Talk:New York State Route 144

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Review: June 30, 2013. (Reviewed version).

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GA Review

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Reviewer: Amakuru (talk · contribs) 09:39, 30 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I have used ~~New York State Route 144~~ New York State Route 114 as a guide for this review. Evidently both are very short articles, but that's probably in line with what there is to say about the subjects and the sources. Also both are referenced heavily off single map sources on Google/Bing maps. Again, I don't personally have a problem with that, it satisfied WP:V as far as I'm concerned.

Is it reasonably well written?
A. Prose quality:

B. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists:
Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
A. References to sources:

B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:
Will check this later.

C. No original research:
As noted above, the route description is derived by looking at a map, but I don't regard that as original research!
Is it broad in its coverage?
A. Major aspects:

B. Focused:
Is it neutral?
Fair representation without bias:
Is it stable?
No edit wars, etc:
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:
Overall:
Pass or Fail:

Comments

Overall, a well written and interesting article. Here are a few comments to consider:

Route description:

Town of New Baltimore / hamlet of New Baltimore: it is not clear to me if these are the same place? It sounds from the article as if the road starts in the former and later runs through the latter. (Apologies, this may be some technical issue to do with the difference between towns and hamlets in NY, but it might be good to clarify for others not familiar with this.
Hamlet is a piece of the town that does not have its own government. Just happens there is a Hamlet of New Baltimore within the town of New Baltimore. Mitch32^{(It is very likely this guy doesn't have a girlfriend.)} 14:06, 30 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
"darting back to the northeast" - doesn't sound too encylopedic!
Changed. Mitch32^{(It is very likely this guy doesn't have a girlfriend.)} 14:22, 30 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
"tank farm" is this a common name for an oil depot in US English? I'm more familiar Commonwealth English, and I haven't heard the term before. If it's not widely understood in the US then might be worth changing it to oil depot (which is the link target anyway).
It's just a bunch of oil tanks that you'd see along the New Jersey Turnpike and such.Mitch32^{(It is very likely this guy doesn't have a girlfriend.)} 14:06, 30 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

History:

Assuming there are sources available, I feel like this section might benefit from some commentary on how the roads that make up this route originally came to be built, and what the physical history is, e.g. when was it sealed etc. No need to go into full detail as this is GA rather than FA, but I notice for example that New York State Route 22#History has a lot more material than this one does.
Usually is handled between GA and FA, not that I intend to take this to FA in the next twenty years. Mitch32^{(It is very likely this guy doesn't have a girlfriend.)} 14:06, 30 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Despite that, I've added stuff. Mitch32^{(It is very likely this guy doesn't have a girlfriend.)} 14:22, 30 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! — Amakuru (talk) 13:21, 30 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

OK, that seems fine to me now. The "hamlet" and "tank farm" confusion can be easily enough resolved using the hyperlink for those who don't know about them and history is sufficient for GA at this stage (per previous examples). Thanks and good work — Amakuru (talk) 14:53, 30 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Just out of curiosity, what was the guide article you used because you have NY 144 as the point of reference.Mitch32^{(Wikipedia's worst Reform Luddite.)} 21:51, 30 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Apologies, I meant 114 not 144! I just picked it out at random from previous GAs of a similar nature and fouind it to be similar in length and structure to this one. Thanks — Amakuru (talk) 20:10, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]