Talk:Providence and Worcester Railroad/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Whiteguru (talk · contribs) 19:47, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

Starts GA Review. The review will follow the same sections of the Article. Thank you --Whiteguru (talk) 19:47, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

 

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Observations

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

   HTML document size: 172 kB
   Prose size (including all HTML code): 30 kB
   References (including all HTML code): 59 kB
   Wiki text: 36 kB
   Prose size (text only): 18 kB (2980 words) "readable prose size"
   References (text only): 7985 B

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

• WP:Proseline: Despite this, the company quickly began to make a large profit upon opening, thanks to the large amount of traffic it carried

1. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism):

• Copyvio check picks up names of railroads; else, all is fine.

1. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

• Page is "readable prose size";
• Lead is crisp and sharp.
• Founding section is good with the history and links to the Blackstone Canal.
• Trains magazine not giving access to reference 17... Reference 21 does a lot of back-fill ...

1. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

• Neutral point of view is presented.

1. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

• Page created 9 January 2005
• Page has 309 edits by 127 editors
• Majority of annual edits in October 2021
• 90 day page views = 3249 views, with a daily average of 36 views
• Other than bots reverting financial links, page shows very few instances of vandalism and steady improvement
• page is considered stable.

1. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

• File:P&W 4006 Baltic CT.jpg = Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
• File:Providence and Worcester Railroad logo.svg = fair use claimed = fair use under the Copyright law of the United States.
• File:Providence and Worcester RR 1909.jpg = is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer.
• File:Route of the Providence and Worcester rail road (11839037763).jpg = Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
• File:Providence and Worcester Railroad line within Salt Rock State Park, Sprague, Connecticut.jpg = Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
• File:Middletown, CT - rail tracks east of Main St 01.jpg = Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
• File:ProvWorc10.1.05.jpg = Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.
• File:Providence and Worcester freight train in Pawtucket, June 2008.jpg = Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
• All photos have fair use rationales and are appropriately tagged.

1. Overall:

• The Ghoul Express? my, my, Halloween will never be the same.
• Reference 17 is indeed referential to the expansion days; however Reference 21 gives significant backfill as well. Well sourced.
• All clear apart from the minor prose matter mentioned above. --Whiteguru (talk) 05:19, 20 December 2021 (UTC)

 

 Passed