Talk:Snake Pass/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Eric Corbett (talk · contribs) 18:48, 3 April 2015 (UTC)

Lead

{{xt|"... and has seen several longer-term closures owing to subsidence and instability with the local geology."}} What does "instability with the local geology" mean?

::Changed to "following heavy rain" Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 10:12, 4 April 2015 (UTC)

History

{{xt|"In September 1945, the Ladybower Reservoir opened, which flooded Ashopton and rerouted the eastern end of Snake Pass over the Ladybower viaduct."}} It wasn't the opening of the reservoir that flooded Ashopton, and nor did it reroute the Snake Pass.

::I've rewritten this, but I think it need a little more work still. I've looked at old maps and I can see the route of what's now the A57 is pretty much unchanged apart from the old bridge over the Derwent being replaced by the current Ashopton (not Ladybower!) viaduct. I don't have a source for when exactly the viaduct was built, but I'm sure one must exist. Being a pedant, I'd say the eastern end of the pass is [http://goo.gl/maps/R9UoZ here], so saying any viaduct is part of Snake Pass isn't necessarily correct. What else can we do? Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 10:12, 4 April 2015 (UTC)

{{xt|"The Manchester to Sheffield motorway was partly built".}} That's somewhat abrupt. It would probably be better to say something like "A proposed extension to the M67 motorway between Manchester and Sheffield ...".

::I've rewritten this, and dropped a few other sources in. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 10:12, 4 April 2015 (UTC)

Safety

Is it certain that Deff Lepard's drummer had his accident on Snake Pass? Seems to be some doubt about that.

::The fact is verifiable to a source, but I've read about the incident enough times to not really believe it. [http://www.deflepparduk.com/2014newsdec214.html This source] (which is a fan site but quoting an article in Mojo, so it's verifiable) says it wasn't even on the A57, let alone Snake Pass. Whatever the case, I call WP:BLPGOSSIP - removed. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 10:12, 4 April 2015 (UTC)

:::I think the article is better off without it anyway, even if it were true. Eric Corbett 11:50, 4 April 2015 (UTC)

OK, I think we can close this now. Eric Corbett 17:45, 9 April 2015 (UTC)

:Thanks once again for a good review and some good copyediting. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 17:48, 9 April 2015 (UTC)