Talk:Q38 (New York City bus)

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GA Review[edit]

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Reviewer: Username6892 (talk · contribs) 21:11, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

My review of this article is mostly done. Expect some comments soon. Username6892 21:11, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
  1. It is reasonably well written.
    a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
    See bottom
  2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.
    a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism):
    See bottom
  3. It is broad in its coverage.
    a (major aspects): b (focused):
  4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.
    Fair representation without bias:
  5. It is stable.
    No edit wars, etc.:
  6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
    a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
  7. Overall:
    Pass/Fail:
  • In the lead "It operates 7 days a week except late nights". Midnight seems pretty late night to me, based on the schedule (ref 9). If you meant that it does not run overnights, please clarify. (1a)
    • The MTA classifies "late night" as overnight. This page just goes by the MTA's classifications of late-night service, but to my knowledge, this has never been brought up before as an issue, so I will fix it. (Disclosure, I am not the nominator, but have fixed some of the issues in this page.) epicgenius (talk) 22:42, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • The lead doesn't mention the history. (1b)
    • plus Added
  • Would refs 11 and 14 be needed on the Route section (they show the same thing (the route))? Ref 15 may not be needed either.
  • In the history section, I don't think you need 6 refs to prove the 1934 changes.
  • There are sections with 3-5 refs in the 3rd and 2nd last paragraphs. Are all of them needed? (1a)
    •  Fixed
  • "The corona end of the route was later extended" When? (1a)
    • plus Added
  • Is ref 35 needed when refs 33 and 34 already cover it? (1a)
    • minus Removed
  • There wasn't anything in ref 13 to suggest that the buses were the specific new flyer model mentioned.
    (2c)
    • minus Removed
  • I can't verify the fultonhistory.com refs, they give server errors every time I try to open them. Dead link?
  • "by the 1950s, the route was renamed the Q50". Failed verification, given the ref is the 1946 map
    (2c)
    •  Fixed
  • "remained at LaGuardia depot until January 2010", source doesn't say January (2c)
    • minus Removed
  • The last ~4 lines are uncited (2c)
    • minus Removed Plus, this is trivia.

Given that this is my first review, I will request a 2nd opinion to make sure I didn't make any errors. Username6892 21:27, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

  • Thanks for the review, Username6892. I think this is a pretty thorough review, though I might be involved now that I fixed many of the issues. epicgenius (talk) 22:42, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    • After an additional fix I made myself, I will now pass this article, though the fulton history issue shold be dealt with before taking this further. Username6892 23:07, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

DYK 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 Yoninah (talk) 18:36, 26 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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  • ... that the former operator of the Q38 bus route was not compensated for the route's takeover, as their equipment was considered obsolete? Source: Long Island Daily Press 1936. "The Affiliated Bus Company originally requested $25,000 in cash for its equipment, and eventually agreed to convey title for such equipment for the sum of $4,800 in cash. As the equipment was considered by the Triboro Company obsolete and worthless, the offer was rejected."
    • ALT1:... that the former operator of the Q38 bus route was given several temporary operating franchises before receiving a permanent franchise in 1936? Source: Numerous; see article

Improved to Good Article status by Kew Gardens 613 (talk) and Tdorante10 (talk). Nominated by Epicgenius (talk) at 16:04, 18 April 2020 (UTC).[reply]

  • This article is a newly promoted GA and is new enough and long enough. I prefer ALT0 as ALT1 is less interesting to a general reader, the hook facts are cited inline, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. A QPQ has been done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:14, 20 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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