Talk:Whitechapel and Bow Railway/GA1

Talk:Whitechapel and Bow Railway/GA1

GA review: some done

← Previous revision Revision as of 05:09, 20 April 2026
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====Lede====
====Lede====
* Why do you abbreviate the LTSR but not the MR, DR, or WBR/W&BR? The Whitechapel and Bow Railway especially has a long name to keep repeating.
* Why do you abbreviate the LTSR but not the MR, DR, or WBR/W&BR? The Whitechapel and Bow Railway especially has a long name to keep repeating. {{done}}
* {{xt|The short 2 miles (3.2 km) line}} – if you use adjective=on in the convert template it should make it the correct "2-mile (3.2km) line"
* {{xt|The short 2 miles (3.2 km) line}} – if you use adjective=on in the convert template it should make it the correct "2-mile (3.2km) line" {{on hold}}
* {{xt|the railway was fourth rail electrified}} – correct would be "the railway was fourth-rail electrified" with a hyphen for the multiword descriptor, however I would suggest you reword the whole sentence for ease of reading anyway.
* {{xt|the railway was fourth rail electrified}} – correct would be "the railway was fourth-rail electrified" with a hyphen for the multiword descriptor, however I would suggest you reword the whole sentence for ease of reading anyway. {{on hold}}
* Are you sure you don't want a paragraph break between "LTSR services. // The railway opened"? I know one-paragraph ledes are normally your preference
* Are you sure you don't want a paragraph break between "LTSR services. // The railway opened"? I know one-paragraph ledes are normally your preference {{done}}


====History====
====History====
* {{xt|by routing local trains on to the Metropolitan Railway}} – "onto" should be one word
* {{xt|by routing local trains on to the Metropolitan Railway}} – "onto" should be one word {{done}}
* If the District had shut down the LTSR–Metropolitan plan, why couldn't the exact opposite happen when the Metropolitan heard about the new plan? Wouldn't those trains on the new plan then still need to run over the joint railway much to the Metropolitan's annoyance? If you don't know that's fine of course.
* If the District had shut down the LTSR–Metropolitan plan, why couldn't the exact opposite happen when the Metropolitan heard about the new plan? Wouldn't those trains on the new plan then still need to run over the joint railway much to the Metropolitan's annoyance? If you don't know that's fine of course.
* Footnote [b] is missing a citation – is it just the same one as the rest of the sentence?
* Footnote [b] is missing a citation – is it just the same one as the rest of the sentence?