Draft talk:U.S. Route 78 in Mississippi

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U.S. Roads: Auto trails / Mississippi

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	Mississippi
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How to get this article approved from which links? @Imzadi1979 69.1.59.248 (talk) 01:46, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Considering that it has exactly two sources, and that leaves most of the draft uncited. I would expect that the route description section be split into manageable paragraphs, and each of those should be cited. Honest, that's easy: find an appropriate transition point and cut the paragraph in half or thirds. Grab either a current Rand McNally atlas or the official state highway map and cite that at the end of each of the paragraphs. Add in the existing Google Maps citation for good measure.

The history section is a bit of a mess. The second paragraph is mostly about the US Numbered Highway System's background, and it goes into a bit too much depth on that and not enough on US 78. I'd cut that back and then expand the section to cover the history of the highway from 1926 to 2025. That's 99 years of history missing.

The MS 178 section needs a few citation too. Basically, if you can add the missing citations for that and the RD, clean up the history section a little bit, this can be pushed through AfC. Imzadi 1979 → 01:54, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]