the highway turns more easterly, - more easterly? are intersected?
 * --  Admr Boltz  02:18, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
 * History - local politicians suggested closing the twin tunnels all together, and to just build the freeway over Wheeling Hill. - sounds angry
 * After opposition from the NAACP and other groups, - why the NAACP? any more details?
 * Expanded some, and spelled out abbreviation. Budget was another concern, which is listed at the end of that paragraph. --  Admr Boltz  02:18, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Expanded some, and spelled out abbreviation. Budget was another concern, which is listed at the end of that paragraph. --  Admr Boltz  02:18, 6 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Provisional support provided that this article is copyedited as planned. I think it's a great article, I'm just a bit concerned that there may have been some things missed during the ACR stage. --Rschen7754 21:41, 6 February 2011 (UTC)


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