Talk:New Mexico Rail Runner Express

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 New Mexico Rail Runner Express was a good article nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There are suggestions below for improving the article. Once these are addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

Reviewed version: August 8, 2007

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[edit] Advertisement cleanup

Alright, i'm going to remove the tag then.
Vikedal 04:35, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I'm cool with the way it is now. It doesn't look like it needs any more cleaning up. PerryPlanet 17:34, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Deleted needless link.

I Don't see any need to clean it up. It's informative and useful to me. I'll remove the cleanup tag if anyone else agrees.
Vikedal 08:35, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Drumlineramos 05:35, 16 October 2006 (UTC) I'm placing the "advert" cleanup on here. it reads too much like it was taken from the Rail Runner Website. I'm more than willing to change this article

add and change cleanup notice's as necessary.

[edit] GA review comments

Hello, and welcome to The Rambling Man's (tm) review procedure...

  • Image:Railrunner logo.gif is missing fair use rationale.
  • Avoid single-sentence paragraphs, as in History & Ridership sections.
  • Don't wikilink individual years.
  • No references for History section (this is very important).
  • "The Central New Mexico corridor, which is home to half the state's population, is anchored by Santa Fe (the state capital) and Albuquerque (the largest city and economic hub)." - what does "..anchored.." mean in this context? Why use parentheses (note: I hate parentheses so it maybe a personal problem!) here, they don't improve the prose at all.
  • "In fact, there are seven Pueblos along the entire corridor, making the addition of new roadways or the expansion of current capacity unlikely." - is this citable or is it original research? (It came from the original report, now cited.)
  • Justification section has zero citations.
  • Is Ridership a real word? Not British English, that's for sure, but I'm prepared to be corrected... (Yes, it's American English.)
  • Don't place external links in the main body, e.g. "(A current train schedule...", "purchased online".
  • Fare information is trivial, not significant.
  • Avoid "(e.g.,...).
  • Why have notes in the table when there aren't any?
  • Avoid over-wikilinking, e.g. Bombardier Transportation in the table.
  • Remove Trivia section per the tag.

Lack of citations for the majority of the article and the other WP:MOS issues have made me decide to fail this for the time being. Let me know if you'd like me to expand on any of the comments or, indeed, re-review the article, at any time. All the best.. The Rambling Man 19:04, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Partial response:

  • "In fact, there are seven Pueblos along the entire corridor, making the addition of new roadways or the expansion of current capacity unlikely." - is this citable or is it original research? (It came from the original report on the corridor, now cited.)
  • Is Ridership a real word? Not British English, that's for sure, but I'm prepared to be corrected... (Yes, it's American English.)

24.58.63.112 (talk) 00:13, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Since this review, I've been editing the page to address these concerns. I think I've taken care of it all, but I might have missed something. PerryPlanet (talk) 06:01, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Additional comments

Hello, some further comments following the update from my previous review...

  • What's BNSF?
  • History section has four short paragraphs, consider flowing into two longer ones for more elegant article appearance.
  • Move the first image to under the History heading.
  • "accessdate" in templates should be a full ISO date (including the year).
  • Four external links a bit over the top - if you're using them explicitly, link them in-line with {{cite web}}.
  • Stations, Service, Ticketing, Rolling stock, Connections and Future plans section are totally unreferenced.
  • Wikilink full dates where possible per WP:DATE.

The referencing is a serious problem which will stand in the way of GA and certainly A class or FA. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:43, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Answer

What's BNSF?

BNSF Railway is one of the major American railway companies. It is a result of the merger of the Burlington Northern Railway (itself the result of a merger between the Great Northern and Northern Pacific railways and their subsidiaries) and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (ATSF or Santa Fe). The article now has a Wikilink to the the BNSF. 66.234.220.195 (talk) 21:53, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Biodiesel rather than electric?

Is there any particular reason that motive power is diesel or biodiesel rather than electric, usually the preferred mode of traction for new commuter rail systems? 66.234.220.195 (talk) 21:48, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Route map

Seeing as we now have a template Rail Runner map, is it necessary to have the image map? They both have the same info, and the template is easier to edit. PerryPlanet (talk) 06:34, 7 June 2008 (UTC)