Talk:Stock car (rail)/GA1

GA Reassessment

This article has been reviewed as part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force in an effort to ensure all listed Good articles continue to meet the Good article criteria. In reviewing the article, I have found there are some issues that may need to be addressed, listed below. I will check back in seven days. If these issues are addressed, the article will remain listed as a Good article. Otherwise, it may be delisted (such a decision may be challenged through WP:GAR). If improved after it has been delisted, it may be nominated at WP:GAN. Feel free to drop a message on my talk page if you have any questions, and many thanks for all the hard work that has gone into this article thus far.

• The lead needs to be expanded to better summarise the article.

• While the referencing is generally good there are some sections that still need to be supported by citation, for instance the last paragraph of Initial use and development.

• "In the 1870s few stock cars were built longer than 28 ft (8.5 m), and could carry about 10 tons of stock. Car lengths increased to an average of 34 ft (10.4 m) in the 1880s and stock cars of this period regularly carried 20 tons of stock." Conversions need to be provided for all measurements, including weight.

• "... others introduced 'more humane' stock cars". Why is "more humane" in quotes? Looks like a pov.

• "Strings of 5-10 of these "HOGX" cars were, until recently, hauled twice-weekly ...". recently as at when? Statements like that one will age, and should be avoided.

--Malleus Fatuorum (talk) 01:16, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

• As these issues remain outstanding, this article has now been delisted--Malleus Fatuorum (talk) 22:24, 16 August 2008 (UTC)