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The list was promoted by The Rambling Man 15:11, 21 February 2010 [1].

List of San Francisco Municipal Railway lines[edit]

Nominator(s): kurykh 07:57, 17 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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There are actually no featured bus line lists on Wikipedia, so I'm going to try to make this the first one. I hope this will be some sort of trendsetter, if not simply a guide for similar lists. --kurykh 07:57, 17 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • Three quick things: symbols should be superscripted in the table to reduce clutter and the lead image doesn't need a period. Also, all images (including the navbox) need ALT text; pretend you're describing the image to someone over the phone. Mm40 (talk) 13:43, 18 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • Superscript symbols: The little symbols I took from List of Muni Metro stations, an earlier FL that I did, and it does not have superscript symbols. Nor do any FL rail station articles, at least those relating to the San Francisco Bay Area. --kurykh 22:29, 18 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • This is not a FL requirement, just a personal preference.—Chris!c/t 02:35, 19 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        • Oh. In any case, it's best to keep some consistency with the others. --kurykh 05:44, 19 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • Lead image period: Done. --kurykh 22:29, 18 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • ALT text: Done. --kurykh 22:29, 18 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - looks good to me. But I think this list can be even better if a little more info about the lines themselves is provided.—Chris!c/t 22:15, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from The Rambling Man (talk) 20:16, 3 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
  • Can you source the claim that it's commonly referred to as the Muni? Should be straightforward...
    • Removed claim entirely (all websites I looked at put it in parentheses instead). --kurykh 23:16, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • "when the A Geary-10th Avenue was inaugurated" shouldn't that say "... Avenue line was inaugurated ..."?
  • "revamps" not keen on this, doesn't read encyclopaedically if you get my drift...
  • "entire city plus some parts" ditto...
  • "have two parts to the name, for example, the "1 California."" not sure what this is getting at, and not sure this is a great example.
  • Why are lines in bold? See WP:MOSBOLD...
  • Express bus lines table goes haywire when I sort it, presumably because there's a rowspan in there somewhere...
  • Defunct section could do with at least some words to explain itself, not just a link to a content fork.
    • Changed to a "see also" section. --kurykh 23:16, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Rambling Man (talk) 20:51, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]


  • Comment Check the toolbox; there are a couple of dead links. Dabomb87 (talk) 04:10, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Support, all issues resolved. Dabomb87 (talk) 02:56, 7 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved issues, Dabomb87 (talk)
Comments from Dabomb87 (talk · contribs)
  • "the current lines in use today." Spot the redundancy.
  • "routes serving the entire city and some parts" More redundancy.
  • "trolleybus" Is it really one word?
  • "run on five major corridors" "on"-->through
  • The portal link goes in the See also section, not External links.

Dabomb87 (talk) 23:10, 5 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from Truco

Comments

General
  • Dab links, external links, alt text, and contributors check out fine.
Lead
  • In terms of ridership, Muni is the eighth-largest transit system in the United States, with 221,213,200 rides in 2008 -- why not riders?
  • The names of all Muni routes, except those of the cable cars, have two parts: a number or letter; and a street, neighborhood, or landmark, for example, the "1 California". -- remove the 'and'..thats what the semicolon is for...also is there suppose to be something after the "1 California" [train]?
    • Removed the semicolon instead. The "1 California" is a bus, and in San Francisco, the entire line is just called the "1 California" or the "1". "Line" can be added if it is still confusing. --kurykh 01:17, 6 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Would fares be a relevant addition to the lead?
List
  • I'm confused, in the termini column, this is the street or the region/area/station? (for the cable lines)
    • They are street intersections. --kurykh 01:17, 6 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Since some of these are small tables, you don't have to link the same street over and over like Market, because each row can stand alone in small tables like this per WP:OVERLINK (just a suggestion).
    • Done...somewhat. --kurykh 02:14, 6 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Streetcar lines: The K Ingleside column entry needs to have the note underneath in parenthesis for a more formal presentation.
    • Changed that to a note. --kurykh 02:14, 6 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • I think it should be noted somewhere that the termini of the lines are both stations and streets.
    • Done as a note. --kurykh 02:14, 6 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

--Truco 503 23:59, 5 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • Support...if the 'line' word is added where I mentioned. Other than that, comments resolved meets WP:WIAFL.--Truco 503 23:43, 6 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Looks good to me. --Kumioko (talk) 19:54, 7 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comments:Support Harrias (talk) 07:12, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • I don't understand what you mean by "...for use within Muni operations."
  • I agree with one of the other reviewers that there is no need to reference streets such as Market in every usage in short lists such as 'Cable car lines', but I would like to see it referenced throughout in 'Local bus lines', where at the moment it is in all but #6.

Other than those two small points I think it is a nice list, well done. Harrias (talk) 22:11, 17 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]


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