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Did you know... that the Hanlon Expressway is named after Felix Hanlon, who helped cut the first tree to inaugurate
Guelph,
Ontario?
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Nope, Highway 6 between Flamborough and Milton is not going to be expanded beyond two lanes for some time into the future. - ʄɭoʏɗiaɲτ¢ 23:19, 29 May 2010 (UTC)reply
Hanlon Parkway or Hanlon Expressway?
Although both terms are used, Expressway seems to be much more prevalent. The recent news regarding the Laird interchange as well the original construction reports from 1971 both use Expressway. As such I'm moving the article. - Floydianτ¢ 21:03, 12 December 2013 (UTC)reply
Paragraphs should be short enough to be readable, but long enough to develop an idea. (
WP:BETTER).
Fix "The road, like with nearby Hanlon Creek, is named after Felix Hanlon, one of the men who cut the first tree in Guelph along with John Galt. He was one of the original settlers in the area, and his family eventually deeded their land to the city.[1]" in the Route description section.
Fix "On April 30, 2012, construction began on the Laird Road interchange.[5] It partially opened on the week of November 11, 2013,[13] and was fully opened on November 29, 2013, ceremoniously, with Guelph MPP Liz Sandals in attendance.[5]" in the History section.
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There is a statement in the History section - "opened on November 29, 2013, ceremoniously, with Guelph MPP Liz Sandals in attendance." It uses inline citation or in-text attribution to Source 5. The source says "Today the Ministry of Transportation and the City of Guelph celebrated the opening of the Hanlon Expressway/Laird Road provincial interchange.". I think juxtaposing the MPP with ceremoniously may make it contentious because the source gives credit for the opening of the Expressway to the Ministry of Transportation and the City of Guelph in general.
Not all sources are accessible. Random check on accessible sources (1-7, 11, 13 & 14). Cross-checked with other FAs -
Ontario Highway 401 &
Ontario Highway 416.
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Image 1 (Hanlon Parkway interchange.png): This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. This version permits free use, including commercial use. Hence this image complies with The license must permit both commercial reuse and derivative works.
Image 2 (Highway 6 from above.jpg): This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. This version permits free use, including commercial use. Hence this image complies with The license must permit both commercial reuse and derivative works.
Caption 1: "Wellington Street interchange facing east. Highway 7 and former Highway 24 travel into the distance; Highway 6 travels south (right); former Highway 24 travels west (down); and Highway 6 and 7 travel north (left)." This caption may appear long considering the size of the image but it's perfect considering the content of the image. It's succinct and informative. Shortening it will render the image incomprehensible.
Caption 2: "With the exception of the Wellington Street and Laird Road interchanges, the Hanlon Expressway features at-grade intersections." succinct and informative
As per the above checklist, the issues identified are:
Short paragraphs in the Route description section and the History section.
The word ceremoniously and the MPP are placed together in the statement "opened on November 29, 2013, ceremoniously, with Guelph MPP Liz Sandals in attendance".
This article is a very promising GA nominee. I'm glad to see your work here. I'm putting the article on hold. All the best! --Seabuckthorn♥ 18:08, 8 January 2014 (UTC)reply
I've joined the widowed paragraph in the History section. However, the one in the Route description doesn't seem like it would fit in either paragraph as it discusses the naming of the route rather than the... err... route of the route.
Reworded the ceremony bit to avoid boosting the MPP, and added another source to validate that she attended.
Thank you once again for taking on all four of these GANs. Your reviews are very thorough and I appreciate that, expecially for an article such as this one that may be a future A or FA candidate. - Floydianτ¢ 19:10, 8 January 2014 (UTC)reply
Thanks. In fact, my mentor
Quadell deserves all the credit for all the good work that I'm doing here. The mistakes are all mine. It's been a pleasure and a privilege to be reviewing your articles. They are phenomenally meticulous. So thank you very much for your service to Wikipedia. --Seabuckthorn♥ 19:34, 8 January 2014 (UTC)reply
I think the "orphaned" paragraph should be left as it is. It can't be deleted because it satisfies "The most general scope that summarises essentially all knowledge" and "All material that a reader would be likely to agree matches the specified scope is covered". I still regret the deletion of "speed limit" because it was not contentious and hence did not need an inline citation. But it struck me later.
OK. I'm passing the article to GA status. --Seabuckthorn♥ 19:34, 8 January 2014 (UTC)reply
Awesome, thank you :) I'm sure I could find some source that colour-codes the whole highway network based on speed limits, or use Streetview imagery. Minor giant steps. - Floydianτ¢ 22:19, 8 January 2014 (UTC)reply