Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Ontario Highway 61/archive1

The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was promoted by Ian Rose (talk) 13:56, 10 September 2014 (diff).

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Ontario Highway 61

Nominator(s): Floydian ^τ _¢ 20:45, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

This article covers the first highway to connect Thunder Bay to the outside world, in this case, Duluth, Minnesota. The bridge between Canada and the U.S. was done without government approval, but despite that, was officially opened by both governments. I feel this route has some interesting history, and is well written/comprehensive; this merits the star in my eyes. Cheers, Floydian ^τ _¢ 20:45, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

• Support - I reviewed this article at ACR and feel that it is well-written and meets the FA criteria. Dough4872 04:14, 25 July 2014 (UTC)
• Comments reading now - will jot queries below: Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:07, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

I'd put the length in the lead as it is a pretty integral/key fact

Done, and resisted the urge to editorially point out that the length is ironically the same as the route number. - Floydian ^τ _¢ 00:55, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

Do we have any information on traffic figures? heavy/light traffic issues? any issues with too-heavy traffic? any notable serious accidents?

Nothing that I've seen. Generally only serious pileups on major freeways get mentions (NOTNEWS), and my peer editors often even frown on those. From what I can tell (haven't been to Thunder Bay... yet), it's a pretty tame and average highway. - Floydian ^τ _¢ 00:55, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

I hate see also sections - if the film is about the road, then make it a few sentences and reference it.

It doesn't really fit in with the rest of the article, and the movie is about driving 61 from Thunder Bay down through the US... I doubt more than a few scenes, if any, take place in Canada. I usually don't like See also sections myself, but this was a compelling case for its use. - Floydian ^τ _¢ 00:55, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

Point taken - I can live with this. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 02:49, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

This involved replacing eight bridges, improving sightlines, the addition of five passing lanes and paved shoulders throughout the length of the highway - streamlining the prose would be better...such as "This involved replacing eight bridges, improving sightlines, and adding five passing lanes and paved shoulders throughout the length of the highway"

Used a slight variation of your suggestion. - Floydian ^τ _¢ 00:55, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

All in all, support on comprehensiveness and prose. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 02:49, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

Image review

• File:Outlaw_Bridge.png: not seeing anything in the source to support a 1917 publication for this image. Nikkimaria (talk) 03:13, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

• Hmmm... good eye. I must have just assumed it or made a mistake when I uploaded the image. Regardless, it is public domain in Canada and wouldn't "qualify" for the URAA restoration. Publication isn't required under the old copyright laws that this image fell under, just creation date. I've adjusted the image and licence to suit. - Floydian ^τ _¢ 00:55, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

Support on prose per standard disclaimer. These are my edits. - Dank (push to talk) 01:07, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

• Support per my past review on the ACR. --Rschen7754 06:06, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

• Closing note: This candidate has been promoted, but there may be a delay in bot processing of the close. Please see WP:FAC/ar, and leave the {{featured article candidates}} template in place on the talk page until the bot goes through. Ian Rose (talk) 13:56, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

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