Talk:Wawatam Lighthouse

Wawatam Lighthouse 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.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
March 14, 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 May 20, 2017.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Wawatam Lighthouse (pictured) started out as an architectural folly at a highway Welcome Center, was moved more than 300 miles (480 km), and is now an operating Coast Guard-approved aid to navigation?

Current status: Delisted good article

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Pictures

The infobox needs a picture. And a "before" picture from the Welcome Center would be a great addition. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 15:04, 26 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

User:Doug Coldwell has added an "after" picture. Thanks! Bigturtle (talk) 18:50, 26 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Before would be the perfect book end. Thanks Doug. Left a note on your talk page about the DYK. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 18:57, 26 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Before picture Monroe County Welcome Center, July 2001 link. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 19:00, 26 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Attribution

Ice breakers. Text and references copied from Wawatam Lighthouse to St. Ignace, Michigan. See former article's history for contributors.7&6=thirteen (☎) 23:08, 30 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

References copied from Wawatam Lighthouse to USCGC Katmai Bay (WTGB-101). See former article's history for contributors. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 02:26, 1 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

References copied from Wawatam Lighthouse to USCGC Mackinaw (WLBB-30). See former article's history for list of contributors. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 02:32, 1 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Reference copied from Katmai Bay to Wawatam Lighthouse. See former article's history for list of contributors. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 02:37, 1 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Reference copied from USCGC Mackinaw (WLBB-30) to Wawatam Lighthouse. See former article's history for list of contributors. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 12:45, 1 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Wawatam Lighthouse/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: The Most Comfortable Chair (talk · contribs) 09:46, 17 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I will be reviewing this. — The Most Comfortable Chair 09:46, 17 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@The Most Comfortable Chair: Please take your time in doing the review. I broke my shoulder and had to have surgery. I won' be able to respond to any issues for 3 weeks. Thanks.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 16:27, 25 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, that is awful. There is no rush at all and I hope you recover soon. Emailing you. — The Most Comfortable Chair 16:33, 25 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@The Most Comfortable Chair: I am ready to receive the review now. Thanks. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 20:38, 12 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Doug Coldwell, I had been caught up with a few things but it is all sorted now. I'll review this first thing tomorrow. — The Most Comfortable Chair 06:30, 17 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@The Most Comfortable Chair: Great. Look forward to the review.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 10:44, 27 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@The Most Comfortable Chair: I believe User:7&6=thirteen and User:Bigturtle will participate with me in resolving the issues of the review. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 20:18, 8 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@The Most Comfortable Chair: --> Eager to help out. -- Bigturtle (talk) 22:51, 8 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Lead

"Demolition was averted when the Straits of Mackinac municipality" — Using "St. Ignace" would be more precise and in sync with what the prose reads in "History".
Done

"octagonal" — Was it "hexagonal" previously (as per the prose in "History")? If so, it could be clarified here as well as in the prose.
Done

History

"The current lighthouse was originally" → "The lighthouse was originally".
Done

"The lighthouse was originally built in 1998 as an architectural folly at the Monroe Welcome Center on Interstate 75 near Monroe, Michigan." — Should mention that it was built by the Michigan Department of Transportation.
Done

Link — "Interstate 75"; "Welcome Center"; "Michigan Department of Transportation"; "St. Ignace".
Done

"the location of the small tower," — I would recommend using "structure" or "the lighthouse" instead of "the small tower".
Done

"The move, repair and erection cost $50,000" — Does this include the previous $20,000? It could be clarified here.
Done

"Half was provided by the Michigan Waterways Commission. Small community donations paid the rest." — Could be combined to avoid too many

successive short sentences.

Done

Wawatam Pier

Link — "Straits of Mackinac".
Done

"are still visible" — "were visible as of YYYY" should be preferred.
Done

" tall wooden statue honoring Chief Wawatam" — "Chief Wawatam" is slightly confusing because that is also the name of the railroad car ferry. Just "Wawatam", as he is referred to in his article, should suffice.
Done

The light today

"The light today" — It is best to avoid using "today" wherever possible. Would you consider renaming the sub-section as "Status", "2006–present" or something along those lines?
Done

"The new Lighthouse is duly noted on newer navigational charts. The light operates year-round." — I would suggest you merge them.
Done

Unlink — "Straits of Mackinac".
Done

"150 listed (including historical and now demolished)" — Is it possible to stratify how many of them are still functional?
Done

References

Citations

"Rowlett, Russ" — Needs "accessdate" parameter.
Done

"Wawatam Lighthouse, St. Ignace, MI" — Since it is an unofficial blog by a random person, this source will have to be removed and/or replaced.
Done

"Booker, Ted" — Needs consisting date formatting.
Done

"farlane" — Use "Michigan in Pictures" for "website" instead of "WordPress.com" for "publisher". "farlane" should not be in small caps and the title should not be in all caps, per WP:TITLECAPS.
Done

"Ann, Robin" — Is a dead URL. Since the fact is sourced by other sources and Redbubble is not the most reliable source, I would recommend removing it.
Done

"Travel the Mitten" — Use this with the "website" parameter instead.
Done

"USCGCGC Katmai Bay (WTGB 101)", "USCGC Mackinaw (WLBB-30)", and "U.S. Coast Guard Sector Sault Sainte Marie" are deadlinks. You will find new links here. Should probably archive these pages because of their history of changing URLs.
Done

"First Annual Traveling Lighthouse Festival" — Is a deadlink. Need to either find the new one or replace the source.
Done

"Absher, John" — Needs "work" and/or "publisher" parameter(s).
Done

"Tri-centennial Light, Detroit Michigan" — Should be replaced by a non-blog source.
Done

It is way too sloppy of me to respond this late, and I sincerely apologize. This will be all and the article should pass. Thank you everyone for contributing to this lovely article. — The Most Comfortable Chair 20:52, 11 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for review. I can work on the issues starting in a couple of days. Perhaps User:7&6=thirteen and User:Bigturtle would like to start working on solving the issues beforehand. That would be great, thanks. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 21:00, 11 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Perhaps User:7&6=thirteen and/or User:Bigturtle could add this lighthouse to List of lighthouses in Michigan. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 13:14, 13 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 18:44, 13 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@The Most Comfortable Chair: All issues have been addressed. Can you take another look. Thanks. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 17:42, 13 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I have made a few tiny changes. Thanks to all. Bigturtle (talk) 02:54, 14 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Final

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

Is it well written?
A. The prose is clear and concise, and the spelling and grammar are correct:

B. It complies with the manual of style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation:
Is it verifiable with no original research?
A. It contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline:

B. All in-line citations are from 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:

C. It contains no original research:

D. It contains no copyright violations nor plagiarism:
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):
Is it neutral?
It represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each:
Is it stable?
It does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute:
Is it illustrated, if possible, by images?
A. Images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content:

B. Images are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions:
Overall:
Pass or Fail:
Well-written and concise, the article meets the criteria. Thank you to everyone for their work on this topic. — The Most Comfortable Chair 12:14, 14 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright contributor investigation and Good article reassessment

This article is part of Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/20210315 and the Good article (GA) drive to reassess and potentially delist over 200 GAs that might contain copyright and other problems. An AN discussion closed with consensus to delist this group of articles en masse, unless a reviewer opens an independent review and can vouch for/verify content of all sources. Please review Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/February 2023 for further information about the GA status of this article, the timeline and process for delisting, and suggestions for improvements. Questions or comments can be made at the project talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:36, 9 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]