User:Miranda/Interstate 155 (Illinois)

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a (prose): b (MoS):
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a (references): (not properly cited) b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
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Evaluation of Interstate 155 (Illinois)

Issue addressed miranda 05:24, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Is there a freely available map available for this article? May want to look on gov. websites (i.e. The Department of Transportation)

I'll put in a request at WP:USRD/MTF. We have GIS data. —Rob (talk) 16:55, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

The map is in. Also, I finally found the article I was looking for - the storytelling one. I'll add info from it to the article as well. —Rob (talk) 16:33, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Introduction

Issue addressed miranda 05:35, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Increasing traffic volumes on the road caused to numerous fatal accidents near Morton, leading state officials to replace the route with a limited-access freeway.

Too many "lead"s. Break this up into two sentences if possible.

There was only one "lead"? Maybe prior to copyedit. "Prompting..." sounds better anyways. —Rob (talk) 16:55, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

I had to copyedit this section.
Avoid using "route", but use "interstate" instead.

Done. —Rob (talk) 16:55, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Illinois Route 121 - add (IL 121) because I notice that IL 121 is used later throughout the article as an abbreviation.

Done. —Rob (talk) 16:55, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Route description

Issue addressed (weak - I had to copyedit this section). miranda 05:54, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Avoid using the word "it"

Largely done. —Rob (talk) 16:55, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

No cites.

Probably will cite a paper map later. —Rob (talk) 16:55, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Interstate 155 is a four-lane freeway for its entire length. It runs through rural central Illinois and is surrounded for most of its length by farmland.

Combine sentence, and delete the word "it".

Fixed. —Rob (talk) 16:55, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Correct: Surrounded mostly by farmland, Interstate 155 is a four-lane freeway running through rural central Illinois.

Near Morton, some residential development is taking place near the highway. - OR

Removed. —Rob (talk) 16:55, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

I copyedited one sentence in this section.

History

Issue addressed miranda 10:00, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Look in the thes. for other words which are synonymous with "runs"

Replaced. —Rob (talk) 16:55, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Correct: Within a few years, the intersection with IL 121 would as the "Killer Corner". Traffic volumes increased between Lincoln and Peoria on IL 121.

Fixed. —Rob (talk) 16:55, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

How does IL 98 related to IL 121?

After another peek at the map, "west from downtown" makes more sense. Sentence rewritten, but prose isn't exactly my strong point. :-) —Rob (talk) 16:55, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

To the north, a short freeway portion was constructed in 1970 to replace a bridge over the Mackinaw River. - Which highway are we talking about, and to the north of what?

Made clearer. —Rob (talk) 16:55, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

New paragraph should start with the lawsuit.

What was the name of the lawsuit?

No idea... not mentioned in the newspaper after 1989. More research is necessary. —Rob (talk) 16:55, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Illinois had applied for I-155 to be designated Interstate 37, but the request was rejected by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO).[4]

Last sentence needs to be integrated with last paragraph. When did they apply for the status?

- I've cited original sources and buffed up this sentence so it can stand on its own. The original applications aren't anywhere on the web, so I don't know the date of application, but I do know the dates of decision, and have put that in. —Rob (talk) 16:55, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Table

Issue addressed (weak - I kind of had to copyedit this section) miranda 05:23, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

northbound (NB) and southbound (SB) first. Abbreviate after establishing def. of acronym.
- Abbreviations weren't helpful to begin with, so I eliminated them. —Rob (talk) 16:55, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

References

Issue addressed miranda 05:08, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

May want to put the accessed dates per cite news
- Done here... haven't had this come up on I-355 GA/FA nom, oddly enough. —Rob (talk) 16:55, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, but I am kind of a strict grammar person. :-D miranda 19:14, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Ital. papers, (i.e. The Wikipedia Signpost) per WP:MOS.
- Done... same as above. —Rob (talk) 16:55, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
Hyperlink days of retrieval and access, per WP:MOS.
- Done automatically by {{cite news}} and {{cite web}}. —Rob (talk) 16:55, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Decision

Due to the evaluation above, I decided to put this GA nom on hold. You have seven days (Dec. 31) to improve this article. After the elapsed time period, I will re-assess to see if any improvement has been made to the article. miranda 04:46, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Comments

Yikes. {{cite news}} doesn't italicize for me? I'll work on the rest... —Rob (talk) 16:00, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Okay, addressed a lot of these issues. I have made comments above so as to be more helpful. —Rob (talk) 16:55, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

You can use <i></i> tags. miranda 22:52, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Post-Analysis

Comments

For the exits on the table, I could not access the MapsQuest link. As a result, I took it out. For this, you might want to cite a reliable map (i.e. from State Farm Insurance or AAA - I think they are free if you are a member of either of the insurance chains) miranda 05:21, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
Kind of had to copyedit this article because the prose could have been better.

Final Decision (6/0/0)

Six out of six issues have been addressed and corrected. Thus, this article is promoted to GA status. Congrats! miranda 08:48, 1 January 2008 (UTC)