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Silver Line (MBTA)

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• ... that the Silver Line travels through the Ted Williams Tunnel, but wasn't a hit with Boston riders? Source: see the Criticism section, particularly this source cited in the article.

• Reviewed: WEBY
• Comment: It's a stupid joke - Ted Williams was known for his hitting ability.

Improved to Good Article status by Pi.1415926535 (talk). Self-nominated at 06:16, 16 May 2020 (UTC).

• Lean more into the controversy. The hook as-is doesn't spark too much interest. –♠Vami_IV†♠ 11:28, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

ALT1 ... that a state representative called Boston's Silver Line buses racial discrimination, owing to their poor service compared to the light rail line they replaced?

ALT2 ... that although Boston's Silver Line was designed to quickly replace the Washington Street Elevated line, it took fifteen years for service to the area to resume?

ALT3 ... that the Silver LineTemplate:`s South Boston Piers Transitway was one of the most expensive bus rapid transit projects in the world?

Template:Ping Any of these work? The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 00:33, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

I like Alt1 and Alt3. –♠Vami_IV†♠ 01:33, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

I'm okay with ALT1 or ALT3. ALT2 isn't really accurate - there was still bus service on route 49 from 1987 to 2002. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 21:38, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

• 16px Full review needed. (Original hook and ALT2 struck.) BlueMoonset (talk) 23:40, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

• Full review: GA received within 7 days of nomination. New enough, long enough, neutrally written, well referenced, no close paraphrasing seen. Images are freely licensed. I find ALT3 difficult to read because of all the capitalized words. Regarding ALT1, I changed the Template:Tq phrase in the article to the way it's written in the source: Template:Tq, so I suggest writing it that way in the hook too:
• ALT1a: ... that a state representative called Boston's Silver Line buses "discrimination against people of color", owing to their poor service compared to the light rail line they replaced?
• 16px ALT1a hook ref verified and cited inline. QPQ done. ALT1a good to go. Yoninah (talk) 23:39, 13 June 2020 (UTC)