Talk:U.S. Route 30 in Iowa

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Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
July 10, 2010	Good article nominee	Listed
November 2, 2010	WikiProject A-class review	Approved
December 8, 2010	Peer review	Reviewed
January 12, 2011	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
February 8, 2011	Featured article candidate	Promoted
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on July 14, 2010. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the 1920s cost of USD$30,000-per-mile ($658,000-per-mile in 2010 dollars) was a major deterrent to the completion of U.S. Route 30 in Iowa?
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Only the sections in Linn County and Greene County were rural roads

Only the sections of what? This part of the article is rather difficult to follow. Gatoclass (talk) 08:17, 7 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't quite remember what I was trying to say there, so I deleted that sentence. —Fredddie ™ 22:15, 7 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:U.S. Route 30 in Iowa/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Dough 48 72 16:43, 8 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for criteria)

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): b (MoS):
Try to avoid using "US 30" in every sentence of the route description. In addition, the route description seems a little dry. Throughout the article, I noticed some mini-infoboxes for auxiliary routes of US 30, with two placed in the route description where that route forks from US 30 and three placed in the history. For better organization, is it possible to create an auxiliary routes section for the article to list these five auxiliary routes.
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
There are a few unreferenced sentences and paragraphs in the route description, a simple citation to a map would do here. In addition, there is some context in the route description, specifically about the physical terrain the route passes through, that is not supported by the IADOT traffic book. In addition, the traffic book is the only reference in the route description, at least one more reference is needed.
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
Some more descriptive information about the route should be added to the lead, such as a few of the cities it serves and major intersections.
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:
It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.:
It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall:
Pass/Fail:

I will place the article on hold to allow for fixes. Dough 48 72 16:43, 8 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I believe I've addressed your concerns. I don't think putting major intersections in the lead is necessary; it certainly wasn't for other similar good articles. If I've missed anything, give me specifics and I'll address them again. Thanks. —Fredddie ™ 23:20, 10 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I will now pass the article. Dough 48 72 23:54, 10 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Business 30 access in Tama

Posting for clarification before an edit is made, but I don't believe the eastbound access to Business 30 at mile marker 181 technically qualifies as an exit; the access is closer to that of an at-grade intersection. Comments are welcome. Modor (talk) 09:21, 22 September 2017 (UTC)Modor[reply]

Did you mean mile marker 201? MM 181 is the west side of Marshalltown, which is totally an exit. Anyway, on one hand, there's a left hand turn lane, and on the other, it's grade separated. I see your point that it's not really an exit, but regardless it's where the business route begins and should be included in the table. –Fredddie ™ 10:55, 22 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Major Junctions

In the right hand sidebar, I note that U.S. 69 is not listed. Since all other U.S. highway junctions are mentioned, should this one be as well? Or is it omitted because its more urban that rural? Modor (talk) 08:55, 23 April 2019 (UTC)Modor[reply]

@Modor: per WP:USRD/STDS, we observe a hard 10-junction limit in the infobox. There are currently 10 junctions, not counting the termini, so it can't be listed under those standards. As to why US 69 was picked over other options to get the listing under the limit, I can't say further. Imzadi 1979 → 09:19, 23 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

US 69 was not picked because of its proximity of I-35. There's no vendetta against US 69. –Fredddie ™ 10:48, 23 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you both for the information. I was just making sure it wasn't an oversight. Modor (talk) 19:41, 23 April 2019 (UTC)Modor[reply]

WP:URFA/2020

I am reviewing this (old or very old) FA as part of WP:URFA/2020, an effort to determine whether old featured articles still meet the featured article criteria.

In March 2021, and again in December 2021, there were indications of deficiencies in this article. If those have not been corrected, the article should be submitted to WP:FAR. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 15:59, 8 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]