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It's true that the UK has full services on most of its toll-free motorways (freeways) - but surely it's also true that such developments are common along tolled interstates in the US? In fact I think they exist on all of the tolled sections of I-90 from Illinois to the east coast (the Northwest Tollway, Chicago Skyway (a McDonalds at the toll plaza), Indiana Toll Road, Ohio Turnpike, New York State Thruway and Massachusetts Turnpike). As far as I'm aware, the only really unusual aspect of the Illinois oases is that most of them are built above the road, with pedestrian entrances from both parking areas.
Mtford 00:17, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
This is not a unique phenomenon; this article should be merged to Highway oasis, which should possibly be merged to Rest area. Any objections? — Quarl ( talk) 2007-02-28 09:38Z
Reviewer: Arsenikk (talk) 23:03, 13 December 2009 (UTC)
The article has a fundamental flaw in that it fails to apply the basic principles of summary style and lead. The lead is to be a short summary of all aspects of the article, which is then covered in much more detail in the main body. In this article, the lead and the "history" section cover two completely different aspects. Most of the information available in the lead is not available in the "history" section, and important aspects of the history is not covered in the lead. At the current length, the lead should be no more than a single paragraph. The second paragraph of the lead talks exclusively about other Interstate-side oases in the country, but barely mentions the one in questions. This is a diversion that probably should be removed from the article, but a short mention may be appropriate in the history section. This information is also unreferenced.
The history section focuses on recent events and controversy. I would also like to see how these, and only these seven, oases received the rights they did. Where they grandfathered? There needs to be a section called 'facilities' or similar, that discusses the amenities and facilities available, including restaurant, retailing and fuel brands, plus any other facilities that are available. The "locations" section is difficult to compare, because all the information is crammed into a single line. Instead, convert it to a table with the items 'name', 'route', 'tollway', 'location' and 'coordinates'. This information also needs a reference (except the coordinates). Consider dropping the Illinois-suffix on the place names, since that is already understood by the article title.
Some comments about the prose:
I am placing the article on hold. Arsenikk (talk) 23:03, 13 December 2009 (UTC)
Sorry for the slightly delayed reply. The article is looking a lot better today, but there are a few more small things that need to be touched up:
{{convert|18|km|mi|table=on}}
to get the conversion template to create two columns.disp=/
in the the {{
convert}} template to create a slash and avoid a double end parenthesis.A lot better, but still a few more things to do, so the article is still on hold. Arsenikk (talk) 10:14, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
I already cleaned up the references to make them consistent with each other in terms of formatting and content. All of the Daily Herald articles have dead links now though. As a result, I could not add the title of the August 15, 2009 by Joseph Ryan and John Patterson. It would be nice if someone could find that title, and maybe archived versions of the articles. Imzadi 1979 → 00:12, 17 December 2011 (UTC)
Is the Des Plaines Oasis truly closed? Reading the press release, it sounds like the overpass and restaurants are closed, but the 7-11 and gas station remain. The Trib article calls out this detail and adds a "for the time being" caution on it. This may need resolution of what the oasis consists of: is it the overpass portion and the rest is support or is any toll-free stop along the tollway an oasis?
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It's true that the UK has full services on most of its toll-free motorways (freeways) - but surely it's also true that such developments are common along tolled interstates in the US? In fact I think they exist on all of the tolled sections of I-90 from Illinois to the east coast (the Northwest Tollway, Chicago Skyway (a McDonalds at the toll plaza), Indiana Toll Road, Ohio Turnpike, New York State Thruway and Massachusetts Turnpike). As far as I'm aware, the only really unusual aspect of the Illinois oases is that most of them are built above the road, with pedestrian entrances from both parking areas.
Mtford 00:17, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
This is not a unique phenomenon; this article should be merged to Highway oasis, which should possibly be merged to Rest area. Any objections? — Quarl ( talk) 2007-02-28 09:38Z
Reviewer: Arsenikk (talk) 23:03, 13 December 2009 (UTC)
The article has a fundamental flaw in that it fails to apply the basic principles of summary style and lead. The lead is to be a short summary of all aspects of the article, which is then covered in much more detail in the main body. In this article, the lead and the "history" section cover two completely different aspects. Most of the information available in the lead is not available in the "history" section, and important aspects of the history is not covered in the lead. At the current length, the lead should be no more than a single paragraph. The second paragraph of the lead talks exclusively about other Interstate-side oases in the country, but barely mentions the one in questions. This is a diversion that probably should be removed from the article, but a short mention may be appropriate in the history section. This information is also unreferenced.
The history section focuses on recent events and controversy. I would also like to see how these, and only these seven, oases received the rights they did. Where they grandfathered? There needs to be a section called 'facilities' or similar, that discusses the amenities and facilities available, including restaurant, retailing and fuel brands, plus any other facilities that are available. The "locations" section is difficult to compare, because all the information is crammed into a single line. Instead, convert it to a table with the items 'name', 'route', 'tollway', 'location' and 'coordinates'. This information also needs a reference (except the coordinates). Consider dropping the Illinois-suffix on the place names, since that is already understood by the article title.
Some comments about the prose:
I am placing the article on hold. Arsenikk (talk) 23:03, 13 December 2009 (UTC)
Sorry for the slightly delayed reply. The article is looking a lot better today, but there are a few more small things that need to be touched up:
{{convert|18|km|mi|table=on}}
to get the conversion template to create two columns.disp=/
in the the {{
convert}} template to create a slash and avoid a double end parenthesis.A lot better, but still a few more things to do, so the article is still on hold. Arsenikk (talk) 10:14, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
I already cleaned up the references to make them consistent with each other in terms of formatting and content. All of the Daily Herald articles have dead links now though. As a result, I could not add the title of the August 15, 2009 by Joseph Ryan and John Patterson. It would be nice if someone could find that title, and maybe archived versions of the articles. Imzadi 1979 → 00:12, 17 December 2011 (UTC)
Is the Des Plaines Oasis truly closed? Reading the press release, it sounds like the overpass and restaurants are closed, but the 7-11 and gas station remain. The Trib article calls out this detail and adds a "for the time being" caution on it. This may need resolution of what the oasis consists of: is it the overpass portion and the rest is support or is any toll-free stop along the tollway an oasis?
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