Talk:Church Street station (MBTA)

Church Street station (MBTA) has been listed as one of the Engineering and technology good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it. Review: January 29, 2022. (Reviewed version).

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A fact from Church Street station (MBTA) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 15 February 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that the name of Church Street station has been changed twice since 2019? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2022/February. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Church Street station (MBTA).

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Reviewer: ArnabSaha (talk · contribs) 20:35, 27 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

1. Is it well written?

   A. The prose is clear and concise, and the spelling and grammar are correct:

   B. It complies with the

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2. Is it verifiable with no original research?

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   B. All

   reliable sources, including those for direct quotations, statistics, published opinion, counter-intuitive or controversial statements that are challenged or likely to be challenged, and contentious material relating to living persons—science-based articles should follow the scientific citation guidelines

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   C. It contains no original research:

   D. It contains no copyright violations nor plagiarism:

3. Is it broad in its coverage?

   A. It addresses the main aspects of the topic:

   B. It stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style):

4. Is it
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   It represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each:

5. Is it stable?

   It does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing

   edit war

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   Pass or Fail:

• Why is the name in infobox written in caps?  Saha ❯❯❯ Stay safe  14:55, 28 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • That style is applied to all MBTA station articles to match the style of actual station signage. There's been some back-and-forth about that; I don't have a particular opinion, but it's probably outside the scope of a single GA.
    • Maybe you can write is like, "Church Street station (stylised as CHURCH STREET) is an under-construction"  Saha ❯❯❯ Stay safe  19:19, 28 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
      • I don't think that's necessary; it's only stylized that way on station signs and not in sources. Again, this is a discussion that would affect over 300 MBTA station articles, so it's not really in scope here.
• Replace the bolded words with " "  Saha ❯❯❯ Stay safe  14:55, 28 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • MOS:BOLDREDIRECT. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 17:10, 28 January 2022 (UTC)[reply
    ]
• Wikilink the first New Bedford, Boston etc. words in the body.  Saha ❯❯❯ Stay safe  14:58, 28 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Done
• Change citation [8] to sentence case (
  MOS:ALLCAPS)  Saha ❯❯❯ Stay safe  15:02, 28 January 2022 (UTC)[reply
  ]
  •  Done
• Disabled access mentioned in infobox, but not in body. Also it doesnt have citation.
  •  Done Added to the station layout section, as it's covered in the existing citation.
• "The former Acushnet station, located..." - this introduction of Acushnet station feels a bit abrupt. While reading for the first time, I was unable to find its connection with Church Street station.  Saha ❯❯❯ Stay safe 
  •  Done Added a couple words to clarify.

@ArnabSaha: Thanks for the review! I've replied to your comments above. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 17:10, 28 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Pi.1415926535: I feel other than these minor things, the article is fine.  Saha ❯❯❯ Stay safe  19:19, 28 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@ArnabSaha: Replied above. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 21:22, 28 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Passed 13:41, 29 January 2022 (UTC)

The article is never clear on when it was first named Church Street Station or when it was changed out to what. Wis2fan (talk) 03:47, 15 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Originally to be on the west side of the tracks, the planned station was moved to the east side and renamed North New Bedford in 2019. A construction contract was issued in 2020; that year, the station was again renamed as Church Street. ... In 2019, the planned site was moved across the tracks due to drainage and land acquisition issues, with the name changed to "North New Bedford" for clarity. ... In 2020, the planned name was changed to "Church Street". Pi.1415926535 (talk) 04:54, 15 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]