Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates/Branford Steam Railroad/archive1

Spot-checking by CactiStaccingCrane

Spot-checking this version. CactiStaccingCrane (talk) 03:52, 6 July 2022 (UTC)

• 1 – Ok, Buchanan Marine Company is not mentioned in the source but it is mentioned later below
• 3 – Ok (1.5 miles = 1200 + 3000 + 4200 feet, "ask for permission to operate with steam power", "from near the Pine Orchard station")
• 5 – Ok, good choice to couple that with a secondary source
• 7 – Seems like original synthesis to me. "Louis A. Fisk is opening a quarry on the Bush property at Pine Orchard. Edwin Doolittle and D. S. Ashman are superintending the work", no mention of the quarry being used to extract stone, nor mention of it opened to meet increasing demand for stone

  Removed, this was brought up by Gog as well. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 16:34, 9 July 2022 (UTC)

• 9 – First cite: Ok ("Mr. Malone then described the territory the road ran over, showing that it was operated principally as a private enterprise between Branford and the trap rock quarries within a short distance from Branford Centre."); Second cite: Ok after a skim
• 11 – Ok, source 10 is also ok
• 13 – First cite: seems ok; second cite: ok
• 15 – Ok
• 17 – This one is a biggie. I will check this source later because I'm pretty lazy at this point :)
• 19 – First and second cite ok, a bit redundant to have two
• 21 – Ok, the source says "The Branford Steam Railroad Co., whose income is derived entirely from the transportation of freight, ..."
• 23 – Source's reliability seems fishy and there's no mention of "1926". Otherwise it's ok
• 25 – Ok
• 27 – In 1984, the source said "Sold to British Tire and Rubber Co.", not an acquisition by Tilcon Inc. Also, "without much effect on operations" seems like synthesis to me.
• 29 – Ok

@CactiStaccingCrane: Are you planning on continuing these spot checks? Trainsandotherthings (talk) 23:17, 21 July 2022 (UTC)

User:Trainsandotherthings: I just checked two of the sources, and it seems ok to me. Passed source check. CactiStaccingCrane (talk) 03:32, 22 July 2022 (UTC)