When roads have been taken to FAC without "United States" in the opening sentence, reviewers there have basically said that "United States" is required. That's why any road article worth its weight will have US in the lead. – TMF(
talk)11:08, 10 March 2013 (UTC)reply
Nitpicking, but for the extension section could we tweak the beginning of one paragraph so both don't start with dates?
"but was still the site of 180 accidents per year on average." this comes out of nowhere. Was the highway accident-prone to begin with? If so perhaps earlier history on that should be added.
"This truce, made by Mario Cuomo," His full name is earlier on so just the last name can be here.
The drunk driving accident appears to be rather undue to me. While tragic, this doesn't seem to be the right article for that; if the highway itself played a role in it, place the focus there.
I tend to agree; the bulk of it seems to belong in the history of
Drunk driving in the United States, while this article probably only needs a sentence or two saying that the first murder conviction from drunk driving stemmed from an accident on this highway. – TMF(
talk)03:24, 15 March 2013 (UTC)reply
And after re-reading the article, it's heavily implied that this wasn't even the first such conviction in the US - it's only said that it was a first for the county. The first such conviction nationwide would be something very noteworthy; the first for a county, I'm not so sure. Given that, the whole section is probably better off being moved to the previously linked article or another exclusively discussing drunk driving and/or the legal ramifications of said actions. – TMF(
talk)03:30, 15 March 2013 (UTC)reply
When roads have been taken to FAC without "United States" in the opening sentence, reviewers there have basically said that "United States" is required. That's why any road article worth its weight will have US in the lead. – TMF(
talk)11:08, 10 March 2013 (UTC)reply
Nitpicking, but for the extension section could we tweak the beginning of one paragraph so both don't start with dates?
"but was still the site of 180 accidents per year on average." this comes out of nowhere. Was the highway accident-prone to begin with? If so perhaps earlier history on that should be added.
"This truce, made by Mario Cuomo," His full name is earlier on so just the last name can be here.
The drunk driving accident appears to be rather undue to me. While tragic, this doesn't seem to be the right article for that; if the highway itself played a role in it, place the focus there.
I tend to agree; the bulk of it seems to belong in the history of
Drunk driving in the United States, while this article probably only needs a sentence or two saying that the first murder conviction from drunk driving stemmed from an accident on this highway. – TMF(
talk)03:24, 15 March 2013 (UTC)reply
And after re-reading the article, it's heavily implied that this wasn't even the first such conviction in the US - it's only said that it was a first for the county. The first such conviction nationwide would be something very noteworthy; the first for a county, I'm not so sure. Given that, the whole section is probably better off being moved to the previously linked article or another exclusively discussing drunk driving and/or the legal ramifications of said actions. – TMF(
talk)03:30, 15 March 2013 (UTC)reply