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DYK for Colorado State Highway 74
On May 28, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Colorado State Highway 74, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
This [1] is not correct. Having all three of the big sections does *not* guarantee C-class. The sections need to be longer than 1-2 sentences. If a section is cruddy like that, it doesn't count. --Rschen7754 09:37, 12 June 2010 (UTC)
I'm sorry. This was before Dough audited CO and I didn't really understand assessments like that. Thank you for pointing it out to me, I know now that that is indeed a stub. --PCB 02:28, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
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Assessments and page titles
Other things I noticed today:
[2] - former routes can, and should, have junction lists. In this case, the junction list would show the highway's major junctions at the time it was removed.
[3] and [4] are far from B-Class articles. All but two sentences of SR 101's route description and history are unreferenced, and SR 143 has several unreferenced paragraphs.
[5] - it is unnecessary to indicate whether the route is former, proposed, etc. in the page title unless there is a need to disambiguate the article to distinguish it from another. In short, unless the number is reassigned and a new article has been made for the new number, there's no need for disambiguation. As far as I can tell, the SR 93 designation hasn't been reused, so the (former) dab is both unnecessary and incorrect. – TMF 05:31, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
Also, E-470 is not B-class - the history section is entirely unsourced. --Rschen7754 18:04, 4 August 2010 (UTC)
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Sorry, I was distracted at last minute. You may remove the deletion discussion. --PCB 00:36, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
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The article Interstate 270 (Colorado) you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Interstate 270 (Colorado) for things which need to be addressed. Imzadi1979→ 00:44, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
On 16 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Nevada State Route 230, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the east end of Nevada State Route 230 is known as the Welcome Interchange? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
You've probably noticed that I passed the article at GAN. I did move my review over to WP:HWY/PR so other roads editors can have a look at it. –Fredddie™ 02:23, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
Did you just do that to improve my writing or to help boost it to A-Class? I was never intending to do the latter, and thanks a lot if the former. (Thanks either way). --PCB 02:51, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
Either. I've always thought people learn better through practice and then having their work checked. So, the more times you go through the motions, the better your writing gets. Ask Imzadi1979 (talk·contribs) how many times it took going through GAN/ACR/FAC before he knew what the criteria at each level were. –Fredddie™ 03:03, 23 February 2011 (UTC) PS, I'm watching your talk page, so you don't have to {{tb}} me.
Gotcha, thanks. I'd say I need that sort of practice to avoid having so many comments when people put my GAN's on hold. --PCB 03:04, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
I'm curious, can you please reply at the GAN page on what issues from your review are left outstanding? If it's just the link to MDOT, the reference has the link. At the time M-74 existed, the government agency was the (Michigan) State Highway Department (MSHD). I don't see a need to shoe-horn in a link and a mention to MSHD in the text of the article. In any event, Michigan State Highway Department redirects to Michigan Department of Transportation (as do the two intervening names, Michigan Department of State Highways and Michigan Department of State Highways and Transportation). The infobox though lists the agency that currently maintains the roadway, the Missaukee County Road Commission, which is how other decommissioned highways are done, like M-554. Imzadi 1979→ 09:06, 6 March 2011 (UTC)
Quick question: If WMATA is defined in the body of the article, can it be used in the footnotes? Racepacket (talk) 21:39, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
It needs to be spelled out in the footnotes. —PCB 23:45, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
I have posted a revised version of the article at User:Racepacket/WMATA please let me know if the changes meet your concerns. I am also asking to have it reviewed before I move it into article space. Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 18:22, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
Still a couple of problems. Now the future section is a little bit too short. (Sorry, I made a mistake when recommending that you add it.) The first paragraph of the route section is referenced almost entirely to fn 16. Otherwise, good job. — PCB 22:50, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
I apologize, it may take quite some time before I get to reviewing the sandbox article. You may post it to the article space if you wish. — PCB 03:57, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
The sandbox is for another user to check it for any accidental close paraphrasing. I will move it to article space after he clears it. You are done on K-30, Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 19:03, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
Article has now been moved into the article space. I hope that I have met your concerns and look forward to working with you to close out the review. Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 14:55, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
Sorry, my terrible mistake. I thought you were the vandal, not the reverter, sorry. Thanks for catching that. Epic failure on my part. — PCB 16:36, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
Not withstanding the minor error noted on your talk above, you're clearly a great wikipedian with sound knowledge of process and policy. Thanks very much for you efforts. Pedro : Chat 21:17, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
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I have placed your review on hold. I am looking forward to working with you. Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 05:35, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
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Hi, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. It appears that you recently tried to give Kohala Mountain Road a different title by copying its content and pasting either the same content, or an edited version of it, into Hawaii Route 250. This is known as a "cut and paste move", and it is undesirable because it splits the page history, which is needed for attribution and various other purposes. Instead, the software used by Wikipedia has a feature that allows pages to be moved to a new title together with their edit history.
. The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Interstate 270 (Colorado) for things which need to be addressed. Imzadi 1979 → 00:44, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
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; see Talk:Jinke Road (Shanghai Metro) for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of said article. If you oppose this decision, you may ask for a reassessment. Deryck C. 22:03, 24 April 2011 (UTC)