Talk:Throgs Neck Bridge

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Did you know... that peregrine falcons live at the top of New York City's Throgs Neck Bridge?

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is it "Throgs Neck" or "Throggs Neck"?[edit]

The land connection is "Throggs neck", with two "g"s. Shouldn't the bridge name be similar? wiki-ny-2007 (talk) 17:33, 17 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I was 3rd generation to grow up in Throggs Neck. The name is and originally spelled with 2 ‘g’s but the story, according to my grandfather, was that a city sign worker shortened the name in order to make it fit on a sign. BronxGirl68 (talk) 09:59, 29 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Reviewer: The Rambling Man (talk · contribs) 11:16, 7 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comments this is already up to scratch as far as I'm concerned but here are some minor notes:

"Bronx-Whitestone" (etc). Should use an en-dash, like the articles themselves.
I'm not convinced we need to link Bicycle (or even pedestrian) as those (to me) are very common English terms which I feel the average reader wouldn't need a link to help explain.
" (76 by 107 m).[13][13] " so good you ref'd it twice?!
" $600 million plan" in 1955? Wow, can we inflate that to 2018 figures for context as to just how much that represents?
"[31][33][3]:127" Ref in numerical order, i.e. [3]:127[31][33]
[8][3]:128 same.
"of $92 million.[55][1]" And reading that sentence I had a double-take that the opening ceremony cost 92 million, possibly rephrase?
" lieutenant Governor" if you cap G, why wouldn't you cap L?
"opening of a World's Fair attraction" in 1961 when the World's Fair didn't open until 1964? Perhaps, just checking... You could link the 1964 New York World's Fair if it really is the case.
"a bike path " you referred to this as a bicycle earlier, would be consistent.
"40 tons," I think I'm right in saying you've converted all previous measurements.
You mention a 2017 introduction of electronic toll collection early on in the prose, and yet in the Tolls section, you refer to it as Open road tolling. I know one facilitates the other, but perhaps you could describe it consistently for those who aren't aware of the technicalities here?
Toll table: refs column shouldn't be sortable.
Toll table: ranges for prices should use unspaced en-dash, not spaced.
Toll table: use consistent number of decimal places (I'd go for 2).
Toll table: there are a couple of ranges which aren't ranges, e.g. $5.59 – 5.59, no need for the range.
Toll table: I love the use of a caption for ACCESS but it would even better if you added row and col scopes per MOS:ACCESS.
"[104][77]" order.
"A bomb threat to the Throgs Neck Bridge was called on November 23, 1987. The bomb threat was" merge so you avoid repeating "bomb threat" so quickly.
Not clear why the nice panorama image is in the "Incidents" section?
Some spaced hyphens in reference titles, should be spaced en-dashes per MOS.
Avoid SHOUTING in ref titles (e.g. most of the NYT refs!)

That's about it for me on a first pass, so I'll put the article on hold pending resolution of the above. Cheers. The Rambling Man (REJOICE!) 09:40, 9 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@The Rambling Man: Thanks for the review. I've addressed all of these, except for the consistent number of decimal places. I'm still looking for a template that will implement this. epicgenius (talk) 17:48, 9 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Looks like you nailed that. Very nice work, somewhat surprising it's been lurking at GAN since last November..... I'll pass in due course once I give it a final lookover. The Rambling Man (REJOICE!) 17:55, 9 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:44, 26 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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... that a colony of peregrine falcons lives at the top of New York City's Throgs Neck Bridge? Source: NY Times 2007
- ALT1:... that SUNY Maritime College received 7 acres (2.8 ha) of land in exchange for an easement to allow New York City's Throgs Neck Bridge to be constructed above it? Source: NY Times 1957

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Walter Anderson (pilot): Walter Anderson (pilot) (1/2)
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Improved to Good Article status by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 02:03, 10 August 2019 (UTC).[reply]

A really nice and informative GA article with a lot of citations. Well illustrated. Nominated within time. Both hooks are interesting and neutral...... (Just QPQ pending). DiplomatTesterMan (talk) 03:02, 11 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Ping User:Epicgenius for QPQ. DBig Xrayᗙ 12:07, 11 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@DBigXray: thanks, I will do a QPQ tomorrow. epicgenius (talk) 03:20, 12 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@DiplomatTesterMan and DBigXray: I did a QPQ. epicgenius (talk) 00:24, 13 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Overall: Approved from my side DiplomatTesterMan (talk) 02:01, 13 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]