Talk:Delaware Route 7

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Date	Process	Result
July 13, 2012	Good article nominee	Listed

U.S. Roads: State highways / Delaware Mid‑importance

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GA Review[edit]

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Reviewer: MathewTownsend (talk · contribs) 00:41, 11 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

will review Delaware road article. MathewTownsend (talk) 00:41, 11 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

begin review

"DE 7 joins the DE 1 freeway and interchanges with Interstate 95 (I-95) before the DE 1 freeway ends at the DE 58 interchange." - "interchanges with"?

Reworded. Dough 48 72 17:29, 13 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

"Past this, DE 7 continues north as a surface road concurrent with DE 4 " - some other wording beside "past this"?

Chanfed. Dough 48 72 17:29, 13 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

"Red Lion" - the name of a town? - I linked it because the reader who is not familiar with the topic won't know the specifics. - never mind, I linked it.

also I linked it to Red Lion, Delaware, because it helps to clarify that the road in Delaware then reaches Pennsylvania.

"With the construction of the DE 1 freeway in the 1990s, DE 7 was shifted to a portion of the freeway near the Christiana Mall and was extended south to an intersection with US 13 and DE 72 as a result of the relocation of US 13 onto a portion of the freeway." - long sentence that's hard to understand.

Split into two sentences. Dough 48 72 17:29, 13 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

"In 1999, an interchange was built as DE 58 as a result of a northward extension of DE 1 along DE 7" - don't understand - an interchange is called DE 58?

Fixed, there was a typo there. Dough 48 72 17:29, 13 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

"DE 7 heads northwest through suburban areas, passing through Pike Creek." - is Pike Creek a suburban area?

Yes, Pike Creek is suburban. Dough 48 72 17:29, 13 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I made a bunch of edits [1], with edit summaries explaining that full names should be used at first mention, especially in the lede but also in the body of the article as there are so many similar names that it's confusing; and that highway terms such as flyover and cloverleaf interchange should be linked.

Recommend more context be given when possible, especially in the body of the article: e.g. "the unincorporated community of Red Lion, Delaware - Christiana Mall, a super-regional shopping mall near Newark, Delaware, etc.

Added some context. Dough 48 72 17:29, 13 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Many people don't read the infoboxes, so links there should be repeated in the article.

Infobox links are repeated in article. Dough 48 72 17:29, 13 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Recommend that the full name be used at first mention in the body of the article also, because the different but similar names are very confusing.

Added full name of DE 7 at beginning of route description. Dough 48 72 17:29, 13 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Recommend more attention given to prose: e.g. "Past this intersection, the route becomes Bear-Christiana Road and passes between suburban housing developments to the west and fields to the east." - using past/passes in the same sentence makes it harder for the reader to understand what is meant.

"Made some fixes. Dough 48 72 17:29, 13 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

If possible, it would be better to divide the big blocks of text into more paragraphs to make for easier reading.

Split some paragraphs. Dough 48 72 17:29, 13 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Would be nice if there were more photos; I looked around a little and couldn't find any.

If I can get more photos in the future, I will upload them. Dough 48 72 17:29, 13 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I guess there is no map available? - map would be great.

WP:USRD/MTF is dead right now. I hope to get a map for this article in the future. Dough 48 72 17:29, 13 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Everything else about the article is fine.

MathewTownsend (talk) 17:04, 13 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the review, I have replied to the above comments. Dough 48 72 17:29, 13 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

GA review-see WP:WIAGA for criteria (and here for what they are not)

Is it reasonably well written?
a. prose: clear and concise, respects copyright laws, correct spelling and grammar:

b. complies with MoS for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation:
Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
a. provides references to all sources in the section(s) dedicated to footnotes/citations according to the guide to layout:

b. provides in-line citations from reliable sources where necessary:

c. no original research:
Is it broad in its coverage?
a. it addresses the main aspects of the topic:

b. it remains focused and does not go into unnecessary detail (see summary style):
Does it follow the neutral point of view policy.
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:
Pass!

Nice work! and fast!

I made a few more edits that you're free to revert:[2]

Congratulations! MathewTownsend (talk) 18:01, 13 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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@Dough4872: can you tell me where you find "The road runs between farmland to the west and warehouses to the east, crossing Norfolk Southern's Reybold Industrial Track railroad line at-grade before passing under the US 13/DE 1 freeway without an interchange." in the source? Horse Eye's Back (talk) 19:51, 2 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The maps used in the route description as sources verify this information. Dough4872 19:54, 2 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not seeing either "farmland to the west" or "warehouses to the east" noted on the maps. Horse Eye's Back (talk) 22:42, 2 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

If you can’t read a map, that’s not our problem. I can’t read Latin, but I’m sure there’s plenty of citations of it in Wikipedia. Doesn’t mean it’s not a proper reference. Famartin (talk) 02:19, 3 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

That information could be read from a map which had land use as a feature, that is not the case here. Horse Eye's Back (talk) 03:09, 3 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]