Talk:Wisconsin Highway 29

Wisconsin Highway 29 was a Engineering and technology good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
June 10, 2007	Good article nominee	Not listed
January 19, 2008	Good article reassessment	Not listed
February 11, 2008	Good article nominee	Not listed

Current status: Former good article nominee

U.S. Roads: State highways / Wisconsin Mid‑importance

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Wisconsin Mid‑importance

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Untitled

Removed "Wis 29 Corridor" link as this no longer exists on destination site (WisDOT) Added a list of communities served, Added info on study projects found on site for freeway conversion (they also appear on Bessert's page) Also added info on the Wausau upgrade project and proper sources. --Master son 03:57, 9 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Matched WP:WI settins to WP:WIH for assessment • master_son^Talk^- ^Edits 22:12, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mileposts

I'm done with the first chunck of mileposts in the exit list. Tomorrow, I will work on the others, and hopefully get this exit list ready for GA status. -- JA10^{Talk • Contribs} 00:08, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

On hold

I'm working on the mileposts for a while but I should be able to finish when I have some free time. -- JA10^{Talk • Contribs} 01:14, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Failed

I've failed this because the mileposts are at this point incomplete, which is supposed to be complete when this article was nominated for GA status. (→zel zany - new age roads) 21:56, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Failed GA

I failed this, not because of any minor points like mileposts, but because the source for the history is not a reliable source. --NE2 01:37, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Good article reassessment

This article was nominated for good article reassessment to determine whether or not it met the good article criteria and so can be listed as a good article. (By master son^{T - C}, 03:17, 18 January 2008 (UTC).)[reply]

The article was reinserted into the nominations list. Please see the archived discussion for further information. Geometry guy 13:18, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

GA review

I'm doing the review, comments soon. Jimfbleak (talk) 08:19, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

First comments:

Intro is much too short, doesn’t even mention history or future plans. I would expect total length (miles and km) in the intro as well as the infobox
Please give metric conversions formatted as eg 5 miles (8 km)
Style is very staccato in places with one-clause sentences: "WIS 29 goes here. WIS 29 goes there," Can’t some of the sentences be run together to improve flow?
Reference needed for While traffic crashes have declined significantly, numerous memorials to those who lost their lives on the road still dot the route.
Paras should ideally have at least three sentence. There are a number of one-sentence paras that should be fixed if at all possible.
I assume that CTH in the table means County Highway. Can that be made explicit? Also if followed by a single letter, eg CTH T, why not use a no-break space?
Bannered highway link - I shouldn’t have to go through another article and a redirect to find what this means
Not clear to a non-American that “business route” is an example of a bannered route, please make that clearer in this short section, and perhaps explain what a business route is for us limeys
Please check for typos, esp capitals at start of sentence and proper names.

I haven’t checked refs yet, and I’ll have at least one more read through Jimfbleak (talk) 08:48, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"Junction" seems to be used as a verb more than once, eg and junction with Interstate 94. Shouldn't that be "joins" or "has a junction with"?
Expressway isn't explained or linked. I assume it means a toll road, but needs to be glossed or linked
It seems perverse to link freeway at virtually the last of its many mentions
What's "Corridors 2020."??
Would it be better to move the first picture to halfway down its section? It will still sandwich text, but in a less narrow place.

Refs are OK, look forward to improvements, Jimfbleak (talk) 16:05, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for criteria)

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): b (MoS):
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
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:

No changes made in a week, so assessing as is, fail. Jimfbleak (talk) 06:35, 11 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Exit list

Hello,

Could someone please fix the exit list table? As it stands, from exits 132 to 185, the table looks weird and inconsistently formatted compared to the rest of the table, and the exit number for exit 132 is one column too far forward.

Thank you, Bad Weather 2014 ^{My work • What's wrong?} 21:52, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It appears to be resolved now; thank you, Imzadi1979 for fixing the article. I'm sorry I didn't notice your edits sooner. -- Bad Weather 2014 ^{My work • What's wrong?} 23:13, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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