Talk:Texas State Highway 211

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April 14, 2008 Good article nominee Listed

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[edit] GA review

GA review (see here for criteria)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS):

   Because the route description section is longer and more descriptive than the history section, in this case I would advise switching the two sections to put the priority on the "Route description" section.

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

   Ref #14 is broken.

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

   Does SH 211 not travel through any cities? Also, are the termini in any cities? How many lanes does the road have? Is the reason ROW can't be acquired because it's a freeway, or just because landowners don't want a regular 2-lane road in their backyard (With AADT levels between 1,000 and 6,000 vehicles per day, I can't imagine it's a 4-lane freeway.)

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):

   A picture of the road would be nice.

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

Let me know when you've made the changes! —Rob (talk) 19:02, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Responses:

1. This would cause an inconsistency with the series of Texas highway articles as prescribed at WP:TXSH.

2. Fixed

3. It briefly skirts through the city limits of San Antonio (which is mentioned in the second paragraph of the route description), but it is a rural highway for the most part. The termini are not located in any cities. It is a 2-lane road for the most part with the occasional passing lane, this has been added. It isn't a freeway and the article mentions the reasons for local opposition from what I have been able to find. I would be speculating as to reasoning of the landowners outside of the reasoning already in the article, but I would imagine they would get more for their land from commercial and home developers than from the state.

6. I haven't been able to find a picture anywhere online that is freely available and I am not sure when I can get a chance to go snap a picture of it myself.

--Holderca1 ^talk 20:25, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Right, I caught that in the route description, but I wondered if it was enough to put in the infobox. I think the edits get rid of the rest of my concerns. —Rob (talk) 20:37, 14 April 2008 (UTC)