Wikipedia:WikiProject Trains/Peer review/Rapid transit

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[edit] Rapid transit

I think this article has the potential to become a FA one day. "Characteristics and nomenclature" I think should be merged into another section. More citations also need to be introduced. Is there anything this article is missing? -- Selmo ^(talk) 17:41, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

See also: Wikipedia:Peer review/Rapid transit/archive1. -- Selmo ^(talk) 03:41, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

• There's been steady improvement on this one, but it could still be better. Specifically (numbered for clarity in subsequent discussions; items needed for GA are marked with [GA]):
  1. [GA] There are still a couple of ^{[citation needed]} statements left in the article that need to be addressed.
  2. [GA] The lead section needs a bit of fleshing-out to better summarize the article's content.
  3. Out of 31 footnotes, there are only four that point to printed editions of books. This ratio needs to be worked on to increase the number of printed references.
  4. The History section seems disproportionately short, especially when compared to the Uses and developments section.
  5. The images are all of current operations and equipment. With the long history of systems like London Underground, Paris Métro and New York City Subway among others, we should be able to include images of older systems for the history discussion.
  6. The Technology section could also do with a little expansion, mentioning topics such as automated peoplemover systems, automated fare collection (a few systems are moving to RFID enabled equipment; maybe even mention the transition from tokens to fare cards) and safety (platform doors are only discussed in an image caption).
  7. We could probably get away with a bit of judicious pruning in both the See also and External links sections, leaving most of them for the subarticles that are already linked in the text and in Main article links.
• I'll try to find some time this week to look through some of my own resources to see what can be added as well. Slambo (Speak) 15:07, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. -- Selmo ^(talk) 04:04, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

It might need more about the origins of the term, though that's mainly for history of rapid transit. Specifically, the term was used beginning in 1877 for small steam trains on the Atlantic Branch that are more similar to modern streetcars or light rail. --NE2 22:25, 24 January 2007 (UTC)