Talk:Q20 and Q44 buses/GA1

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GA Review[edit]

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Reviewer: Dom497 (talk · contribs) 02:50, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]


GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

  1. Is it well written?
    A. The prose is clear and concise, and the spelling and grammar are correct:
    B. It complies with the manual of style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation:
  2. Is it verifiable with no original research?
    A. It contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline:
    B. All in-line citations are from reliable sources, including those for direct quotations, statistics, published opinion, counter-intuitive or controversial statements that are challenged or likely to be challenged, and contentious material relating to living persons—science-based articles should follow the scientific citation guidelines:
    C. It contains no original research:
    D. It contains no copyright violations nor plagiarism:
  3. Is it broad in its coverage?
    A. It addresses the main aspects of the topic:
    B. It stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style):
  4. Is it neutral?
    It represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each:
  5. Is it stable?
    It does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute:
  6. Is it illustrated, if possible, by images?
    A. Images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content:
    B. Images are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions:
  7. Overall:
    Pass or Fail:
    On hold for 7 days (starting January 15/18) Pass!



  • Does the image associated with the "Incidents" add any value to the article? An image of the actual accident would be much better.
    • The only images I could find were not freely licensed. This shows the site and the damage to the building. Sorry. epicgenius (talk) 15:20, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
      • Please update the caption of the image to mention that it shows the damage to the building. I would have never guessed thats what the scaffolding was.--Dom497 (talk) 12:47, 17 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
        • Done. epicgenius (talk) 15:23, 17 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
          • I still don't think its clear that the scaffolding is there because of the crash. Maybe something like: "The scaffolding on the building was put in place as a result of the crash."--Dom497 (talk) 19:47, 17 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Traveling west along Archer Avenue, it passes the Jamaica Center station of the Archer Avenue subway and its Bus Terminal." - "Bus Terminal" shouldn't be capitalized.
    • Done.
  • "At the Sutphin Boulevard subway station and Jamaica Long Island Rail Road and Airtrain JFK station..." - One to many "and"'s.
    • Done.
  • "The Q50 meanwhile turns east to follow the Bx5..." - What is Bx5?
    • Another bus route, but I reworded anyway. Too many details about the Q50. epicgenius (talk) 15:20, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Prior to 1999, the Q44 ran entirely local between Jamaica, Queens and West Farms, Bronx, and was the only bus service along Main Street in Queens" - Might just be me but the multiple "and"'s throw off the flow of the sentence.
    • Done.
  • "On February 15, 1932, North Shore Bus Company began operating a bus service to replace the Long Island Rail Road's Whitestone Branch,[5][12][13] labeled "Q35" - Move refs 5, 12, and 13 to the end of the sentence since they are so close to it. (This is more of suggestion and not a requirement).
    • I split these up into 2 sentences.
  • "...this is the routing of the current Q25 bus in the area. It then ran east along 14th Avenue before following the current Q76 and Q15 routes to Whitestone." - Needs a reference.
    • Done.
  • Could the infobox be edited to remove the need of the "Q20B operates weekdays only" note?
    • Done.
  • Refs 5 and 18 don't seem reliable.
    • I trusted ref 18 a little more because there is a team of several authors. Anyway, I replaced them both. epicgenius (talk) 15:20, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • I would recommend archiving ref 71 (or linking to an already archived version) as it looks like it could become a deadlink in the near future.

--Dom497 (talk) 02:58, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Great work! Passing!--Dom497 (talk) 15:03, 18 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]