Talk:New York State Route 32

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[edit] Correct southern terminus location

NYSDOT describes this road as beginning in Harriman [1]. The interchange in question is very close to the Harriman village line; it's long been informally described as the Harriman interchange. And more to the point, it's not even in the Town of Monroe but rather the Town and Village of Woodbury.

Therefore, I've changed the article appropriately. (I think some of the confusion lies from the nearby location of three of the Monroe-Woodbury schools). Daniel Case 16:57, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Infobox reduction

When I saw the cleanup tag placed on this article, I noted that NY 32 is unique in that for its relatively short distance, it intersects quite a few US and Interstate highways, and a few of them, more than once (including concurrencies with US 9W and US 4). Because of the number of such intersections, I opted to try placing multiple municipalities on the same line as the first intersection with that route. Note that this puts three locations on both 9W and 4, and with that, wraps the text (I forced the line break to place "and" on the same line as the last town). Because I have not yet noted this in any other NYSR article, I decided to be bold here and experiment with this (and see how it's received by the other editors in this project). If nothing else, I managed to get the line count down to exactly ten and with that still include every US and Interstate highway intersected. Feedback is invited. Fwgoebel 04:55, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

After reading my own entry, I thought (correctly) that NY 22 should have a similar situation, and having checked that, confirmed. I noted that article to use the word "then" between the multiple municipalities, so I changed this article's to match that. And, I discovered I had missed one along the way, so we're now down to nine lines of listed highways. Fwgoebel 05:04, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Good place for a picture

While driving up to the Catskills last weekend to go snowshoeing I kept my eyes open for a good spot for an image, and found one even better, here near Katsbaan.

It's not immediately obvious from the topo, but ... well, you can see where the road goes down to cross the (other) Beaverkill and then back up again into the small notch between the two hills. What you can't see in the topo is the Escarpment and Kaaterskill High Peak looming ahead. It's great ... it looks like the road is climbing up into the mountains. I can't imagine a better possible image to illustrate that section of the article.

I am hoping to get up there and take it in the summertime, when it should be all green, with a blue sky behind it. But if someone else wants to take a crack at it if I can't, you have your location. In summertime, you should have the sun at a good angle most of the day, preferably in the morning and midday (the former would give you a better image, as the sun would be shining across the mountains and give you more relief, and a bluer sky behind the mountains to boot). Daniel Case (talk) 04:34, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

I'm going to be going up to Albany tomorrow. The weather forecast is great. I will take this on the way. Daniel Case (talk) 13:22, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
Got it! Hope I can get it in soon. Daniel Case (talk) 04:50, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] GA Review

GA review (see here for criteria)
  1. It is reasonably well written.
    a (prose): b (MoS):
    "The road passes many interesting features such as the Catskill Mountains." Need more than one interesting feature for this sentence to work. Also, avoid use of the relative directions "turns right". What is Ulster BOCES? "road becomes a commercial strip" should be reworded. Some {{convert}} templates needed.
  2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.
    a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
    The Josiah Hasbrouck assertion needs to be referenced.
  3. It is broad in its coverage.
    a (major aspects): b (focused):
  4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.
    Fair representation without bias:
    "Immediately following it on the right is Woodbury Common Premium Outlets, a popular shopping destination that has created major traffic jams on busy weekends." Not NPOV unless there's a source that's not Google Maps. "Almost invisible" is a bad adjective for a town.
  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):
  7. Overall:
    Pass/Fail:

A few things. Good read overall. Good luck! —Rob (talk) 23:54, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Everything has been fixed as far as I can see. :) - Mitch32contribs 00:22, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
Looks good enough to me. I'm still not sure if that Ulster thing is a building or not (that's a safe assumption, but it should be explicit). Also, even a hidden hamlet needs to be explained. Is it physically shielded from the road? Off the road? Does another road lead into it? The new link to the biographical entry is somewhat borked... maybe a ref to the historical society's webpage instead? (if it exists?) —Rob (talk) 02:41, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
Since I wrote most of that section, I can explain. I didn't expect that this would be nominated for GA at this point ... the route section should be made much more detailed from Albany to the northern end.
  • "Ulster BOCES" is a school.
  • I can certainly source the traffic jams if it hasn't been already ... Lord knows there are enough articles about them in the Times-Herald Record.
  • I'll have to review to see which hamlet I meant was almost invisible. Daniel Case (talk) 04:54, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
  • OK. There is really almost nothing more to Maple Hill than the sign telling you it's there. Properly deleted as the hamlet really isn't notable. Daniel Case (talk) 05:00, 7 April 2008 (UTC)