Talk:Ontario Highway 105

Ontario Highway 105 has been listed as one of the Engineering and technology good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
Review: February 28, 2021. (Reviewed version).

A fact from Ontario Highway 105 appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 25 March 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that at the opening ceremony for Ontario Highway 105, a construction company presented Minister of Highways George Doucett with a bear cub as thanks for his efforts towards the creation of the route?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2021/March. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ontario Highway 105.

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GA Review[edit]

This review is transcluded from Talk:Ontario Highway 105/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: MEisSCAMMER (talk · contribs) 00:52, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Here's my take on it:

Well written: Y Yes, I could understand it very well.
Verifiable: Y Lots of sources, yep
Broad: Y Not much to say here
Neutral: Y Does not seem biased
Stable: Y No edit wars so far!
Illustrated: Y Lots of illustrations

So yes, Ontario Highway 105 is now officially a Good Article! YAY!

MEisSCAMMER^(talk)_Hello! 15:43, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination[edit]

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by MeegsC (talk) 15:41, 19 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Highway 105 in 1951, shortly after opening

... that at the opening ceremonies for Ontario Highway 105 (pictured), Minister of Highways George Doucett was given a bear cub by a construction company for all his efforts towards the creation of the route?
- ALT1:... that Ontario Highway 105 (pictured) was built to provide access to the remote gold deposits at Red Lake, which were only accessible by boat or plane for two decades prior to its construction?

Comment: There's a few nice photos for this one. Wish there was one of him being handed the bear. History is funny.
Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Now: Zero

Improved to Good Article status by Floydian (talk). Self-nominated at 20:40, 28 February 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Overall, the article looks good and was promoted to GA within 7 days of its nomination. I really enjoy the first hook, but both are interesting and cited within the article. QPQ has been done and the image provided, while lacking the bear, goes well with the hooks. Good to go! ❯❯❯ Mccunicano ☕️ 03:03, 3 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Floydian, I was going to chose this one to promote, but I see that the last bit of the first paragraph in the "Route" section is not cited. Can you please add a source and ping me when you've done so? Thanks! MeegsC (talk) 22:02, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

MeegsC, I've removed the unsourced bit. I'm sure there is something out there, but I can't find it at the moment. - Floydian ^τ _¢ 05:51, 19 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Floydian. One further question. I think the hook would be stronger in active rather than passive voice. What do you think about

... that at the opening ceremony for Ontario Highway 105, a construction company presented Minister of Highways George Doucett with a bear cub as thanks for his efforts towards the creation of the route? MeegsC (talk) 14:04, 19 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

That reads much better! - Floydian ^τ _¢ 15:13, 19 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]