Talk:Newton Lower Falls Branch

Newton Lower Falls Branch 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 so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it. Review: June 29, 2024. (Reviewed version).

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Nominator: Pi.1415926535 (talk · contribs) 06:18, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: Steelkamp (talk · contribs) 04:45, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I'll take this review. Steelkamp (talk) 04:45, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good article criteria[edit]

Well written[edit]

Lead

• I think Massachusetts should be linked, as there are no sea of blue issues there.
  •  Done
• 21st-century proposals should be reworded to avoid starting a sentence with a figure.
  •  Done

Route

• ...in just five minutes. I would change to ...in five minutes as per Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch.
  •  Done

Early history

• It had cost $39,050 to build. Recommend changing to It cost $39,050 to build.
  •  Done
• What is the "Newton Circuit"?
  •  Done Added some wikilinks to clarify.
• ...while Lower Falls Branch service was reduced to Riverside–Lower Falls shuttle trains. I think this would be clearer as ...while Lower Falls Branch service was reduced to shuttle trains to Riverside.
  •  Done I prefer to say "between X and Y" rather than "to X" unless a service is unidirectional.

Electrification

• The single electric railcar... Replace with A single electric railcar... because the railcar is not already mentioned.
  •  Done
• State legislature could link to Massachusetts General Court.
  •  Done

Closure

• Just to be clear, I recommend changing Newton–Framingham route to Newton–Framingham streetcar route.
  •  Done
• Service was reduced to 7+1⁄2 round trips at that time. Should that be Service was reduced to 7+1⁄2 round trips per day at that time.?
  •  Done
• Change "1950–1951" to "1950–51" for consistency with other dates in the article.
  •  Done
• It included a deed restriction disallowed the right-of-way from being used as "a transportation, communication, electrical or other corridor or right of way". This should be changed to It included a deed restriction that disallowed the right-of-way from being used as "a transportation, communication, electrical or other corridor or right of way".
  •  Done

Rail trail and litigation

• The STB initialism is not defined before being used.
  •  Done

Verifiable with no original research[edit]

References spotchecked: 12, 30, 34, 37, 59, 67, 68, 71. No issues found.

Broad in its coverage[edit]

Neutral[edit]

Stable[edit]

Illustrated, if possible[edit]

General[edit]

• Do you know why the map link is below the categories? Is that a glitch?
  • The "KML file" link created by {{Attached KML}}? That appears normally to me on both desktop Chrome and mobile Firefox. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 23:09, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • Yes, the KML link. For me, its below the categories at the bottom of the page on desktop Chrome and Firefox and mobile Safari. Steelkamp (talk) 02:14, 29 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Regardless of the above map glitch, I'm going to pass this review. Congratulations :) Steelkamp (talk) 02:14, 29 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]