Talk:Prides Crossing station

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Prides Crossing station has been listed as one of the Engineering and technology good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
Review: March 12, 2021. (Reviewed version).

A fact from Prides Crossing station appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 2 April 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Prides Crossing station had separate benches for Democrats and Republicans?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2021/April. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Prides Crossing station.

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GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Prides Crossing station/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: The Rambling Man (talk · contribs) 17:05, 9 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

What's a "flag stop"?
- Done linked.
"(B&M) in 1885. The B&M operated" repetitive, why not just "(B&M) in 1885 which operated"?
- Done Reworded.
" level crossing" link.
- Done
"a one-story stick style now" maybe Briteng, but feels like there's a word missing, like "construction" after the style.
- Done Added the missing word.
"The Gloucester Branch opened to" overlinked.
- Done
I see "wealthy residents " is linked to the section on "notable residents" - do we know they all used this station?
- On the 8:02 and Beverly Revisited don't refer to specific residents, but state that they were well-used by the wealthy residents. I've added citations that specifically list several of them using the station, and several others arriving on private sidings.
"February 1, 1981 due" comma after year.
- Done
"lasted into" continued into.
- I think the existing phrasing works fine.
"The NTSB determined" don't use acronyms without explaining them first.
- Done
Salem link?
- Done
"mini-high platforms " what are those?
- Done
"was nominated for closures " why plural?
- Done Typo fixed.
Avoid SHOUTING in ref titles.
- Done
Spaced hyphen in ref titles should be spaced en-dash.
- Done
"MBTA - Prides Crossing" also should be an en-dash.
- Done
Is the "depot" building the same as the station building? If not, it only seems to be mentioned in the lead. If so, I'm confused.
- Done Yes, the same building. I've standardized on "station" to clarify
Where is "fare zone 5" mentioned or referenced?
- Done Ref added.
Montserrat is not mentioned in the article other than in the infobox.
- That's a navigation template, standard for station articles.

That's all I have for now. On hold. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 17:30, 10 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@The Rambling Man: Thanks for the review! I believe I've addressed all your items above. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 05:49, 12 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, happy with that so passing. Good work. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 08:07, 12 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by MeegsC (talk) 22:21, 27 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Prides Crossing station had separate benches for Democrats and Republicans? Source: Boston and Maine Trains and Services
- ALT1:... that financiers Henry Clay Frick and William Henry Moore had sidings for their private railroad cars near Prides Crossing station? Sources: 1, 2

Reviewed: El Cholo Spanish Cafe

Improved to Good Article status by Pi.1415926535 (talk). Self-nominated at 19:35, 18 March 2021 (UTC).[reply]

- Looks fine to me, but this is my first review. Article improved to Good Article status in last 7 days, length is good, no obvious copyvio issues, nominator has completed QPQ. Both hooks are properly cited. Personally I like the first hook better. It's a fun fact. Wish there was something more about the history of the benches but couldn't fine anything in a quick search. Enjoyed reading the article, as I live in Boston. Might go see the benches sometime. PMCH2 (talk) 01:26, 19 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]