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Result was promote to A-class. Imzadi1979 (talk) 00:34, 9 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

New York State Route 73 (4 net support votes)[edit]

New York State Route 73 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) review

Suggestion: Promote to A-Class
Nominator's comments: Since I am an apparent horrible article writer, I'm taking the article here before FAC.
Nominated by: Mitch32(UP) 23:41, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved issues from Rschen7754 (T C) 18:26, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

finding a whole bunch of errors in the lead.

    • It heads through some of the mountains in the Adirondack Region, crossing bases of some of the tallest mountains in the state, including Porter and Lower Wolfjaw Mountains - crossing the bases, wikilink the ranges
      • Done.Mitch32(UP) 02:07, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • Lead par 2 - rephrase=a bit of repetition (sentence 1-3)
      • Done.Mitch32(UP) 02:07, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • ever-growing?
      • Done.Mitch32(UP) 02:07, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • Route vs. State Route - shouldn't SR be used?
      • Not done.Mitch32(UP) 02:07, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • par. 3 - "route north of that" - find another way to say that. It could be another route paralleling...
      • Did you really mean paralleling to the north? --Rschen7754 (T C) 18:19, 6 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
        • Yes.Mitch32(UP) 02:07, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • 3rd sentence a bit choppy - combine with another sentence. --Rschen7754 (T C) 06:10, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      • Done.Mitch32(UP) 10:56, 6 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • 1 - first paragraph, - 3rd and 4th sentences could be combined.
      • DoneMitch32(UP) 12:20, 12 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • Route 73 begins to descend in elevation, while County Route 51 splits off and merges in. - I don't understand. May want to merge with next sentence as well.
      • DoneMitch32(UP) 12:20, 12 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • End of that paragraph - it, not its.
      • DoneMitch32(UP) 12:20, 12 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • last paragraph - first two sentences could be combined. --Rschen7754 (T C) 18:31, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      • DoneMitch32(UP) 12:20, 12 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'll be in queens today, so any more replies will be slow.Mitch32(UP) 12:20, 12 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    • 2- However, exporting the items made by these industries were hard as there was a lack of transportation in the area. - verb should be singular
    • popping up all over the area - too colloquial
    • 4th and 5th sentences could be combined of 2nd paragraph 2.1. --Rschen7754 (T C) 18:49, 12 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comments:
    • "The route quickly turns to the southeast." - you may want to rephrase this sentence, as I'm not sure "quickly" describes it well.
      • Done.Mitch32(UP) 02:07, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • "Route 73 now longs along the East Branch, intersecting with county and local roads as its heads southward." - I don't quite understand the first part of this sentence. - Algorerhythms (talk) 04:43, 5 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      • Done.Mitch32(UP) 10:56, 6 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Algorerhythms (talk) 21:51, 8 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comments Got some grammar errors:

  • "with U.S. Route 9 1 mile (1.6 km) of Underwood." is missing a word, maybe NORTH of Underwood?
      • Done.Mitch32(UP) 02:07, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • West Branch of the Ausable River, is this the proper name? In the western US it's rare to see "of the" in there, just checking.
    • That is the proper name.
  • However, this is not accessible via NY 73 except from the intersection with CR 35. This sounds rough.
      • Done.Mitch32(UP) 02:07, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • The abbreviation NY 73 is never explained
      • Done.Mitch32(UP) 02:07, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • The abbreviation CR is explained on the second instance, not the first.
      • Not Done.Mitch32(UP) 02:07, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • "The area had been big with the lumber and iron industries." The use of "big" is a non-standard use of the word. Try to avoid that, for non-native speakers.
      • Done.Mitch32(UP) 02:07, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • "However, exporting the stuff made" Surely there is a better word to use on a FA candidate than "stuff".
      • Done.Mitch32(UP) 02:07, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • See Also -- this section is used to link articles not already linked in prose. Keene, New York is already linked multiple times.
      • Done.Mitch32(UP) 02:07, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • There is an unacceptable level of WP:Overlink violations. Overlap, Lake Champlain, Keene etc. etc. are all linked multiple times in the same paragraph.

Dave (talk) 01:57, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

      • All Done.Mitch32(UP) 02:07, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • "The area had been powerful with the lumber and iron industries." The word powerful doesn't quite fit, try to re-word this sentence. Pending this change, I support promotion.Dave (talk) 04:27, 16 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Done - :) Mitch32(UP) 10:31, 16 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support then. Dave (talk) 23:07, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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