Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of highways in Warren County, New York

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The list was promoted by User:The Rambling Man 18:52, 8 June 2008 [1].

List of highways in Warren County, New York edit

I am nominating this article for FLC because 1) I feel it is ready, and 2) it meets all criteria except that needs feedback that there is a non-replaceable source in the article.^Mitch32^contribs 18:54, 8 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: I'd really like to see a source or two for the Scenic byways section. Juliancolton ^Tropical ^Cyclone 12:47, 9 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Also, the table, at least for me, is not sorting right. The "Year of commissioning" row especially has no form of organization at all. Juliancolton ^Tropical ^Cyclone 12:52, 9 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
~~Moderate~~ support Well done for the most part, but it needs an overall copyedit. Juliancolton ^Tropical ^Cyclone 23:32, 11 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from Matthew

Comments

I'd really prefer to see this in a table format, similar to List of Interstate Highways in Texas.
Wikilink or explain what is meant by "interchange"
What's a "spur"?
"but the it was later redesignated" doesn't make sense
"To the current time, US 9..." again a bit confusing
38.53 miles (62.01 km) for one highway, and then 40 miles (64 km) for another. Either be specific to two decimal places for them all (preferred), or be specific and round off for them all (not preferred).
Sentences shouldn't start with conjunctions such as "Also"
"The country assigned 13 scenic byways" Surely county?
What is a "scenic byway"?
What's NY 28N?
Link to loop
What's a "touring route"?
"county–maintained" should be "county-maintained"
"a special few" What makes, or who has decided that these are special?

So it's an oppose for now. -- Matthewedwards (talk · contribs · count · email) 03:55, 18 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I did everything you listed except the first one because it would turn the article into an eyesore, and I feel detailing things in prose such as in the List of xxx hurricanes articles, is much better than one large, eyesore chart.^Mitch32^contribs 21:39, 18 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That's fine. I have noticed one other thing, and that's that the miles in the statistics table should use the {{convert}}, Matthewedwards (talk · contribs · count · email) 19:47, 28 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cool, its done as well. Thanks.^Mitch32^contribs 19:58, 29 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Good, although the sorting is messed up now. {{convert}} can be used within one of the {{sort}} templates, though I'm not sure which :-/ Matthewedwards (talk · contribs · count · email) 06:18, 30 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose, not nearly enough in-line citations. GreenJoe 00:22, 28 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There are 15 references and every fact in the article is sourced. Could you please explain what needs to be referenced? Juliancolton ^Tropical ^Cyclone 00:31, 28 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment The "length within Warren county" column isn't sorting properly. MeegsC | Talk 19:43, 30 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

See my comment above on how to fix it. Also, the "Towns crossed" column shouldn't be sortable because it only sorts by the first town where multiple towns are given. Matthewedwards (talk · contribs · count · email) 21:27, 30 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm still not ready to support at the moment. Cr. 4 says it must be easy to navigate. With the table not sorting properly, it currently isn't. Matthewedwards (talk · contribs · count · email) 05:12, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I took the sorting out, as it appears it just wasn't going to work. Juliancolton ^Tropical ^Cyclone 12:44, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

OK. Then I support, although may I strongly suggest that you contact User:The Rambling Man after he returns on June 7th. He knows how to do sort converts. Matthewedwards (talk · contribs · count · email) 01:26, 4 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I fixed the sorting problem, though I believe there's an easier way of doing it than what I just did. I just added those {{ntsh}} templates throughout.--Crzy cheetah 04:08, 4 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

~~Oppose~~—Cr 1 and MOS breaches. Needs a new copy-editor throughout.

Joe's oppose appears unactionable.
Opening sentence: can "within" be just "in"? And again. "30 miles (48 km)+ long highways"—ouch; hyphen required, singular "mile", what's the plus sign for?
state-signed (hyphen, not en dash).
Redundant "alsos".
"Year commissioned" would enable a narrower Column 2, which is ugly at the moment.
MOS says use the leading zero. TONY (talk) 15:36, 1 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Done except for the last, as i have no idea what you mean. Anything else?^Mitch32^contribs 15:56, 1 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I would suggest Tony means where you have ".2 miles" (for example), the manual of style requires you to use "0.2 miles". The Rambling Man (talk) 13:10, 7 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks TRM, that has been fixed.^Mitch32^contribs 13:16, 7 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Gah, Mitch you're such a road addict. Good definetive article, with plenty references. Sunderland06 (talk) 21:17, 2 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support — much improved since the FLC was started. All actionable opposed appear fixed. Imzadi1979 (talk) 00:32, 8 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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