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Don't take it personally, it's commendable in many ways, but it was actually pretty easy to see that this article did not meet the criteria. For one very good reason: far too few references. For example, the first two sections under the history, the origins and Interstate highway sections, refer to very specific events, very specific data points and make claims based on those assertions, such as:
By 1947 the Ohio Department of Highways was constructing new roads at the quickest pace in their history, with 422 contracts awarded, $38 million spent on new construction, and $4 million on maintenance. This marked the highest amount spent on road construction by Ohio than all years previous.
Yet without a single footnote.
It also doesn't give us information it should. We read about the Cleveland Innerbelt Plan, and that it's been completed and will be implemented, yet don't know what it's going to do. Will the interstates in question just be rebuilt? I rather doubt that level of planning wouldn't have led to changes (and I used to live in the Cleveland area, so I know those roads were long complained of as outmoded). I shouldn't have to click on the link to the Veterans' Glass City Memorial Skyway to find out it's in the Toledo area, either.
Take a step back, address these issues and any other ones that come up. Then you can renominate it. Daniel Case 13:37, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
I am glad to report that this article nominee for good article status has been promoted. This is how the article, as of August 7, 2007, compares against the six good article criteria:
If you feel that this review is in error, feel free to take it to a GA review. Thank you to all of the editors who worked hard to bring it to this status, and congratulations. - J Logan t: 16:36, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
I will do the GA Reassessment of this article as part of the GA Sweeps project. H1nkles ( talk) 19:18, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
As I go through the article I will address concerns that I see.
The article also paints a rosy picture of the agency, ignoring the many controversies that surround it. There have been
numerous
cases of
corruption at the department and
several
claims of
incompetency. I've encountered ODOT staff attempting to sanitize other articles, so that may have occurred here, too. -
Eureka Lott 20:55, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
Since no work has been done on this article as part of the review process then I am forced to delist. H1nkles ( talk) 03:04, 18 February 2010 (UTC)
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Don't take it personally, it's commendable in many ways, but it was actually pretty easy to see that this article did not meet the criteria. For one very good reason: far too few references. For example, the first two sections under the history, the origins and Interstate highway sections, refer to very specific events, very specific data points and make claims based on those assertions, such as:
By 1947 the Ohio Department of Highways was constructing new roads at the quickest pace in their history, with 422 contracts awarded, $38 million spent on new construction, and $4 million on maintenance. This marked the highest amount spent on road construction by Ohio than all years previous.
Yet without a single footnote.
It also doesn't give us information it should. We read about the Cleveland Innerbelt Plan, and that it's been completed and will be implemented, yet don't know what it's going to do. Will the interstates in question just be rebuilt? I rather doubt that level of planning wouldn't have led to changes (and I used to live in the Cleveland area, so I know those roads were long complained of as outmoded). I shouldn't have to click on the link to the Veterans' Glass City Memorial Skyway to find out it's in the Toledo area, either.
Take a step back, address these issues and any other ones that come up. Then you can renominate it. Daniel Case 13:37, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
I am glad to report that this article nominee for good article status has been promoted. This is how the article, as of August 7, 2007, compares against the six good article criteria:
If you feel that this review is in error, feel free to take it to a GA review. Thank you to all of the editors who worked hard to bring it to this status, and congratulations. - J Logan t: 16:36, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
I will do the GA Reassessment of this article as part of the GA Sweeps project. H1nkles ( talk) 19:18, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
As I go through the article I will address concerns that I see.
The article also paints a rosy picture of the agency, ignoring the many controversies that surround it. There have been
numerous
cases of
corruption at the department and
several
claims of
incompetency. I've encountered ODOT staff attempting to sanitize other articles, so that may have occurred here, too. -
Eureka Lott 20:55, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
Since no work has been done on this article as part of the review process then I am forced to delist. H1nkles ( talk) 03:04, 18 February 2010 (UTC)
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