Talk:New York State Route 52

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New York State Route 52 is a former good article candidate. There are suggestions below for which areas need improvement to satisfy the good article criteria. Once the objections are addressed, the article can be renominated as a good article. If you disagree with the objections, you can seek a review. Date of review: 10 December 2006

[edit] Use of the term "Gunks"

This is a very scenic stretch of 52, as several overlooks on the upper portions offer sweeping views of the Catskills, and closer to it there are the brilliant cliffs of the Gunks. The Long Path hiking trail also leaves its aqua blazes on a stretch of the road it shares.

I'm hoping not to sound nitpicky, but I'm wondering if this single use of "the Gunks" is appropriate when the word "Shawangunks" is spelled out both before and after this usage. I did delete a stray period in this paragraph (after Catskills) but I'm just concerned about consistency. I don't have a problem with the full spelling "Shawangunks" for the first use, and "the Gunks" every time after that (except in a separate section, where it would be spelled out there). So for now, I'm just going to write this as to ask a question, but not to insist that a change be made (or make one on my own). Along with that, given that I have not yet perused other highways that pass near or through the Shawangunks to compare uses there (if any), I'll just put this out as "food for thought" and let it go at that. Fwgoebel 03:17, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Failed GA

This article failed the GA noms as it has a number of bulleted lists which need to be turned into prose and this article only has 1 inline citation. Tarret 22:17, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

I can understand the concern over the history list, but not the communities list. There's no way to turn that into prose while serving its primary purpose - a quick overview of the communities along the route. --TMF ^{Let's Go Mets - Stats} 19:58, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Its not necessary for the communities along the route list however it is necessary for the history section. The specific guideline can be found at Wikipedia:Embedded list. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tarret (talk • contribs) 20:32, 11 December 2006 (UTC).

The "list" as outlined in that example is a far cry from the list in this article. Albeit a series of bullet items are used, they are not short "item" entries that are solely linked, but each is part of one or two sentences adding more explanation. If that needs to be a paragraph or two, then so be it. Fwgoebel 21:42, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Frankly, the history section should be real prose, researched and footnoted. I only did it that way because all I had were those random scraps of fact when I created the article. Daniel Case 23:01, 11 December 2006 (UTC)