Talk:Ontario Highway 12

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http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=589960 pg 88 - ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ ^τ _¢ 07:24, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

http://books.google.ca/books?id=50mkcVzllHoC&q=Whitby+to+Lindsay+Highway&dq=Whitby+to+Lindsay+Highway&hl=en&ei=ohSeTLGWJ4L78Abx2cnLDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA - ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ ^τ _¢ 06:48, 26 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review[edit]

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Reviewer: InTheAM (talk · contribs) 03:14, 1 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Great article. Only a few minor things need fixed.

Well-written[edit]

Lead is good.
Do you think that this sentence: "When Sir John Colborne, then Governor of Upper Canada, surveyed the portage in 1830, he ordered it widened for wagon use" would sound better worded differently? Maybe "Upper Canada Governor John Colborne surveyed the portage in 1830 and ordered it to be widened for wagon use." I think it is obvious that he is not the Governor today and does not need stated.
The second paragraph in the History section is difficult to follow. It gets confusing with the extensions and renumberings of the two highways. Specifically it is these two sentences: "Assumptions on June 22 and July 2, 1927, extended Highway 7 east from Brampton to Peterborough. In doing so, the route of Highway 12 between Sunderland and Lindsay was renumbered as a part of Highway 7; Highway 12 was then extended north to Orillia, via Beaverton."" Maybe the paragraph could be split.
In the Major intersections table: According to the Orillia article, the city is in Simcoe County. If that is true, then the division column should say so. The same goes for Midland.
One other minor thing: In the infobox "Major cities" is on two lines. Is there any way to make it one line? If not, don't worry about it.

Factually accurate and verifiable[edit]

Citations are good. Only issue is the first sentence of the route description. Your source does not say anything about the future site of Hwy 407, unless I missed it.

Broad in coverage[edit]

The article stays on topic and covers the subject in plenty of detail.

Neutral[edit]

Article is neutral.

Stable[edit]

Article is stable.

Images[edit]

All images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content.

The caption for the second picture ("Hwy 12 now begins...") might be better if it include, which terminus (north or south) is in the picture.

I'll put this on hold until these issues are fixed. Let me know if you have questions or if I could help. InTheAM 20:05, 1 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for another review :)

I'll address each comment in order:

Your rewording sounds much better. I've used it... and also linked Upper Canada since it wasn't yet. I've fixed the wording of the second paragraph, but I'm not sure if its much better...

I've fixed the intersection table... unfortunately I don't think I can resolve the infobox issue - I'd prefer it to just say "Cities". I've added a ref for the future 407 interchange (and placed it in the image caption as well, as its a possibly contentious statement for the uninformed local)... there's nothing anywhere saying explicitly that the terminus of Highway 12 is where the interchange is going to be, but the more technical drawings on that same site show that its the same spot. I've fixed up the caption. - ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ ^τ _¢ 00:46, 4 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]