Wikipedia:Peer review/Wisconsin Highway 119/archive1
Wisconsin Highway 119[edit]
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I am sending this article to Peer-review in hope of getting feedback on the references, general prose or anything else that any reviewers might see that needs adjustment. My hope is to get this article to WP:GAN in the near future, but I unfortunately have a way of making many mistakes before nominating articles for any higher status. This review should help me iron out any issues that there are so I can hopefully get this article to GA status and possibly beyond. Thanks -Marcusmax(speak) 21:47, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
Finetooth comments: This is short and to the point and seems to get the job done. I made a few minor proofing changes and added a couple of conversion templates, {{convert}}, that do the abbreviations, spelling, and punctuation automatically as well as the math. You might find them handy in future articles. Most of my suggestions for improvement are related to prose issues and the Manual of Style.
Map
- It might be helpful to show the airport location on the map.
Lead
- "and since has had five other variations including the modern day route" - It might be helpful to readers here to make clear that the variations are different roads rather than tweaks to the same road. Suggestion: "The STH 119 designation has been used for five different roads, including the airport highway, since 1919."
- "These different roads were short lived but were located throughout the state of Wisconsin in the Milwaukee area, Manitowoc and Green Bay." - Tighten? Suggestion: "For short periods, the state assigned the number to diverse highways in Manitowoc, Green Bay, and the Milwaukee area."
Route description
- "There are multiple official signs about General Mitchell International Airport along the route going eastbound which mainly detail airport parking." - Suggestion: "Multiple official signs inform eastbound drivers about General Mitchell International Airport and its parking arrangements."
- "At the terminus the speed limit drops to 35 miles per hour (56 km/h)." - What does it drop from? What's the legal limit on the other part of the route?
- "The road terminates at Wisconsin Highway 38 giving an option to either exit onto that highway or continue into the airport." - Suggestion: "At the eastern end of STH 119, drivers can continue on Highway 38 or enter the airport."
History
- "The modern route was originally planned as one of five new freeways in a 1974 Milwaukee County memorandum, it was the only one ever built." - Suggestion: "As described in a 1974 Milwaukee County memorandum, the modern route was originally planned as one of five new freeways. It was the only one ever built."
- "The project received multiple criticisms, such as the relocation of a historic B-25 bomber and the resignation of a highway official." - Strictly speaking, a bomber and a resignation are not criticisms. Suggestion: "Criticism of the project included objections to relocating an historic B-25 bomber." It's not clear whether people objected to the resignation of the official or whether the official resigned in protest about some aspect of the project. It would be good to clarify what happened.
- "According to Wisconsin DOT official Tom Heydel (quoted in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Road Warrior column), the signs were recently changed after drivers asked why the exit wasn't labeled as Highway 119." - Newspaper names should appear in italics. Also, delete "recently" since the date (2007) is clear from context. Also, WP:CONTRACTION says it is generally best to avoid contractions like "wasn't" in an encyclopedia article. "Was not" would be the preferred form.
- "State highway maps have labeled the route as Highway 119, since the 1983–84 official map but travelers had trouble finding the road which was not marked on signs." - Run-on sentence. Suggestion: "Since publication of the 1983–84 official map, state highway maps have labeled the route as Highway 119. However, travelers had trouble finding the road, which was not identified as Highway 119 by highway signs."
References
- WP:MOSNUM#Format consistency says in part, "Dates in article references should all have the same format." The existing references have a mixture of formats. You should pick the one you prefer and stick with it.
- The newspaper names should be italicized.
General
- "airport and Interstate 94.[6][5] - The usual custom with a string of citations like this is to arrange them in ascending order; i.e., [5][6]. Ditto for any other strings of citations in the article.
- WP:NBSP suggests using no-break codes to hold items together that might look awkward if separated on computer screens by line breaks. I think something like "Highway 119" would fall into this category, and I'd be inclined to add the nbsp code between "Highway" and "119". Ditto for similar terms in the article.
I hope these few suggestions prove helpful. If so, please consider reviewing another article on a topic of your choice. Finetooth (talk) 17:58, 12 August 2009 (UTC)