Talk:Washington State Route 531/GA1

GA Review

GA Review by S_RX

Lead

• State Route 531 (SR 531) is a state highway in the state of Washington, USA, getting its number from intersecting with Interstate 5. - Needs to be reworded to fit the format of other road GA's. ..is a state highway located in the U.S. state of Washington. What does it mean that it gets its number from intersecting with I5? This is SR 531, three digits. Elaboration?

• It extends 9.9 miles (15.9 km) from Wenberg State Park, west of Smokey Point, east to State Route 9 in southeast Arlington. - Is there a better location that can be wikilinked where Wenberg State Park is located, like ..from Wenberg State park in west Palm beach"? because saying its west from somewhere doesn't really help its location.

• Suggestion- The terminus of the road should be mentioned in the lead.

Lake Goodwin to Smokey Point

• SR 531 begins at Wenberg State Park (off the shores of Lake Goodwin) and continues north along East Lake Goodwin Road until it intersects with Lakewood Road. - You give two different locations for Wenberg Park, even though they are the same area, you should remain consistent. Instead of saying "off the shores," remove the parenthesis and place a comma after Park and reword to "near Lake Goodwin", that is more precise.

• From the intersection, SR 531 goes roughly east along Lakewood Road around Lake Ki and through a small forest until reaching a small reservoir, where Lakewood Road becomes the mostly straight 172nd Street NW. - What does it mean "goes roughly east"? Also, is it notable to include that it goes through a forest, IMO it does not. Also, does the reader need to known about the reservoir, to me that is also non notable to include, as it doesn't help elaborate it's location, it just gives landmarks. Bad word choice, "the mostly straight"? <--- remove.

• East of the switch, 45 Road branches off to the southeast and serves as an alternative to the SR 531–Interstate 5 interchange and 172nd Street NW becomes 172nd Street NE. - Bad word choice, instead of "switch", use something along the lines of "East of the road change" "branches off"? What is meant by that? Also, where is the SR 531-I5 interchange? Where does 172nd street NW become 172 street NE? All of this needs to be elaborated.

• After continuing east, SR 531 reaches 11th Avenue. - Reaches 11th avenue? What is meant here, does SR 531 continue alongside 11th avenue or what?

• 11th Avenue connects to the main entrances of Lakewood High School, the only high school for North Lakewood, and Cougar Creek Elementary, the only traditional Kindergarten to Grade 5 school for North Lakewood. - I dont' see the purpose of the elaboration of 11th avenue, it has no relevance to SR 531. IMO it should not be noted.

• SR 531 goes east next to Lakewood Elementary and the Lakewood School District heardquarters, and finally continues across the railroad tracks towards Smokey Point. - Instead of "goes" use "continues" (bad word choice again) Also, headquarters is misspelled here. Also, what railroad tracks? You said "the railroad tracks" referring to a specific track" which one?

• SR 531 intersects with 27th Avenue, which connects with Lakewood Crossing. Just a small way east, SR 531 has an interchange with Interstate 5. - the description needs to be elaborate more, "just a small way east" is a bad way to describe the route, how about "SR 531 continues east towards the interchange with Interstate 5."

Smokey Point to Edgecomb

• After leaving the interchange and North Lakewood, SR 531 goes east to Smokey Point Boulevard (former US 99) in Smokey Point. - You mean "formerly US 99"?

• The road then keeps east, passing Weston High School and Arlington Municipal Airport before intersecting with 67th Avenue, a major road from Marysville's Sunnyside area to Arlington. - A comma is needed after "Airport", also does sunnyside need to be included, cant Marysville just be by itself?

• SR 531 then goes east past the Arlington Gun Range and Gleneagle, a large housing area, before ending at an intersection with SR 9 State Route should be spelled out for "SR 9"

Road Extension

• East Lake Goodwin Road continuies south for 1 mile (1.7 km)[9] from Wenberg State Park, the end of SR 531, to West Lake Goodwin Road on the south shore of Lake Goodwin, where the road ends.[10] - There is a misspelling for "continues", Wenberg State Park is the end, but it should be elaborated, the east ending or the west ending, etc.

Road names

• The prose is one big sentence, it needs to be broken up into more than one sentence.

Bus Routes

• This section is redundant IMO, it serves no relevant information to the route itself. IMO it should be removed.

History

• At the time, very few travelers used the road. Later on, however, the two-lane road needed to be widened after a large economic boom occurred in the area. In the later half of the 1990's, the stretch from I-5 east to just west of 43rd Avenue NE was widened from two to five lanes. Also, stop signs were replaced with traffic lights at the intersection with Smokey Point Boulevard. this whole prose has no references to reliable sources for verifiability.

• With the recent commercial activity at Lakewood Crossing, additional road improvements may be made to help with traffic surrounding the area west and east of Interstate 5. This may mean the addition of numerous new lanes and traffic signals. - aside from needing refs, this needs to be reworded because it sounds more like a POV.

Major intersections

• I feel that all intersections are listed here, only main ones need to be listed.

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

1. Is it reasonably well written?

   A. Prose quality:

   Per the comments above.

   B. MoS compliance:

   Per the comments above.

2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?

   A. References to sources:

   Some are missing above.

   B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:

   Per the comments above.

   C. No original research:

   Per the comments above.

3. Is it broad in its coverage?

   A. Major aspects:

   B. Focused:

4. Is it neutral?

   Fair representation without bias:

   Per the comments above.

5. Is it stable?

   No edit wars, etc:

6. Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?

   A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:

   B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:

7. Overall:

   Pass or Fail:

   This article needs alot of work, this qualifies for quickfail, but their is good content here, though just needs to be worked on. Once the above concerns are addressed, please notify me. Cheers.SRX^--LatinoHeat 00:07, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

I have fixed all the problems you have listed and I have extended the lead to two paragraphs. I also took out the unreliable source from Highways of Washington. --CG was here. (T - C - S - E) 16:11, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

I think this article is now ready. I have expanded the history section and adde references from WSDOT. --CG was here. (T - C - S - E) 17:29, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

I see that you have improved all my concerns, well written article now, good work. .--S_RX 15:23, 12 July 2008 (UTC)