Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/U.S. Route 8/archive1

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The article was promoted by GrahamColm 10:01, 15 December 2013 (UTC) [1].[reply]

U.S. Route 8[edit]

Featured article candidates/U.S. Route 8/archive1

Nominator(s): Imzadi 1979 → 04:35, 1 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This article is a bit of a departure for me in that most of it is about a highway that isn't in Michigan. US 8 spans 280 miles (450 km) in the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan. It recently passed its ACR where it was given an image review and source spotcheck. Imzadi 1979 → 04:35, 1 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Support per my support at the aforementioned ACR. I also did the spotcheck. --Rs chen 7754 08:53, 1 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Support - very strong article (I'm particularly impressed by the lead). The writing is clear and conducive to imparting information, with thorough sourcing and decent illustrations. Clearly the most comprehensive and well-presented account of the highway in existence, so I'm glad to offer my support. – Juliancolton | ^Talk 23:49, 1 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support and Image review - I reviewed the prose at GAN and conducted an image review at the ACR and feel that this article is high-quality and meets all the FA criteria. Dough 48 72 01:21, 2 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support - I reviewed this at ACR and can happily say that this meets the Featured Article criteria. T C N7JM 01:41, 2 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Comments from a roadgeek (having stumbled here from my FAC)

Can you avoid saying the verb "run" in the first two sentences of the article?
- Done. Imzadi 1979 → 02:45, 4 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
"with a planned continuation on to Powers, Michigan" - is the "on" needed?
- Dropped. Imzadi 1979 → 02:45, 4 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
"Other changes on the east end have moved that terminus from the originally planned end location at Powers, to the current location in Norway. " - you can remove the comma here, unless you were going for something else?
- Removed. Imzadi 1979 → 02:45, 4 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
"The two highways concurrently turn northeast along the St. Croix River entering town." - think a comma might be needed here though
- Added. Imzadi 1979 → 02:45, 4 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
"East of Barron, US 8 meets US 53 at a mixed diamond/cloverleaf interchange and turns north into Cameron, then turns east in downtown to leave Cameron." - any way to rewrite so you don't say "Cameron" twice?
- Reworded. Imzadi 1979 → 02:45, 4 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
"After a straight nine miles (14 km)" - this seems to be missing something, like "nine mile straightaway", or "after continuing for nine miles", but the current wording is a bit odd IMO.
- Revised with your wording. Imzadi 1979 → 02:45, 4 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
"crosses WIS 40 in Bruce. East of Bruce" - add pronoun?
- Done. Imzadi 1979 → 02:45, 4 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Perhaps you should explain what a "wrong-way concurrency" is for non roadgeeks?
- Fair enough... and I added the link to wrong-way concurrency that was missing. Imzadi 1979 → 02:45, 4 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
" and passes through Armstrong Creek " - you should clarify this is a town and that the road doesn't go through a waterway
- Done. Imzadi 1979 → 02:45, 4 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
"In 2002, US 8 was widened from two lanes to four lanes with a grass median between North Rifle Road and WIS 47" - you should clarify the state here (and good job with the 20th century section, no complaints there)
- Added. Imzadi 1979 → 02:45, 4 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
"$4.5 million (equivalent to $5.7 million in 2011) to $6.0 million (equivalent to $7.6 million in 2011)" - why not equivalent to 2013 dollars?
- The inflation template carries a warning that the Consumer Price Index-based inflation numbers are only valid for small quantities like consumer prices. For these larger amounts, it's recommended that we use a measure based on the gross domestic product, and the numbers for that are only calculated for the US through 2011. The article is using a template that will update the year when the calculations are updated though. Imzadi 1979 → 02:45, 4 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

All in all, good read! --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 01:45, 4 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the review! Imzadi 1979 → 02:45, 4 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, happy to support now! --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 02:46, 4 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from Admr Boltz

Can you provide an inset map for File:US 8 map.png, for those not familiar with the geography of the United States?

Added. Imzadi 1979 → 01:38, 14 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Dabs and ELs check out. Images look okay
Not a FA criterion, but there is one lone red link in the article for the Pelican River, can a stub be created?

I'm not at home at the moment, but I'll look into seeing what I can do about that in a few days... Imzadi 1979 → 01:38, 14 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

--Admr Boltz 15:17, 11 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - I think any remaining minor issues can be attended to post FAC. Graham Colm (talk) 15:43, 14 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Closing note: This candidate has been promoted, but there may be a delay in bot processing of the close. Please see WP:FAC/ar, and leave the {{featured article candidates}} template in place on the talk page until the bot goes through. Graham Colm (talk) 15:43, 14 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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