Talk:Gilman Square station

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Date	Process	Result
August 23, 2022	Good article nominee	Listed
March 17, 2023	Good topic candidate	Promoted

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on September 13, 2022.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that a lion's head was preserved during construction of Gilman Square station?

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GA Review[edit]

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Reviewer: Mike Christie (talk · contribs) 22:53, 21 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'll review this. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 22:53, 21 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It looks as if we don't know if File:Winter Hill early station.jpg was published early enough to be PD now; it may have been a photo in a private collection. I think it would be safer to make it a fair use image uploaded locally; you have no other fair use images and I think a FUR would be easy.
- Hmm, you're right. I've removed it for now and sent some off-wiki feelers out about its provenance.
What makes Cambridge Day a reliable source? Per about page it seems to be mostly a one-man operation.
- I believe it's reliable for basic statements of fact (somewhat the inverse of WP:EXCEPTIONAL), but I've removed it here since on further review the criticism seemed to be from a single non-notable person.
As with the East Somerville article I don't see a reason to mention the Lowell Line in the lead. I also think the edit you mention to clarify the "branch" mention should be made to this lead (and to any other GLX articles perhaps?). Other suggestions from that review that could apply here and to other GLX articles: link MTA, and link LRV.
- Done on all articles
Not necessary for GA, but as with East Somerville a local map would be helpful.
- I'm not a big fan of local maps for most stations - I'd rather see improvements to WikiMiniAtlas since it doesn't take up articles space - but I recognize that's not an opinion shared by all editors. I do make custom maps (cf Readville station and Balboa Park station) when the station layout itself is sufficiently complex, but all of the GLX stations are a fairly simple layout with a single platform.
Suggest linking headhouse.
- Done
"A further update in June 2013 (at 60% design)": what does "at 60% design" mean?
- Done Rephrased to clarify. Design percentages for civil engineering projects are
"As of April 2022, both the School Street and Medford Street bridges are expected to reopen for road traffic in June 2022": any update on this?
- Done The update was actually already in a later paragraph - I'd just forgotten to delete this sentence.

-- Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 02:06, 22 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Mike Christie: Thanks for the review! I believe I've addressed all comments. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 04:50, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Changes look good; passing. Re the map, it's not the station itself I was suggesting a map of, but the local area, at a scale that would enable one to read street names -- the station design section mentions School Street, Medford Street, and the Somerville Community Path, and the next section mentions two houses that used to be a station house -- it would be nice for those unfamiliar with the area to see those on a map. But it's certainly not necessary. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 10:51, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination[edit]

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 03:55, 8 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that a lion's head was preserved during construction of Gilman Square station? Source: Boston Magazine
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Captain John Purves and His Wife

Improved to Good Article status by Pi.1415926535 (talk). Self-nominated at 18:24, 23 August 2022 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Sources checked via spot checks; AGF per GA. Regards, IceWelder [✉] 07:14, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Promoter's note to @IceWelder: Hi there! Thanks for reviewing this nom :) in the future, do note that the DYK criteria doesn't accept an article's GA status as an automatic pass for any checks – it's not uncommon for a GA-based nomination to turn up a few problems the reviewer might have missed. Something to keep in mind for next time! theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 03:52, 8 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]