Talk:Laurence Harbor station/GA1

GA Review

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Comments:

1. The proposed station is to be in Old Bridge, NJ, which in Middlesex County, not Monmouth County. Therefore, the category at the bottom needs to be changed to represent the correct county.
2. There are no pictures aside from the map of Laurence Harbor.
3. Almost all of the article is sourced from The Suburban newspaper.
4. By looking at this article, the station seems to be about a train station that is proposed. From past experiences, article about future items cannot be GA becuase they fail the criterion of being stable, as the information will change when the station is built. Also, Template:Future railway station should be added to the top of the article.

Due to the fourth point on stablilty, I will have to fail the article. It should not be renominated until the actual station is built, if ever. Dough4872 (talk) 01:06, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

The station doesn't look like it'll ever be built. Therefore, it don't violate the fourth criteria. And what picture can be added if no station ever existed. NJ Transit has nothing on it, what do you expect.Mitch/HC32 01:28, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

There is nothing in the article that explicitly states that fact. The infobox says it is proposed. If a source can 100% say it is not going to be built, then this article may be renominated. Dough4872 (talk) 01:48, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Since it does actually appear it will not be built, from reading the sources myself, I will give this article a thorough review:

1. Is there another word other than "proposed" that can be used to describe a cancelled station?
2. "on the New Jersey Transit North Jersey Coast Line " should be "on New Jersey Transit's North Jersey Coast Line " to avoid two wikilinked terms touching.
3. "could be construction": construction should be constructed.
4. In the lead, you should describe the possiblilty that it will probably never be built.
5. In sentence "This residential area, consisting of high-class townhouses, are known as "Bridgepointe".", are should be is.
6. "Route 18, Route 34, 35, and U.S. Route 9.", "35" should be "Route 35" for consistiency.
7. Comma should be added after "Barbara Cannon".
8. The sentence "Most of the city council, and along with mayor supported the deal, except for Joseph Hoff." sounds awkward.
9. The sentence "Hoff believed the train station was a good idea, but there was a number of outstanding issues before plans could go forward." also sounds awkward.
10. There is verb tense disagreement in sentence "Another major issue is the traffic congestion at Exit 120 itself, which at rush hour was "atrocious"."
11. The sentence "By November 2002, the station had not received any studies on the general location were not conducted by New Jersey Transit, and although the proposal still had support by the community, several citizens, including Joseph Hoff, were still questioning it." sounds awkward.
12. The sentence "The proposal for the new train station began to wane for sometime, until 2005, when Aliferi, the designer and constructor of "Bridgepointe" returned to the township board, proposing the continuation of construction for the two decade-old project, with several community groups either opposing the plan, or raising concerns." is wordy.
13. "Concerns were also raised by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, the program that governs the Garden State Parkway": I would suggest using "agency" instead of "program" as the latter sounds awkward.
14. As discussed above, are there any more sources that can be added besides the articles from The Suburban?

I am placing the article on hold. Dough4872 (talk) 02:09, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Done. #14 - check Google News - you'll see The Suburban everywhere.Mitch/HC32 15:54, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

I will now pass the article. Dough4872 (talk) 14:43, 3 August 2009 (UTC)