Talk:William Buchanan (locomotive designer)

William Buchanan (locomotive designer) was one of the Engineering and technology good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

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Date	Process	Result
September 5, 2022	Good article nominee	Listed
February 26, 2023	Good article reassessment	Delisted

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on June 13, 2022.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that William Buchanan designed the first vehicle to exceed 100 miles per hour (160 km/h)?

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GA Review[edit]

This review is transcluded from Talk:William Buchanan (locomotive designer)/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Mike Christie (talk · contribs) 02:29, 5 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'll review this. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 02:29, 5 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Sources are reliable. File:NYC 999 in Syracuse.jpg came up in the GA review of the 999; I'm taking it on faith that this is public domain even though we don't have proof of early publication.

"The locomotive was given the number 999 for an impressive and exciting meaning": a bit vague. I assume the source is saying that 999 was picked as an impressive number? If so let's say "The locomotive was given the number 999 because it was thought to be a number that would impress the public", or whatever the source will support along those lines.

Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 09:32, 5 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"The next day the experienced engine pilot": I haven't seen the phrase "engine pilot" before; I thought the term was just "engineer"?

Done Changed to engineer. I got that idea from reference #3 (Empire State Express NO. 999) that says, On May 9, 1893 Charlie Hogan, from Batavia, an experienced and dependable engine pilot took over the untested locomotive... --Doug Coldwell (talk) 09:41, 5 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"The record had not been broken for several years by any locomotive made by anybody else": not clear. Do you mean nobody had broken any locomotive speed records in the years prior to this? Maybe just cut this; doesn't seem very relevant to Buchanan.

Done - Removed.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 09:47, 5 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"Buchanan was elected a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers of London in 1891, which was an honor that only a few American engineers have received." The source for this is from 1911, so we can't state this as if we know it's still true. Suggest "as of 1911" unless you have later information.

Done - added as of 1911. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 09:51, 5 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

-- Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 02:52, 5 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for review. I'll get started on it. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 08:17, 5 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Mike Christie: All issues have been addressed. Can you take another look. Thanks.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 09:51, 5 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Changes look good; passing. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 10:19, 5 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright contributor investigation and Good article reassessment[edit]

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