Talk:Ontario Highway 15

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I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Ontario Highway 15's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "assumed":

• From Ontario Highway 108: "Appendix 3B - Schedule of Designations of Sections". Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1958. p. 241.
• From Ontario Highway 124: "Appendix 3a - Schedule of Assumptions and Reversions". Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1956. p. 205.
• From Ontario Highway 37: "Appendix 4 - Schedule of Assumptions and Reversions of Sections". Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1933. p. 47.
• From Ontario Highway 77: AADT Traffic Volumes 1955–1969 And Traffic Collision Data 1967–1969. Ontario Department of Highways. 1969. p. 98.
• From Ontario Highway 427: "Highway 27 Interchange Fully in Service". The Globe and Mail. Vol. 128, no. 38, 061. Toronto. December 4, 1971. p. 5.
• From Ontario Highway 59: "Appendix 3 - Schedule of Assumptions and Reversions of Sections". Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1938. p. 81.
• From Ontario Highway 23: "Provincial Highways Assumed". Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1928. p. 60.
• From Ontario Highway 63: "Appendix 3 - Schedule of Assumptions and Reversions". Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1938. p. 80.
• From Ontario Highway 406: AADT Traffic Volumes 1955–1969 And Traffic Collision Data 1967–1969. Ontario Department of Highways. 1971. p. 12.
• From Ontario Highway 48: "Assumptions and Reversions of Sections". Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1938. p. 81.
• From Ontario Highway 144: AADT Traffic Volumes 1955–1969 And Traffic Collision Data 1967–1969. Ontario Department of Highways. 1969. p. 114. Notes: 2. Hwy. 144 renumbered from Sec. Hwy. 544 in April 1965
• From Ontario Highway 127: "Appendix 3". Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1956. pp. 203–204.
• From Ontario Highway 12: "Provincial Highways Assumed in 1922". Annual Report (Report). Department of Public Highways. 1922. p. 31.
• From Ontario Highway 24: "Appendix 6 - Schedule of Assumptions and Reversions of Sections". Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1928. p. 59–60.
• From Ontario Highway 62: "Appendix 3 - Schedule of Assumptions and Reversions of Sections". Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1938. pp. 80–81.
• From Ontario Highway 73: "Appendix 3 - Schedule of Assumptions and Reversions of Sections". Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1938. p. 80.
• From Ontario Highway 85: "Appendix 4 - Schedule of Assumptions and Reversions of Sections". Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1935. p. 120.
• From Ontario Highway 51: "Appendix 15 - Schedule of Existing Roads Assumed As Portions of the King's Highway". Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1971. p. 146.
• From Ontario Highway 130: "Appendix 3 - Schedule of Assumptions of Sections". Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1956. p. 205.
• From Ontario Highway 55: "Appendix 16 - Schedule of Designations and Redesignations of Sections". Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways and Communications. March 31, 1971. p. 149.
• From Ontario Highway 34: "Appendix 5 - Schedule of Assumptions and Reversions of Sections". Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1932. p. 76.
• From Ontario Highway 27: "Appendix 6 - Schedule of Assumptions and Reversions of Sections". Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1928. p. 60.
• From Ontario Highway 50: "Appendix 3 - Schedule of Assumptions and Reversions". Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1938. p. 81.
• From Ontario Highway 38: "Appendix 4 - Schedule of Assumptions and Reversions". Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1935. p. 119.

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT⚡ 12:00, 23 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This review is transcluded from Talk:Ontario Highway 15/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Bneu2013 (talk · contribs) 02:51, 17 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I will be reviewing this article, and will have comments soon. I'd also appreciate if someone would pickup one of my highway GA nominations. Bneu2013 (talk) 02:51, 17 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I was waiting for some more to appear prior to New Years, didn't see yours there (since they're oddly not in chronological order), I will take a look tonight and take on one. - Floydian ^τ _¢ 16:09, 17 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Floydian: - I've posted my first comments. Bneu2013 (talk) 06:48, 22 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hoping it's okay with you if I take until Saturday or Sunday to start addressing these? I'm in the midst of a work promotions (aka, run the company but we'll pay you more some day), so I'm finding myself with literally no time to Wikipedia! - Floydian ^τ _¢ 02:42, 26 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

That's perfectly fine. I'm in no hurry. Bneu2013 (talk) 03:34, 26 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

General comments

I've looked the article over, and overall it looks great and I don't see many issues. I have been extremely busy this week and haven't been very active, but I should have section-by-section comments by Saturday, if not sooner. Bneu2013 (talk) 00:07, 20 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

No worries, I'm the same level of busy myself this week actually. Take your time! - Floydian ^τ _¢ 01:12, 20 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Passes the Earwig check
• Images are fine.
• Inconsistent use of Oxford commas throughout.

Lead

Route description

• Is 2016 the most recent AADT data available?
  • For some reason, yeah. Pain in the ass for newer sections of highways.
• Consider describing what type of interchange it begins at.
  • I've always been opposed to naming interchange configuarations, it requires original research (even though anyone who knows interchange types knows its a diamond)
• Consider a brief description of the present-day use of Cataraqui Trail.
  • Done, linked to Shared-use path
• This certainly isn't necessary, but a small description of the highway's northern terminus wouldn't hurt.
  • I added that its an intersection. Not really much I can add to that, it's a generic urban-rural fringe intersection.

History

• On October 13, 1920, several dirt roads through the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville and Lanark County... - clarify that the route that became Highway 15 was one of these highways.
  • Done.
• Initially unnumbered, the route was designated as Highway 15 during the summer of 1925. - did the highway happen to have a common name before its numbering?
  • For most of the highways in Ontario prior to 1925, this was the case. Highway 15 is one of the exceptions.
• The northern segment of Highway 15 – approaching and within Ottawa – changed throughout the years - during approximately what timeframe?
  • It's throughout its existence. The paragraph after that hopefully addresses the when, as well as the "and varies between maps" bit indicating that it was a somewhat fuzzy topic. Any thoughts on how to better word it?

Major intersections

• I've never seen negative distances used before for former routings, but is this a common practice?
  • I use it quite often because about 25% of the highways in Ontario were downgraded in 1997/98, and aside from the shape of the signage, they are still referred to as "Highway X"

References

• Citations 4, 7, 13, and 22 are dead.
  • Added archive links
• Add "via Google News" for citation 19.
  • Done

Thank you for the review! My replies are indented. Everything, except the "changed throughout the years" point, has been fixed. I'm hoping you have some input on how to explain the situation with the Ottawa terminus being here there and everywhere. - Floydian ^τ _¢ 17:16, 29 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome! I think you've adequately addressed the points I raised. As such, I will be passing. Bneu2013 (talk) 01:39, 4 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]