Talk:Bay Area Rapid Transit/GA1

GA Reassessment

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This article is being reviewed as part of the WikiProject Good Articles. We're doing Sweeps to go over all of the current GAs and see if they still meet the GA criteria. This article was awarded GA-status back in 2006, so I will be assessing the article to ensure that it is still compliant.Pyrotec (talk) 18:24, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

Initial comments

This appears to be a comprehensive, wide-ranging article, but it lacks adequate/sufficient in-line citations in some sections; and there are some {{citation needed}} flags. However, I see that someone is working on fixing some of these problems. I will now go through this article section by section, but leaving the WP:Lead until last. Pyrotec (talk) 12:03, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

• History -
  • Development and origins -

• Ref 3 states "See BART Composite Report, prepared by Parsons Brinkerhof Tutor Bechtel, 1962", but this does not appear to be referenced in the report.
• No citation given for opening date.

• • Comparison with other rail transit systems -

• First para is unreferenced; so is the WP:OR?
• The second paragraph has two in-line citations, but both of these are letters - both on Google Groups, so they are hardly WP:RS.
• Third para, only the Paris and Berlin sentence is referenced, so is the rest WP:OR?

• Current System -
  • Background -

• First para well referenced.
• 2nd, 3rd and 4th paras unreferenced.
• 5th and 6th paras appear to be OK.

• • Routes, Hours of operation - appear to be OK
  • Fares -

• The first part of the first paragraph is unreferenced: Only "refunds" onwards is referenced.

• • Connecting services -

• Has a {{citation needed}} flag.

• • Connecting services via bus -

• 2nd and 3rd paras unreferenced.

• Organization and management -
  • Governance -

• 1st & 2nd paras unreferenced; and a {{citation needed}} flag.

• Rolling stock -

• The 'C car' paragraph is unreferenced.
• The following paragraph has a {{citation needed}} flag.
• The last four paragraphs are unreferenced.

• Recent news -

• The first part of the first paragraph is referenced, but the remaineder of this paragraph is not and it might be WP:POV material.
• 3rd paragraph is unreferenced and has a {{citation needed}} flag.

• BART Police shooting of Oscar Grant III -

• The final part of this section is unreferenced.

• WP:Lead -

• This is a bit short, but the other defects out-number this one.

I'm putting the article On Hold so that these points can be addressed. Pyrotec (talk) 19:23, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

I've done quite a bit to answer some of the complaints, however it is still far from perfect. I'll try to do something about the intro, it is indeed heavily lacking.Kyteto (talk) 22:56, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

You've do a great job so far. Thanks very much. 08:07, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

Overall summary

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

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The article has been much improved

1. Is it reasonably well written?

   A. Prose quality:

   B. MoS compliance:

2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?

   A. References to sources:

   B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:

   C. No original research:

3. Is it broad in its coverage?

   A. Major aspects:

   B. Focused:

4. Is it neutral?

   Fair representation without bias:

5. Is it stable?

   No edit wars, etc:

6. Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?

   A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:

   B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:

7. Overall:

   Pass or Fail:

I'm marking the article as "keeping" its GA-status. Pyrotec (talk) 16:59, 4 September 2009 (UTC)