Talk:California State Route 20

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Good article California State Route 20 has been listed as one of the Engineering and technology good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can delist it, or ask for a reassessment.
An entry from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on February 3, 2008.
March 30, 2008 Good article nominee Listed
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[edit] assessment

this article by wp proj calif standards is only start class. aside from the lists and template the content is barely over stub. to meet B class it needs expansion to address history, prehistory, ecology and other factors also more sources are needed. Anlace 06:22, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] GA review

Comments below. Very comprehensive, and just a few issues. —Rob (talk) 01:55, 23 March 2008 (UTC)


GA review (see here for criteria)
  1. It is reasonably well written.
    a (prose): b (MoS):
    There seems to be a "Business Business 20" in the junction list. Also, I don't know what the prefixes mean, and it's not specified anywhere. (R, T)
    Where is the Business Business 20? I can't find it :P --Rschen7754 (T C) 17:08, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
    In the junction list, Image:Business plate green.svg appears twice in both CA 20 lines, in both Firefox and IE. I wasn't sure if it was a browser bug, intentional, or what, but I suspect it's an accident. —Rob (talk) 17:47, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
    Fixed. Looks like an error resulting from the conversion to {{jct}}. —Rob (talk) 19:17, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
    Thanks - I can't see images so I couldn't tell. --Rschen7754 (T C) 21:16, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
    Eh? How does Wikipedia look on Lynx? —Rob (talk) 21:26, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
    I can't access upload.wikimedia.org so I can't see Wikipedia images. --Rschen7754 (T C) 21:34, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
  2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.
    a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
  3. It is broad in its coverage.
    a (major aspects): b (focused):
    This is in north-central CA, right? I had to peer at the map for a while to see. What is the Interregional Road System? It is currently a redlink. A few state routes are linked twice, or thrice. Perhaps some elevations would be handy? I would also evaluate the number of red links in the article.
    Clarified in lead. --Rschen7754 (T C) 18:11, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
    Clarified the regional system. --Rschen7754 (T C) 07:01, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
    Removed extra links. --Rschen7754 (T C) 19:32, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
    Probably with the removal of extra links, the red link number is appropriate. --Rschen7754 (T C) 19:38, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
    What do you mean by adding elevations? --Rschen7754 (T C) 19:49, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
    It sounds like this route runs up and down a couple set of mountain ranges. If CA 20 doesn't run through any passes, then elevations wouldn't really be required, but I figured change in elevation would be helpful in describing the route further. —Rob (talk) 12:50, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
  4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.
    Fair representation without bias:
  5. It is stable.
    No edit wars etc.:
  6. It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.
    a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
    At 211 miles, another picture may be helpful.
    Added one, hope the layout is ok. --Rschen7754 (T C) 17:45, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
  7. Overall:
    Pass/Fail:

With the work that's been done, I've gone ahead and passed the article. I am leaving the comments for future improvement as well. —Rob (talk) 20:20, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. I don't think SR 20 goes through any passes, but I'll have to reconfirm that. --Rschen7754 (T C) 20:27, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
I'm pretty sure I didn't see any when I followed it on topos. --NE2 11:46, 31 March 2008 (UTC)