Talk:Washington State Route 174

GA Review

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Reviewer: Admrboltz (talk) 14:26, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

I will be reviewing this today, though it may not be until I am back from work. --Admrboltz (talk) 14:26, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

GA review (see here for criteria)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

   I am placing this article on hold. --Admrboltz (talk) 16:14, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

• WP:OVERLINK galore.
• "SR 174 is only accessible from SR 17 southbound and northbound travelers use the Leahy spur of SR 174, also called Leahy Road." - sounds kind of awkward.
• You link to the spur route via a wikilink, but it just redirects to the same article. this should not be wikilinked.
• "In Grand Coulee, SR 174 bridges over the Columbia Basin Canal that connects the dam to Banks Lake and intersects with SR 155," - awkward.
• Grand Coulee Middle School and Skilskin High School - Either delink them or redirect their articles to their school district's page.
• State Route 174 (SR 174) - don't keep repeating the abbreviation in the first sentence of a section. Stick w/ the abbreviation.
• "During a 1964 renumbering, Washington switched to a new state route system and SR 174 was established along with its Crown Point spur." - Reword. Maybe "SR 174 was formed after a 1964 renumbering of Washington state highways, eliminating the former Primary and Secondary State Highways" or something like that.
• Spur Routes should be listed as level two header Special routes and be listed underneath the Major Intersections table.
• Each spur should be broken out in level three headings with {{infobox road small}} micro infoboxes next to them. If you need to fix the spacing use {{clear}} to fix.
• Lake Roosevelt NRA > Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area - don't abbreviate.
• Highway log needs page numbers.
• Google maps references should use the {{google maps}} ref template.
• Reading the legal code, it looks like the state is not responsible nor numbers the road on the Dam property, despite what Google Maps says. You might indicate this in your RD. Maybe a good point to paragraph off your RD.
• The eastern terminus is just north of US 2 you might mention that.
  • All has been fixed and done. –CG^Talk 20:49, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
    • Your still missing some, but mostly completed. --Admrboltz (talk) 21:03, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
      • Added pages to state log ref and mentioned that the state doesn't number the highway, but I do need a ref. –CG^Talk 21:24, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
        • Now added ref and info, but I disagree with splitting the RD into two paragraphs. –CG^Talk 17:54, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

A couple of follow up comments:

• "The roadway then enters Grant County and the city of Grand Coulee and is renamed the Bridgeport Highway. SR 174 then enters the Grand Coulee Dam federal reservation and temporarily ends." - then enters repeats too much, reword this section.
• The highway doesn't temporarily end, the road continues, but the state isn't responsible for it from what I can decipher from the code.

I am still not sure on the prose quality in the RD... I will probably put this article on second opinion after said fixes. --Admrboltz (talk) 18:01, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

Fixed the repetition and mentioned a gap in state maintenance instead of a physical one. –CG^Talk 19:04, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

It looks better, but I am going to put this on second opinion. I am confident on the technical detail, but the prose quality is where I am looking for assistance. --Admrboltz (talk) 19:07, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

Comments:

1. "while northbound travelers use the Leahy spur of SR 174" sounds awkward, try rewording to "access from northbound SR 17 is provided by the Leahy spur of SR 174".
2. "sparsely vegetated terrain", can this be more specific? Does the road pass through deserts, farmland, grassland?
3. "and is renamed the Bridgeport Highway" should be "and becomes the Bridgeport Highway".
4. "SR 174 continues to a federal reservation", is there a name for the federal reservation?
5. "After the gap in maintenance, in Grand Coulee", remove comma after "maintenance".
6. "SR 174 travels over the Columbia Basin Canal and intersects with SR 155, named Midway Avenue through Grand Coulee", add "which is" before "named".
7. Remove bolding in the history.
8. The sentence "The shortest and newest spur is located in Leahy, added in 2009 at 0.09 miles (0.14 km) long, approximately 480 feet (146.30 m)." sounds awkward. Dough4872 00:57, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

• I have addressed all concerns. –CG^Talk 02:24, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

Pass --Admrboltz (talk) 03:09, 21 November 2010 (UTC)