Talk:Ontario Highway 15/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Bneu2013 (talk · contribs) 02:51, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

I will be reviewing this article, and will have comments soon. I'd also appreciate if someone would pickup one of my highway GA nominations. Bneu2013 (talk) 02:51, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

I was waiting for some more to appear prior to New Years, didn't see yours there (since they're oddly not in chronological order), I will take a look tonight and take on one. - Floydian ^τ _¢ 16:09, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

@Floydian: - I've posted my first comments. Bneu2013 (talk) 06:48, 22 January 2023 (UTC)

Hoping it's okay with you if I take until Saturday or Sunday to start addressing these? I'm in the midst of a work promotions (aka, run the company but we'll pay you more some day), so I'm finding myself with literally no time to Wikipedia! - Floydian ^τ _¢ 02:42, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

That's perfectly fine. I'm in no hurry. Bneu2013 (talk) 03:34, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

General comments

I've looked the article over, and overall it looks great and I don't see many issues. I have been extremely busy this week and haven't been very active, but I should have section-by-section comments by Saturday, if not sooner. Bneu2013 (talk) 00:07, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

No worries, I'm the same level of busy myself this week actually. Take your time! - Floydian ^τ _¢ 01:12, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

• Passes the Earwig check
• Images are fine.
• Inconsistent use of Oxford commas throughout.

Route description

• Is 2016 the most recent AADT data available?
  • For some reason, yeah. Pain in the ass for newer sections of highways.
• Consider describing what type of interchange it begins at.
  • I've always been opposed to naming interchange configuarations, it requires original research (even though anyone who knows interchange types knows its a diamond)
• Consider a brief description of the present-day use of Cataraqui Trail.
  • Done, linked to Shared-use path
• This certainly isn't necessary, but a small description of the highway's northern terminus wouldn't hurt.
  • I added that its an intersection. Not really much I can add to that, it's a generic urban-rural fringe intersection.

History

• On October 13, 1920, several dirt roads through the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville and Lanark County... - clarify that the route that became Highway 15 was one of these highways.
  • Done.
• Initially unnumbered, the route was designated as Highway 15 during the summer of 1925. - did the highway happen to have a common name before its numbering?
  • For most of the highways in Ontario prior to 1925, this was the case. Highway 15 is one of the exceptions.
• The northern segment of Highway 15 – approaching and within Ottawa – changed throughout the years - during approximately what timeframe?
  • It's throughout its existence. The paragraph after that hopefully addresses the when, as well as the "and varies between maps" bit indicating that it was a somewhat fuzzy topic. Any thoughts on how to better word it?

Major intersections

• I've never seen negative distances used before for former routings, but is this a common practice?
  • I use it quite often because about 25% of the highways in Ontario were downgraded in 1997/98, and aside from the shape of the signage, they are still referred to as "Highway X"

References

• Citations 4, 7, 13, and 22 are dead.
  • Added archive links
• Add "via Google News" for citation 19.
  • Done

Thank you for the review! My replies are indented. Everything, except the "changed throughout the years" point, has been fixed. I'm hoping you have some input on how to explain the situation with the Ottawa terminus being here there and everywhere. - Floydian ^τ _¢ 17:16, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

You're welcome! I think you've adequately addressed the points I raised. As such, I will be passing. Bneu2013 (talk) 01:39, 4 February 2023 (UTC)