Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Interstate 68/archive2

The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was not promoted by Karanacs 17:11, 6 October 2009 [1].

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Interstate 68

Nominator(s): Algorerhythms (talk) 04:32, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

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This was a previous FA candidate a few months ago. I've tried to address the concerns that were brought up then, and I'm bringing it back for another go at it. - Algorerhythms (talk) 04:32, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Comment. Alt text is present and of good quality (thanks!) but two images lack alt text. Please see the "alt text" button at the upper right of this review article. One of these two images, File:Circle sign 857.svg, should be marked with "|link=" as per WP:ALT#Purely decorative images. The other, File:Interstate 68 map.png, needs alt text. Eubulides (talk) 06:02, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

I've added the "link" thing to the CR 857 image, but I don't know how to add the alt text to the map, as it's placed by a template. - Algorerhythms (talk) 13:23, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Map_alt=I believe.Mitch32^{(The Password is... See here!)} 13:55, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

ok, now I've added alt text to the map, too. - Algorerhythms (talk) 14:04, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

• Image check: All images OK. Stifle (talk) 10:10, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
• Dab Check: Dabs good. --Admrboltz (talk) 16:04, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
• External links check: - There are some bad links, please check them. --Admrboltz (talk) 16:04, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

  I've fixed the dead link to the WVDOT site, and for now I've commented out the link to the picture showing the sign on I-70. - Algorerhythms (talk) 02:35, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

• Comments - I have a few concerns before I can support this for FA:

1. The cities parameter of the infobox has been deprecated per a previous discussion at WT:USRD.

   Removed.

2. The alt text for the US 48 shield needs some work as it needs to physically describe what the image looks like.

   Changed.

3. When using Template:Inflation, add {{Inflation-fn|US}} as a reference for the inflation amount.

   Changed.

4. Why are the mileposts for the Maryland exit list rounded to the nearest tenth. The HLR gives mileages to the nearest hundredth.

   I've changed them to hundredths.

5. Reference 36 comes up as an Error 403 Forbidden. Dough4872 (talk) 16:05, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

   Apparently the site I was linking to has disabled external linking. So I've commented out that link. - Algorerhythms (talk) 02:35, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

Support - My issues have been resolved. Dough4872 (talk) 20:56, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

• Comments -
• Please spell out abbreviations in the notes(I noted AASHTO but there are others...such as JHU Press...)

  I've spelled out all the abbreviations I've found in the footnotes. If I missed any, let me know.

• Pick either last name first or first name first for your references, and stick with it. Right now you've got some of both style.

  I've changed them to first name first since most of them were already that way. - Algorerhythms (talk) 02:20, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

Otherwise, sources look okay, links checked out with the link checker tool. Ealdgyth - Talk 19:46, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

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