Talk:Michigan State Trunkline Highway System/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Admrboltz (talk) 21:28, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

• Length in Infobox - can you add an "as of date" to that length?
• You have stuff in the lead cited there. The lead should be a summary, and should not be the sole place for information not covered anywhere else.
• How does a Truck Operators map support "These unsigned trunklines are mostly segments of former highway designations that have been moved or had the designations decommissioned."?
• "This usage dates from ca. 1918–19, when Michigan's state trunklines were first signed in the field" - in the field sounds wrong... "when MI's state trunklines were first signed" or "when signs first appeared on the trunkline" or something.
• "The highest numbers used for highway designations include M-553 in the UP and I-696 running along the northern Detroit suburbs. " - spell out UP the first time. And needs a cite.
• "M-numbered" / "M-nn" - be consistent
• "I-75 and US 23 share around 75 miles (121 km) of freeway alignment between Flint and Standish. BUS US 131 in Big Rapids is routed along a portion of M-20 on Perry Street." - seems kind of awkward.
• "Also called "bannered highways" by some," by who?
• "An early form of federal aid contributed to the road network in the state starting in 1959." - cn, also, what about US route funding in the 20/30s orrr did you mean 1859, which would make more sense based on where it is located.
• 20th Century and later / Main article: Michigan Department of Transportation - switch from {{main}} to {{see also}}.
• See Also - Why are you listing national lists?
• File:MI highways.svg needs a {{PD-USGov-DOT}} tag on it too.
• Welcome sign, why not use the newer File:WelcomeToMichiganSignUS8Nov2009.jpg as linked to from your current picture?
• Category:Michigan-related lists - this isn't a list.

I am placing this article on hold. --Admrboltz (talk) 21:51, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Replies

All but the second and third bullet points should be addressed through some editing. For the third point, the map indicates all state-owned highways. The unsigned trunklines are labelled with a purple line and "OLD X" names where X is the former designation along the road. That's how the sort backs the statement. Imzadi 1979 → 00:20, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

Ok, as for the lead, those details are all contained in the lists, which act as sub-articles of the "HIghway systems" section, so it should be appropriate to leave it as is not that the {{see also}} links are in place. Imzadi 1979 → 00:46, 17 November 2010 (UTC)