Talk:New Haven and Northampton Railroad/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: JackFromWisconsin (talk · contribs) 18:32, 18 October 2021 (UTC)

Hello, I am going to be reviewing this article. Expect comments before the end of the week. --JackFromWisconsin (talk | contribs) 18:32, 18 October 2021 (UTC)

General Comments

Lead, infobox

• You may want to consider making Canal Line a redirect or disambig (if there are multiple articles), since its boldened and an alternative name.

Redirect made. I thought I had already done so, but obviously not.

• I'm a little confused with calling the company the railroad. The article seems to be about the railroad, yet its titled after the company.

Agreed. That was the title of the article before I expanded it to its current status. I'd move it, but I worry it might mess up this review and/or the DYK nomination.

Now done, courtesy of PMC. A few things broke but I believe we fixed everything.

• I would title the article after the railroad (New Haven and Northampton Railroad). It seems most other railroad articles are titled as the Railroad.

Done, see above.

• "Dates of operation" shouldn't end in 1887 if some of the railroad is still used in the 21st century? If they are particularly minor stretches, it would still warrant a footnote explaining that while yes most of it has since closed, these small sections of track are still open to freight traffic.

It is a pretty much universal practice in railroad articles of having the dates of operation reflect that of the company, not the railroad tracks themselves. Since this is about the company, it is acceptable for the date of operation to end in 1887. If the article were specifically about the railroad line itself (e.x. Lowell Line) then you'd be correct.

• "Successor" should probably be spelt out and linked, instead of abbreviated.

Good point, done.

History

• "Starting in New Haven, the railroad reached Plainville, 27 miles away, by the end of 1847, where in 1850 it was joined by the Hartford, Providence & Fishkill Railroad's line between Hartford and Waterbury." should be split in 2 sentences: "Starting in New Haven, the railroad reached Plainville, 27 miles away, by the end of 1847. In 1850 it was joined by/connected to the Hartford, Providence & Fishkill Railroad's line between Hartford and Waterbury.

Done.

• The following third level headings should be shortened and made into second level headings.

Done. Let me know if you recommend any further tweaks.

• "Even as construction to Granby continued" doesn't need to be stated, as it was already mentioned in the previous paragraph that trains were running while construction was ongoing.

Done.

• use an en-dash with spaces, or an em-dash without spaces instead of a hyphen. However, I would suggest making this two sentences.

Turned into two separate sentences.

• I suggest cropping the picture with the caption "The company's railroad bridge across the Farmington River in Collinsville" to get rid of the white-space.

Is cropping something that can be done easily? I've never done that with an image on Wikipedia before.

I found a different image which avoids the cropping issue, and shows more information anyhow. It has been added to replace the previous image.

• The two images in the 21st century section have MOS:SANDWICH concerns. I suggest either making both right aligned, or use the {{multiple images}} template.

Working on this now, will report back shortly.

Resolved using the multiple image template, good idea.

See also

• generally, links in See also should not repeat links in the body. Remove all except for "List of New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad precursors"

Done.

General Comments 2

• all images are free to use and are tagged appropriatly
• I suggest using shortened footnotes for references #2 and 3 (more info here: WP:CT), although not required for GA-class

Sfn templates scare me, and I'm only citing a small number of pages for each source, so I'd prefer not to.

• The captions with complete sentences should have a period.

Done.

• Earwig copyvio check came up clean

@JackFromWisconsin: I've responded to every comment now. Let me know if I need to make any final changes.

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GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
It is reasonably well written. a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): It is factually accurate and verifiable. a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism): It is broad in its coverage. a (major aspects): b (focused): It follows the neutral point of view policy. Fair representation without bias: It is stable. No edit wars, etc.: It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate. a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall: Pass/Fail:
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I am putting this article on hold, for now. Some issues need to be addressed, but otherwise the article is very well done. JackFromWisconsin (talk | contribs) 23:48, 18 October 2021 (UTC)

All issues have been addressed. Article achieves GA status. Good job! JackFromWisconsin (talk | contribs) 21:09, 19 October 2021 (UTC)